I'm getting an Ainol Tornados in :-)

dragon2knight · **Posted:** Thu Jun 28, 2012 1:17 am

Well,I have it in my hands as I type this...and the immediate verdict is I like it! It seems to be pretty well constructed and pretty darn nice to look at. The bezel isnt as big as it looks in Raz's video review...as a matter of fact it seems well proportioned to the overall size of the tab--and its made out of aluminum which looks very nice for its low end price. I dont like the fact that the bezel causes the screen to be sunken down...it makes it a pain to clean the screen that way as opposed to a flush bezel screen. While I'm not a fan of the 7" form factor,it does seem to fit in my hands very well,with just the right amout of heft to it to not make it feel uncomfortable to hold for longer periods of time.
The Google Play market is also a fuller one than I had thought it would be, but not until its running awhile. It seems to update itself after an hour or so of use. I'm downloading tons of apps atm and will report back after I run them as well as Quadrant and An Tu Tu tests. First impression is that this is amazing for under $100.00!!

dragon2knight · **Posted:** Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:49 am

I've been using this non stop since 8am today....and I love it!!! Here's a written review for now, I'll update it as I go along:

For an under $100.00 tablet, this is a true bargain in every sense of the word: it's cheap to buy, easy to use, and not in need of a custom rom...that's right, I said a custom rom isn't needed at all! The Ainol NOVO 7 Tornados 7.0" has a simple launcher installed...change it to GO Launcher HD(the one made just for tablets...easier to use and better suited to a large screen.) and never look back. The whole interface, from the main screen to app playback is smooth and well done. I did NOT expect this at all! Everything you would want a custom rom for is present and correct:

1. Google Play Store--seems like a true full market to me, with the only app missing that I couldn't find being YouTube....easily findable elsewhere.
2. Power--This puppy packs a punch, every bit as fast as my EKEN T10a...actually a bit faster at some things, like browsing(Tornados' have "n" speeds built right in). Games play back with zero lag...seriously, I played over 25 games with this today, mostly from GLU and FEELINGTOUCH, two graphic intensive game developers...and all ran effortlessly. No Gameloft dosen't work...well who cares?? If your a Gameloft addict, buy the equipment to play it back with--around 4 times the price of this one +

3. Stability--not a single crash, freeze up or oddity...it simply did it's job with no complaints. What more could you possibly ask for?

Anything else you want a tab to do, this does. PDF's? No problem, even big graphic heavy ones. Books? Kindle/Nook work great. Comics? JJComic Viewer is all you need. Web surfing? It's got the latest and greatest version of Chrome installed, with tabbed browsing/syncing with your desktop/smooth operation(even with flash heavy pages). Skype? Heck yes!!! I held a half hour VIDEO chat with one of my workers today, and he was very impressed at the video/audio quality, we even exchanged a few mp3's through Skype, amazing! This is a home run if you Skype your days away

Movies? Yep, all the way to 1080p(I tested .avi and .mov, the only formats I use)...and it looks nice on the screen as well, not too dark or light. Lose the charger? No problems here, either. Just like the A10's out there, it can be charged from your computer or any wall charger that handles usb charging, minimum 5v 500mah. This can't be a more important feature as far as I'm concerned...the most often spouted reason as to why someone isn't using their China tabs anymore is that the charger broke and they can't source a new one...not a problem here

Hardware wise, the Tornado is more than passable, even at it's low, low price. It's got an:[LEFT]Amlogic 8726-M3L 1.0GHz Cortex-A9 processor with a blazing Mali-400 GPU...awesome power for the price! The 800x480 screen is capacitive...unheard of in the sub $100.00 class. It's decent, as well, with good if not great touch response(I'll go with Raz on this one, it's a 7 out of 10...not bad, but not the best either). Colors are well saturated and viewing angles are, from side to side, passable, but from bottom up and top straight down=crappy. Straight on and off to the left or right a bit are it's best angles....honestly for the price, you can't complain, it could have been far worse here. I love the fact that it handled my 32GB microSD card effortlessly as well. Size is just about perfect for holding with one hand, and even though it's got a bezel on it, it helps to provide some grip, so it's actually serving a purpose. I'm not the biggest fan of the 7" form factor...but it honestly just works for the Tornados very well. Battery life is still undecided by me as yet, I will update this after I run my torture tests on it

As for any "Extras", like HDMI out, now you know how they kept the price in check...just the basics here, nothing fancy or wasteful. The left side of the Tornados has just a standard combo micro usb charging/PC connecting port, a mic, a microSD slot and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Thats it. All you need, nothing else.... Along the top are a power button, volume +/- rocker, and a menu/ home button. Oh, and it has a pretty decent camera located dead center of the top of the bezel...perfect place for it for Skype use.
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Summing up, I have to say that I like this new offering from Ainol. It's well built, easy to use, and for the price, can't be touched as far as I'm concerned. The Ainol NOVO 7 Tornados 7.0" is a hit, if your on the fence about buying it, don't think about it, just BUY IT!!!

For NETFLIX users: To get NETFLIX to work properly on the Tornados, first go into your NETFLIX account settings(on your computer) and do this:
Go to Settings>>Manage Video Quality>>and select: BETTER QUALITY as your streaming choice.[LEFT][font=arial black]That's it, this also works for you Allwinner A10 users. I didn't figure this out, someone, I honestly don't know who, on Slatedroid did....and I thank him/her soooo much!!

Here's a VIDEO REVIEW I just finished up:
Ainol NOVO 7 Tornados 7" ICS 4.0.3 Video Review - YouTube

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maderin1 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:50 pm **Posts:** 20625

nice write up D2K, on the face the power seems better then the AllWinner for day to day stuff like web etc, how is the WIFI as this is something that seems to lag on my allwinner tabs, not sure if its hardware or software (ICS) thats the problem but they fail at streaming web content .
think you need to add your review to the store - Ainol Novo 7 Tornados 7" Android 4.03 Tablet 8GB BLACK - 1Ghz, 1GB RAM

anyway - glad to see all is well

dragon2knight · **Posted:** Thu Jun 28, 2012 1:50 pm

maderin1 wrote:

nice write up D2K, on the face the power seems better then the AllWinner for day to day stuff like web etc, how is the WIFI as this is something that seems to lag on my allwinner tabs, not sure if its hardware or software (ICS) thats the problem but they fail at streaming web content .
think you need to add your review to the store - Ainol Novo 7 Tornados 7" Android 4.03 Tablet 8GB BLACK - 1Ghz, 1GB RAM

anyway - glad to see all is well

Thanks, mad

The wifi has no issues that I could see, it worked equally as well at my business(Starbucks included in that...) as well as my home. Web surfing is a no headache affair

This tab seriously impresses with the ease of which it does the mundane things, like web surfing and opening and closing apps,even playing back my music through the Google Music app(streaming)....smooth and effortless. This is something even some of my more expensive tabs(who shall remain unnamed for fear of humiliation) cant do all that well.

P.S. I added a link to this review under the product page's "review" section...its under moderation atm...it was easier than cutting and pasting this over there...unless I could do that...dosent look like I would have the room for something this long....?

maderin1 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:50 pm **Posts:** 20625

good to hear D2K, the slow web and streaming on the allwinner Eken A90 spoils the tab for me, i have started watching vids from sites like redbull and pinkbike who stream live coverage of some events i want to watch but the tab just dies after 10 mins and the stream just stutters away and freezes, on my cheap android Sony it can stream happily for hours on the same app (redbull) and sites - so i personally think that ICS

odd this tornados tab as it does not look like an Ainol at all and one thing Ainol have a rep for is at least keeping some form of physical product identity going, this just seems like its been picked from a factory catalogue and slapped Ainol on, the aluminium bezel, to me at least look cheap, but, as long as it performs and performs for less then 100 who is complaining

neo222 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:15 pm **Posts:** 14

D2K..thanks for the review..I am planning to buying this Tab tomo...Just wanna know..what games will work on this..will it run..games like Shadow gun...9mm...gangstar..GTA3...Modern combat...NOVA2-3..etc? ..Thanks

neo222 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:15 pm **Posts:** 14

Can u also list some high gfx games that runs on this?

dragon2knight · **Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:16 am

neo222 wrote:

D2K..thanks for the review..I am planning to buying this Tab tomo...Just wanna know..what games will work on this..will it run..games like Shadow gun...9mm...gangstar..GTA3...Modern combat...NOVA2-3..etc? ..Thanks

**SIGH** This will NOT run games from Gameloft...few tabs do, and fewer do it well unless it's a Tegra powered tab--please read the whole review, thanks. There are a few custom roms for the Tornados out now over on Slatedroid...but they break more than they fix(like losing Google Play...not good), but if Gameloft gaming is all you care about, some do work with those roms.... There is no such thing as a $90.00 gaming tablet, but at least this one, thanks to it's Mali 400 GPU and pretty strong single core A9 processor, can handle most of the games out there right now. It's Quadrant score is a whopping 1850! That's better than a Nexus S and almost as good as a HTC Desire HD...not too shabby for a $90.00 tablet, eh? Here's a partial list I'm running right now:
1. Alien Attack HD Lite
2. Alien Battle
3. Blood and Glory(NR)
4. CK Zombies(NR)
5. Cordy
6. Drag Racing
7. Gun and Blood
8. Iron Rusher
9. Ninja Rush HD
10. PewPew
11. Raging Thunder
12. Raging Thunder II HD
13. Radient HD
14. Samurai vs. Zombie
15. Temple Run(runs great on here, because this bad boy has a true three axis g-sensor...unlike most all A10 chipset's which cheap out with a two axis g-sensor

)
16. Wave Blazer
17. Wind Up Knight
18. Death Racing
19. Final Freeway
20. Summit X
21. Penguin Skiing

This is a serious tablet at a price that can't be matched at the moment.....for just about all you want a tablet for, this one is a winner. The more I use it, the more I like it

dragon2knight · **Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:48 am

maderin1 wrote:

good to hear D2K, the slow web and streaming on the allwinner Eken A90 spoils the tab for me, i have started watching vids from sites like redbull and pinkbike who stream live coverage of some events i want to watch but the tab just dies after 10 mins and the stream just stutters away and freezes, on my cheap android Sony it can stream happily for hours on the same app (redbull) and sites - so i personally think that ICS

odd this tornados tab as it does not look like an Ainol at all and one thing Ainol have a rep for is at least keeping some form of physical product identity going, this just seems like its been picked from a factory catalogue and slapped Ainol on, the aluminium bezel, to me at least look cheap, but, as long as it performs and performs for less then 100 who is complaining

My point exactly

The price allows me to forgive just about anything...but this works so well, I don't have to forgive much if anything---awesome in my book

By the way, mad, I can't update my signature, it keeps coming up with the error "can't use more than 1000 characters",and when I trimmed it down, it said"cant use more than 500 characters"...something wrong here, pass it on to our fearless leader,k?

neo222 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:15 pm **Posts:** 14

Thanks for the review...and the Game List

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