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SmartQ T7 unboxing video

August 26th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware reviews, smartq

Chippy over at Carrypad just posted an unboxing video for Smart Devices’ newest tablet, the T7. Like the R7, it has a 7″ 800 x 600 resistive touchscreen, WiFi, SDHC card slot, and runs Android 2.1. No GPS or Bluetooth, though. But it does come with Android Market and Google apps.

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Smart Devices announce SmartQ V3

August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

Smart Devices have just released some ph0tos and the specs for their 7th tabet. The SmartQ V3 runs Android 2.1 on a 4.3″ screen, with a 600MHz CPU, 256MB RAM, Wifi, HDMI out. The SmartQ V3 will reportedly sell for under $100 in China, although there’s no word about whether it will launch internationally. The [...]

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SmartQ T7 hands on video – Android 2.1, 7″ tablet

August 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news, smartq, video

Someone sent me a link this video they found on Taobao. You’re looking at the latest tablet from SmartQ, one of the better Chinese manufacturers. The T7 is their 6th tablet, and I’ve covered it before. I’ve had my hands on SmartQ hardware before, and it’s generally very good. But I still think at this [...]

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SmartQ R7 up for preorder at Eletroworld

April 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news, smartq

Someone just sent me an email and pointed out that Smart Devices newest MID is available at Eletroworld, a Chinese web retailer. I haven’t bought from them myself, but I’ve heard nothing but good things about them. The R7 is expected to ship on 7 May with a retail of $280, and you can preorder [...]

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A brief review of the SmartQ V7, pt 2

April 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware reviews, smartq, software reviews

This is the second part of my review, and you probably should read the first part. In this part I’m going to compare the 2 units and discuss where the V7 falls short. It may sound odd that I am already dismissing the V7, but I really don’t see a reason to buy the SmartQ [...]

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A Brief Review of the SmartQ V7, pt 1

March 31st, 2010 · 6 Comments · hardware reviews, smartq

My SmartQ V7 just arrived in the mail, and I thought I’d post some thoughts. I’m going to compare the V7 with my SmartQ 7, which is the previous generation. I’ll post a more extensive review later, and this will cover all 3 OS options that come on the SmartQ V7. Both models are available [...]

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FBReader for SmartQ MID released

February 9th, 2010 · No Comments · software news

I just read over on the SmartQ MID Forums that there is a new release of the latest version of FBReader specifically for the MIDs made by Smart Devices. You can find it here. The installation process is straightforward enough that a non-Linux-geek can do it. I have FBReader running on my SmartQ 7 right [...]

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