[ale] hacking an android tablet to single function device

[Boris Borisov]

Just don't give these tablets to kids to play Angry Birds on it. They
will crack the glass from pressing on the screen. The screen is
resistive so no much sensitive. That how mine end up back to
Pandigital.

On 5/4/12, Steven A. DuChene <linux-clusters at mindspring.com> wrote:
> I ordered two of the $29 ones from there so I will see how those work and
> write back to this list with my experiences. Out of the box, these $29 units
> are not full android tablets but apparently it is fairly easy to hack them
> to be fairly functional.
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> Steven DuChene
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> From: Rich Faulkner
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> Sent: May 4, 2012 9:14 AM
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> To: ale at ale.org
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> Subject: Re: [ale] hacking an android tablet to single function device
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> Took a look...both are refurbs.  I bought an off-brand Android last year and
> had it fail w/i an hour of starting it.  Took a lot of work to recover the
> system (one the factory said was known flawed and could not likely be
> fixed).  Got it flashed (finally) and has been working since.  That was an
> Archos and is the last off-brand I plan on buying...unless I head stellar
> reviews otherwise.
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> On Fri, 2012-05-04 at 08:58 -0700, Steven A. DuChene wrote:
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> It was a one day sale on 1saleaday.com but Ben's outlet has the same one for
> $34.99 and a slightly different one for $59.99
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> http://www.bensoutlet.com/products/pandigital-novel
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> http://www.bensoutlet.com/products/google-android-pandigital-tablet
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> Steven DuChene
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> -----Original Message-----
>>From: "Watson, Keith" <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu>
>>Sent: May 4, 2012 8:53 AM
>>To: "Steven A. DuChene" <linux-clusters at mindspring.com>
>>Subject: RE: [ale] hacking an android tablet to single function device
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Steven
>>> A. DuChene
>>> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 11:43
>>> To: Ale at ale.org
>>> Subject: [ale] hacking an android tablet to single function device
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>>> Since Andriod tablets have become so cheap lately (Pandigital for $29.99
>>> plus $4.99 shipping) I would like to see if it is possible to re-purpose
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>>What model is this and where did you get it?
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>>> Steven DuChene
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>>Thanks,
>>keith
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>>--
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>>Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
>>IT Support professional Lead           College of Computing
>>keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive NW
>>(404) 385-7401                         Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
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