Chinese tablets
Jan 30, 2013 | 7:41 am
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Chinese tablets
Lots of interesting features coming to the Chinese tablet market. With retina screens to the rk3188 quad core cpu.
I'd personally go for the Ainol Novo 10 Hero dual core. It's well built. Costs only 899rmb. It's AMLogic cpu is android certified and it's drivers are open source. This means the developer community can fix bugs and keep it up to date. It already has CM 10.1/Jellybean 4.2 running smoothly on it at slatedriod.com
Honestly, if you are willing to spend more money you should go with the Nexus 10. The rk3188 may offer great performance but hasn't historically been developer friendly. The Ramos W30 has a great Exynos CPU but Ramos hasn't cooperated with the developer community. The Nexus 10 even struggles offers great performance with it's retina display. So retina displays are a little premature for the Chinese tablets. It is already rumoured a Nexus 10 update will soon be announced with a better processor.
AMLogic has still to announce it's 2013 CPU. It will be interesting to see if Ainol switches to their solution later in the year.
All the 10" Chinese tablets require an adapter to charge. Lack the extra the Nexus 10 comes with like NFC, single partition storage, etc. ...
So what do other think?
I'd personally go for the Ainol Novo 10 Hero dual core. It's well built. Costs only 899rmb. It's AMLogic cpu is android certified and it's drivers are open source. This means the developer community can fix bugs and keep it up to date. It already has CM 10.1/Jellybean 4.2 running smoothly on it at slatedriod.com
Honestly, if you are willing to spend more money you should go with the Nexus 10. The rk3188 may offer great performance but hasn't historically been developer friendly. The Ramos W30 has a great Exynos CPU but Ramos hasn't cooperated with the developer community. The Nexus 10 even struggles offers great performance with it's retina display. So retina displays are a little premature for the Chinese tablets. It is already rumoured a Nexus 10 update will soon be announced with a better processor.
AMLogic has still to announce it's 2013 CPU. It will be interesting to see if Ainol switches to their solution later in the year.
All the 10" Chinese tablets require an adapter to charge. Lack the extra the Nexus 10 comes with like NFC, single partition storage, etc. ...
So what do other think?
Jan 31, 2013 | 3:55 am
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These things are seriously disrupting Apple. Iphones and Ipads were the rage until about a year ago, but then companies started cranking out comparable devices that retail for 1/4 the cost, and they created an entirely new market (e.g. people who can afford to spend $100 on a phone, but not $800), which has over 1 billion participants.
Unless Apple comes out with another game changing product, I dare say they are toast (though, I must admit that they are sitting upon a ton of cash).
I recently read the Innovator's Dilemma, which was penned well in advance of the iPhone craze, but Apple could easily provide yet another case study for the author (i.e. strive for high volumes and low margins in markets that don't yet exist, and you can overtake the big boys).
ETA: I know I'm getting way off topic, to the extent that my post probably belongs in OMNI, but can you guys think of any companies that are not disruptable? My answer is Google only, but even its day will come (i.e. at some point, it will turn into an IBM). My (distant) second answer would be FedEx because this 3D printing thing is bound to make them less and less relevant. I can almost guarantee that our beloved FT will be disrupted within the next 5 years because technology is far better now than it was in 1999, and our IB people are still wedded to their old ways; they have created an awesome community (big check mark for this), but half of the content is worthless, and it's not really curated, apart from the stickies that non-paid blokes like us create (e.g. I showed my biz partner "One day in Shanghai" this morning, and his reaction was, "you guys are pitiful").
Unless Apple comes out with another game changing product, I dare say they are toast (though, I must admit that they are sitting upon a ton of cash).
I recently read the Innovator's Dilemma, which was penned well in advance of the iPhone craze, but Apple could easily provide yet another case study for the author (i.e. strive for high volumes and low margins in markets that don't yet exist, and you can overtake the big boys).
ETA: I know I'm getting way off topic, to the extent that my post probably belongs in OMNI, but can you guys think of any companies that are not disruptable? My answer is Google only, but even its day will come (i.e. at some point, it will turn into an IBM). My (distant) second answer would be FedEx because this 3D printing thing is bound to make them less and less relevant. I can almost guarantee that our beloved FT will be disrupted within the next 5 years because technology is far better now than it was in 1999, and our IB people are still wedded to their old ways; they have created an awesome community (big check mark for this), but half of the content is worthless, and it's not really curated, apart from the stickies that non-paid blokes like us create (e.g. I showed my biz partner "One day in Shanghai" this morning, and his reaction was, "you guys are pitiful").
Last edited by moondog; Jan 31, 2013 at 4:16 am
Jan 31, 2013 | 8:36 am
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My (distant) second answer would be FedEx because this 3D printing thing is bound to make them less and less relevant. .
Feb 2, 2013 | 1:29 pm
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I have been looking to purchase a cheap tablet for the past month for consumption only. I felt a Chinese tablet was the best bang for the buck.
You can purchase ones as cheap at 400 RMB - (7 inch, single core, 8 G). Then I started asking locals and friends about their laptop. Getting over the fact that many are ipad fanatics because of the "prestige" - many people can't afford it so they buy ipad lookalikes.
Here is the problem I discovered.
They are slow - even the well known Chinese brands. It takes forever to load anything.
If you are buying android, so many are pre-loaded with viruses. - be careful.
The tablet response is muddled.
However they do have some great features.
One I saw had duo sim card slots or most are expandable ssd slots (up to 64G).
In the end, I purchased a google nexus 7 in Japan (not available in China) because of the speed.
You really need to consider what you are using the tablet for.
You can purchase ones as cheap at 400 RMB - (7 inch, single core, 8 G). Then I started asking locals and friends about their laptop. Getting over the fact that many are ipad fanatics because of the "prestige" - many people can't afford it so they buy ipad lookalikes.
Here is the problem I discovered.
They are slow - even the well known Chinese brands. It takes forever to load anything.
If you are buying android, so many are pre-loaded with viruses. - be careful.
The tablet response is muddled.
However they do have some great features.
One I saw had duo sim card slots or most are expandable ssd slots (up to 64G).
In the end, I purchased a google nexus 7 in Japan (not available in China) because of the speed.
You really need to consider what you are using the tablet for.