rmattson23 wrote:I've got mine sitting next to me right now. I upgraded the firmware to Vegan and it rocks. I bought a case with built-in keyboard for <$30 and now I have an Android tablet and an Android "netbook" in one. Loving it!

Can you tell a lazy man where you acquired the case/keyboard?

This is the best value I have found for this tablet.

wolfwood316 wrote:Wow, I must have got one of the last ones. When my transaction completed (successfully), it was sold out. But now the big question... WHY? WHY did I buy this? I already have a decent netbook and a great Android phone. What have I done?

Because it's more fun to buy things you don't need than it is to buy things you need

My brother got one of these on the last sale. I came to the wootoff just to wait for one of these. It ended up being almost sold out when i got to work this morning. luckily i snagged one. cant wait til it gets here.

Got my buy in just before the sellout also. The wife got her Nook Color last month, this one's all mine!

buzzwang wrote:GAH!!!!!

My wife is gonna kill me...

In for 1.

My wife MADE me buy her another one...because she can't get last one out of my hands. The first one has officially become mine...she doesn't like all of my fingerprints on it!!

Excuse me, I have to go and Flesh another ROM at XDA...now, which one to try next????

joecooool wrote:One other thing, you can not password lock these things so don't put any personal data or save passwords on it.

You can with a different ROM. I love the Vegan experimental build. It has an excellent interface and lock screen capabilities. I need that because I have a teenager at home that will surf tea on anything with an internet connection not locked tight. I want to keep my tablet a virgin.

Woot keeps tempting me with this tablet, but I was strong again. From what I've read, most of the current Android devices will never get Netflix streaming, something to do with Android's open system requiring hardware DRM for Netflix to be able to satisfy the content providers security requirements. Still find this tablet very tempting. There is going to be a flood of tablets this summer, so look for the bottom to fall out of prices.

While that is true if you use playon it can play netflix on your android device as I get them to play on my Droid X via playon. It works great surprisingly enough.

Picked this up on a previous woot and love it. Grabbed a second one today for the old lady. XDA Root and ROM is simple and really makes this device shine.
I don't mind the vewing angle at all, makes gawkers struggle to see what I'm up to.

TechGuy125 wrote:I spoke to Viewsonic last week and they informed they'll be shipping by mid-April.

Hope Woot! decides to sell the gTablet docking station.

mazuko wrote:While that is true if you use playon it can play netflix on your android device as I get them to play on my Droid X via playon. It works great surprisingly enough.

Yep, PlayOn works a treat and supports several other streaming services as well. The only issues are that it costs a fair amount (I'm not sure how much exactly these days, I bought into it when it was in beta, long before the mobile apps,) and that it works via a server app on a PC, so you need a decent home computer and internet connection. Then again, I assume people aren't starting their computer collection with an Android tablet.

All I can say is woot it and root it.

Should have posted this earlier, but if anyone is wanting to buy a squaretrade warranty on this tablet, today only they have 30% off with the code TAX30
Enjoy the tablets guys, wanted one so much! Someday!!!

Bought mine when they had them a couple weeks ago. Worked great for the first hour, then it did an automatic update and lost Flesh player. Can't get it back now as it keeps saying "not supported device"...But on the up note, having so much fun playing Angry Birds that I am going to keep it!
(funny - I actually typed Flesh but they converted it to Flesh!) that was an A you guys, quit that!

ANOTHER GTAB thread to scan? Oh no.....

rmcangus wrote:what exactly is "rooting"? is that similar to jailbreaking an iphone?

Rooting was a term that meant gaining access to the directory called "root." This means granting the user "Super User" (SU) authority on the device. You need SU authority do do things like replacing the operating system (loading a new "rom"). This is probably the main reasons that folks "root" their G-Tablets.

Here is a URL that explains everything you wanted to know about rooting:

http://www.androidauthority.com/rooting-for-dummies-a-beginners-guide-to-root-your-android-phone-or-tablet-10915/

Hope this helps.

Got this last time it was up. Haven't modified yet but still love it. Using it right now.

roebeet wrote:ANOTHER GTAB thread to scan? Oh no.....

And you're doing a heckuva job!!

I really want to buy one of these. If only woot acted more like a store instead of turning away customers that want to buy something. What does a guy gotta do to buy a damn thing from this site?

mazuko wrote:While that is true if you use playon it can play netflix on your android device as I get them to play on my Droid X via playon. It works great surprisingly enough.

Doesn't PlayOn only work if your inside your house or connected to the same router as the computer with PlayOn installed?

GuardianBob wrote:Normally, the answer is no.

These are going to be USB clients not hosts. But with up to 32 GB of SD space, that helps. And if you're really worried about space use a network drive and the wireless N (and nfs/samba) to store things.

One port is a client, the other is a host.

mknittel wrote:Got one last time and flashed it to Vegan Tab 5.1, but I'm still not getting full access to the Android Market. I have numerous Market apps on my phone that I can't find on the Market accessing it through my g Tablet. Anyone else noticed this or have a solution?

This should do you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861044

Also, if you have an android phone, you can backup your app's using a file browser like Astro, and it'll put them back into APK's. If you have something like say, drop box, you can put the files there, get them using drop box on your tablet, install, and you're rockin' and rollin'!

cyberpenguin wrote:If you soft-brick it, you could recover from the SD card.

When it boots, it looks first to the SD card and can re-Flesh the ROM from there. So even if you bricked it to the point that it wasn't bootable of internal memory you could still recover from the SD.

its also pretty easy to use nvflash to get back to the stock built ROM. there are a couple tricks, all described on XDA, that you can do to "unbrick" your tablet if you get to that point.

i rooted mine, when i got it from Woot and i was stuck in an endless bootloop and thought i just created myself a paper weight. but you arm yourself with the information on XDA and you'll get through anything you may have done wrong in rooting this tablet.

chaospearl wrote:You know this has to be a troll advertising a competing site. He\she is obviously lying - no one in the history of Woot has ever gotten their woot within a week.

It happened to me once. I should have played every lottery available to me that week.

twistedtongue wrote:Doesn't PlayOn only work if your inside your house or connected to the same router as the computer with PlayOn installed?

When you first set up the mobile PlayOn app you must be connected to the same router as the computer with PlayOn. That's how it verifies that you have a paid up PlayOn membership or subscription or whatever. After that, as long as you've got enough upstream bandwidth on your home internet connection, and enough downstream bandwidth on whatever connection your tablet or phone is using, you can be anywhere. I've watched a full episode of Party Down through Netflix via 3G on my Samsung Epic. The gTablet doesn't have cellular internet, so your remote viewing options will be more limited, but it should be possible.

I've really had it up to here with woot!

I wanted to buy one of these, and Woot! refuses to sell me one. I'm ready to hand over the price for one, but will they sell it? No!

I feel like every damn time I want to buy something from this site, it's a headache, and gets me nothing but aggravation. This is not the first time I've run into issues where I've wanted to buy something that they clearly have stock of, but refuse to sell.

I think I'm done with this site. I'll go to a store that actually runs with a business model that makes sense, offer items for sell that people want, let them buy them when they want them, and no games by tricking people into thinking they're special when they get to buy whats out back in the dumpster.

ArmyOfQuad wrote:I've really had it up to here with woot!

I wanted to buy one of these, and Woot! refuses to sell me one. I'm ready to hand over the price for one, but will they sell it? No!

I feel like every damn time I want to buy something from this site, it's a headache, and gets me nothing but aggravation. This is not the first time I've run into issues where I've wanted to buy something that they clearly have stock of, but refuse to sell.

I think I'm done with this site. I'll go to a store that actually runs with a business model that makes sense, offer items for sell that people want, let them buy them when they want them, and no games by tricking people into thinking they're special when they get to buy whats out back in the dumpster.

It's available for $299 with free shipping (only $15 more than here). Buy.com or CompUsa.

afslacker wrote:hummm, I couldn't stop myself from buying one... I saw my hands moving to the mouse and clicking I want one while thinking what do I need another computer for?

does anyone know if you can use a USB harddrive with this? I guess I should have asked before I bought it, but my zombie like reflexes wouldn't let me.

Maybe it's too late for me to reply you, but yes, it is capable to read usb drive I attached.

I bought a g-tab from woot, but have decided to sell it because I found another computer I would rather buy. The g-tab has never been opened and is brand new. I also bought a Skinomi TechSkin - Black Carbon Fiber FILM Shield & Screen Protector for Viewsonic G Tablet + LIFETIME REPLACEMENTS that also has never been opened. You can read about it on their web site Shinomi.com I will sell both for $309. If you are interested you can e-mail me at: stans39@yahoo.com

I bought mine in the first batch too. I love it. I have Vegan Tab on mine and love it. Flesh videos play excellent. All I need is a good video player. Real Player is very good, but it does not play the divx with mp3. If anyone knows of a good player, let me know. Make sure you new guys head over to

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245

and put a good system on yours.

Thanks much roebeet. You are the greatest.

Amdusias wrote:Yes. I have Kindle and Nook apps on here as well as Comics a comic book reader and others. If you just figure the cost of a Nook color and a Kindle, you MAKE money on this deal.

Where did you find the Nook app? I bought the Gtab from Woot the last time it was available and searched in vain for the Nook app?

Thanks

(im)patiently waiting for mine. In the meantime I'm slogging through reams of info on the different ROMs.

One thing I can't seem to easily turn up yet is whether any of them support bluetooth tethering (DUN). Right now I use my cell as a modem for my Macbook when I am out of WiFi range. Do any of the custom gTab ROMs support this?

labco wrote:Where did you find the Nook app? I bought the Gtab from Woot the last time it was available and searched in vain for the Nook app?

Thanks

https://market.android.com/details?id=bn.ereader

If anyone missed the Woot! sale and wants to buy mine, PM me. I have the G-Tab along with the Skinomi Screen and back protectors. I've used this thing for about 1 or 2 hours tops.

VEGAn tab Ginger Edition is installed, and running beautifully.

I just haven't used it at all... and I know I'm not going to. Stupidd impulse buys

you can also email me: drummr8@hotmail.com

I bought mine and installed Vegan tab Froyo but I realized that as a college student I don't have much time to be playing around with this thing. So I'm in the market to SELL mine. I bought and installed the Skinomi carbon fiber skin that come with lifetime replacements policy and it looks great.(pics on request)

Please give this GTAB a good home! :D
I have the original box and the skinomi packaging too.

I'm looking to sell for $310 + ship

So if you missed out and wanna cash in email me at: vmahade@jacksonville.edu

Now if it would only ship...

stansimmons wrote:https://market.android.com/details?id=bn.ereader

Thanks,but that won't work for me. I don't have an Android phone, and the site won't letme download without one.

labco wrote:Thanks,but that won't work for me. I don't have an Android phone, and the site won't letme download without one.

You will need to load the "market fix" as outlined here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1025059

smokeybandit wrote:Now if it would only ship...

I'm with you on that one. Impatiently awaiting a tracking number, SOMETHING!!!!