[clue] Zenithink 7 inch tablet plus Copy-Kyros & Vivaldi
Lori Spencer
lspencer at parsec.com
Fri Jul 27 17:43:16 MDT 2012
On the issue of support...True story..
My friend got her Zenithink (name is Zeni-Think, no relation to Zenith)
from E-bay for about 40 lemons, includes shipping and tried loading up
Macpup linux (another lightweight disto) and bricked her tablet, after
about a day of messin with it she decided, what da heck, emailed
Zenithink for help:
Downside:
Took two days to respond.
Upside:
Instead of a reply email of yada, yada, void, yabber, yabber warranty,
the email went something like this:
I see you have an older C71, go to this website and get the firmware up
to date and try reloading your linux disto, if that works let me know,
or if the firmware doesn't help and you figured it out, please let us
know so we can update our knowledge database with this disto of linux....
She was like "Wow!! Toto we aren't in Kansas anymore". So long story
short, firmware didn't work, she figured it out (Yep, there are a few of
us geekoid women around) she let them know.
Case closed!
l.
On 07/27/2012 04:07 PM, Lori Spencer wrote:
> Yes, it is going to be priced at about 270 coconuts, and when it is
> finally released, I will probably get one. I want my money will go
> towards the open source initiative for tablets.
>
> Again, the Zenithink is shipped with a unlock boot loader.....How
> frickin cool is that!?!?! **And** for only 100 bucks!!! I think is it
> worth it.
>
> The downside to the Zenithink there is no bluetooth and no GPS.
> Speakers on the back of the tablet.
>
> l.
>
> On 07/27/2012 03:54 PM, YES NOPE9 wrote:
>>>
>>
>> Lori
>> Thanks for heads up about the Zenithink and the Vivaldi.
>> I note that the Vivaldi is priced at over $200 and the Zenithink has
>> been on sale for $76.
>> Best
>> Gus
>>
>>
>>> On Jul 27, 2012, at 3:11 PM, Lori Spencer wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Gus,
>>>
>>> See my comments below:
>>>
>>> Have a rockin weekend!!
>>>
>>> l.
>>>
>>> On 07/27/2012 02:26 PM, YES NOPE9 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>> Hi Lori
>>>> I have been looking for more tech data on the Zenithink 7 inch tablet.
>>>> Yes, it is $109 plus shipping.
>>>> Does it have :
>>>> 802.11xx ( website says WiFi ) <<-- Yes, b/g/n, can support 3G
>>>> with external USB dongle
>>>> Bluetooth ( website says no ) <<-- Nope, but I don't use
>>>> bluetooth, and definetely not much on my System76 laptop, I'm funny
>>>> that way.
>>>> Microphone or audio in jack <<-- Yes there is a DC-IN, but I've
>>>> never tried to hook up a mic to it. My friend uses skype with her's
>>>> so I'm thinking yes. (Me no skypie with mic, call me old fashioned)
>>>> Speakers or audio out jack <<-- Yes on both, speakers on the back
>>>> of the tablet, good sounding even at high volume
>>>> Memory card extension ( website says yes ) <<-- Up to 32G
>>>>
>>>> How do you charge it ? <<-- Comes with a international charger.
>>>> I chose the Zenithink over the Copy-Kyros, because the Zenithink is
>>>> shipped already rooted, it is the same design as the Vivaldi Linux
>>>> tablet, which is being advertise as the first open source tablet
>>>> but still hasn't been released yet, and I got impatient waiting for
>>>> the release of the Vivaldi (Spark was it's orignal name) and found
>>>> this tablet. Blew away android and loaded puppy linux. Thinking of
>>>> blowing that away and trying out xubuntu. Dunno..It's mine and I
>>>> can do whatever I want with it. How cool is that!!!
>>>> Did you choose the Zenith ( http://www.zenithink.com/Eproducts.php
>>>> ) over the Coby-Kyros MID7042-4?
>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Coby-Kyros-7-Inch-Android-Multi-Touchscreen/dp/tech-data/B0075W8D7I/ref=de_a_smtd
>>>>
>>>> Gus
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 27, 2012, at 12:46 PM, Lori Spencer wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hmmm, not on amazon, that is were I got mine, it took about 3
>>>>> weeks to get, since it is shipped direct from Hong Kong....
>>>>>
>>>>> Try this link on amazon (I looked at my purchase history):
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Zenithink-C71-Upgrade_8GB-STORAGE_1GB-RAM_Capacitive_Android/dp/B007T6Q9NK
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks and let me know what you think!
>>>>> l.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 07/27/2012 12:33 PM, Nic Young wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Lori Spencer
>>>>>> <lspencer at parsec.com <mailto:lspencer at parsec.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Been readin this email trail and I have to laugh to myself a
>>>>>> little. For me, what I have is a 127 bucks delivered to my
>>>>>> doorstep Zenithink, and for that 127 bucks I get the
>>>>>> Zenithink, a leather case/stand/usb keyboard and 16 GBSDHC
>>>>>> flash. This little 7 inch tablet is the exact design of the
>>>>>> Vivaldi Linux (which is takin forever to hit the market,
>>>>>> suppose to be around 270 buckaroos) the Zenithink comes with
>>>>>> Android 4.0.3, its fast, has decent battery, good touch
>>>>>> screen and resolution, mini HDMI and USB etc. yada, yada,
>>>>>> yada... Oh, no GPS, eh who cares, I don't.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But the best part about this tablet is **it comes rooted** so
>>>>>> you can install any lightweight OS you want.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why would I want to do that, you might be asking,
>>>>>> weeeelllllll, because I can, I'm a geekoid, and I want the
>>>>>> ability to run any OS I want on my tablet and for 127 bucks
>>>>>> it is worth it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Right now I'm running Puppy Linux and love it. I might try a
>>>>>> different lightweight linux, but right now da pup is doing
>>>>>> everything I want it to do for me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So in the words of McDonalds "I'm lovin it!"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> l.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could you send a link to where you actually bought it from? I am
>>>>>> looking at there website http://www.zenithink.com/ and I am not
>>>>>> seeing an online store of any type. I also looked at
>>>>>> http://zenithink.us/, the official US distributor, and I am not
>>>>>> seeing any type of store that I can shop from. What model do you
>>>>>> have? I did a quick search on amazon, but it does not look like
>>>>>> they have the newest model on there yet.
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Nic Young
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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> Lori Spencer
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> PARSEC Group
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Lori Spencer
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PARSEC Group
999 18th Street, Suite 1725
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 720-962-9593
lspencer at parsec.com
Skype ID airmid46
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