Polaroid 7″ 4GB Internet Tablet With Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS, Cortex A8 1GHz Processor
- Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS
- Cortex A8 1GHz processor
- 7″ capacitive multi-touch display
- Connect to the internet wirelessly (Wi-Fi)
- Web browsing & e-mail
Polaroid PMID701I 7″ Internet Tablet is an affordably priced tablet perfect for web brosing and eBook reading accessed on the go via WiFi. With it’s 7″ screen the PMID701I is comfortably sized for viewing yet compact enough to fit in a handbag or jacket pocket. For computing power the PMID701I is loaded with a Cortex A8 1GHz processor, 512MB of memory, and an OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics accelerator – all running on the reliable Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. The internal 4GB storage is easily expandable to 32GB via the Micro SDHC card slot. Battery performance is efficient with up to 7 hours of video and up to 10 hours of web. A multitude of pre-loaded apps gets you going right out of the box.
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Smooth little tablet – very impressive for the price,
[Important note on June 18, 2012]
My original review below was about the Polaroid PMID701C with Android 2.3. Later units of 701C are shipped with Android 4.0. Furthermore, it appears that Amazon vendors are shipping different Polaroid tablets, either the 701i or 702C, under the same product page for 701C. Here’s to help you distinguish between those three models:
- All three tablets have 7-inch capacitive screen, 1GHz CPU, 512MB RAM, 4GB flash, microSDHC slot, etc.
- Earlier 701C came with Android 2.3, but later units are converted to 4.0. The 701i and 702C come with 4.0 only.
- Earlier 701C and 701i have a video output port, but some later units left it out. 702C added a front-facing 640×480 camera, but no video-output port.
- 701C and 701i have navigation buttons (Back/Options/Home) on the side but no volume control buttons. 702C has volume control but no navigation buttons (except for the Home button in front).
- Casings of the 701C and 701i feel more ‘blocky’ (not a bad thing). The 702C is curved on the back to make it appear thinner.
Based on my hands-on experience with all three models, I will say the old 701C is the best value, followed by the 702C. The 701i is a bad deal because its WiFi reception is really poor.
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Original review follows:
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The model offered here (POLAROID 7″ INTERNET TABLET CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN) is the PMID701C. It is an improved model of the previous Polaroid attempt in the tablet market, the PMID700. The new model has a capacitive touch screen, which is more sensitive and easier to use than the old resistive touch screen.
I picked up the Polaroid PMID701C from a local discount chain store (ends with “Lots”) two weeks ago, and so far I’m impressed by what this inexpensive little tablet can do. It runs Android 2.3, has a 1GHz CPU, 512MB RAM and 4GB internal flash (of which 2.6GB is available). It has a micoSHDC slot for me to store my own multimedia contents. I bought a Transcend 32 GB Class-4 microSDHC card and it works perfectly for this purpose.
The PMID701C is physically very similar to the Kindle Fire, just slightly thicker (13mm vs. 11mm). They both have a 7″ wide-screen display, but the Fire has much higher resolution (1024×600 vs. 800×480), so as an eBook reader I expect the Fire to do better. As a portable media player, however, the Polaroid has an advantage because it can accept external memory card. It even has a video output port, although I have not found the optional video cable and hence cannot test it. (*)
The Polaroid tablet does NOT come with Android Market (or Google Play), but it has the bookmark for Amazon Appstore in its browser. I installed Amazon Appstore right away, and have been busy downloading dozens of apps through Amazon (I already own the Pandigital Planet and VIZIO VTAB1008, so I have collected over 100 apps – mostly Free App of the Day stuff). So far almost everything I tested can run smoothly, without any signs of inadequate CPU power. That includes all the latest apps such as “Angry Birds Space” and “Cut the Rope: Experiments”. In fact, I can say that this Polaroid tablet has better compatibility than both the Planet and the Vizio. For example, “Where’s My Water?” only runs on the Polaroid but not on the other two. The only app I tested that does not run correctly is Rush Hour, which won’t work my other tablets either.
As an eBook reader:
The tablet comes with Kobo reader. I installed Kindle for Android, so that all my previously downloaded eBooks are now accessible. I have also downloaded ‘FBReader’ and dozens of free eBooks and audio books from ‘Project Gutenberg’ site.
About battery runtime:
The user manual claims 4-5 hours for video, 6 hours for eBook and 60 hours in sleep mode. According to my benchmark, the runtime is actually longer. I played a…
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Good Basic Droid Tablet,
Like NLee I bought mine at the “Big” Chain store because of it’s low price, but not so much the price was the 1GHZ ARM Processor and 512MB Ram. Most in this price range are only 256MB Ram or less. The RAM is more important than the Flash storage. Droid OS isn’t really good at ram usage. The programs are small but they eat all the available ram when trying to multitask. I owned a Motorola DroidX for a year before purchasing this tablet. I have a lot of experience with the Android OS, and programs.
Get a Free App Killer/Manager, and a 16 or 32GB MicroSD card and you’ll be set.
I purchased mine for a portable in house/home workshop Pandora radio, and for for basic web browsing emailing. I didn’t need anything fancy, and this is actually WAY Better than I thought it would be. Charges with any MiniUSB-B Charger, or via USB cable. and I can manage files on my iMac or my PC without any trouble. Transfer speeds are slower than I expected but tolerable.
I recommend before using it that even new you go into the settings and do a full reset (wipe clean) before using it. I was having problems with it hanging on the Polaroid Startup logo and this seemed to clear it up.
Battery life is good, not great. It’s on par with my iPhone the more you have it on with the screen on the faster the battery will drain. If you’re taking a long trip I carry one of those emergency chargers for USB devices they take 2 AA batteries. They aren’t even 5 bucks online and they work well.
Books read great with the Kindle app, but Music in PDF format.. It depends on how cleanly the music was made into a pdf. I wouldn’t try using it to read music from while playing. I was curious so I had to try.
If you zoom in it is better. I have some of my arbans’ books scanned and it wasn’t as readily readable as I hoped.
Great deal for a low cost Android Tablet. If you’re looking for something around 100 dollars this works!
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Super value for the money!,
My foster daughter wanted a tablet that she could play Temple Run on, so we picked up one of these for $99. The instructions only tell you how to access the Amazon Appstore, which has good games but didn’t seem to have Temple Run (plus it requires that you have a 1-click payment source tied to your account, which is not something you want a child to have access to–and you have to be logged on at all times or the games won’t work). But after a bit of Google-ing I found the instructions for setting up Google Market and downloaded some great games for free. The micro-SD card slot means that you can have up to 36 GB of storage (4 internal plus 32 external) which is an advantage over some more-expensive tablets. I immediately transferred some of the photos, videos, and MP3s from my computer onto the SD card so that she’d have access to them.
My only gripes are that a couple of small bubbles have popped up on the screen (maybe from the heat of being left in the car?) and the provided Music player stopped working after about 3 days. But the bubbles are not noticeable when the screen is turned on, and I downloaded a couple of free music players from Google Market that are better than the factory installed app. Also, don’t plan on playing music without external speakers or headphones because the speaker is pretty weak. I’d probably deduct 1/2 star for all of these tiny problems.
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