For all the budget tablet / smartphone fans out there: BudgetAndroidForum.com

sb56637 · December 10, 2014, 3:18am

Glad you made it!

sb56637 · December 10, 2014, 3:20am

It’s just a duplicate domain at this point. I’ll probably set up a redirect at some point tomorrow, not sure which will become the default domain yet.

Default_Username · December 10, 2014, 3:55am

Any chance we can have the site placed on the “Related Sites” list?

sb56637 · December 10, 2014, 4:05am

I’ll have to ask the administrator about that… :bigsmile: I’d be glad to do so, but I don’t want to be obnoxious about promoting my own site either.

MRsDNF · December 10, 2014, 4:26am

If we're not happy about anything you do we'll mark it as spam anyway so all's good. Advertise away.

sb56637 · December 10, 2014, 4:27am

eas · December 10, 2014, 4:49am

Looks like you are using Discourse. I am using it on Discourse.Powercartel.com. I don’t have any compatibility problems, because no one has tried to sign up yet

sb56637 · December 10, 2014, 4:59am

I just did. Seems to work fine.

Yep, Discourse is a pretty nice piece of software isn’t it?

Default_Username · December 10, 2014, 5:02am

Just registered, thanks! I’m looking forward to watching the community grow.

sb56637 · December 10, 2014, 5:12am

Great, thanks a lot! I also hope it’ll turn into a nice community. It’ll take some time, but hopefully it’ll get there.

lekvar · December 10, 2014, 5:18am

This is a great idea. There’s a lot of curiosity out there but very little real info.

AlexGT · December 10, 2014, 5:20am

Just got an Onda V989 tablet, will check out the site

sb56637 · December 10, 2014, 5:20am

That’s my impression too. And of course at this point in time, information is fairly limited on the new site too. But as soon as my units arrive (should be another 30 days at the very least) I hope to become a lot more informed on the topic.

sb56637 · December 10, 2014, 5:22am

Ha, interesting! Which came first? Your purchase or my site?

Omega_17 · December 10, 2014, 7:33am

Huh ? How is that even possible ? Do you have more details ?

+1
Even from the topic title I thought it was again another chinese bot spamming links about very suspicious stores.

Old-Lumens · December 10, 2014, 8:35am

I have a 9.7" tablet, but I just use it for Kindle, so I can have a bigger screen and bigger fonts. My wife's is coming this week. It's an Onda 989 Octa core with the retina screen. She too will probably only use it for Kindle, but if she gets hooked, look out.

I think, from playing with my tablet for a few months now, it's just like Chinese lights, some come out good and others come out bad. Mine locks up all the time and there's nowhere to get any fixes for it. No updates and it's not like a PC where you can just change the software version. Android is too locked down to do much modding. I still think they are more for toys than real laptops. Great for simple games and simple programs, but the processors are slow and they have very little memory. Plus they can't be easily upgraded... but they are fairly cheap. Well, some of them are. Without help from dealers, I couldn't ever have gotten one, for sure.

sb56637 · December 10, 2014, 12:54pm

Old-Lumens:

I have a 9.7” tablet, but I just use it for Kindle, so I can have a bigger screen and bigger fonts. My wife’s is coming this week. It’s an Onda 989 Octa core with the retina screen. She too will probably only use it for Kindle, but if she gets hooked, look out.

I think, from playing with my tablet for a few months now, it’s just like Chinese lights, some come out good and others come out bad. Mine locks up all the time and there’s nowhere to get any fixes for it. No updates and it’s not like a PC where you can just change the software version. Android is too locked down to do much modding. I still think they are more for toys than real laptops. Great for simple games and simple programs, but the processors are slow and they have very little memory. Plus they can’t be easily upgraded… but they are fairly cheap. Well, some of them are. Without help from dealers, I couldn’t ever have gotten one, for sure.

Hooray, glad to see you over there Justin! (In true BLF spirit, he already left a review of his tablet over there. 8) )

sb56637 · December 10, 2014, 12:57pm

[quote=Omega_17]

All right all right…. If you find the new site offline for about 10 minutes or so later today, that will be me setting up the domain redirection. Enough with me and clever domain names!

jmpaul320 · December 10, 2014, 1:05pm

good idea sb! I am android guy and have a nexus 7 (2013) as well as an LG3 - but some of the inexpensive chinese tablets have certainly interested me - Ive been hesitant to buy one, since there are so many… and like OL says they seem to be a crap shoot.

Definitely looking forward to more info from this new forum and perhaps picking one up soon for use around the house or simple browsing.

AlexGT · December 10, 2014, 1:16pm

Old-Lumens:

I have a 9.7” tablet, but I just use it for Kindle, so I can have a bigger screen and bigger fonts. My wife’s is coming this week. It’s an Onda 989 Octa core with the retina screen. She too will probably only use it for Kindle, but if she gets hooked, look out.

I think, from playing with my tablet for a few months now, it’s just like Chinese lights, some come out good and others come out bad. Mine locks up all the time and there’s nowhere to get any fixes for it. No updates and it’s not like a PC where you can just change the software version. Android is too locked down to do much modding. I still think they are more for toys than real laptops. Great for simple games and simple programs, but the processors are slow and they have very little memory. Plus they can’t be easily upgraded… but they are fairly cheap. Well, some of them are. Without help from dealers, I couldn’t ever have gotten one, for sure.

I have the same one, my only complaint is that the touch screen is not as sensible as the Pipo M8pro, there are custom firmware available but i am waiting for more reviews on them.