Now it says "Arrives by Christmas"

jfe wrote:Does it Hulu+ and Netflix?

Yes, it support both per the Vizio web page

Just so everybody knows, contrary to some peoples popular belief, this thing only has half a gig of ram and a single core 1ghz processor. less than half of the speed of the touchpad
this is something id buy my mother, not myself.

$76 Savings over Sam's Club. My son has had one for 6 weeks and it works great. We paid $200 plus $40 for the case. Woot is a great deal. This is a quality product, runs everything, Andriod Market, software updates are offered from Vizio, touch screen works perfectly, runs Flash, great speakers. Not a single complaint.

worldwidewebfeet wrote:Doubtful, smartpost means once your package gets to the Post Office hands it may sit in a warehouse for a week or two. And the Post Office doesn't give a hoot when your package arrives.

I get a lot of things via SmartPost, usually shipped FEDEX initially. When I track SmartPost items at the FEDEX tracking website, I find they often sit in a FEDEX facility for days, but once turned over to the USPS they are delivered mostly the next day, and never more than two days later. I also notice that FEDEX indicates an anticipate delivery date way longer than is reasonable, and I always get is sooner than they predict UNLESS they have held it at one of their facilities for days as happened with a recent shipment (5 days with no movement by FEDEX).

Try actually tracking your items (use detailed tracking at FEDEX) and seeing who sits on your package. You will find it is NOT the USPS. FEDEX will also give you the USPS tracking number so once they turn it over to the USPS you can see how long they take to get it to you. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

can I use this by it conecting to my wifi I have at home without me buying a new service for it I have roadruner lite and I have wifi router

NascarDad wrote:Fire has no IR blaster on it, nor does it have an SD card or bluetooth, nor does it come with a case like this one. Fire also does not have a Camera on it. Fire also does not have the Android Market, and I think it also lacs a mic.

I could go on at length on things the Fire lacks, but bottom line is that the Fire is not for someone who really wants an android tablet, it is for someone who wants to consume Amazon content. Its a fine product but it is really just a souped up media player.

Very well stated. The only real advantage the Kindle Fire has on this is the processor. In virtually every other category the Visio wins out. The most glaring differences in my opinion:
Fire lacks a Micro SD slot, has only 8 GB built-in flash
Fire has no devices onboard--No camera, gravitometer, GPS, light sensor.

NOW ARRIVES BY CHRSIMAS!!!
I'M IN!!!!!!!!!

Last night when I bought one it said it wouldn't be delivered before Christmas, but this morning it says it will? Make up your mind! Does it mean the ones who buy one now will receive one before those who did in the beginning?

worldwidewebfeet wrote:Doubtful, smartpost means once your package gets to the Post Office hands it may sit in a warehouse for a week or two. And the Post Office doesn't give a hoot when your package arrives.

it says arrives by xmas!

Yea - toy for me.

ThunderThighs wrote:OH MY GOSH! Santa's elves have heard you and they will work overtime to get this to you by Christmas. Notice the little icon is changed!

^This is what put me in for one. Thanks!

Picked one of these up from Costco two weeks back, tablet froze 4 min after initial setup. Started working again a few hours later, then froze again after 10 mintues of use. Returned to Costco, and the cashier said a lot of people had been returning them due to freezes. Not a quality product, and not worth buying.

k8smate wrote:I get a lot of things via SmartPost, usually shipped FEDEX initially. When I track SmartPost items at the FEDEX tracking website, I find they often sit in a FEDEX facility for days, but once turned over to the USPS they are delivered mostly the next day, and never more than two days later. I also notice that FEDEX indicates an anticipate delivery date way longer than is reasonable, and I always get is sooner than they predict UNLESS they have held it at one of their facilities for days as happened with a recent shipment (5 days with no movement by FEDEX).
Try actually tracking your items (use detailed tracking at FEDEX) and seeing who sits on your package. You will find it is NOT the USPS. FEDEX will also give you the USPS tracking number so once they turn it over to the USPS you can see how long they take to get it to you. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

Sadly, I have found this to be true as well.
As a UPS employee, I can tell you that UPS also processes Smartpost packages and we actually process them very quickly. However, any NewEgg items I buy that ship with "super saver" shipping always go via Fedex surepost which always takes at least a week to go from California to Nevada. UPS ground gets to me from NewEgg in a single day

In for two for my 11- and 8-year old boys. Done Christmas shopping!

samson723 wrote:Last night when I bought one it said it wouldn't be delivered before Christmas, but this morning it says it will? Make up your mind! Does it mean the ones who buy one now will receive one before those who did in the beginning?

Really?! Woot works on pulling in the shipping so you can buy this and get it for Xmas and you can only complain??

Sigh.. No pleasing some people.

In for two, there will be some happy kids at our house this Xmas!

click411 wrote:can I use this by it conecting to my wifi I have at home without me buying a new service for it I have roadruner lite and I have wifi router

Yes. As long as you have a wifi router, You will be able to use it. Also this is not 3G enabled, so there is no need for any mobile connection.

Agreed when ice cream tablet is more available it will knock these off
99 dollar tablet is a comminnnnnnnnnnn

Priswell wrote:$150 for a Universal Remote?

Have you checked out some of Logitech and other big name remotes? They can't even browse the web, much less YouTube, e-mail, etc...

Check it:


HERE and HERE

[quote postid="4761361" user="garrettwheat"]Have you checked out some of Logitech and other big name remotes? They can't even browse the web, much less YouTube, e-mail, etc...

Check it:


Yeah but they are Logitech which means they will work forever and if they dont, Logitech has the best customer service/warranty replacement on the planet imo. If this Vizio was $59 I might bite for the IR blaster. But these things get horrible reviews. So it better be new for 59.

In for 3!!

theguruguys wrote:I just set one of these up for a customer last week. The stock interface (skin) is easy to use and it performs fast. I was really impressed, it has all the features of more expensive tablets (I don't consider the lack of rear camera a loss, it does have a front facing one), and look/feels solid. One of the best budget tablets out there! Its shame they won't ship by Christmas.

Look at the symbol down on the left side of the screen on the woot cover page - it says "Arrives by Christmas!"

with ya on that sentiment. IN FOR THREEEEEEE

Okay, I've been biting my fingers and dying to get the Galaxy or Xoom or any of the tablets that have been cropping up here recently, but I couldn't, couldn't, couldn't pull the trigger. Finally saw this and it's the right size (my Kindle gets dragged everywhere, while the iPad I've played with in the store seems an awkward size) and it has an HDMI outlet! Since I'd been considering how to get Netflix, youtube, and Hulu on my TV without tying up my husband's laptop (we are forgoing cable as we end up wasting money and time that way), this seemed like an excellent choice as we have an older, non-internet wired DVD and TV, and the Roku doesn't do regular Hulu or youtube as far as I can tell.

So we'll be able to let the kids watch their Fraggle rock or I can watch my Daily Show any time of the day without my husband looking frustrated that he can't get online or using my desktop! Also, it's a nice intro price for tablets, so if we really want bigger, better, faster, we won't feel horrible about the money spent. We have family who will love to take it off our hands if we upgrade.

I wish I could afford the risk that my parents and his could figure this sucker out. This could be fantastic for them or it could be an expensive paperweight. Ugh. Oh well, one for us anyway!

I hope it does come for Xmas, but if not it's still good.

Misc Technical Notes
1. While this tablet could run ICS, it is very unlikely that the manufacturer will release ICS for this device. However, it is quite likely that an Android developer that happens to own one of these will release an unofficial ICS build for this device. Of course, you would have to first root the tablet before you could install a custom build, so depending on your "hacking" comfort level, you might want to find someone to install it for you.

2. As far as how this tablet would fare performance-wise to an HP Touchpad or Kindle fire, the answer is the Vizio would be noticeably slower than both. The Vizio has a 1 Ghz single core processor. The TP and Fire both have dual core processors--The touchpad runs each core at 1.2 Ghz and the Fire runs them at 1 Ghz.

3. Based my experience with Android USB support, as long as you connect the tablet to a powered USB hub, pretty much any mouse or keyboard supporting HID (which is pretty much all mice and keyboards) should work perfectly, as well as any USB enabled flash or hard disks.

Wow and now here for Christmas besides.. damn you woot... I so want to get the Samsung 7 Plus... But this can do most of what I need, even if not very fast... so tempting..

Of course ICS is probably going to be important to me very soon.. oh what to do..

Tsuyoi wrote:Picked one of these up from Costco two weeks back, tablet froze 4 min after initial setup. Started working again a few hours later, then froze again after 10 mintues of use. Returned to Costco, and the cashier said a lot of people had been returning them due to freezes. Not a quality product, and not worth buying.

This will help me stay strong. Thank you.

imdaman99 wrote:Does it play plants vs zombies? I am talking about the amazon version. Thanks

Nice! My fave too!

@NascarDad - me too. Trying to hold out for ICS...

this has micro-usb. does that mean i can connect my usb 2.0 external hard drive via an adapter (usb to micro-usb) and access movies/media from the hard drive? any one know if this is possible?

Will this do Netflix? How about appstore. If it can do it then my wife mat get one for xmas and maybe I'll get lucky.

blakewidmer wrote:this has micro-usb. does that mean i can connect my usb 2.0 external hard drive via an adapter (usb to micro-usb) and access movies/media from the hard drive? any one know if this is possible?

Not sure if this has USB host (master) mode, simply having a usb port does not guarantee you can use peripherals, so you will want to check more if that is what you need it for.

So tempted, but with mixed reviews I am just not sure. I really feel like I need to get some hands on time to see how I feel before being in for a few. I wouldn't mind getting my kids one each, but this is a little higher than the price point I am confortable with getting it 'just to see'. I'll have to think about it and figure it out before the sell out due to the shipping change.

DouginSC wrote:May I assume that means the battery is user replaceable? ...otherwise, we know why these are "refurbished".

I was actually referring to a stylus that takes a AAAA battery haha, not the tablet.

outdoorslife wrote:Really?! Woot works on pulling in the shipping so you can buy this and get it for Xmas and you can only complain??

Sigh.. No pleasing some people.

In for two, there will be some happy kids at our house this Xmas!

Only reason why i mentioned anything is because I almost spilled the beans to the Christmas gift receivie (is that a word?) Because I thought it going to get here on time, good thing I bit my tongue.

Can't decide on this one, price is tempting though. I wish I had the money to spare when woot had the xoom and galaxy a week ago. Put more of those up please, I beg you woot.

rdctali wrote:Considering that a 16G HP Touchpad was only sold for $99, this one is very expensive, and it's refurbished.

Kindly tell me where I can get one for $99 and I'll be happy to get that instead... Best I can find is $250 on ebay.

/tried during the ebay firesale yesterday, but apparently the mobile ebay app wasn't able to buy them...
//nor was I 'allowed' to buy them via the mobile webpage.
///By the time I got home they were sold out, very annoying.

In for one