[ale] Favorite Android small form factor tablet & prices

Pete Hardie pete.hardie at gmail.com
Wed Sep 30 15:53:17 EDT 2015


Thanks  for the warning.  I mainly use it for the few apps that I need
access to when not at home (DragonCon schedules, anyone? :)

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Ben Coleman <oloryn at benshome.net> wrote:

> On 9/26/2015 11:16 AM, Pete Hardie wrote:
> > Azpen el-cheapo 7-inch ($40 at Microcenter). Not rooted
>
> I've been using these for awhile.  The current one (an A727) has given
> me pause though, as Azpen appears to have backdoored it so they can
> periodically install apps in the background.  Whatever does it survives
> a factory reset, so I'm fairly sure it's built-in.  Currently, I just
> watch the downloaded apps list and uninstall those few apps (it's always
> the same apps) when they pop up.  Next cheap android pad probably won't
> be an Azpen, though.
>
> Ben
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