ViewSonic G-Tablet experience

I finally did go for viewsonic g-tablet, despite allot of bad reviews I read they blame it on the OS which is true. Yes it uses android 2.2 froyo but customize by viewsonic which it sucks! The hardware and Price which decided me to have one of this.(since the OS sucks customers been returning it to the stores, so better ask for openbox/refurbish so it would be more cheaper which I forgot to do but still good price for HW I got it from SEARS)

Specs:

Processor: 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 - Dual-core
ARM Cortex-A9 CPU

Memory: 512MB DRR

Graphics & Video Support: Powered by NVIDIA TEGRA

* 10.1" TFT-LCD with LED driver system and 1024x600 resolution
* NVIDIA Tegra 2
* OpenGL ES 2.0
* 32-bit LP-DDR2, DDR2
* S1080p H.264/H.263/ VC-1/MPEG-2/4/WMV9/DiVX 4/5 Video Decode
* 1080p H.264/MPEG-4 Video Encode
* Supports multi-standard audio formats, including AAC, AMR, WMA, and MP3
* 1.3-megapixel camera

Networking & Communications:

* wifi WiFi : 802.11 b/g/n
* Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

Connections:

* USB 2.0 (Slave)
* Mini USB 2.0 (Host)
* 3.5mm stereo headphone
* Micro SD
* Dock for HDMI/Headphone/USB (optional)
* DC Input (Power)

Battery & Power:

* 3650mAh Li-ion polymer battery
* 12V Power adapter



Now the OS, since the factory OS is crappy I flash it with TNT lite 2.2.0 thanks to the people from xdadevelopers and droidpirate.Heres how I flash mine: (from http://droidpirate.com)

You may get TNT lite from http://www.droidpirate.com/download/click.php?id=1859 or http://www.mediafire.com/?7jq4l4o99xppg3t --> this one is TNT lite 2.4.0 the latest version as of this writing.

#TO Flash

Step 1 Stock Recovery: Unzip the Zip file using WinZip, WinRAR or 7Zip, you will notice you have a “Recovery Folder” and an “Update.zip” file. Copy both of those files to the root of your SD-Card or (Internal Storage) just make sure your Internal storage is around 13 Gigs.

Step 2- Reboot your device into the Recovery mode by pressing the “Volume UP” keeping that pressed hold the “Power” button as well. When you get to the ViewSonic boot image logo you should see text “Detected Recovery Image” – You can now release the buttons.

Step 3- Device will now handle everything else from here. Let the files install through Recovery sit back once completed Reboot your device.


Some tweaks to make Market and Flash work on the browser:

-Market
Go into “Settings” – “Applications” – “system Applications” and you must Force Stop both the “Market” (also Clear cache) and “Google Services Frameworks” apps.

-Flash
Download flash from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245

Step 1.
Create a folder on your SD card called APKs. Download “Adobe Flash Player 10.1.120.1.apk” and "TitaniumBackup_latest.apk" which you will find attached at the bottom of this post and save them in that “APKs” folder on your SD card.

Step 2.
On your tablet open up “ES File Explorer”. In there, open up the “APKs” folder, then select Adobe Flash Player, and follow the on screen instructions to finish installing that. After that, select Titanium Backup in that same folder, and install the same way.



Now my experience:

I use it to read ebooks using Adobe reader
I use it to check on my FB and watch flash movies.
So far yahoo messenger is the apps I use to do video call and chat. But there is bug I think that need to be address video is tilted.
I tried to install andchat and connectbot for irc and ssh it still need some tweaks.
gmail for may mail

Oh Im not a gamer but I installed angry birds just to test it and was ok.

And I haven't test security yet. That it for now.