New toy

[Joan Archer]

No use me getting mine anything like that Kathryn, his fingers would never manage anything small like that he struggles enough with a mobile phone and can only really use one to make and receive calls.

 

[pparks1]

This is what I got Hubby for Christmas 10.2 inch FLYTOUCH 2 Epad Tablet PC Android 2.1 on eBay (end time 29-Nov-10 20:03:05 GMT)

How is it working? Something like that made it's way to my desk at work once. It's a Gome Flytouch. It's running a hacked Android port, cannot connect to Marketplace and has pretty weak touchscreen sensitivity.

 

[dobhar]

This is what I got Hubby for Christmas 10.2 inch FLYTOUCH 2 Epad Tablet PC Android 2.1 on eBay (end time 29-Nov-10 20:03:05 GMT)

Nice "toy" as well pebbly... It looks like quite the Tablet!

 

[whs]

dobhar, do you have any reading of the battery life of your new toy yet?

 

[dobhar]

dobhar, do you have any reading of the battery life of your new toy yet?

Hiya whs...No, not yet...been leaving plugged in as I was "rooting" it, configuring it, then playing with it all weekend. I let you know.

 

[whs]

dobhar, do you have any reading of the battery life of your new toy yet?

Hiya whs...No, not yet...been leaving plugged in as I was "rooting" it, configuring it, then playing with it all weekend. I let you know.

Thanks dobhar. Some of these Nook and Kindle things are said to run for a whole week. I was just wondering how that compared.

 

[whs]

I read in the specs.that you can attach a keyboard and mouse via the USB port. Did you ever try that and does it work?


There was this question that xarden asked earlier. I think the answer would be "yes" if it were Android 2.2 where flash support is a basic function. But the Kyros runs on 2.1. which does not support flash.

Does it play Flash?

 

[pebbly]

This is what I got Hubby for Christmas 10.2 inch FLYTOUCH 2 Epad Tablet PC Android 2.1 on eBay (end time 29-Nov-10 20:03:05 GMT)

How is it working? Something like that made it's way to my desk at work once. It's a Gome Flytouch. It's running a hacked Android port, cannot connect to Marketplace and has pretty weak touchscreen sensitivity.

this one runs on the ARM X220 chip , sensitivity is excellent , I also bought Hubby the integrated keyboard/case and a mouse , wifi is top notch .The Gome flytouch ran on the ZT 180a chip @ 800mhz. Hubbys' really pleased with it, battery life could be better about 4-5 hours but after all its a tablet

 

[dobhar]

dobhar, do you have any reading of the battery life of your new toy yet?

Hiya whs...No, not yet...been leaving plugged in as I was "rooting" it, configuring it, then playing with it all weekend. I let you know.

Thanks dobhar. Some of these Nook and Kindle things are said to run for a whole week. I was just wondering how that compared.

Well I turned it on (battery 100%), turned on wireless, then left it alone except for a few e-mail checks and the battery lasted over 5 hrs. It was just around 5 hrs the last time I looked at it and it has about 10% life left. The next time I saw it it was dead. I'll give it a good usage test tonight or this weekend to see how long it lasts if I'm playing a game...installed a couple free ones from "Google Market".

 

[dobhar]

I read in the specs.that you can attach a keyboard and mouse via the USB port. Did you ever try that and does it work?

Yes. It comes with a couple usb cables so I plugged in a keyboard and it worked quite well. I did try and optical mouse and it worked as well thought not a well as I liked. When you move the mouse it just "tabs" between links. You do not get a mouse pointer.

 

[whs]

I read in the specs.that you can attach a keyboard and mouse via the USB port. Did you ever try that and does it work?

Yes. It comes with a couple usb cables so I plugged in a keyboard and it worked quite well. I did try and optical mouse and it worked as well thought not a well as I liked. When you move the mouse it just "tabs" between links. You do not get a mouse pointer.

Thanks for the answers. The 5 hour battery time I have read from other users too. That's not too bad.

Regarding the keyboard - All my keyboards have scroll balls. So I don't need a mouse and a second USB connection. I would think that this is handy when you want to correct text.

I now found that Toys-R-Us is selling it for $139.95. I will check that out too as soon as I get to Tampa.