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Originally Posted by eBuk
Thank you for your comments and thoughts. Yes, the NookColor was just rooted which is great but it still needs a little bit more for me...
What I like about the Huawei S7 is as follows:
1. 7" touch screen (it's not capacitive but it's still incredibly responsive)
2. Full Tablet (not just a dedicated ebook reader)
3. Full Access to Android Market
4. Bluetooth
5. GPS
6. Phone
7. WiFi
8. Web Browsing
9. Android 2.2 release promised
10. Movie playback/support
11. Music playback/support
12. Full EBOOK reader (with multiple choices of reader programs)
13. Email
14. Calendar
15. Documents
16. 2 Cameras (front & back)
17. Video Chat
18. Instant Messaging
19. Voice Chat
Etc...
It'll be more than just an ebook reader for me.
It's set to take the place of my cellphone, dedicated ebook reader (on the go), my smartphone, my GPS AND my laptop (on the go). So it's worth the $299 to me.
(It's $50 more than the Nook Color but adds way more than $50 worth of functions (GPS, Bluetooth, Phone, Andorid Market, etc).)
I'm leaning towards getting one for Xmas... I'd just like to know if anyone has one or is considering one.
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Do not count on Froyo being ported to the S7. Check out this thread at androidtablets.net:
http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/...iscussion.html
(Just found this link in recent update that seems to confirm the lack of 2.2 update:
http://asia.cnet.com/crave/2010/12/1...+Android+Froyo
- bad news!
And then good newer news from posters who state they have "inside info" that the 2.2 update is coming - pay your money, and take your chances depending on who you believe I guess. Supposed to have been some official announcement today, but nothing so far - 23:25 EST - sleeping on it)
I got one a little over a week ago, and despite its overall goodness, am finding some disappointments which with that possible/probable lack of upgrade could spike this gizmo for me:
- No USB host mode for keyboard/mouse/drives
- Bluetooth pairing but not connecting with Palm keyboard that works fine with Archos 5 and Nokia 810
- Cannot tether off my Verizon Windows Mobile 6.5 Imagio (Archos also fails, but Windoze and Lniux PC's work) - not interested in getting T-Mobile or ATT just for this.
- Heavier than I realized from hefting it with the security attachment in the store - about like my former Pandigital Novel such that my carpal tunnel numbness kicks in fairly quickly as opposed to the Archos 5.
- Although I prefer resistive over capacitive touch screens (hate smudging them up, and the lesser precision vs stylus/fingernail - Palm/Graffiti "legacy"), it is a bit trickier than the Archos to use since the stylus/nail has to do a pulling motion to avoid the "fingernail on chalkboard" sensation of a pushing movement.
Considering that the Archos does almost as much (and more with the BT keyboard), and is so much handier to pack along, fitting in a shirt pocket, which the S7 could never do, and reading on it without it making my hand go numb (as soon), and, on the other "end", my Fujitsu Lifebook P1610 convertible tablet being only a little heavier and bigger overall with far more functionality (dual-booting Linux and Windoze), the S7 probably really does not make sense for me.
YMMV, but I have a little over a week to return it to BB, and take a $45 hit for the restocking fee (they made a point of that with the "14-day Return" tape stuck all over the box - no Christmas gift grace period extension). I am thinking more and more that will be the price of my "trial period", and be done with it.
Other than that, it's an awesome tablet for the price
