Maylong M-150 universal android tablet

[KellBell1234]

Ok, my tablet was just delivered about 30 minutes ago. And I must say, my first impression is VERY cool! It works great, it's not super fast loading web pages and apps, but overall I think it is awesome for the money and I think I will have alot of fun with it. As I mentioned previously, I am NOT a techie type person at all, just a mom that wants to surf the net and watch some youtube videos before I nod off to sleep. The weight and size is perfect for bedtime viewing, the touch screen works well with my fingers, although for typing I think the included stylus is preferred...maybe once I get some practice my fingers will work for that too, but I seem to hit the wrong keys with my fingers.

So I have to say, so far I think it will be perfect for me and for the low cost, it was more than worth it!

UPDATE- after playing with it for a day, I'm not sure....the battery life seems iffy and I don't see that it's user replaceable should it wear out. I only played with it for an hour and I had to charge it, then it sat off all night and the bars are down on it without use.....and it keeps dropping my wifi signal, and I'm within a few feet of it in a small bedroom. SO, I'm revising my review....my initial thought was, it was great, now....not so much. I think it going back to Walgreens today.

 

[Kayro]

Some more observations

I've had my M-150 for about a week. Since Walgreen's allows 30 days for a return, I want to do as much (or little it turns out) as possible before deciding whether to keep it.

This being my first Android device, I know nothing about rooting and such, so am limited to the 1.6 OS. For what it is, it's a pretty good device. Just don't expect streaming video, pdf reading or flash video of any kind. And the video types it supposedly supports seem iffy also.

What I don't understand is that there seem to be several apps installed (e.g., stickynotes) but no way to access them or start them, only uninstall them. No answer from Maylong's email tech support.

Very nice e-book reader. If that's all you are buying it for, there's a good buy right there. Good e-mail client as well.

Most frustrating is that the normal Android Market is not available and the app market that comes with it is very limited. So trying to get apps that DO work with 1.6 fails and returns a browser error. Anyone know how to get around that?

 

[furbearingmammal]

Look over on XDA forums for a way to sideload the Market. I saw somewhere there's a way to do it on some other unsupported tablets.

 

[GrandpaR]

Stickynotes is a widget, you can get to it from home screen by right clicking with a mouse or tap the icon that brings up setting menu on bottom. Then select + icon and select widgets. Cute but not much to it. NOTE: if your home screen is full the +/add icon will be greyed out. You will have to remove an icon/shortcut from home screen to make room.

The best program I have found so far is (fring). This is a IM program that works with many of the IM services. You will be able to talk via the built in mic. ( has excellent sensitivity and quality) and using ear buds in the audio jack. You can also call landlines and cell phones (there is a charge of 1 cent per minute) talking to computer with other users is free.

I have had my M-150 for about a week and so far I have used the wifi at home, 2 McDonalds, and one other wifi spot. Very fast connection and no problems.

I use a wireless mouse with the transmitter pluged into the dongle usb and it works great. (no wires)

I load programs via the other usb port on the dongle using a standard thumb drive.

 

[furbearingmammal]

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/su...should-root-most-devices-no-sdk-required.html

Anyone who WANTS to try to root their tablet (assuming it's not already, some do ship rooted) could try this. If successful, please let us know, but keep in mind you do this AT YOUR OWN RISK! I don't know enough to know if it's risky to the device or not, or how you'd reset it if you broke it.

 

[blackjoker4215]

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/su...should-root-most-devices-no-sdk-required.html

Anyone who WANTS to try to root their tablet (assuming it's not already, some do ship rooted) could try this. If successful, please let us know, but keep in mind you do this AT YOUR OWN RISK! I don't know enough to know if it's risky to the device or not, or how you'd reset it if you broke it.

Has anyone tried this?

 

[rotorrocket]

anyone try using the 1.988 update posted here under NOTE? Seems like the same product. Reviews say the update greatly improved speed.

 

[rlclife]

Does anyone know if you can wifi tether to this thing? cause my only source of internet comes from my rooted droid device.

 

[Darkseider]

For anyone that wants a nice tablet the new FlatPad A10T is up for pre-order and is a beast. It is the same device as the Toshiba Folio 100 and has power to spare.

Flat Computing, LLC - FlatPad A10T - Nvidia Tegra 250

That and the Elocity A7 which is looking really sweet. Then of course the Archos 70 and 101 if you want an Cortex A8 based tablet. Some nice options are coming.

Also note that the Galaxy Tab, assuming it can be rooted and tweaked like its' phone brethren, may end up being a beast as well with the latest developments over at XDA. They have OC'd the Vibrant to 1.6 Ghz stable, kernel tweaks as well as unlocked the FPS limit and the thing is pulling 78 FPS on NeoCore. Really exciting times for Android in general!

 

[Kayro]

Video on the Maylong

I cannot watch any kind of online video except for YouTube on my M-150. Does that mean that it only plays videos you've loaded into it?

And ... Thanks, GrandpaR!

 

[furbearingmammal]

Almost all online video is in Flash format. Flash on Android requires FroYo and a CPU capable of 800MHz.

 

[Wiiplay]

I have gone over the threads and so far what I can determine is that the reviews are good and bad. The prossessor is only 400 mhz and the ram is a bit low 256mb. Bottom line you cant get the full flash online experience and so far you cant root it to the 2.2. Some say that the wifi is bad and others say its good. The bottom deal breaker for me is if you can root it or not.

 

[Wiiplay]

Sad news guys/gals:

[email protected]
[email protected]
tomanuel pino <********************>
dateThu, Oct 28, 2010 at 5:33 PM
subjectRe: Application Upgrades
signed-byyahoo.com
hide details 5:33 PM (1 hour ago)

The Android 1.6 can not be upgraded to Android 2.x due to the different hardware requirment. Thanks.

Customer Service
Maylong Group LLC
--- On Thu, 10/28/10, manuel pino <********************> wrote:

From: ********************>
Subject: Application Upgrades
To: [email protected]
Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 8:53 PM

Hi I just bought the M-150 Universe Tablet PC from Walgreen. I was wondering if there will be a release to upgrade the OS to an earlier version in the future?

 

[Wiiplay]

Has anyone attempted to Root this device sucessfully

 

[furbearingmammal]

If I had one I'd try to root it. However, I can't swing the $100 to buy it, let alone risk $100 if the root bricks it.