Anyone got any advice as to what consumers should do with this thing? (Apart from the obvious "return it") Can it for example run Ubuntu Netbook Edition? Or MeeGo? Or indeed anything useful (Windows?!)
Seems Android without the Market isn't that much fun... Additionally what's the story with the HDMI - ever review I've seen says it market on the case but "isn't present in this unit"... Do any of them have it? If this isn't true (that is; it doesn't have HDMI) are the other claims true (like the speed of the processor)?
I think more investigation is called for.
Even though the Augen GenTouch78 tablet might run on the open source Android 2.1 operating system, don’t expect to see your favorite Google apps on there.
The 7-inch slate computer, which is on sale for the dirt cheap price of $150 at Kmart, had the Google app suite (including a link to the Android Market) pre-loaded without permission from the Goog itself.
Augen claims that the apps were “pre installed during the development process on our tablets for testing purposes, and were not removed unintentionally before releasing the products in the market place.” Oops.
Thus, don’t expect to see access to any of the Google suite (i.e. Gmail, Maps, Docs, etc.) from this bargain basement tablet until these two companies sort things out.
