Gen-E™ 7" Dual Core Android Tablet 3rd Party Reviews

The following are reviews of the Gen-E™ 7" Dual Core Android Tablet by individuals/companies who have no direct relationship with us.

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Written by twinkerz, as published at tabletrepublic.com on 6th August for the Gen-E N701

Ok, just got the device delivered 2 days ago. This short review will be wordy, picture review will come later.

Appearance
The appearance is the same as the one in the picture, except that the back is pasted with the sticker 2.0M instead of 3.2M, but no biggy as the system reports that it can capture at 3.0M. Mine is the white version. The built is sturdy, no shaking parts.

Display
LCD screen is bright and sharp. So far no dead pixel or bleeding issue. At 1024x600, the device can comfortably display more without you straining your eye. This is a joy when surfing.

Sound
Sound is loud and clear. Have yet to try playing mp3, so far played plant vs zombies, the music and sound effects are crisp and clear.

Mic
Microphone is at the side of the device, i almost mistook it as the reset button. the effect on the mic is acceptable. When i try the software talk panda, it is able to pick up pretty well when i speak softly. When i try it on my ipad 2 on talking carl, i almost have to shout for the app to register.

3g
This supports WCDMA. The speed is amazing. I tried downloading games from appchina.com. 70+mb games can be downloaded within sub 5 mins. Very impressive.

Phone
Since mine is a data sim, i m not able to test out this part. but hey, i dun think anybody wants to hold such a big device to their ear though. So to me this is a nice to have feature, but not a must have.

Speed
The device is speedy. No lags when selecting different options from menu, or in game. So far tried plant vs zombie, very much similar with how you play it on pc, no lag, graphics is the same.

Battery
The battery life is pretty decent, with wifi and 3g mixed usage, i have gotten 3.5 close to 4 hrs of usage on the first charge. hopefully after a few cycles, the battery can last longer. Only 1 small quirk though.. the battery meter doesnt always seems to reflect the true amount of battery. When charge to 100%, and i pull out the plug, the battery immediately drop to 95%, when plug in again, it goes back to 100%. Probably a software issue that needs ironing out here..

Camera
Camera at best is only decent. Can be used for quick snaps, but not for those who are into details and quality.

Wifi
Wifi signal is acceptable. i was in another room beside the one that the wifi router resides and sometimes i can get 2 bar signal.

Storage
When i receive the device, i can see 580mb free for internal memory, and 5.8gb for built in memory which is reported as an SD card.

Quirks
Well, there are 2 quirks that i found, one is the battery charge which will drop 5% or more immediately after pulling out the charger, and another is the report of free memory, i get a negative follow by a long strong of numbers. So far, currentwidget is not functioning, it kept complaining no data. SetCPU is also not working. Have reflected the battery quirk to the seller. He is very friendly and assured me that this is a software issue which hopefully can be resolved in future. He even tried to test out his existing sets just to confirm this issue for me. Thanks. Appreciate that. If you are able to pass me the current and 1.1 rom it will be even greater so that i can have a backup of it.

To flash
Gotten the instruction from another source. In order to flash, you will need to download whatever rom file, extract all the files inside. will contain lots of .bin files. Then copy all these extracted files to the root of your SD card. shutdown your machine, hold the power and down button until you feel your device keep vibrating continuously. This vibration will last for ard 2-3 mins, and then starts the process of flashing. If the device vibrate intermittently, like vibrate 1 sec, stop 1 sec, vibrate 1 sec, stop 1 sec, with the screen flashing white with the vibration, then most prob you do not have the .bin files in the root of the sd card. try again.

Overall
This machine is pretty good for a 7" tablet. Nice size makes it easier to hold as compared to an ipad 2. The screen is crisp and sharp, net surfing is fast, and with the dual core, there is no lag when switching between applications.

Ok man. so far here it is first. will continue again soon.

Written by chinatenq, posted online on 10th August 2010, for the Gen-E N701.

1. Appearance

Have to say, when I got this, superb appearance and high-end screen that I have been impressed. Even blurted out "This is a tablet in Shenzhen, I have seen the highest level of the mold!" Maybe it’s a slight exaggeration, but the first a sense of really stunning. Then they take a variety in the street when making a call on the wonders of various second glance. Maybe someday will be spread to flat call people on the street got used to the situation.

Machines used in the classic red and white with a very fashionable color. The appearance of imitation Samsung P1000 feeling, but do not look the same, the overall rounded degree and smoothness are just right.

Around the corner are a good deal, I feel very fine. Although metallic red frame, but should be of plastic material, worry over time will paint, use to try to protect.

Back is all white, no central bulge feeling, to get posted when the machine before and after a good film.

Bottom of the machine, there are four android standard buttons, which is also a capacitive touch and backlit display. Side has power and volume keys. There is no reset button on the machine. If a crash can press the power button 10 seconds cut off the power off.

Machine is only with the charging port, headphone jack, TF card slot and SIM card. HDMI interface is omitted and another USB HOST interface. It is said that this practice is to machine aesthetics, but also to sacrifice some features, some pity.

2. A9 dual-core processor

A9 dual-core processor is NEC EV2 we are familiar with and also known as "Renesas" processor. The processor is to market for some time. A9 and dual-core is indeed true frequency of each core 533MHZ, add up to a total of 1G of main frequency. NEC EV2 using a 40nm process, operating voltage 1.1V, can be said low power consumption. To make android tablet phone is very appropriate. Display chip SGX530, basically you can cope with 3D games, and has a variety of 1080P video decoding capabilities.

Let’s look at some of the game measured. The android tablet get a lot of games have been pre-installed, which also lack some of the masterpiece game, the game shows the ability of its manufacturers or winter ridge confidence.

AirAttack HD: running full-screen, the game smoothly.

Samurai II: full-screen operation, the game smoothly.

Fruit Ninja: two touch, smooth without delay.

Genuine Zombies: normal operation

Through a large number of test games, you can see most of the games are running, some games will not run or cannot full screen, resolution, and compatibility of the chip is the main reason some masterpiece game will appear in a number of scenarios small card phenomenon, SGX530 display the performance of the core is basically barely enough.

3. Telephone performance

3G Internet access to normal

SMS send and receive normal

In use, phone stable, the standby screen when the phone function turned off or are very smooth.

3. 7 inch screen 1024 * 600 high definition capacity

According to information obtained by the author, the machine’s display and touch screen are from BYD, using LED backlight, resolution 1024 * 600, considered high-end goods in the industry, prices are cheap. DroPad A9N using this screen can be called under the foot of the original capital, the high price of this machine is the most important factor in it.

Screen brightness and color are very good, very fine high-definition screen display.

Viewing angle test, the perspective is still not perfect, but the performance has been very good.

2 touch screen, though not high, but at present there are few applications require more than 2 points.

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