7" Tablet with ICS 4.0, advertised for $99

[Natey2]

On 5/5/2012, 7" Tablet with ICS 4.0, advertised for $99
(Edit: sale price again from 5/21/2012 to 5/24/2012)

- http://www.frys.com/product/7048621

I ordered one, and will post a follow up to this thread shortly.
Could this be better than my DroidX?

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[smalltowngirl13]

Definitely keep us posted, inquiring minds wanna know ...

 

[Enemyofthestate]

Info lacking on its hardware. Definitely want to know the details and how it performs.

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[Natey2]

Had no time to go to the store to pick it up... waiting for it to arrive via mail.
Invoice attached. Will post more pics, specs, review, etc. when I get it. Stay tuned
I've been waiting for a sub-$100 ICS 4.0 Tablet for a while...

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[Enemyofthestate]

Had no time to go to the store to pick it up... waiting for it to arrive via mail.
Invoice attached. Will post more pics, specs, review, etc. when I get it. Stay tuned
I've been waiting for a sub-$100 ICS 4.0 Tablet for a while...

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Awesome. Im as excited as you are!

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[Natey2]

Got the Tablet today (5/12/2012)!
Specs and other pics attached:

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[syndicate0017]

A $99 tablet is awesome. I've been looking for one of these, but the 512 MB RAM scares me off.

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[Natey2]

Yes, I wish it had 1GB, or something. It's charging now, and I'll take it for a spin and see how it performs.

There seems to be a number of recent 7" Android ICS 4 Tablets in the $100 range in the market, and many of those appear to be made in the same city in China.

Someone here posted http://www.droidforums.net/forum/showthread.php?p=2102700 about the woPad A10 http://www.wopadusa.com/
The woPad specs indicate it has a faster CPU and slightly better(?) battery, but only 1 camera (no rear-facing camera).

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[Natey2]

It is a little slower than my DroidX, except for floating point operations: see http://www.droidforums.net/forum/showthread.php?p=2106797

PassMark rating (see http://www.androidbenchmark.net/ to compare to other devices)
System: 858
CPU: 1202
Disk: 712
Memory: 957
2D graphics: 1020
3D graphics: 472


Some differences between the printed spec and what I see. Using the pre-installed ES Task Manager's "About Phone" option:

iDeaUSA 7" Tablet:
Model: A777 (according to firmware). Box indicates CT702; chasis indicates IRV07
Serial number: Can't find one anywhere!
Total memory: 368MB
Total internal storage: 1.00GB
Total SD Card: 2.28GB (but I see no removable SD card in the SD Card slot)
CPU frequency: 1200 MHz (spec says 800 MHz)
Android version: 4.0.3

For reference, my DroidX reports:
Total memory: 476MB
Total internal storage: 6.54GB
Total SD Card: 29.71GB
CPU frequency: 1000 MHz
Android version 2.3.4

I will edit/update this list:
Google Market v3.3.12 pre-installed. This is not Google Play Store.
Amazon AppStore works.
Adobe Flash 11.1 pre-installed and works.
Netflix v1.7.1 from Google Market works.
Documents To Go v3.0 pre-installed.
FlexT9 keyboard (and excellent tracing/swiping and voice-input) works.

HDMI output works, and supports HDMI-mirroring (who said one needs a powerful processor to support HDMI-mirroring?)
Nice to see my Android 4.0.3 screen on my HD TV with no 3rd-party software required!
Tablet has a mini-HDMI connector, not micro.
TV reports signal is 1080p HD 16:9, and the Netflix app outputs fine to the HDTV.

Lockscreen supports custom message, so one can specify "if found, please contact ..." on the lockscreen. Now why didn't Motorola think of that?

Manual indicates an included leather case and earphone, but was not included in my box. Will check on this...
Edit: the video on YouTube did not indicate the inclusion of a leather case or earphone.

In-built microphone recording level is very low with the pre-installed voice-recorder app.
Rear-mounted speaker is inaudible if tablet is placed on a flat surface. Would be better if there were side-mounted speaker outputs, or little rubber knubs on the bottom corners to lift the tablet a fraction of an inch off the surface.

Rear-facing 2MP camera has no flash, and is bad for indoor/low-light photography. Have not tried the front-facing 0.3MP camera yet.

No external LEDs in this device at all. Are all Tablets like that? I miss the LEDs on my DroidX that indicate battery charge level via color, and light up the standard Android buttons in the dark..

Edit 5/26/2012: This tablet supports USB host mode! I plugged in an external USB keyboard and can use it. Ensure you use the correct USB OTG host mode adapter, which is not a normal USB adapter.

DroidX 4.3" screen is sharper than this Tablet's 7" screen, but I'm still very pleased with this Tablet for the price I paid.

Someone did an excellent Youtube review: [video=youtube;lb394QPJ9NE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb394QPJ9NE[/video]

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[Natey2]

More technical info (from the Android System Info app) about this iDeaUSA 7" Tablet:
(I have X'ed out personal information)

OS
Browser UserAgent : Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.0.3; en-us; A777 Build/A777) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/534.30

Android ID : XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Uptime : 0 days, 5 hours, 2 minutes, 49 seconds

Uptime (without sleeps) : 0 days, 2 hours, 4 minutes, 9 seconds


Configuration
Font Scale : 1.0
Hard Keyboard Hidden : YES
Keyboard : NOKEYS
Keyboard Hidden : NO
Locale : en_US
MCC : 0
MNC : 0
Navigation : NONAV
Navigation hidden : YES
Orientation : PORTRAIT
Screen Height DP : 508
Screen Width DP : 320
Smallest Screen Width DP : 320
Screen Layout :
LONG_YES
SIZE_NORMAL
Touchscreen : FINGER
UI Mode :
NIGHT_NO
TYPE_NORMAL

BuildInfos
Android version : 4.0.3
Release Codename : REL
API LEVEL : 15
CPU ABI : armeabi-v7a
Manufacturer : YG
Bootloader : unknown
CPU ABI2 : armeabi
Hardware : m805_892x
Radio : unknown
Board : m805_892x_evm
Brand : Android
Device : m805_892x
Display : full_m805_892x_evm-userdebug 4.0.3 A777 eng.root.20120329.174918 test-keys
Fingerprint : unknown
Host : kf-mid
ID : A777
Model : A777
Product : full_m805_892x_evm
Tags : test-keys
Type : userdebug
User : root

Battery
Not charging...
Level : 99 %
Technology : Li-ion
Temperature : 25.0 °C (77.0°F)
Voltage : 4006 mV

Memory
Download Cache Max: 150MB/ Free: 141MB
data Max: 1.00GB/ Free: 626MB
External storage Max: 2.28GB/ Free: 1.70GB
Total RAM: 368MB
Free RAM: 81.98MB
Threshold RAM: 37.53MB

Low Memory Killer Levels
FOREGROUND_APP:__ 14.35MB
VISIBLE_APP:_________ 19.41MB
SECONDARY_SERVER: 24.47MB
HIDDEN_APP:________ 32.47MB
CONTENT_PROVIDER: 37.53MB
EMPTY_APP:__________ 44.70MB

Telephony
Data Activity: DATA_ACTIVITY_NONE
Data State: DATA_DISCONNECTED
IMEI(or MEID): null
IMEI/SoftVer: null
MSISDN: null
Registered MCC:
Registered MCC MNC:
Registered Operator Name:
Network Type: NETWORK_TYPE_UNKNOWN
Phone Type: PHONE_TYPE_GSM
SIM Country Code:
SIM MCC MNC:
SIM Operator Name:
SIM Serial Number: null
SIM State: SIM_STATE_UNKNOWN
Subscriber ID(IMSI): null
VoiceMail number: null
Roaming: false
No Cell detected

Networks
Background Data Usage: true


type mobile[UNKNOWN]
state UNKNOWN/IDLE
reason (unspecified)
extra (none)
roaming false
failover true
isAvailable false

type WIFI[]
state CONNECTED/CONNECTED
reason (unspecified)
extra (none)
roaming false
failover false
isAvailable true

type mobile_mms[UNKNOWN]
state UNKNOWN/IDLE
reason (unspecified)
extra (none)
roaming false
failover false
isAvailable false

type mobile_supl[UNKNOWN]
state UNKNOWN/IDLE
reason (unspecified)
extra (none)
roaming false
failover false
isAvailable false

type mobile_dun[UNKNOWN]
state UNKNOWN/IDLE
reason (unspecified)
extra (none)
roaming false
failover false
isAvailable false

type mobile_hipri[UNKNOWN]
state UNKNOWN/IDLE
reason (unspecified)
extra (none)
roaming false
failover false
isAvailable false

type BLUETOOTH_TETHER[]
state UNKNOWN/IDLE
reason (unspecified)
extra (none)
roaming false
failover true
isAvailable false

type ETHERNET[]
state UNKNOWN/IDLE
reason (unspecified)
extra (none)
roaming false
failover true
isAvailable false

type WIFI[]
state CONNECTED/CONNECTED
reason (unspecified)
extra (none)
roaming false
failover false
isAvailable true

Wifi
State: WIFI_STATE_ENABLED

Current access point: SSID: XXXX, BSSID: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX, MAC: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX, Supplicant state: COMPLETED, RSSI: -55, Link speed: -1, Net ID: 1, Explicit connect: false

DHCP info: ipaddr XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX gateway XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX netmask XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX dns1 XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX dns2 XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX DHCP server XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX lease 86400 seconds

Last Scan:
0 SSID: XXXX, BSSID: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX, capabilities: [WPA-PSK-TKIP][ESS], level: -57, frequency: 2457

1 SSID: XXXX, BSSID: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX, capabilities: [WPA-PSK-TKIP+CCMP][WPA2-PSK-TKIP+CCMP][ESS], level: -51, frequency: 2457

2 SSID: XXXX, BSSID: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX, capabilities: [WPA-PSK-TKIP][ESS], level: -61, frequency: 2412

3 SSID: XXXX, BSSID: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX, capabilities: [WPA-PSK-TKIP+CCMP][WPA2-PSK-TKIP+CCMP][WPS][ESS], level: -71, frequency: 2422

Configured Networks:
0 ID: 0 SSID: "XXXX" BSSID: null PRIO: 1 KeyMgmt: WPA_PSK Protocols: WPA RSN AuthAlgorithms: PairwiseCiphers: TKIP CCMP GroupCiphers: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP PSK: * eap: phase2: identity: anonymous_identity: password: client_cert: private_key: ca_cert: IP assignment: DHCP Proxy settings: NONE LinkAddresses: [] Routes: [] DnsAddresses: []

1 ID: 1 SSID: "XXXX" BSSID: null PRIO: 2 KeyMgmt: WPA_PSK Protocols: WPA RSN AuthAlgorithms: PairwiseCiphers: TKIP CCMP GroupCiphers: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP PSK: * eap: phase2: identity: anonymous_identity: password: client_cert: private_key: ca_cert: IP assignment: DHCP Proxy settings: NONE LinkAddresses: [XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/XXX,] Routes: [XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/XXX -> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX,] DnsAddresses: [XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX,XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX,]

2 ID: 2 SSID: "XXXX" BSSID: null PRIO: 4 KeyMgmt: NONE Protocols: WPA RSN AuthAlgorithms: PairwiseCiphers: TKIP CCMP GroupCiphers: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP PSK: eap: phase2: identity: anonymous_identity: password: client_cert: private_key: ca_cert: IP assignment: UNASSIGNED Proxy settings: UNASSIGNED LinkAddresses: [] Routes: [] DnsAddresses: []

3 ID: 3 SSID: "XXXX" BSSID: null PRIO: 5 KeyMgmt: WPA_PSK Protocols: WPA RSN AuthAlgorithms: PairwiseCiphers: TKIP CCMP GroupCiphers: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP PSK: * eap: phase2: identity: anonymous_identity: password: client_cert: private_key: ca_cert: IP assignment: DHCP Proxy settings: NONE LinkAddresses: [] Routes: [] DnsAddresses: []


CPU
Processor ARMv7 Processor rev 1 (v7l)
BogoMIPS 415.33
Features swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp thumbee neon vfpv3
CPU implementer 0x41
CPU architecture 7
CPU variant 0x0
CPU part 0xc05
CPU revision 1
Hardware m805_892x
Revision 2000
Serial 0000000000000000
Freqency range: 343.75 -> 1200.0MHz
Current Frequency: 937.5MHz
Frequency Stats (time):

Camera
Antibanding: null
Color Effect: none
Exposure Compensation: 0
Exposure Compensation Step: 0.1
Flash Mode: off
Focus Mode: auto
Focal Length: 2.8
Horizontal View Angle: 62.9
Jpeg Quality: 100
Jpeg Thumbnail Quality: 90
Jpeg Thumbnail Size: 240x320
Max Exposure Compensation: 20
Max Zoom: 15
Min Exposure Compensation: -20
Picture Format: JPEG
Picture Size: 480x640
Preview Format: NV21
Preview Framerate: 30
Preview Size: 480x640
Supported Antibanding:
No camera available or error while accessing camera

Screen
Resolution: 480 x 800
Refresh Rate: 60.0
X factor for DIP: 1.5
Density: 240 dpi
Pixel per inch X: 160.0 dpi Y: 160.42105 dpi

OpenGL
OpenGL Version supported : 2.0
OpenGL Version supported : OpenGL ES-CM 1.1
Vendor : ARM
Renderer : Mali-400 MP
Extensions :
GL_OES_byte_coordinates GL_OES_fixed_point GL_OES_single_precision GL_OES_matrix_get GL_OES_read_format GL_OES_compressed_paletted_texture GL_OES_point_size_array GL_OES_point_sprite GL_OES_texture_npot GL_OES_query_matrix GL_OES_matrix_palette GL_OES_extended_matrix_palette GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture GL_OES_EGL_image GL_OES_draw_texture GL_OES_depth_texture GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888 GL_OES_framebuffer_object GL_OES_stencil8 GL_OES_depth24 GL_ARM_rgba8 GL_OES_EGL_image_external GL_OES_EGL_sync GL_EXT_multisampled_render_to_texture

Sensors
BMA150 3-axis Accelerometer: 0.2 mA by Bosh

Environment
Root Directory: /system
Data Directory: /data
Download Cache Directory: /cache
External Storage State: mounted
External Storage Directory: /mnt/sdcard

Medias Directories
Alarms: /mnt/sdcard/Alarms
DCIM: /mnt/sdcard/DCIM
Downloads: /mnt/sdcard/Download
Movies: /mnt/sdcard/Movies
Music: /mnt/sdcard/Music
Notifications: /mnt/sdcard/Notifications
Pictures: /mnt/sdcard/Pictures
Podcasts: /mnt/sdcard/Podcasts
Ringtones: /mnt/sdcard/Ringtones

Features
android.hardware.wifi
android.hardware.location.network
com.google.android.feature.GOOGLE_BUILD
android.hardware.location
android.software.sip
android.hardware.usb.host
android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch
android.hardware.screen.landscape
android.hardware.screen.portrait
android.hardware.sensor.compass
android.hardware.faketouch
android.hardware.camera
android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct
android.hardware.bluetooth
android.software.sip.voip
android.hardware.microphone
android.hardware.location.gps
android.hardware.camera.autofocus
android.hardware.camera.front
android.software.live_wallpaper
android.hardware.touchscreen
android.hardware.sensor.accelerometer
android.hardware.camera.flash
glEsVers=2.0

JavaProperties
java.vendor.url: http://www.android.com/
java.class.path: .
java.class.version: 50.0
os.version: 3.0.8-tcc
java.vendor: The Android Project
user.dir: /
user.timezone: null
path.separator: :
os.name: Linux
os.arch: armv7l
line.separator:
file.separator: /
user.name:
java.version: 0
java.home: /system

Mount points
MountPoint
Name Type Options

- /
rootfs rootfs ro,relatime

- /dev
tmpfs tmpfs rw,nosuid,relatime,mode=755

- /dev/pts
devpts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600

- /proc
proc proc rw,relatime

- /sys
sysfs sysfs rw,relatime

- /acct
none cgroup rw,relatime,cpuacct

- /mnt/asec
tmpfs tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000

- /mnt/obb
tmpfs tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000

- /dev/cpuctl
none cgroup rw,relatime,cpu

- /system
/dev/block/mtdblock2 yaffs2 ro,relatime

- /data
/dev/block/mtdblock5 yaffs2 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime

- /cache
/dev/block/mtdblock4 yaffs2 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime

- /sys/kernel/debug
/sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,relatime

- /mnt/sdcard
/dev/block/vold/240:1 vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro

- /mnt/secure/asec
/dev/block/vold/240:1 vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro

- /mnt/sdcard/.android_secure
tmpfs tmpfs ro,relatime,size=0k,mode=000


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[mbw4359]

Hi all,

Newbie to Android and GF just picked this up for me. How do I get this information? :icon_ banana:

It is a little slower than my DroidX, except for floating point operations: see DroidX vs Pentium 4 vs Core i7 vs ...

PassMark rating (see PassMark Android Benchmark Charts to compare to other devices)
System: 858
CPU: 1202
Disk: 712
Memory: 957
2D graphics: 1020
3D graphics: 472


Some differences between the printed spec and what I see. Using the pre-installed ES Task Manager's "About Phone" option:

iDeaUSA 7" Tablet:
Model: A777 (according to firmware). Box indicates CT702; chasis indicates IRV07
Serial number: Can't find one anywhere!
Total memory: 368MB
Total internal storage: 1.00GB
Total SD Card: 2.28GB (but I see no removable SD card in the SD Card slot)
CPU frequency: 1200 MHz (spec says 800 MHz)
Android version: 4.0.3

For reference, my DroidX reports:
Total memory: 476MB
Total internal storage: 6.54GB
Total SD Card: 29.71GB
CPU frequency: 1000 MHz
Android version 2.3.4

I will edit/update this list:
Google Market v3.3.12 pre-installed. This is not Google Play Store.
Amazon AppStore works.
Adobe Flash 11.1 pre-installed and works.
Netflix v1.7.1 from Google Market works.
Documents To Go v3.0 pre-installed.
FlexT9 keyboard (and excellent tracing/swiping and voice-input) works.

HDMI output works, and supports HDMI-mirroring (who said one needs a powerful processor to support HDMI-mirroring?)
Nice to see my Android 4.0.3 screen on my HD TV with no 3rd-party software required!
Tablet has a mini-HDMI connector, not micro.
TV reports signal is 1080p HD 16:9, and the Netflix app outputs fine to the HDTV.

Lockscreen supports custom message, so one can specify "if found, please contact ..." on the lockscreen. Now why didn't Motorola think of that?

Manual indicates an included leather case and earphone, but was not included in my box. Will check on this...
Edit: the video on YouTube did not indicate the inclusion of a leather case or earphone.

In-built microphone recording level is very low with the pre-installed voice-recorder app.
Rear-mounted speaker is inaudible if tablet is placed on a flat surface. Would be better if there were side-mounted speaker outputs, or little rubber knubs on the bottom corners to lift the tablet a fraction of an inch off the surface.

Rear-facing 2MP camera has no flash, and is bad for indoor/low-light photography. Have not tried the front-facing 0.3MP camera yet.

No external LEDs in this device at all. Are all Tablets like that? I miss the LEDs on my DroidX that indicate battery charge level via color, and light up the standard Android buttons in the dark..

Edit 5/26/2012: This tablet supports USB host mode! I plugged in an external USB keyboard and can use it. Ensure you use the correct USB OTG host mode adapter, which is not a normal USB adapter.

DroidX 4.3" screen is sharper than this Tablet's 7" screen, but I'm still very pleased with this Tablet for the price I paid.

Someone did an excellent Youtube review: [video=youtube;lb394QPJ9NE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb394QPJ9NE[/video]

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[Natey2]

Hi all,

Newbie to Android and GF just picked this up for me. How do I get this information? :icon_ banana:

The information I posted is from various apps from the Android Market:
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.electricsheep.asi
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drolez.nbench
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.passmark.pt_mobile
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.antutu.ABenchMark

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[FoxKat]

Thanks Natey2 for actually answering the member's question and not instead assuming he was either a spam post or flaming him. I have communicated and he is sincere in his question so it's good to know we have level heads out there like you!! :hail:

 

[NinYagami]

I currently own this tablet, and I realized that there's something very wrong with the g-sensor (horizontal tilt). If you try to play, Temple Run, Doodle Jump, or Labyrinth on the CT702, up is left, and down is right, or something like that. Can anyone else give me confirmation on this?

Also, what's the safe overclocking range? I've overclocked it to er... 800MHz and it appears okay. If you do 1GHz then there starts to be problems where the right side of the tablet (probably the batter) gets REALLY hot and the charger gets a little loose. I'm guessing 800MHz should be fine but I don't want any unseen internal damage happening.

 

[Natey2]

Try this app to test the sensor(s): http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=imoblife.androidsensorbox

Works fine on my CT702.

Edit: it looks like Temple Run does require the tablet to be tilted in a strange way to get the guy to move in a particular direction.