This is a perfect tablet if you flash the ROM and run a 3rd party Android OS, preferably Gingerbread (VEGA-n). With the new OS it is smoking fast! Takes about an hour to do. Well worth the time. The view angle sucks, but it's easily overlooked.

I bought one during a previous woot! and like others have stated here I couldn't get over the viewing angle of the screen. If I am going to spend $250 on a tablet (I have to pay Texas tax), I can (and did) easily justify $100 more for one that has a MUCH better viewing angle, doesn't need to be hacked with new roms, etc. I was able to sell the Viewsonic on Craigslist with not much loss from the woot! price however.

jazzmotazzmo wrote:Here is the real deal, people...

Tablets suck... and they are not going to last, period.(s)....................

The move is going to be toward more portable and accessible devices like a PHONE - something you have with you at all times. Who does not carry a cell phone with them at all times? Some, I'm sure, but most cell phone people, at worst, would be roughly 80%. Right?

Tab/Padders are infrequent - I rarely see them in airports, coffee shops, or malls yet EVERYONE has a cell phone. Don't gimmick-up. I know a Man who'll Bojangle for you. Mr. Bojangles, DANCE.

I'm pretty sure that on every flight I've taken this year someone in my aisle has had a tablet, and I've flown ~40,000 miles so far this year, all domestic.

And speaking of "suck", what do you call trying to watch video on a smartphone screen (as well as trying to buffer the video while downloading)?

ACCKKK!

In for two, one for me and one for the other one. Don't make me hate life, honeycomb!

as far as the buttons not being back-lit, just take a sharp hobby knife, and score one line in the plastic next to the home button, and two lines next to back. that way in the dark, you can always find the right button

jazzmotazzmo wrote:Here is the real deal, people...

Tablets suck... and they are not going to last, period.(s)....................

The move is going to be toward more portable and accessible devices like a PHONE - something you have with you at all times. Who does not carry a cell phone with them at all times? Some, I'm sure, but most cell phone people, at worst, would be roughly 80%. Right?

Tab/Padders are infrequent - I rarely see them in airports, coffee shops, or malls yet EVERYONE has a cell phone. Don't gimmick-up. I know a Man who'll Bojangle for you. Mr. Bojangles, DANCE.

Well, I've watched Captin Picard and others in Star Fleet use them all the time. So I don't think they are going out of style, any time real soon.

I know personally, with my eyes not as good as they use to be, I can hardly read my e-mails on my blackberry, so this device lets me read them anywhere in the house, much easier, and I'm not tied to my computer to do so.

There are differnet tools for different functions. I have a lot of devices, for differnet needs. There really isn't one that fits all jobs. Yes there are a few that can pull double or triple duty.

I think you are correct that you don't see a lot of them out. I take my phone with me, b/c it's primary job is to call people. But at home, I use the tablet quite a bit. Sometimes I'll take it in the car and the boys can play games.

bobkrause wrote:Check out the Bishop of Technology site (www.raywaldo.com). Ray's got some great step-by-step instructions for modding the tablet and you won't believe how well it works with a decent ROM on it.

I checked this site out as well. I have never been more confused in all my days. If this happens, then to do this, if you have this version do that, but if you don't then do something else. Copy this file, but only if you have this version otherwise click here...GOOD GOD. And people on here are saying in 15 minutes this is done???

Not for the average person...I wish now I hadn't bought a G tab...maybe I'll sell it on ebay or craigslist.

jet314 wrote:I checked this site out as well. I have never been more confused in all my days. If this happens, then to do this, if you have this version do that, but if you don't then do something else. Copy this file, but only if you have this version otherwise click here...GOOD GOD. And people on here are saying in 15 minutes this is done???

Not for the average person...I wish now I hadn't bought a G tab...maybe I'll sell it on ebay or craigslist.

I love how people think this stuff is complex. Makes me wonder how they get anything done in life. This is probably the second easiest thing I've done short of wiping my a$$.

Oh my bad, they aren't selling anything toilet related today, so I guess that comment was off topic.

machinenoise wrote:The view angle sucks, but it's easily overlooked.

Not sure if that was intentional but it made me laugh!

synthsis wrote:literally snagged my Touchpad 20 minutes ago after fighting all weekend to find one. Way to be ironic good ol' woot.

Where did you get one?

michaelahess wrote:I love how people think this stuff is complex. Makes me wonder how they get anything done in life. This is probably the second easiest thing I've done short of wiping my a$$.

Oh my bad, they aren't selling anything toilet related today, so I guess that comment was off topic.

Well, you should be running the planet then, forgive me for being computer illiterate. There's always one in a crowd...

And I'm sure I'm not the only one...so a lot of us will be wiping A$$ then I guess...ciao

Don't buy it to use. If you want to play and root and mod, go for it.

If you want to use it buy something else.

I have one, it is fun to mess with, but not always attractive to use sometimes.

I bought this the first time I saw it here on Woot! and I love it now that I'm running Flashback Honeycomb on it. Here's a link to a case review I wrote for a couple of cases I have for it:

http://themanpages.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/viewsonic-gtablet-case-review/

-Cheers,
NickMich

jet314 wrote:Well, you should be running the planet then, forgive me for being computer illiterate. There's always one in a crowd...

And I'm sure I'm not the only one...so a lot of us will be wiping A$$ then I guess...ciao

I just believe if someone is interested in something, they should do themselves a favor and learn to do it. Change your oil, build a deck, fix a lawn mowers engine, etc. That's all. Entitlement is a pet peeve of mine.

jet314 wrote:Well, you should be running the planet then, forgive me for being computer illiterate. There's always one in a crowd...

We already do. Didn't you get the memo?
The technologically ignorant and Mac users (same thing) are just being kept around as breeding stock.

michaelahess wrote:I just believe if someone is interested in something, they should do themselves a favor and learn to do it. Change your oil, build a deck, fix a lawn mowers engine, etc. That's all. Entitlement is a pet peeve of mine.

Hear hear. Anyone should be able to do some basic things. Change your oil, hang a door, cook at least a single meal 'from scratch', balance your checkbook, drive a car, use a rifle, do laundry... specialization is for insects.

wootalyzer wrote:Wootalyzer's Pricing Post! - The price of today's woot item is saved here for future reference
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ViewSonic gTablet 10.1" Multi-touch Tablet
$239.99 + $5 Shipping
Condition: New

How many got this because because they couldn't get a HP TouchPad?

Selling for $219 starting Thursday at http://JR.com

skytechrep wrote:There are starting to be rumors that this Touch-pad fiasco is some sort of "para dyne", it has shown that the demand is there but many just are not gonna pay what the manufacturers want. I am not saying I agree, but they are noticing. A Nice 30-40% drop in tablet prices would be nice. And still they would make margin.

In the mean time woot lets see some $39.95 touch pads, new and warrantied

Did you by any chance mean "paradigm?"

skytechrep wrote:can i blame my spelll checker

Your spell checker won't help you if you don't know the word in the first place.

Well , I received my order cancellation from Barnes and Noble stating that they did not have enough tocuhpads to fill my order of 1. Wow, I really wanted that touchpad. I have a Gtab and love it but I wanted to play around on the HP touchpad. Any thing above $105 is not worth it to me. The $284 for the Gtab was well worth it, even if Viewsonic $ucks Monkey Ball$!

Thanks for the advice!
I heard good reports about the tablet and just purchased one.
Would be most interested to know how to upgrade it to Honeycomb 3.0 or 3.1. is it just a straight download?

Best,

Jeff

fragdaddy2007 wrote:I have had one since the first woot.

Its amazingly good value, with a little work it can be one of the fastest devices out there.

You can even put Android 3.0 Honeycomb on them now!


Also, here is a quadrant score from mine:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v406/frag_daddy_2007/P20110804134140.png

Anyone that ordered have theirs shipped yet? Sure was hoping to have it before the weekend so I would have a full day to flash a new rom onto it and play around. =\

Edit: Just shipped! Sweet. CMon FedEx, I live all of 2 hours away from woot! please don't take 3 days to deliver!

So FedEx says they have no information for my order when I click on the link. Normal?

themikeybee wrote:So FedEx says they have no information for my order when I click on the link. Normal?

Totally normal. Give it a day or two to show up in the tracking system.

themikeybee wrote:So FedEx says they have no information for my order when I click on the link. Normal?

Completely. Wait until tonight and check again. Basically what this means is that Woot has created a shipping label for your package but FedEx hasn't picked up or received the package from woot yet. Once FedEx has the package their site will be updated with a delivery date and whatever tracking info is avaliable. Have no fear! PS... Mine says the same thing right now.

Thanks guys! I usually don't check the tracking right away, but I am a little anxious for this guy :D

jaydeekay67 wrote:Thanks for the advice!
I heard good reports about the tablet and just purchased one.
Would be most interested to know how to upgrade it to Honeycomb 3.0 or 3.1. is it just a straight download?

Best,

Jeff

I have heard the same reports too Jeff. It's supposed to be GREAT if you change to Honeycomb or Vegan or several other OS's. One post I read on Amazon I believe said it's the most customizable tablet available. With that being said, make sure you know what root installer you have 1.1 or 1.2. That determines the proper download of HC or any of the other OS's. Second, if you don't understand computer geek-ese, which I don't completely, in my opinion, it is a bit of chore. If you have good knowledge, you'll probably get it done in an hour or less. Some have said 20 minutes. I'm gonna find someone to help me with mine. I speak 3 other languages, computer geek-ese isn't one of them. Best of Luck !! JIM

P.S. Check XDA Developers website for just about everything and google Gtab you'll find all kinds of things.

theGrape wrote:Selling for $219 starting Thursday at http://JR.com

Holy cow, looks like there is free shipping too.

Mines on the truck for delivery! woohoo!

I put my order through Monday evening and got my fed ex tracking number a day later. Now it's Thursday and my tracking number is still listed as not found. Has something gone awry?

theGrape wrote:Selling for $219 starting Thursday at http://JR.com

Looks like the price is dropping even more with a Coupon Code for those who are looking for the same Viewsonic gTablet 10".

http://dealnews.com/View-Sonic-gTablet-10-Android-Tablet-for-210-free-shipping/494232.html

Shop Now!
$210
w/ coupon
+ free shipping

ViewSonic gTablet 10" Android Tablet
Hotness: Posted 34 min ago
J&R offers the ViewSonic gTablet 10" Google Android Tablet for $219.97. Coupon code "JRSAVEMORE" cuts it to $209.97. With free shipping, that's $45 under our mention from three days ago and the lowest total price we've seen since June when it was $10 less (since expired). (It's also a current price low by $40.) It features an NVIDIA Tegra 2 1GHz dual-core processor, 10.1" 1024x600 LED-backlit widescreen LCD, 512MB RAM, 16GB internal memory (expandable via microSD card), webcam, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, and Google Android 2.2. Coupon code expires August 31.
Model Number: GTABLET

tyj3r0 wrote:I put my order through Monday evening and got my fed ex tracking number a day later. Now it's Thursday and my tracking number is still listed as not found. Has something gone awry?

I'm in the same boat; its now friday (26th) and my tracking number is still not found in their system. I hope its just some SNAFU, since I was hoping to have it to play with over the weekend.

cyferhax wrote:I'm in the same boat; its now friday (26th) and my tracking number is still not found in their system. I hope its just some SNAFU, since I was hoping to have it to play with over the weekend.

Same here, hoping for an update soon.

DennisWKam wrote:Just wanted to give everyone a heads up on the status. These have shipped out, but we're checking with FedEx to see why they haven't scanned them in yet. We'll provide further details once we hear back from them.

Until then, keep cool my babies.

thanks, i've been raging all day

DennisWKam wrote:Just wanted to give everyone a heads up on the status. These have shipped out, but we're checking with FedEx to see why they haven't scanned them in yet. We'll provide further details once we hear back from them.

Until then, keep cool my babies.

THANKS for the update Dennis! I have been jonesing to get mine... but the big question is WHEN did they ship??
That will give me a better idea of when they will arrive. Cheers m8!

Well, I'm glad to know they have shipped at least. I am quite excited as this will be my first tablet. This should change things for me immensely, not having to lug around my laptop. Though I keep reading that I should root this particular tablet to another version of android. I hope this isn't complicated as I haven't done such a thing before.

fedex finally scanned he tablets into their system, shows that they're still in texas and delivery date for me is next week.

DennisWKam wrote:Just wanted to give everyone a heads up on the status. These have shipped out, but we're checking with FedEx to see why they haven't scanned them in yet. We'll provide further details once we hear back from them.

Until then, keep cool my babies.

Very glad they were shipped, but may I ask why it took so long? Mine is still in Texas and it has been 5 days.... if it were a vacuum I would probably be a little less twisted up around the axles, but this is something I was hoping to get by Tuesday, and it will not arrive til Wednesday (when I am sitting on a plane flying to the other side of the country...) tut tut woot.... perhaps it is time to offer upgraded shipping options.....

Tracking Number is finally working, it is showing that it should arrive on Wednesday.

Not quite sure why it only arrived at FedEx today.