Smart Q7 MID Review
I got a new toy - Smart Q7 MID, never found a single review on Habré, so I’ll tell and show
Processor: Samsung ARM S3C6410 667 MHz
Memory: 128 MB RAM, 1GB ROM
Operating system: Ubuntu Linux (default), WindowsCE (requires buying a license ~ $ 15), Android, Mer
Screen: 7 "800x480 TFT Touch (you can poke a finger, a fingernail, a stylus and in general everything you can)
Battery: lithium polymer 4500mAH (enough for about 6-10 hours of active work and about 2 days of listening to music)
Interfaces: USB Host, USB OTG, SD / SDHC card slot
Wireless communication: WiFi, Bluetooth (adapter in USB Host)
Audio: ordinary 3.5 mm headphone jack, built-in stereo speakers
Weight: about 0.5 kg
Front view of the device itself: to the left of the scroll up / down buttons, a function button
Side view: Headphone In, USB Host, USB OTG, Power
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With connected keyboard and nokia 3250 for size comparison
I think what to do a detailed review of each default program does not make sense, the operating system is the usual Ubuntu (9.04 or 9.10), so I’ll tell you briefly about the main:
Internet: Claws Mail, Torrent Rocking, RSS reader, Pidgin, Midori (a rather smart browser on the WebKit engine (the one in Safari), the only negative is that there is no Flash support, which means that YouTube cannot be viewed)
Video player: SMPlayer, an MPlayer based player, plays everything that ordinary MPlayer plays. The processor has enough power to quietly watch a full-length movie in mpeg4 format (xvid, divx, h264, etc.) and a bitrate of about 500-1000 kbit / s
Audio Player: Sonata + MPD
Book reader: FBReader is very convenient to read books, since a device the size of half an A4 sheet is almost like a book.
Office: AbiWord, Gnumeric and evince (pdf, djvu reader)
Other: notepad (leafpad), organizer (osmo), terminal (where to go without it), archiver, dictionary and various system utilities
As promised the seller - supports USB modems . Huawei E160G from the “Megaphone-modem” kit was easily connected (described below for version 5 of the firmware):
Connecting via WiFi is even easier:
In order to have something to occupy a USB hole (by the way, to say it is normal in size, like on any computer), I bought a keyboard at the same time. The result was a netbook with Ubuntu on board - very convenient.
Of course, via USB Host you can connect everything that has USB, for example a printer, scanner, modem, mouse, etc.
at the suggestion of rPman I begin a series of tests
1. The video clip is spinning in SMplayer (Video: 624x352, 4 fps, XviD, 970 kbps. Audio: 48 kHz, MPEG Layer 3, 2 ch, 128.00 kbps.), Lights and volume at maximum, wifi is disabled - played 5 hours 6 minutes (tested at night, the device disconnected at 6:19, turned on at 9 - turned on showed that charging about 1/3 (through acpi or apm you can not find out exactly))
2. According to new tests ~ 7 hours of watching a video from another person, but with a newer and unofficial firmware
setting up the repository and how to put it on a memory card - I’ll add it from myself - format the card completely and remove the Label - otherwise I didn’t succeed
virtual keyboard Russification
4 firmware version official source alternative , 5 firmware version official source alternative
transfer partitions to a memory card , so as not to litter the main
switch layouts (en / ru) keyboard connected via USB
The build quality, except for the fact that the SD card stub is a bit crooked, at the height. Nothing creaks and rattles. Plastic looks a bit cheap if you look closely, but in general it’s the same as everywhere else.
The price of this device ranges from 5 to 10 thousand rubles - it all depends on who and how you order (look at molotok.ru, smartqmid.ru or google). For example, I got the device about 9k rubles (I bought it already in Russia).
An alternative review of the device from the cCube - I recommend to read, because the opinion is almost completely opposite
PS: ask questions - what else to potest, what you want to learn about in more detail, etc. - I will update the article
Specifications
Processor: Samsung ARM S3C6410 667 MHz
Memory: 128 MB RAM, 1GB ROM
Operating system: Ubuntu Linux (default), WindowsCE (requires buying a license ~ $ 15), Android, Mer
Screen: 7 "800x480 TFT Touch (you can poke a finger, a fingernail, a stylus and in general everything you can)
Battery: lithium polymer 4500mAH (enough for about 6-10 hours of active work and about 2 days of listening to music)
Interfaces: USB Host, USB OTG, SD / SDHC card slot
Wireless communication: WiFi, Bluetooth (adapter in USB Host)
Audio: ordinary 3.5 mm headphone jack, built-in stereo speakers
Weight: about 0.5 kg
Appearance
Front view of the device itself: to the left of the scroll up / down buttons, a function button
Side view: Headphone In, USB Host, USB OTG, Power
')
With connected keyboard and nokia 3250 for size comparison
Software included
I think what to do a detailed review of each default program does not make sense, the operating system is the usual Ubuntu (9.04 or 9.10), so I’ll tell you briefly about the main:
Internet: Claws Mail, Torrent Rocking, RSS reader, Pidgin, Midori (a rather smart browser on the WebKit engine (the one in Safari), the only negative is that there is no Flash support, which means that YouTube cannot be viewed)
Video player: SMPlayer, an MPlayer based player, plays everything that ordinary MPlayer plays. The processor has enough power to quietly watch a full-length movie in mpeg4 format (xvid, divx, h264, etc.) and a bitrate of about 500-1000 kbit / s
Audio Player: Sonata + MPD
Book reader: FBReader is very convenient to read books, since a device the size of half an A4 sheet is almost like a book.
Office: AbiWord, Gnumeric and evince (pdf, djvu reader)
Other: notepad (leafpad), organizer (osmo), terminal (where to go without it), archiver, dictionary and various system utilities
Internet connection
As promised the seller - supports USB modems . Huawei E160G from the “Megaphone-modem” kit was easily connected (described below for version 5 of the firmware):
- Insert the modem and press the 3G icon on the screen
- In the list that appears, select GPRS / EDGE, open Gnome-ppp, click Setup
- In the settings, click "Detect" - the modem will be on / dev / ttyUSB0, set the maximum speed
- Click the “Init String” button and fix the second line to AT + CGDCONT = 1, “IP”, “internet” (for megaphone)
- Scroll the window to the bottom (press the button on the left in the center and drag the window - like Alt + dragging with the mouse) and click “Close”
- In the login and password fields we score internet
- Click "Connect" and wait until it connects
Connecting via WiFi is even easier:
- Press the WiFi button on the screen or the WiFi icon in the tray
- Select the WiFi access point we need, click “Connect”
- Enter the required data if the dot is password-protected for example and enjoy
USB host
In order to have something to occupy a USB hole (by the way, to say it is normal in size, like on any computer), I bought a keyboard at the same time. The result was a netbook with Ubuntu on board - very convenient.
Of course, via USB Host you can connect everything that has USB, for example a printer, scanner, modem, mouse, etc.
Battery life
at the suggestion of rPman I begin a series of tests
1. The video clip is spinning in SMplayer (Video: 624x352, 4 fps, XviD, 970 kbps. Audio: 48 kHz, MPEG Layer 3, 2 ch, 128.00 kbps.), Lights and volume at maximum, wifi is disabled - played 5 hours 6 minutes (tested at night, the device disconnected at 6:19, turned on at 9 - turned on showed that charging about 1/3 (through acpi or apm you can not find out exactly))
2. According to new tests ~ 7 hours of watching a video from another person, but with a newer and unofficial firmware
Useful links for owners
setting up the repository and how to put it on a memory card - I’ll add it from myself - format the card completely and remove the Label - otherwise I didn’t succeed
virtual keyboard Russification
4 firmware version official source alternative , 5 firmware version official source alternative
transfer partitions to a memory card , so as not to litter the main
switch layouts (en / ru) keyboard connected via USB
Build quality
The build quality, except for the fact that the SD card stub is a bit crooked, at the height. Nothing creaks and rattles. Plastic looks a bit cheap if you look closely, but in general it’s the same as everywhere else.
Devices that managed to connect
- mouse and keyboard
- USB flash drives and HDD
- Huawei E160G - from the Megaphone Modem Kit
- Mustek BearPaw 2400 CU Plus scanner (works well and does not require additional power, it means the USB port of the device honestly gives 5V and 500 mA)
- HP 1020 Printer
Issue price
The price of this device ranges from 5 to 10 thousand rubles - it all depends on who and how you order (look at molotok.ru, smartqmid.ru or google). For example, I got the device about 9k rubles (I bought it already in Russia).
An alternative review of the device from the cCube - I recommend to read, because the opinion is almost completely opposite
PS: ask questions - what else to potest, what you want to learn about in more detail, etc. - I will update the article
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/72642/
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