The flood continues as new mobile devices are released to the market this year, and those of you looking for a competitor to the pocket-sized Archos 5 Internet Tablet will be happy to see the entry from SMiT known as the MID-560. The device sports a 4.8″ screen and is available now from a few online retailers (as well as for auction on eBay) for as low as $155 without GPS and $180 with included GPS. A seperate 3G USB dongle can be purchased for an additional $35. The little MID also supports Mobile TV and the Google Market right out of the box, which many of us wish our Archos 5ITs would do without using a firmware hack. No word on when Android 2.0+ would be released or what type of screen the device has, but we will update this story as soon as the details roll in. For now, check out this video of the device in action (actually filmed back in September 2009 by Charbax at ArmDevices.Net).
MID 560 4.8inch Android MID by SMiT
is this the same as the enso zenpad ? http://enso-now.com/n/index.php
i believe so, from looking around, that was the consensus.
Actually, it would be more accurate to say the enso zenpad is a MID-560 with their own branding as the MID-560 is the base device name before being branded by whatever company is selling it. :)
gotcha ! this new fangled technology… :)
i suspect the dongle was how they got the marketplace in there.
reason for that is that jenn (pocketables.net) mentioned on twitter that the nexus one needed a sim card inserted before the payed apps showed up.
two reasons for that could be that either google uses the carrier as a bill collector for app sales, or they allow carriers to ok what apps a customer can use on their network. In either case the market sounds like its highly tied to the device being an actual phone, or at least having a active 3G connection of one sort or another.
You pay for apps using a credit card through Google Checkout. Carriers usually don’t have a say on what app goes on the market. Otherwise, they would ban apps like PdaNet that lets you tether your phone without paying for tethering fees (of course until you get caught by your carrier).
Could be to verify where the phone is being used without location services enabled. Some countries aren’t allowed payed app access.