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Right - 2 Ainol Advanced IIs have just arrived from Gadget Freakz.
Quick mucking about leaves this apple fanboi impressed.
Obviously its not up to the quality of an iPad, but for watching videos and playing games on the annual migration from the north of scotland to the south of france, the kids are going to love them.
Now, where do I download iWashCatz 😀
Quick update on my Aurora. I've been using it for a few weeks with ice cream sandwich and its been very good, but a bit of memory lag has been frustrating so I've just flashed it with really good version of gingerbread 2.3.4 I got from top notch tablets site. Really super slick now and better power management. Will try and post links to the firmware later.
But this screen is superb
update...
Using these guides and firmware sources Ive got my tablet on gingerbread for now. Technically a step backwards and doesnt support hardware decoding for now, but soon enough a slick ICS firmware will be out and Ill go back tot that. Until then I have an awesome gingerbread tablet.
http://www.uplaytablet.com/how-to-upgrade-ainol-novo-7-aurora-and-elf-firmware-rom/
http://topnotchtablets.com/LivesuiteInstall
http://topnotchtablets.com/Novo7Elf-AuroraFirmware
More cheapness:
magowen and pepper - how have your Onda and Cube machines been then?
nexus 7 with something like AOKP or Omega rom flashed onto it, if you must go 7" but like others have said it's not that much of a jump from a 4.5" phone.
I'm looking at the Asus a700 or Nexus 10 when it's back in stock.
Does the Ainol (sounds like haemorrhoid cream) have GPS?)
Nexus 7 arrived for me yesterday, it's going back today on account of it being broken.
no gps on the ainol aurora (sounds more like throbbing arse grapes I think)
Ive just flashed a tidy gingerbread rom back on to my aurora and installed some games and educational stuff for Jr for xmas. Ive had a good year out of it.
Only problem is with the sound. Bit of a glitch which might be some kind of build prop contamination (because it happens on a number of ROMs Ive tried), the sound gets sent to the speaker only when the screen is off.
Its not the end of the world, music etc is fine witht the screen off. Films & games not so good. It means when Jr is playing angry birds I dont have to hear it though 🙂
Nexus 7 is my pressie to me int he new year...