Tuesday, February 8, 2011

SmartQ V5-II Dual Boot Android/Linux MID Detailed Review (Linux Update)

The SmartQ V5-II is a nice affordable iPod competitor. It’s a well designed wi-fi only device with very decent video and gaming performance. While Apple’s iPod has the SmartQ V5-II beat in looks and its the Android Marketplace vs Apple’s App Store debate where this 4.8inch beauty stands out is its HDMI out, and with a little application ingenuity the ability to tether your tablet to your 3G phone.

As the device dual boots in Linux as well as Android we’ve also got a video walking us through the Linux Edition:


Detailed Specifications:
4.3 inch touch screen
ARM11 processor, 720MHz frequency
Support for hardware 3D graphics acceleration
256MB DDRII cache
128MB virtual cache
Built-in 2GB flash memory, the user can be part of the 128MB
Built-in SD card slot, support 32GB capacity expansion
IEEE 802.11 b / g wireless networks
Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
Support OTG connectivity
Built-in HDMI interface, HD output
Standard 3.5mm ear jack, built-in speaker can be loud speaker
Built-in microphone;
2000mAh capacity lithium polymer battery.
V5 Features:
Operating System
Ubuntu Linux
Android 2.1
Internet
Internet connectivity via WLAN, bluetooth, and USB wireless network card
Connectivity to 2G/3G network(GPRS/EDGE/CDMA/EVDO/WCDMA/TE-SCDMA)
PPS online video playback
Full featured Web browser
Instant messenger with support for QQ/MSN/Fetion/Google Talk protocalls
Receive and send email
BT download
Replay online video files from video web sites such as YouTube and Tudou
Support Internet radio and Internet Television
Office
Read and edit document in DOC/OpenOffice/RTF/HTML/TXT formats
Edit excel files
Personal information management
Audio
Support all the usual audio formats
Support music library, tag search
Support online streaming media
Video
1080P video playback
Video formats supported: AVI, MKV(XVID/px/H.264),
MOV,TS,M2TS,RM/RMVB, FLV, WMV, 3GP, MPEG, DAT, MP4
Read
Support documents in TXT,PDF,HTML,CHM,RTF formats
Picture
Support JPEG/GIF/PNG/BMP files
Picture rotating, zooming out
Support Painting
Game
Varieties of puzzle game built-in
Others
English-Chinese/Chinese-English dictonary, support Cursor-Point translation and online translation
Compression and decompression of files in usual formats
Calculator
Notepad
Language
Simplified Chinese, English
V5 Hardware Specs
CPU
ARM11 architecture processor
720MHz
Support hardward 3D graphics acceleration
Memory
DDR II RAM 256MB
128MB Virtual Cache
Storage
2GB Nand Flash, 128MB available to users
support SD/SDHC card with a maximum capacity of 32GB
Wireless
IEEE 802.11 b/g network
Bluetooth2.0+EDR
USB
USB 2.0 HighSpeed OTG port
Video Out
HDMI port
AV port
Audio
3.5mm earphone port
high-quality stereo loudspeaker
built-in microphone
Maximum output power of earphone 40mW
Frequency Response 20Hz-20kHz
Signal-to-Noise Ratio 94dB
Screen
Size: 4.3 inches}
Resolution: WVGA
Colors: 16 million colors
Operation: Resistive touch-screen
Other
Color: Champagne Gold
Weight: About 160 g
Battery: 2000mAH Built-in Li-poly battery
What is in the package:
SmartQ V5-2 Android Tablet PC
Power Adapter(DC 5.0V/2.0A)
USB OTG Cable
Touch Pen
Quick User Guidance
certificate of quality
warranty card

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