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Getting to know your Ellipsis...

DonutsNDrums

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Nov 30, 2013
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So I've onlyI had the tablet a couple days, but my first impressions are...

Battery seems pretty good, it's been up for 15 hours on a full charge with a decent amount of use today, and is @ 81% right now.

Screen looks good too, text is sharp and clean, pictures are crisp. No complaints.

The cameras are awful. Rear facing is a 3.2mp with is the same as my LG Optimus from 3 years ago. Not to a huge deal, because I don't see that I'd ever really need to use it. It's a budget tablet after all, so it can't all be good news. Front camera is of course a step down from rear.

The 1gig of ram is looking to be doing alright so far. I've been running several apps and still have a couple or few hundred mb to spare.
The quad core processor has made pretty short work of everything I've thrown at it so far. It's definitely pretty snappy.

One thing I'm not thrilled with is the storage space. It seems (unless I'm missing something) you only have 1gb out of the 8 to store applications. I did free up some extra space by disabling and uninstalling updates on some Google apps I don't use, but I wish there was a little bit more flexibility in the storage. If you really use all the Google family of products, you may wind up pinching yourself trying to keep everything you want.

Overall, I'm really enjoying it so far, and it cost me ten dollars a month to add this little guy to my vzw share plan. It was on special when I picked it up, and cost me nothing for the device itself. Just had to sell another sliver of my soul to the big "V". As I get to know it better, I'll gladly pass on any valuable info I can. All things considered, if you're on a budget, but are looking for a 4G tablet with a decent set of specs, I'd definitely recommend it. If you're crazy for performance, or extras like a nice camera, I'd say keep looking.

This is my first real post here, I promise I'll get better. Also if anyone wants to know anything, about the tablet, just let me know.

Thanks!
John

Also, i forgot to mention initially, I did discover that the "bill to my Verizon account" option in Google play is not working at this time. Just an error message when you try to get it up and running that they can't verify your account. After clearing data, clearing updates, and power cycling, I called Verizon and they verified it's an issue they're aware of and working on. Apparently it has to do with Verizon messaging being disabled on the tablet. Other billing options seem to work fine though.
 
Well, I did a bit of casual gaming. The most invol ved thing I played during the day was probably the Simpsons : tapped out. I have a crazy big Springfield with a ton of characters, and the tablet didn't lag or get screwy for even a second. I did also check out some hd video today, and it looked really good to me. All the video was streamed, and it was great. No hiccups or buffering. The more I play with this tablet, I'm really feeling like I made a great call picking it up.
 
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How does it handle things like HD video and gaming etc or have you not had the chance to try that sort of thing out yet?


I installed a 64GB SDXC Card because I like to watch movies. I put a .m2ts blu ray rip uncompressed of THE TERMINATOR and was 17.6GB and played smooth, also jumping scenes there was no lag. I use VLC for video playback, practically supports all formats.
 
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I installed a 64GB SDXC Card because I like to watch movies. I put a .m2ts blu ray rip uncompressed of THE TERMINATOR and was 17.6GB and played smooth, also jumping scenes there was no lag. I use VLC for video playback, practically supports all formats.
The Verizon IOM that comes with the Ellipsis 7 has the largest SD card limited to 32GB. Does your location data SD1 show the full 64GB is available?
 
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So I've onlyI had the tablet a couple days, but my first impressions are...

Battery seems pretty good, it's been up for 15 hours on a full charge with a decent amount of use today, and is @ 81% right now.

Screen looks good too, text is sharp and clean, pictures are crisp. No complaints.

The cameras are awful. Rear facing is a 3.2mp with is the same as my LG Optimus from 3 years ago. Not to a huge deal, because I don't see that I'd ever really need to use it. It's a budget tablet after all, so it can't all be good news. Front camera is of course a step down from rear.

The 1gig of ram is looking to be doing alright so far. I've been running several apps and still have a couple or few hundred mb to spare.
The quad core processor has made pretty short work of everything I've thrown at it so far. It's definitely pretty snappy.

One thing I'm not thrilled with is the storage space. It seems (unless I'm missing something) you only have 1gb out of the 8 to store applications. I did free up some extra space by disabling and uninstalling updates on some Google apps I don't use, but I wish there was a little bit more flexibility in the storage. If you really use all the Google family of products, you may wind up pinching yourself trying to keep everything you want.

Overall, I'm really enjoying it so far, and it cost me ten dollars a month to add this little guy to my vzw share plan. It was on special when I picked it up, and cost me nothing for the device itself. Just had to sell another sliver of my soul to the big "V". As I get to know it better, I'll gladly pass on any valuable info I can. All things considered, if you're on a budget, but are looking for a 4G tablet with a decent set of specs, I'd definitely recommend it. If you're crazy for performance, or extras like a nice camera, I'd say keep looking.

This is my first real post here, I promise I'll get better. Also if anyone wants to know anything, about the tablet, just let me know.

Thanks!
John

Also, i forgot to mention initially, I did discover that the "bill to my Verizon account" option in Google play is not working at this time. Just an error message when you try to get it up and running that they can't verify your account. After clearing data, clearing updates, and power cycling, I called Verizon and they verified it's an issue they're aware of and working on. Apparently it has to do with Verizon messaging being disabled on the tablet. Other billing options seem to work fine though.
I love my Ellipsis 7 tablet; got it free this February from Verizon. BUT, :
When I attempt to download Twitter from Google play store, I get this message:
"Error downloading Twitter. There is insufficient space on the device." When I go to Settings , Apps, I am using 4.4 GB of 5 GB internal storage with 685 MB free. The size of the Twitter app is .0167xx MB, so why am I getting the error message? Please help.
 
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I've found the camera is crap. I have better resolution with my phone, which is pathetic since I wanted to do product shots with the tablet. Also, is there a workaround to Android File Transfer? I'm on a Mac, and somehow Apple decided they didn't want to be compatible with this model tablet, how can I interface?
 
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