Apparently, this is pre-rooted, just needs read-write access: http://bit.ly/IFhLhB

And there IS a CWM mod for it, CWM 5: http://bit.ly/IlYfTE

I might just get this...

I've been looking for a tablet just for viewing CBR files (digital comics) is this the tablet I should get or save up for something better?

kamnet wrote:Well, biscuits! I just dropped $250 on a Nook Tablet + screen protectors + case and spent a weekend learning how to install CM7 because I thought this was the best bang-for-the-buck deal, and now Woot puts this up for sale! Maybe I should just return my Nook and get this instead? In for one!

You better off keeping the nook.. this table is a piece of crap...now you could have bought a new nook color for $150 (at staples on sale now, fyi) (i got mine used for $100 at cowboom).. Nook and Kindle Fire are the best cheapest tablet to get.. Most other are just crap!

sean1967 wrote:to answer questions posted, it can't be used for flash or Youtube, it can't be rooted ect.

It is good for reading books, so if you wanted to get a nook you may as well go this route.

It can be used for youtube actually. Probably the only thing it is good for. The book reading experience on it is dreadful.

While this tablet involves fewer bucks, from the comments it's sounding like it has less bang than one would proportionally expect. Your Nook may have been a better deal overall.

kamnet wrote:Well, biscuits! I just dropped $250 on a Nook Tablet + screen protectors + case and spent a weekend learning how to install CM7 because I thought this was the best bang-for-the-buck deal, and now Woot puts this up for sale! Maybe I should just return my Nook and get this instead? In for one!

So this is like the Sony Dash, but without the Netflix, Hulu, and Crackle? Does it at least do Pandora?

Got this for the female progeny. The tablet is fine for ebooks and surfing. The biggest drawback is the MIPS processor. There are very few apps optimized for MIPS. It's an ARM world. If you get it slatedroid can help you remove the bloat, add the market, and impove the tablet a great deal.

60 bucks for a tablet? Obviously there's no catch.

cornellbigred wrote:i think this is the same tablet from woot i got last year, and if it is, it sucks. don't get it

MilkD wrote:Doesn't look like its flash enabled.

soypancho wrote:So in the place it seems like they'd mention the processor, it says "stylish". Instill confidence that does not.

Nope, no catch at all. Then again, it's a $60 tablet. What do you expect?

Does anyone know if:

1. I could load word on one of these?
2. Will it take an external video source like
another laptop?

For the price, it would make an excellent teleprompter monitor as a reference backstage, not something to be read by talent.

just wondering.

MilkD wrote:Here's the website for this model.

Doesn't look like its flash enabled.

http://www.velocitymicro.com/T301.php

That web link shows it has an 800MHz processor, but Flash Enabled = NO.

lichme wrote:If I mainly need an ebook reader, and have been looking at a kindle fire, what perks would I be missing out on if I went with this thing? I need help making an educated decision.

no angry birds or most decent games. i have one that I could kind of play solitaire on, that was about it.

I purchased and returned this item.

It is quite decent as a reader, specially with the Amazon Kindle App for Android, with good battery life and a better screen aspect ratio than most 7" tablets.

Good battery life comes at the cost of a big battery, making the unit unexpectedly heavy.

It is unusable as a tablet. Processor is too slow to even track fingers on the otherwise OK capacitive screen. Even after you install Amazon market, many downloaded apps do not work. Since most Android apps are Java based, and not native, I found this surprising.

I purchased one of these and was very very unimpressed. Its extremely slow, non responsive, not very compatible with many things and over all just not worth even 60 bucks imo.

This video pretty much explains anything you may be wondering. In the comments under the video, it explains how to upgrade it up to 2.2 loading it on an SD card to tablet.
I was in for 1, but the 20 minute video made me too sleepy. Even if you are not in for one, but have some insomnia, I highly recommend the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFAIjEjikkg&feature=related

PERFECT Mother's Day Gift.. I'll say it's a photo frame (and priced along with others in this size range), and she can read books... and check the weather and 'maybe' Gmail.

Used as a photo frame, mom won't give a crap about it's speed or specs.

IN FOR TWO!! Yes, I have two Mom's. No, not one of them there girl on girl wedding deals, but more like a Mom and Mom In-Law. ;-)

Preinstalled Apps

Alarm Clock Download apps from this premier appstore
ASTRO Manage files, install/uninstall apps, etc.
Borders eBooks Hundreds of free books and a huge selection of files
Browser Surf the web
Calculator Basic math functions
Calendar Schedule events and organize appointments
CruzMarket Browse/download apps
CruzSync Wireless storage
Dr.eye Full dictionary
eBuddy Instant messenger
Email Supports most web-based email accounts
Facebook mobile Log-in to Facebook.com
Gallery View photos and videos
Music Listen to audio files
OfficeSuite View Microsoft® Office files
Settings Device preferences
Twidroyd Access and manage twitter
UserWallpapers preinstalled wallpaper options
Twitter Access and manage twitter
Youtube The best of Youtube from any WiFi hotspot

showcaller wrote:Does anyone know if:

1. I could load word on one of these?
2. Will it take an external video source like
another laptop?

For the price, it would make an excellent teleprompter monitor as a reference backstage, not something to be read by talent.

just wondering.

1. Not exactly, there are readers and editors for Word files, but Microsoft Word will not run directly on it. It looks like Onlive Desktop is not available outside the Google Play Store, so you can't use that either.

2. Not directly, but you could use VNC to connect to your laptop using the network, which would probably work OK for a teleprompter (but not for anything fast like games).

Is anyone else on board with henceforth calling Velocity Micro "VelCro"?

WHO'S WITH ME?!

borntohunt wrote:Preinstalled Apps

Alarm Clock Download apps from this premier appstore
ASTRO Manage files, install/uninstall apps, etc.
Borders eBooks Hundreds of free books and a huge selection of files
Browser Surf the web
Calculator Basic math functions
Calendar Schedule events and organize appointments
CruzMarket Browse/download apps
CruzSync Wireless storage
Dr.eye Full dictionary
eBuddy Instant messenger
Email Supports most web-based email accounts
Facebook mobile Log-in to Facebook.com
Gallery View photos and videos
Music Listen to audio files
OfficeSuite View Microsoft® Office files
Settings Device preferences
Twidroyd Access and manage twitter
UserWallpapers preinstalled wallpaper options
Twitter Access and manage twitter
Youtube The best of Youtube from any WiFi hotspot

Old list. Borders has been replaced by Kobo.

imtigger2 wrote:PERFECT Mother's Day Gift.. I'll say it's a photo frame (and priced along with others in this size range), and she can read books... and check the weather and 'maybe' Gmail.

You really hate your mom eh? Consider yourself lucky if she isn't driven by the crap touchscreen and flaky wifi to break it over your head.

No, I tried everything I could not get netflix to play. you must to play movies from an sd card. No flash either.

http://www.cruzmarket.com/mkt/mhome.asp

Here is a link to the cruz app market.

Product Support Android Firmware Update to Ver. 2.2 and 30+ Page User Guide Downloads

My local goodwill has a bunch of these for $49 (brand new). They have been there for about 6 months. I live in a small town full of "country folk", and none of them will buy those "$50 dollar iPads ". I bought one just for the "how bad could it be?" factor. Yep..these things are "that bad". I should have just burned the $50.

aaronshall wrote:Old list. Borders has been replaced by Kobo.

Looks like the Manufacturer's website does not know that yet.

nyisless13 wrote:You really hate your mom eh? Consider yourself lucky if she isn't driven by the crap touchscreen and flaky wifi to break it over your head.

Seriously? Dont talk about peeps Moms like that, not cool

She doesn't even know what WiFi is. I'll throw in an SD card with low res photos, run a slideshow and she'll love it. If she can tap to see the weather as well... Bonus. Maybe check an email? Perfect. At the speed she types, she'll tap a letter key, and by the time she reaches the next letter, I'm sure the tablet will catch up by then.. I hope.

Don't be a rose bud. Cool it. :-/

MidwestDrummer wrote:Froyo? Seriously, is it 2010?

I'm still rockin' it with Windows XP on both my work machine (IT related stuff such as programming, SQL, dealing with tickets, etc.) and my main home machine. But I'll ditch XP when Microsoft stops sending out security updates when they pull support in 2014.

teenracer6 wrote:CNET review: http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/velocity-micro-cruz-tablet/4505-3126_7-34451903.html

That web link under the "Specs" tab at the top reports it comes bundled with a 4GB SD card but Woot's product description does not say that.

borntohunt wrote:Looks like the Manufacturer's website does not know that yet.

Had to dig it out of the support section.....looks likes it's been updated since I've been there.

The list definitely needs to be updated/corrected.

imtigger2 wrote:Seriously? Dont talk about peeps Moms like that, not cool

She doesn't even know what WiFi is. I'll throw in an SD card with low res photos, run a slideshow and she'll love it. If she can tap to see the weather as well... Bonus. Maybe check an email? Perfect. At the speed she types, she'll tap a letter key, and by the time she reaches the next letter, I'm sure the tablet will catch up by then.. I hope.

Don't be a rose bud. Cool it. :-/

Maybe I had too much faith in my fellow wooter to tell the difference between when someone is using you to mock today's product and when they're "dissing" your mom :/

And she may not know what WiFi is, but she'll notice when this tablet stops pulling up the weather or her email after about 10 minutes of use, because apparently that's how Velocity Micro designed these things to work.

Lets see, Amazon is showing almost double the amount of 1 star reviews vs. the amount of 5 star reviews. So unless you are shopping for your worst enemy...

2GB internal storage, expandable via both USB and SD card slots

SD Card yes - up to 64GB card - plays mp3..

USB - no

It can be charged thru the usb port.

You can play mp3 over network

for the price not bad - I browse web or play suduko

I own one already - would by more ....

ericfine wrote:I've been looking for a tablet just for viewing CBR files (digital comics) is this the tablet I should get or save up for something better?

CBR files will take a long time to load (8-10 seconds) for each page.

PDF files take longer.

Umm, lol, in a word... NO. Sorry but you'd never want to try to load anything on this particular tablet. Even if you could you'd be so frustrated from just trying to get the touch screen to respond that you'd chuck this thing through the nearest window.

It does however make a lovely paperweight.

showcaller wrote:Does anyone know if:

1. I could load word on one of these?
2. Will it take an external video source like
another laptop?

For the price, it would make an excellent teleprompter monitor as a reference backstage, not something to be read by talent.

just wondering.

we had this demo at a store I worked at, It does not have access to the google play store only the amazon market. This is fairly slow and at times unresponsive. Not worth even 60 dollars if you ask me.

Looks to me like you'd be better off to look on EBay or Craigslist for a used Motorola Droid X smartphone with a bad ESN for not too much more than what Woots wants for this tablet.

Verizon smartphones with a bad ESN can't be activated on Verizon or a Verizon MVNO (e.g., Page Plus), but can be used as mini-tablets with WiFi. You can use an app called GrooveIP in conjunction with Google Voice to make free calls over WiFi.

Heck, you might even luck out and get a Droid X with a good ESN for only a couple bucks more.

BIG Lots has this as a Mother's Day gift for $99.99



http://www.biglots.com/browseItem/electronics-mothers-day-2012/6831

Walmart's product description says it has a MIPS 528MHz Dual Core Processor

borntohunt wrote:Walmart's product description says it has a MIPS 528MHz Dual Core Processor

It can be overclocked to 800 with SetCPU.

Product Website 40-sec. Video Demo

OR

Watch 40-sec. Product Demo on Youtube

OR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0iQOv1XwsI

Video Description:

Uploaded by VelocityMicroPC on April 4, 2011

"A remarkably affordable, remarkably feature rich tablet. Packed inside the Cruz's smart, refined design are specs and features enough to go head to head with any other tablet PC on the market. Capacitive touch screen and content via Kindle for Android app for an amazing user experience. Backed by Velocity Micro's expert US-based support."

EDIT: Unfortunately, the "Formatting Guide" provided does not have details about how to embed videos on this forum. Once a Woot Forum Moderator or Admin modified one of my previous Youtube video web link posts to embed the video that showed me how to do it, but now I cannot find the formatting details on how to embed a Youtube video like someone did on the 1st page of this discussion thread. Sorry for the long post.

EDIT2: Finally figured out how to embed youtube videos on woot's forums below.