NATPC M009S Capacitive LITE 7" Android Tablet PC £49.99 (plus £4.59 p&p) @ Amazon / Wendy Lou £54.58
Very good spec tablet at an amazing price!
Full UK warranty and support and the seller is absolutely amazing.
It is fulfilled by amazon and is their new LITE model which may be better to some customers.
All of their other tablets are very well reviewed so this is a major culprit to success and amazing ability.
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NATPC is synonymous with quality android tablet PCs at down to earth prices and, here we have exciting, powerful technology combined with an unbeatable price. This fine example shows most of the reasons why the NATPC M009S range of tablets is the UKs favourite independent brand - style, quality and performance in a comfortable, portable form factor.
This model comes with 8GB Nand Flash storage and 512mb of system RAM, coupled to a dedicated graphics processor meaning all but the most technical of games will play smoothly and effortlessly on this tablet.
CPU : A13 1.2 GHz
Graphics Processor : Mali 400 MHz
Touchscreen : 5 point multi touch capacitive resolution 800 x 480
Operating System : Android 4.0 ICE CREAM SANDWICH
Memory : 512MB DDR III / 8GB NAND Flash - upgradeable by Micro SD memory card (max 32GB)
WiFi : 802.11 b/g/n
Connectivity : 1 x Micro SD slot, 1 x AC Jack, 1 x 3.5mm Earphone Jack, 1 x Mini USB
Battery : 3000 Mah
Camera : 0.3mp Front facing
Android Market / Google Play Store : YES
G Sensor : YES
3G : Requires HUAWEI E1750 Dongle available separately
Dimensions : 199 x 124 x 12mm
Weight : 312g
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ITEM IS NOT FULFILLED BY AMAZON
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But the (older?) device seems to be a lower spec in terms of Android version, memory and screen tech (capacitive / resistive touchscreen).
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Just don't expect too much from it. I had one of these Chinese import tablets and it was higher spec than this one. Lasted about a month before I sold it. Too glitchy/laggy/slow for my liking.
My one benchmarked around 30% lower scores than a 2 year old Samsung Galaxy S phone. Web browsing was where I found it most annoying when lag kicked in. Not all games worked on it and it NEEDED custom firmware to get the best out of it.
Dual core ones and newer processors are appearing on some of the newer Chinese imports now so these older single core models are only going to drop in price.
Just don't expect too much from it. I had one of these Chinese import tablets and it was higher spec than this one. Lasted about a month before I sold it. Too glitchy/laggy/slow for my liking.
My one benchmarked around 30% lower scores than a 2 year old Samsung Galaxy S phone. Web browsing was where I found it most annoying when lag kicked in. Not all games worked on it and it NEEDED custom firmware to get the best out of it.
Dual core ones and newer processors are appearing on some of the newer Chinese imports now so these older single core models are only going to drop in price.
Eken A90.
Same processor/gfx as this but with 1gb of RAM.
Using Quadrant the Galaxy S benchmarked about 2200. The A90, with a well configured installation of CM9 ROM managed just over 1600. Stock it managed about 1500. My current Galaxy Note running stock ICS clocks in around 3700. My mates HTC One X is up around 4700. These cheapo tablets are not in the same league compared to newer (and a lot of older) smartphones I'm afraid.
Believe me, I tried every tweak available for the thing but it was just too underpowered for my taste.
If you buy this, the first thing I'd install would be Dolphin HD browser. The stock browser had a nasty habit of clogging up and force closing all the time.
** EDIT **
Sorry. Just noticed this one uses an A13 chipset rather than the A10 that was in the tablet I had. Although, having looked it up, the A13 appears to be a scaled DOWN version of the A10 chipset (no hi-res or HDMI support so it's cheaper). Besides the removed functionality, it's much the same.
But with half the RAM, I would only expect the lag to be worse ....
Edited By: sancheez on Jun 27, 2012 11:02: ..
thnx.
You will have to use a dongle such as the HUAWEI E1750 with a sim in it in order to use 3G on the tablet.
OR WHAT YOU CAN DO IS, IF YOU HAVE GOT UNLIMITED INTERNET ON YOUR MOBILE PHONE THEN YOU CAN MAKE IT WI-FI HOTSPOT AND CONNECT THE TABLET WITH YOUR PHONE WITHOUT ANY EXTRA COST. ;)
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Haha, I bloody love that link!
Edited By: tonikeys on Jun 27, 2012 11:00
What does a custom rom achieve on a tablet like this and how easy is it to do?
Decent tablet, decent seller.
Its got a single core(mp1 ?) Mali 400 so obviously a phone using a Power SGX540 has faster graphics.
Does not stop it being a great price.
You could spend an extra £30 and get a refurbished advent vega with custom ROM.
What does a custom rom achieve on a tablet like this and how easy is it to do?
Squeezes every last bit of performance out of it and is often more stable than the stock ROM's these things ship with.
The stock ROM on the A90 was average at best. CM9 was a good improvement usability wise but only managed to squeeze about 10% extra performace out of it.
They're usually fairly straightforward to install. The most awkward bit is often finding one which is 100% compatible with your device as there are LOADS of Chinese imports out there now. Many of which are clones of each other ..... except often with minor hardware differences.
The A90 for instance. The batches had different hardware in them for the touch screen and accelerometers but they were all sold as the same unit. This meant that even the Eken supplied firmwares only worked on 50% of the units sold! (If you tried to re-install, they all work out of the factory)
Thats the thing with the Chinese ones. Yes, you get more bang for your buck and the specs on paper look a lot better than the branded stuff you buy in the high street. But, you usually have to faff about with them a bit more to get the best out of them.