Trio - Stealth Lite 4GB* MP3 Player - Black
Model: TRIO43MID40C
SKU: 7561112
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Customers are satisfied with the price, ease of use, camera quality, sound quality, and expandable memory of the Stealth Lite 4GB* MP3 Player. They appreciate its portability, Android operating system, and responsive touch screen. However, some customers have concerns about its battery life, speed, and durability.
This is the second one I have had. I have mixed feelings about this product. Had a couple of issues along the way, but thankfully I purchased the ext warranty that BB offers and traded it in. Lasted almost a year without major issues until the last month or two. Got it primarily for music. I wanted more than just a simple mp3 player, but did not want to dish out the money for anything apple. Pros: Nice size to fit in a pocket. If you know Android, you can work this thing. Simple. Customizable with icons, background images etc. Will dl e-mail files like documents and view-able with pre-loaded software.. Has alarm. Pretty good battery. Slot for ext memory. Micro SD. Cons: Not sealed at all. The unit got dust in it almost right away. Very annoying since this is a touch screen. Bluetooth is disabled. The headphone jack. Somehow the sound coming from headphones started sounding tinny. Camera is not good quailty at all. I see this model being dced and outdated any time now.
Posted by CarpenterFan
So I pick this tablet up on a whim for saving battery on my main phone and tablet for light tasks. Returned 1. Both units had non-working speakers. Come to find out from the second unit, this is due to 1 of many software glitches I found. They are numerous in this tablet, but controllable or removable with some hacking skills and extreme patience. The interface is ugly and makes the DPI look even lower than it is(120). So I took the plunge and rooted it and started hacking away at it, not wanting my money wasted and to prove a point. Most these tablets have capable hardware but awful software. First thing I did was install Play Store and Apex launcher-ahhh the interface is no longer making my eyes bleed and I could get down to hacking. Long story short, I was able to make the glitches not bothersome or eliminate them. I hacked to reverse the virtual internal SD(less than 1 GB usable space and where games insist on storing their data(hint, use this area as virtual RAM to soup up the memory)) with an external SD card. For those with speaker trouble, I know this is hackish, but clear dalvik cache, force media audio routing to speaker except with plug-in detection, and force to mono channel upon plug-out detection. Do NOT install Titanium Backup. I heard of audio problems with it, but this is the first I experienced it on my devices. Nowadays, it makes a great portable gaming platform for me. The screen is decent, not great, but looks good with games. Could be better for reading but it is just great for games. The sound quality is very good, even without the DSP I threw in for good measure. The hardware is made pretty well and has stood up to many hours of gaming. All in all, a great result of a hacking project for $50 at retail that can provide countless hours of entertainment when the hacking is finally over. But non tech-savvy consumers, stay far far away. I am experienced at hacking Androids and this one was a huge project for me to make into something good. But in the end, it was well worth it. A tablet I only paid $40 for on sale and can show off my games side by side with my friends' ipads who blush when they hear how much this tablet costs(with impressive CPU/GPU performance for the price). I would recommend it for a hacking project, but not for out of box use. Hence, the 1 star rating on ease of use.
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For such a small devise it is really loaded. Easy to navigate. Bought is thinking is was just an MP3 player but it's actually a mini tablet. What makes it even better,,,I got a great deal on it...less than half price on a 3-day sale. It's worth every penny of the full price.
Posted by KJB56
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