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Originally Posted by sarah11918
It's worth noting that this common complaint about the Viewsonic: "The software is the big deal breaker here. It comes with this version of android 2.2 made by Viewsonic in which everybody's opinion it's the worst thing ever made." (emphasis mine)
The products were even recalled in December, sounds like because of the software issues. In the amazon listing, comments refer to Viewsonic finally letting people choose regular Android over their own Android version.
So I'm not entirely sure it's fair to use this product as an example of a larger Android tablet currently running Froyo. It looks like Viewsonic (unsuccessfully) tried their own hack version of 2.2, and a lot of owners were left trying to hack it themselves to make it useable.
Note: I've never used one, so I'm just going off what other people have written, but I was looking into tablets yesterday and reading about this one. If someone actually has one, please comment.
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If you read other site's reviews, you will see that the "recalled" story is not true. One retailer removed them from their shelves due to customer complaints. In response, Viewsonic released an update which, as you have stated, allows users to choose the stock Android interface (like the edge uses). Those users mostly praise this tablet.
If I remember correctly, our very own Chubulor has one of these. Hopefully he will chime in here.
My original point was that we can't keep throwing out the tired line about Froyo not coming to the eDGe due to it's screen size. Others have shown this not to be true.
If someone wants to say that Froyo is not available for the eDGe due to the customizations that must be made in order to support the ereader, that is a more accurate assessment.
You out there Chubulor???