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1) The device is really meant to be used as a PMP in China. It is pitched as a iPod Touch competitor by the manufacturer. The ebook functionality is strictly an add on. It comes with a PDF reader in the Chinese version.
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That sort of makes sense. But what doesn't is that the current review of the media player (mplayer) suggests that it hasn't been compiled to use the video hardware. Are the original manufacturers using a different OS?
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2) The current English Ubuntu is done by a third party, possibly eletroworld. The manufacturer's own English version won't be ready until end of June.
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Well, hopefully it will be optimized for hardware, and can be updated. And, also hopefully, it will be easy to tweak.
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4) They are willing to sell me 10 units at a significant discount relative to eletoworld's prices. Email me if you want one. If enough people want it I can bring a shipment in via UPS and you guys can have it at cost plus your pro-rata piece of the shipping cost. But all the documentation will be in Chinese, so you need to savvy enough to do hack it without manual. No matter what I have already asked to have one Q7 and one Q5 sent to me for evaluation.
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Damn! I already bought mine.
But if I love it enough, maybe I'll want another for a friend or a backup.
The device is not available here in Thailand, either. Nor have I yet found a portable bluetooth keyboard -- possibly because of the Thai keyboard incompatibilities.
I wonder if it would sell here...
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