ViewSonic gTablet 10.1" Multi-touch Tablet

[maxmcd]

Just got one of these a couple of months ago, and I love it (I’m using it now in fact). One caveat- it’s not worth getting if you don’t root and install a custom rom; the stock software is pretty much unuseable. Luckily, this is very easy to do. Just google “viewsonic g tablet root”. My only beef is the viewing angle, which sucks. But at this price I wouldn’t hesitate to buy one, if I didn’t have one already.

[texican74]

@PengLord

If your intent is to mirror the PC, you could try to use a VNC client to connect to the PC.

THanks for the idea. Yes, I want to see the same thing that is being projected via a video projector. The pc is running powerpoint and projecting slides, I just don’t want to keep looking back at the projector. Thx

[dtlm]

Hi there,

New to tablets and I have a couple of questions:

1. Would I be able to play soft-subbed 1080p mkv files smoothly on this? I want my anime to be portable and I don’t want to have to re-encode it. LOL

2. Since this has a USB port, can I use the tablet as a USB host? ie, I’d like to be able to download/view pictures from my camera when I’m traveling.

Thanks!

[Flitterkill]

What is it with everyone railing about the viewing angles?

I’m sure there are more out there but here’s a short sub-minute YouTube of the viewing angles.

I doubt it but one has to wonder whether or not there were some screens that just got manufactured poorly and all the G tablets are a mix of “the viewing angles are fine” and “man the viewing angles suck”

[corythorson]

@AltairDusk

No, it’s manufactured by Malata which is part of the Chinese Walinda group. That said I imagine you’d be hard pressed to find any Android tablets manufactured here in the US but I wish you luck.

please watch this Power of the Market - The Pencil - YouTube … then think for a moment, watch it again. think again. You have been confused about how the USA economy works.

[rrussell]

@kensoraya

hi this vendor
hi i am a vendor
hi this is the vendor
hi i am a vendor
hi i am a vendor

So… to be clear… you’re telling us you play a Fender?

[Lisa21617]

@tekvlqg4

Does anyone know how this compares to the Archos 101?

I have the Archos 70. I would have gotten the 101 if it was available with the 250GB hard drive my 70 has. I like it a lot and the Archos Forums are a lot of help if you run into trouble.

Note that the one on Woot has no HDMI out, which the Archos does.

[crowsnest]

@rrussell

So… to be clear… you’re telling us you play a Fender?

i think he meant he was a pretender

[schivvers]

@tcrisafulli

Anyone know if you could use this as a remote for a home theater pc over wifi somehow?

check out GMOTE

[BensonM]

@kellic

Sadly no GPS = no sale. That is a complete deal killer for me considering how many apps in android require GPS. I’ve got at least 2 dozen on my phone that directly use the GPS in it. No way am I dropping bank on a tablet without that feature. Pity. The overall specs are killer.

Since you’d (I presume) still be carrying the phone to use its 3G data over bluetooth, why not use its GPS as well?

On second thought, maybe I’m giving Android too much credit – I know maemo devices can use any NMEA-over-bluetooth GPS, and trivially (as in, 5-line shell script) act as a bluetooth GPS, but maybe Android makes one or both sides difficult?

[sakupiec]

@kensoraya

ho i am a vendor…

there is a possibility of 2.3 but i don’t think 3.0

The Cyanogen 7 2.3 firmware is already available. Honeycomb (3.0) is slow going because source is not fully available yet.

[dlevasseur]

In for 1. Had a nook color that my wife took over, so I had to buy something for myself. Can’t wait to get rooting.

Anyway, about the order process, maybe I missed it but I was never given the option of the SOURCE of my paypal payment. I wanted to paypal with my CC but it just went straight through to my bank. Ohh well, I trust Woot I guess.

Also, I didn’t see a shipping option. Are these going out via SmartPost? If so that’ll give everyone enough time to read up on rooting, buy sd cards, wait some more, curse about Smartpost, read some more, and then find a different deal. Or are they coming via a real service?

[alz]

@meryl

Not clear from the description – I know TapnTap is awful. But I think the description says you can switch to Droid graphic environment. Is this a better ROM? Or do I still need to do the whole ROM replacement thing?

I didn’t see an answer to this question. Does anyone have experience with the “Droid Graphic environment” vs TapnTap vs rooted tablet options?

[Lisa21617]

@jgiannon

I don’t know anythign about this tablet, but no tablet does 1080p, they output to 1080p via HDMI, get with it.

No HDMI output on this ViewSonic model.

[outpastpluto]

@akodoreign

1080p through hdmi , silly

It sounds like this tablet benefits from being able able to play what you happen to have lying around. You don’t have to transcode stuff just because the device is intentionally hobbled. So you can use a single HD movie file for every player you have.

…kind of like not needing different custom crafted music files for the different mp3 players you might have.

[promyst]

@deathbyblue

It says it has flash, but does that mean it runs all flash sites? And will it say run flash games that can be a bit funny with controls? I hope I can get an answer with in an hour. I didn’t think of this question when I first saw this up 8 hours ago.

It runs full 10.2 Flash, so yes 99% of Flash sites will work.

[cherman1]

@dlevasseur

In for 1. Had a nook color that my wife took over, so I had to buy something for myself. Can’t wait to get rooting.

Anyway, about the order process, maybe I missed it but I was never given the option of the SOURCE of my paypal payment. I wanted to paypal with my CC but it just went straight through to my bank. Ohh well, I trust Woot I guess.

Also, I didn’t see a shipping option. Are these going out via SmartPost? If so that’ll give everyone enough time to read up on rooting, buy sd cards, wait some more, curse about Smartpost, read some more, and then find a different deal. Or are they coming via a real service?

LOL - I just got my Commodore 64 via smartpost last week.

[F0rSaken]

@ctonline

Any comparable current Tablet that will be able to view Netflix streaming movie?

The iDevices do. Apple has ‘an app for that’. The Netflix app has been available on the iDevices for a few months now and has been working flawlessly for me from the day I got it…

So as for tablet’s, the iPad as well as iPad2 will be able to view Netflix streaming movies.

[jag216]

@texican74

THanks for the idea. Yes, I want to see the same thing that is being projected via a video projector. The pc is running powerpoint and projecting slides, I just don’t want to keep looking back at the projector. Thx

Another solution is to install PRemoteDroid - this software connects via wifi to a computer and acts as a remote touchpad/keyboard for your computer.

It also includes the option to pull a cropped screenshot centered on the pointer location. Not as traffic heavy as VNC and gets the job done.

[craigsa2]

I have one of these, paid more for it too.
Works great with a custom ROM on it from the XDA guys.
Sweet price for what you get and can do with it.