[ale] OT: a interesting new Android 4.04 based toy to play with

[Jason van Gumster]

I, too, picked up one of the 7" pieces. Not a horrible little gadget. Like the
4.3" one, it comes rooted. You just need the superuser binary (and adding
busybox is probably a good idea, too). Android Market installs and runs fine,
but not necessarily all apps (most notably, Netflix and Chrome both seem to
crash on startup). It gets a bit flaky under heavy use (lots of network traffic
or heavy video playback... my guess is that it's overheating), but for $60, I
really can't complain.

And yes, thanks for the heads up on this. Should be a fun toy.

  -Jason

Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com> wrote:

> Thanks for this. They also have a 7" one on sale for $60. I got one for a
> family member as a gift, so I haven't opened it. I'm sure it's no Nexus 7 but
> that would have been well out of my price range. Hopefully this will be worth
> the price. 
> 
> Big Lots isn't nearby and I wouldn't have thought to go there, so thanks
> again for the heads up. 
> 
> 
> Scott 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> From: "Van Loggins" <vanloggins at gmail.com> 
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org> 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 3:26:04 PM 
> Subject: [ale] OT: a interesting new Android 4.04 based toy to play with 
> 
> Guys, 
> 
> for anyone on the list who likes tinkering with Android devices, Big 
> Lots currently has a Emerson 4.3" Android 4.04 (Ice Cream Sandwich) 
> device that they are selling for $50 dollars. 
> 
> I picked one up and have been having a lot of fun with it. I 
> discovered that it was already rooted (just needed to install the 
> superuser binary), and that it was super easy to install the Android 
> Market on it. 
> 
> It's a nifty little device. I'm not sure how long it's gonna stay on 
> sale. The normal price for is is $60 dollars. 
> 
> I'm going to use mine in place of my old Ipod Video. It works great 
> when used with doubletwist to sync my itunes playlists. :) 
> 
> Anyways just wanted to share this, sorry if I went too far off topic. 
> 
> Van Loggins