I'm a little scared from the video. But we all know it is an early android build, so we shouldn't judge. The one button issue is bad, but who knows what will change from the sample builds. atleast one button. (go-back button) will get you to where you want in a clumsy way.
Resellers are telling me that demand had been very high. I purchased mine for $185, plus shipping ($218) to Australia from jiongtang. That's the cheapest I've seen it anywhere, but recently the price went up to $259 before shipping, so with a $75 increase (and still selling) you can imagine the huge demand.
So with a lot of these units floating around (being sold at huge margins), there will be strong motivation for Zenithink to get it right.
One thing I didn't include in the comparison is that this can do 1080P videos of most common formats, while the iPad does 480P well and 720P when encoded right, but with limited support on codecs.
If I was to choose an Android tablet now, it would be:
Zenithink ZT-180 as the high-end 10" tablet. This is very new and still t be tested. No idea what GPU or DSP is used.
WITStech A81-E for sold middle ground 7" tablet. This is based on TI chipset. omap 3530. So support for the android platform should be very good. CPU is the same type as the ZT-180, but clock at only 600MHz. There is no video ram, so it needs to use the 256MB RAM to pool video at startup. The c64+ DSP can do 720P video in some ways, but ends up similar to iPad in that it needs to be specific. You can get these for about $200.
Lower end I would choose a SmartQ V5. It's less than five inch, so it packs a lot of power considering it can output 1080P video to a TV over HDMI. Performance is still pretty good, but it suffers from a poor implementation of android 2.1 from telechips' software vendor. (SmartQ is not alone with this one). These are for about $170.
For ultra low end, I would go Rockchip 2808. These can be crazy cheap and perform extreamly well considering they have a 600MHz ARM CPU, plus 128MB for the CPU and video to share. Even with that, you can do a fair bit with apps (thousands of youtube clips showing this), and still be able to play 720P video over HDMI. These are about the same price as the V5, but should be cheaper considering what you get.
Resellers are telling me that demand had been very high. I purchased mine for $185, plus shipping ($218) to Australia from jiongtang. That's the cheapest I've seen it anywhere, but recently the price went up to $259 before shipping, so with a $75 increase (and still selling) you can imagine the huge demand.
So with a lot of these units floating around (being sold at huge margins), there will be strong motivation for Zenithink to get it right.
One thing I didn't include in the comparison is that this can do 1080P videos of most common formats, while the iPad does 480P well and 720P when encoded right, but with limited support on codecs.
If I was to choose an Android tablet now, it would be:
Zenithink ZT-180 as the high-end 10" tablet. This is very new and still t be tested. No idea what GPU or DSP is used.
WITStech A81-E for sold middle ground 7" tablet. This is based on TI chipset. omap 3530. So support for the android platform should be very good. CPU is the same type as the ZT-180, but clock at only 600MHz. There is no video ram, so it needs to use the 256MB RAM to pool video at startup. The c64+ DSP can do 720P video in some ways, but ends up similar to iPad in that it needs to be specific. You can get these for about $200.
Lower end I would choose a SmartQ V5. It's less than five inch, so it packs a lot of power considering it can output 1080P video to a TV over HDMI. Performance is still pretty good, but it suffers from a poor implementation of android 2.1 from telechips' software vendor. (SmartQ is not alone with this one). These are for about $170.
For ultra low end, I would go Rockchip 2808. These can be crazy cheap and perform extreamly well considering they have a 600MHz ARM CPU, plus 128MB for the CPU and video to share. Even with that, you can do a fair bit with apps (thousands of youtube clips showing this), and still be able to play 720P video over HDMI. These are about the same price as the V5, but should be cheaper considering what you get.
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