<div dir="ltr">Wow, thanks everybody. Now I have a place to start.<div><br></div><div>The magnetic stuff is of interest to me for card and RF tag programming purposes. So a Square reader wouldn't totally satisfy, although since I already have one of those, it's not out of the question I might do that *too*.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Alex Buie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alex.buie@frozenfeline.net" target="_blank">alex.buie@frozenfeline.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Lots of friends/collegues/family members have gotten the "Ainol Fire" (best name, I know) and fallen in love with it.<br>
<br></div>No card reader, but hacking a square reader to return unencrypted output to an app like Rhombus is as easy as breaking a trace with a xacto knife.<br>
<br><br><a href="http://www.mcbub.com/Search/?keyword=Ainol+novo" target="_blank">http://www.mcbub.com/Search/?keyword=Ainol+novo</a><br><br></div>I've only had experience personally with the "Fire"/"flame" (first result on that list), but reviews/friends all seem to like their ainol devices.<br>
<br></div><div>The latest flagship device is the Crystal.<br><a href="http://www.mcbub.com/item/Ainol-Novo-7-Crystal-7-inch-Android-4-1-Tablet-PC-IPS-Touch-Screen-AML8726-M6-Dual-Core-1-5GHZ-1GB-8GB-Black-152619/" target="_blank">http://www.mcbub.com/item/Ainol-Novo-7-Crystal-7-inch-Android-4-1-Tablet-PC-IPS-Touch-Screen-AML8726-M6-Dual-Core-1-5GHZ-1GB-8GB-Black-152619/</a><br>
<br></div><div>It lacks a few features that the fire has (mostly just NAND space and screen resolution), but gets you the latest Android, and is cheaper.<br><br>One thing I like about these is that they a) have hw decoders for h.264 (among others) and b) 1080p hdmi out, which makes throwing something onto a projector or a TV super simple.<br>
<br></div><div>Lastly, both devices have play store access, which is something you can run into the lower end devices not having.<br></div><div><br></div>-alex<br><br></div>(Oh, and I have only praises for mcbub. That's where I recommend all my friends who want to get "off-brand" electronics. Fantastic service, quick shipping, reasonably priced)<br>
<div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 12:33 PM, John Ellis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:neurofog@gmail.com" target="_blank">neurofog@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Naomi,</div><div><br></div>I had some success with a "Trio Stealth Pro 7c" from TigerDirect. At least TigerDirect has a good return/exchange policy.<div>
<br></div><div><a href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?Recs=10&Nav=%7Cc:6957%7C&Sort=4" target="_blank">http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?Recs=10&Nav=|c:6957|&Sort=4</a></div>
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<div><br></div></font></span><div><span><font color="#888888"> -John<br><br></font></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 1:02 AM, Naomi Most <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pnaomi@gmail.com" target="_blank">pnaomi@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I have decided to try my hand at Android hacking ("release the Ingress drones! Mwahahaha") but don't know my way around the market. There seem to be a metric tonne of options. <div><br></div>What I want, approximately (all variables malleable):<div>
<br></div><div>No discernible problems using latest Android OS </div><div>SD card slot</div><div>WiFi </div>At least 4 hours "active" battery life <div>7" tablet </div><div>Magnetic reader (nice to have)</div>
<div><div><br></div><div>And I am not keen on cracking or jailbreaking anything, so devices intended to be multipurpose and unspecialized and open would be best.</div><div><br></div><div>Little help? Thanks brohirrim.<span></span></div>
<div><br></div><div>--Naomi</div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div>(F you, autocorrect, I do not mean "tone".)<div><br></div><div>Sent from my NeXtCube Nano</div><span><font color="#888888"><div>
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