Ainol has made a big splash in the Tablet PC World since its released of th Novo 7 Basic, Advanced and Paladin. The first ran Android 2.3, the next Android 3.2 honeycomb. Only a month later, the Novo7 Paladin Android 4.0 version is out review.
Ainol, while the name is not very pleasant sounding in the English language, it increasingly becoming a Tablet PC name people on several Android forums have been talking about.
Ainol first released the Novo 7 Basic edition which ran Android 2.3. The 7 inch android tablet had capacitive touch screen, and 1GHz CPU. This Gingerbread tablet was quickly replaced by the Android 3.2 Honeycomb Novo7 Advanced edition. Both tablets basically have the same features and outer appearance.
The basic edition is no longer available. This is because after the 3.2 release, Ainol set its eyes on being the “First Ice Cream Sandwich tablet PC manufacturer.” I am not sure this is technically correct as Ramos, another China tablet PC and mp4 player manufacturer also has an Android 4.0 Ramos W6HD. We’ll get to the W6hd later.
The 1st Android 4.0 tablet is called the “Ainol Novo 7 Paladin.” The Paladin makes several upgrades on the advanced edition. First off, it is very apparent on the outer appearance that the paladin does not have any touch navigation button on the side. The bevel is also not as wide giving it a more compact look and feel.
On the inside, the Paladin makes upgrades as well. The advanced adopted A10 1.5GHz (current firmware running on 1.0GHz). I guess this means that in the future there will be a firmware update that allow the unit to run at 1.5GHz? This is kind of confusing.
The Paladin adopts cooler sound Xburst central processing unit. “1 GHz single-core MIPS-Based XBurst CPU / Vivante GC860 GPU clocked at 444MH,” is what the product description reads.
I am guessing the Advanced CPU will maybe clock at around 800mhz an the Paladin will clock at 1GHz, making the Paladin faster – this is only as guess though as I have not tested either unit – I have only touched and played with them.
Another difference between the two units is the android 4.0 version’s system requires it has a 8gb of built-in memory. The batteries in the units are both 4000mah allowing for “a standby time of 30 hours and continuous video playback time of 8 hours.” I have yet to test this either.
Now, to the last big difference between the two units. The advanced has dual cameras; a 2 mega pixel rear and a .2mp front camera and a free remote control. The Novo 7 Paladin does not have a web camera. Nor does it come with a remote control.
The advanced is only a few dollars more than the Paladin. I think the advanced will be upgradable in the near future. The fact that is has dual cameras probably will take the engineers a litle longer to release and Android 4.0 firmware update that supports the cameras and remote control.
The question now is, go for the more compact Ice Cream Sandwich tablet or the Honeycomb android tablet pc with dual cameras? Hard decision. I’ll let you decide which tablet is better.
No comments:
Post a Comment