$10 or $25 BM 7" Android 4.0 Tablet, 1.3GHz, 4GB, 1GB RAM, Capacitance Touch
 

CVS has this low-end but adequate for many on 50-90% off clearance.
Ask the store clerk to check: Craig Tablet 0741, usually in the Photo area with other "high value" electronics. Could be in the back of the store as well.

Check the bottom of the box and the back of the tablet if the seal's already open that it's the CMP-741e. Photo attached below.

Update: quite a few reported to have paid $25 with 75% off now.
$12.5 anyone? (holding breath...)

Update 2: multiple reports of $10 or 90% off.
Receipt updated. Thanks, zirjacks!

Craig CMP741e running ICS 4.0.3. Has HDMI, and works fine with Youtube and Netflix.
The spec is much better than CMP741d, which seems to be the ridicule in this forum. A good review here,

http://www.androidtablets.net/for...0-cpu.html

which also gives the instructions how to root it and get G Play.

Spec
7 Inch Digital Capacitance Touch Screen ( 800 x 480, 16:9 )
allwinner-a10-cpu, Processing Speed 1.3 Ghz
Android 4.0.3, Adobe flash 11.1 pre-installed
Front Facing Camera (0.3 Megapixel)
1GB DDR3 Ram
802.11 b/g/n wireless connectivity
Multi Point Touch Screen
3D Gaming Accelerator ( Mali 400 )
USB OTG connectivity ( You can use your keyboard, mouse or any compatible peripheral with the supplied dongle connected to the device )
Rechargeable Battery ( 6 Hours continuous use )
Built in speaker and Microphone
Micro SD Card slot ( Support up to 32GB )
Stereo Headphone Jack

Included in the packaging is the power adapter, Mini USB to USB Type A Male cable, Mini USB to USB Type A Female (OTG) cable

This post can and should be edited by users like you :)
 

Virginia Beach - may be some in portsmouth, kempsville reports 12 but has none. Stores will hold for you. $25

Tablets OOS In:

Huntsville, AL
Madison, AL
Orange, CT
Milford, CT
West Haven, CT
Wilimington, DE - both stores
Camarillo, CA
Oxnard, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Mountain View, CA
Palo Alto, CA
San Jose, CA
Santa Clara, CA
Thousand Oaks, CA
San Diego North, La Jolla, Del Mar, CA
Chicago, IL - Chicago Northwest Suburbs (Crystal Lake, Algonquin, Lake In The Hills, South Barrington) - these are the places I called and they were all OOS. Two of the stores mentioned that all Chicago area stores were OOS.
Farmington, NY
Macedon, NY

Better receipt for possible price match,
http://slickdeals.net/forums/show...tcount=128

To add Google Play, (do at your own risk)
http://slickdeals.net/forums/show...stcount=94

Possible way to JellyBean,
http://slickdeals.net/forums/show...ostcount=7

Don't use any ROM for the wrong last letter, eg, CMP741d for CMP741e. You'll brick it.

How to install Jellybean on CMP741d - http://slickdeals.net/forums/show...tcount=604

what CPU

Thank you for the deal, however it ran up for 88.88 at my local Rite Aid in Riverside, CA.

Allwinner A10

My bad, I meant CVS. I'll post the receipt in a moment. There's still some stock in the San Diego store when I left.

How to upgrade to 4.1.1 Jellybean,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETFthBydHU0

The only problem is its resolution is too low. Otherwise, this could be $100 tablet.

Out here in md these are ringing up for 25.00. Haven't rooted it yet but the reviews are good.

got my interests now...

and wish there were some inventory checker

My area sold out of these right after Christmas.

Wow. I wonder how much it costs to make. PC hardware margin all over again.

The best thing you can do is call the stores and yes, that goes against the SD code of "never call", however when I called to check the stock, the employees would hold it until I purchased it. Alternatively, you can call a CVS and ask them to look up stock in the surrounding area. If stock is found, you can also ask them to call that store to hold it for you.

Craigslist certified.

Why don't many of these cheap tablets come with google play?

Do they keep these behind the counter or in around the store?

Because they have to pay Google for those apps and also meet certain standards.

If possible, if you can pick up an extra one, I'd be willing to pay you for it, plus some extra cash to ship it... I'm located in New Jersey and cannot find one ANYWHERE...

Thanks..

Behind the counter

Google has a certification process to get google apps such as google play and gmail, don't play by google rules and you won't get these apps.

Android on the other hand is completely open source, google doesn't get to set rules for android since it is open source and anyone can modifiy it and put it on their devices.

Where in MD? It rang $49.99

Southern md. St Mary's. I picked up 8 total. One store actually had a 2 boxes with 2 each in it sealed. All Christmas stuff was 75% off and this was included.

Seems pretty similar to the Double Power tablet T711 sold by Walmart for $59 about a month or so back. I got one and it worked pretty good until my kid dropped it and broke the screen.

If you can find one, good starter tablet (for kids, for sure) IMO.

how much does it cost to make? Not sure but to put it in perspective, think about this. Guess how much it costs Apple to make a COMPLETE Iphone? You'll choke! $8 (and yes I said $8 and no I didn't slip a decimal). They then sell them to the wireless carriers for about $600 and then these guys sell them much cheaper but make up for it on the service.

So we are clear. That $8 figure you are referencing is the labor cost associated with building one iphone. Not how much it costs to make them including parts.

NOT an Apple fanboy (never owned an iPhone)... http://www.itproportal.com/2012/0...st-at-207/

I hate apple but that's not correct. The iPhone 5 costs a little over $200 to make

iPhone 5 costs $199 to make, say analysts

Wilson Rothman / NBC News
Early estimates by hardware analysts put the cost of building the iPhone 5 with 16 GB at around $200 — more expensive than the 4S was at launch but not surprisingly so. The improved screen and wireless chip are tipped as major costs.

The device isn't even shipping yet, but companies like IHS iSuppli can still put together an estimate by looking at published specs and talking with manufacturers. Until the actual phone gets dissected and the parts identified and priced, it's just speculation, but a ballpark estimate is still useful. An earlier analysis by UBM TechInsights put the cost at $167.50, however, so both should perhaps be taken with a grain of salt.

The most expensive single item in the iPhone 5's bill of materials is the screen, according to iSuppli; by integrating the touch panel and increasing the size to 4 inches (from 3.5 inches), the cost for that one component jumps to an estimated $44. The new LTE-capable wireless chip is the next-most-expensive piece, costing around $34, significantly more than the 4S's more limited chipset.

Not all the components are more expensive, though. The flash memory used to store all your music and apps has gotten cheaper over the last year, meaning 16GB of it now cost as little as $10, compared with $17 last year and even higher the year before.

The $199 total is exactly the price at which the 16GB version of the device is being offered, at least with a two-year contract. With no contract, the price balloons to $649, more than three times the estimated cost to build it. It's a relatively high markup: Google's Nexus 7 tablet, for instance, is estimated to cost $152 to build, and it sells for $199 with no contract.

These cost analyses help the industry understand how much profit is being made per phone, and teardowns show who actually makes the components in question (for example, Sony made the iPhone 4S's camera). Expect a full breakdown of parts and costs when the device actually ships.

Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for NBC News Digital. His personal website is coldewey.cc.

$8 is the manufacturing cost. The cost of the hardware is over $200, and packing/shipping is another few bucks. Then there's engineering, R&D, several thousand other jobs in the supply chain, and a few thousand more jobs in the retail chain. Oh, and advertising.

Next time, read past the headline.

fandroid? complete iphone for 8 bucks? where did u get that number? from another fandroid? add labor,ad,etc.
if u dont like paying premium, go get chinapad or chinaphones.

i suppose this is better than the $59 black friday officemax maylong tablet? Thing is a bit buggy and have few days to return

Absolutely no way. The QCOM chip costs more than that.

Is this in Riteaid or CVS ?

totally agree with that...i remember an article awhile back breaking down the net cost of making a tablet and it was in the hundreds. I believe once it gets down to the retailer hes probably making 100 to 150 max.

CVS. I'm guilty of sending that poor guy to Riteaid in vain.

Perhaps you can ask them to price match with the receipt...

could be a case of profit already made, ready to move on to new model, so selling at essentially zero (or even negative) profit margin.

Quick question, if I go in the store, what exactly should I ask for, a "Craig Tablet", or what will the person at the counter know this as? Is there a item number for it which they can use to look it up with?

No cvs here, you think walgreens would be the same?

I have 7 CVS within 3 miles, found only 1 and it was $25 but had already been opened so i passed

Does it Bluetooth?

Just grabbed a few. $25 a piece. Thanks OP, and repped.

how did you get them for $25 a piece?

This video was done back in August. Is there any newer JB firmwares out since then?

Aren't you just a fountain of incorrect info. Were you, perhaps, the speech writer for Paul Ryan during his run for VP?

They were 75% off at my CVS.

is there an inventory checked somewhere?

Nope...

got one for $25.

Good kid tablet for the car. Got an N7, and now my kid (as well as myself) won't put it down. Rooted Nook Color gathering dust, and it runs wonderfully with an amazing screen. Damn technology. Love the one you're with and hold out if you can. The Tegra Zone games are amazing, but so were the basic free "simple" Android games.

Hoping to get a price adjustment from the $50 sale price.

went to 7 CVS - was only available at 2 of them but rang up $49.99 on both...didn't buy it...will try tomorrow..

Any B&M CVS Coupons ???

Bought it for $25 at my CVS. They also had a tablet/computer with keyboard thing called "crystal view." Please don't waste your time unless you really need a tablet for some reason. IMHO both were really, really not worth even $25. The screen looks like its from the 90s, and they were so unresponsive.

Are they kept behind the counter? So you have to ask someone to see them?

The one I seen was in the glass electronic cases. Most cvs have a glass electronics case

There are a few left around Houston and the going rate seems to be $17..yes, SEVENTEEN BUCKS.

Anyway I didn't pick one up because the two stores I went to didn't have any but the Richmond and Roseland store had one, the one on West Gray had one, and apparently Westheimer and 610 had a few. Anyway good luck!

Cool, thanks!

Dang, hope they have some that cheap in the Dallas area!!! Be perfect for my little brother...

Also, does anyone think these could be flipped? Even though they aren't great quality...

Just revised the title for the 75% off price. Nah, won't change again until it's 12.5.

well i went to my cvs and the guy behind the counter said that someone called earlier and asked him to hold all 3 of the ones he had and came in an hour later and bought them. I asked how much he paid and he said $25 each. Oh well. I tried to get one for my kid. Good luck to you guys!

There are $4/20 CVS Q's on ebay...and can stack (can use 2 on a $40 purchase, 3 on a 60, etc). I've personally never had any problems using multiple ones in a transaction (I've used up to 10, and in the DS forum, heard people used up to 20+), but its a YMMV as some places will only let you use one. If you plan to buy a few, its usually about $2-3 for like 10 4/20 q's.

Right behind the counter on an upper level shelf.

No BT :\

Mine was behind the glass cage in a regular aisle.

--

Got the last one! Went to 2 different CVS's, 1st one out, 2nd one only had 1 left :)

Quite an interesting device... "only" has 1 x 1.3GHz CPU, but also has Mali 400 GPU. However, it doesn't take much to power 800x480 resolution..
UI seems pretty smooth, battery was dead from the beginning.
Uses mini-HDMI (you'll need an adapter), and has a MicroSD slot (probably only up to 32GB SDHC).
Great for $25! (well, $5 for me cuz I had $20 in CVS bucks from the last Craig clearancing deal).
I guess biggest con is that the port is Mini-B (as opposed to Micro-B).
Darn, and I was just about finishing clearing out all my old Mini-B devices...

Gps?
If yes this is great carputer

How does this compare to the $59 Uniden some got @ Big Lots before Christmas? Are the screens the same? Resolution, etc?

Can someone compare to this http://www.ebay.com/itm/M009-E18-...51a20193d7

The one at cvs seems better because of HDMI right? Or am I missing something, because for $25 this seems outstanding.

The Craig Tablet offers 1gb ,while the latter only has 512. The prior may be charged via mini Usb and the ebay and uniden tablet must use a dedicated charger. I have owned the Craig tablet and have been happy with the purchase. There is an active community for hacking and such. My young daughter seems to enjoy it as well. For $25, it really can't be beat and if you aren't satisfied with the purchase, you can always return it.

I hope this helps,

Aanairai

Did you find 1?

hate to be the angry guy here but.... FCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKK
went to sleep last night seeing this was posted for some store i dont have around me.
wake up speed to cvs. nothing there. asked for stock check around sold out in surrounding cities.

FHHWUEGFIBWFIBAKJBFJBAFBFGARBLE

Grats to who bought them. i was looking for some for my nephews.

Brought one in NYC area for $50. I actually wanted to buy one so I might as well go for it. What are the chances that you can return/rebuy on this?

which store in LA did u go to?

Nice deal for those who got them. These craig tablets in the cvs don't seem to exist around the Charlotte NC area.

Just call around and ask for a price adjustment. I am about to receive said adjustment from the one's I previously bought.

Tablets cleared out in this area (Madison/Huntsville, AL). She said she just had a lady call and ask for them and she did a search and they were all out around here.

Created WiKi entry so people can add where they have checked

None in the Woodmore shop in Silver Spring MD. Checked at noon, manager said the surrounding area had none, so didn't bother to check any other stores in the area.

In San Diego, stores are 00s, FYI.

Dang, none in north-central ATX.

better forum
 

is there a better more up-to-date forum/website to find these deals? CVS worker told me these went on 75% sale on Sunday and were gone quickly.

I posted this in the other CVS thread also but, Just got back from a CVS. I was after the Craig 7" android tablet. Did not ring up $24.99.............it rang up $9.99. Obviously I bought all they had. Here is a pic of it and receipt. This is the same tablet right? Original price was $99.99. Hope this might help with some PM'ing .

There are 7 tablets at the Grove City CVS south of Columbus if anyone is interested. Bought 1, along with a router. $6 and $25, plus got a $6.25 extra bucks coupon on the router transaction (may be giving extra bucks equivalent to xmas purchases?). So it made the tablet $19.

Impressions scale (1-5, 5 being a Nexus 7)
Build quality 3 - light cheap shiny plastic with big "CRAIG" at top. Fingerprint magnet. Needs a case. Used it for 20 minutes and the back shows fine scratches already. Keep the plastic on the back until you get a case.
Screen 2 - worst screen quality I've seen. Turn the brightness to 100% and it's tolerable.
Touch responsiveness 4 or better. No problems at all.
OS stock 4 (no issues at all, and easily downloaded Amazon apps, and Amazon app store runs much better than rooted nook color). You don't need to root this if you're not comfortable doing it.
CPU 4 - this thing is snappy.
GPU 4 - no stalls at all on video, ninjump, letsbowl2, talking tom all work great. maps satellite zooms in rather quickly.

Overall - 3.5. Put the brains of this in the shell of a Nook Color, and you'd have an almost perfect budget tablet. I'm impressed with the speed and fluidity. It's a very, very far cry from the polished Nexus 7. But at one eighth the cost, it's a must have for tinkering, kids, etc... Not sure I'd recommend as an e reader. Text quality on email is horrible. Very fuzzy.

anyone selling looking for 4 around 30$

none in 55422 (outside Minneapolis)

How can you pm with that receipt? Blanked out too much. Besides, the place where I brought it from still cost $50 for it. I will probably have to go back next week to get a price adjustment.

Can someone post a picture of INTACT receipt?

Just got the last one in the Huntington, NY Store. Rang up $24.99

Charging it now.... don't think this will be replacing my Kindle Fire HD, but gives me something to play around with.

Called few NJ stores, they said tablets r not on any sale this week and price still $99.99.
Oh well...

This :O)
Will be great.

I work at a CVS in NJ. Some sucker just called and alerted me of these cheap $10 tablets.
I told him they were still $99 at all the stores, while I called my buddies to go around collecting them. Best deal ever!

got the last tablet at my local shop for $24.99, not $9.99, but still very happy!
Model #: CMP741d (NOT OP's CMP741e though)

I went for the tablet. They had none. I left with the 5.1 stereo + DVD player for $20 and regretted it as soon as I got home.:lol:

yea, that stereo and dvd set for $20 is also awesome, i didn't score any, but pretty happy with that $25 tablet, haha
EVEN THE ROM ISN'T 4GB (more like 2-2.5 GB to me)

oh well, worth a try. tried calling several stores to no avail.

Can u use it with anything other than the DVD player? I need speakers that are at least better than my tvs!! Haha

How to install G Play (and root it along the way),
/Thanks to Dax Krishna on TheUnlockr.

I. Before You Begin

1. Make sure that you have your device charged to 75% or more before you begin.

2. Back up everything you feel is important just in case.

3. Make sure that you have ADB set up before you start with the procedure. Look to our procedure on this to help with this.

II. Necessary Downloads

RootThat-ICS.zip
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8744740/RootThat-ICS.zip

III. Rooting the Craig CMP741D Android Tablet

1. Enable USB debugging on your device. To do this, go to Settings > Developer Options and tick the Android debugging checkbox.

2. Connect your device to your PC. Windows should install the relevant drivers at this point. If these are not installed, set up ADB and try again.

3. Extract RootThat-ICS.zip to a folder on your desktop.

4. From the extracted folder, double-click on windowsstart.bat.

5. Click on the Root Device button.

6. Follow on-screen instructions.

At the end of it all, you should have a Craig Tab that is rooted!
IV. Installing Google Apps

1. Follow the same steps as in previous section until Step 4.

2. Click on Install Gapps.

3. Follow-on screen instructions.
Read more at http://theunlockr.com/2012/10/29/...USuYtVZ.99

man, I hope you don't read politics or vote. Uninformed individuals who can vote are the most dangerous people.

Great deal!
 

called 15 CVS locations along my route to work this morning before I was able to find a store with some tablets left. I had the clerk hold the remaining 4 and happened to mention one of the other stores I had visited marked the units down to $9.99. When I made it to the store on my lunch break, all 4 tablets were sitting behind the counter waiting for me with a note to ring them up at $9.99!

THANK YOU OP!

While messing around with the tablet, i found this file in File Manager under android com.rovio.badpiggies.premium but it does not have the Bad Piggies installed on the tablet itself. So, is it already in the tablet or how do i install it? Or maybe the one i bought was a return.

f you live in Los Angeles don't even bother visiting your nearest CVS.

I was bored today and me and my friends went all over LA looking for this $10.

I personally check 7 different CVS stores, I basically checked all of west hollywood, and west los angeles including the wilshire, la brea, and la cienega area.

Just trying to save you guys some time.

What's the difference between 741d and 741e other than the home button? Any advantage to either one?

$25 was a good deal but wish I could get in on $10.

Buy, Switch and Return
 

Yesterday my son call all the CVS pharmacies in the Camarillo, Oxnard, and Ventura area, to no avail. He also called several stores from Thousand Oaks to Agoura, and also Simi Valley. He lucked out and we were able to buy two tablets at the Wood Ranch location. We wanted two more, so we had the clerk at CVS call a couple of stores in the San Fernando Valley. We were lucky again and found two more at the Tarzana store.

There are four members in my family so we each have one. My son was eager to have me open mine so I obliged. At first glance, everything looked good, the box had Craig seals at each end. The first red flag was that the box is missing an AC adapter and a cable. The next flag came when I looked at the back and saw the word Sylvania.

It did not turn on, so I put on an existing charger for a couple of hours. When I finally turned on the unit, Sylvania popped up on the boot screen, followed by a strange looking home screen. Major flag! It was really difficult to bring up the About screen in the settings. That was the final straw... the model was SYTAB7MX, a real low end tablet with a 1ghz processor, 512mb RAM, wifi b/g, and running Android 2.2!

It is registered to s______9@Gmail.com and had a few non-standard apps installed, including a Super User root app. Googling the name came up with several entries including a domain name page that listed the guy's home address and phone number. He lives only a couple of miles from the CVS Tarzana store. The jailbase web site shows an arrest for a felony charge but no details. My forensic data investigation yielded a huge "paper" trail.

Now the question is how to proceed. CVS needs to know about the switched return and how it ended up with me. I went to a lot of time and expense to buy a tablet with very good specs and would not be satisfied with a return of my $24.99 plus $3 recycling fee and $4.50 sales tax. I want the kind of tablet listed on the box, or another with equivalent or better specs. I haven't looked at the other three tablets but the chances are pretty good that they are correct ones.

I highly doubt it. Why do you think the tablets are priced so low and on sale? No one is looking for a Craig tablet with awful specs and no access to the Play Store.

I just paid $25 plus tax for one. The manager said any store selling it for $9.99 will be getting in trouble with their DMs. They were only supposed to mark them down 75%.

In any case this thing is a hot pile of garbage. I'll probably return it, at $25 it still seems like a bit of a rip off. It's almost painful to look at the screen.

returned mine, can't get it recognized to win 7 or mac, even using adb...
so, no way to push superuser over to root it...
(my unit has an "unavailable" serial #, which every android device should have in order to be recognized by adb)
btw, my model # is CMP741d, though the sticker on box is CPM741e,

if i could ever see 3-5 of them on shelf, i'd just get them for resale purposes, not good for personal use even. not even worth my effort for such piece of crap,

and for such low-end stuff, i'd thinking about the same-spec-ed china-pad, which at least comes in rooted with PlayStore installed. that'll save u tons of trouble with the Craig

Currently trying to root mine, even for just stock it's a decent photo album, kids toy, crappy e reader, YouTube player... Found the only the store that had one in my area... Went to 7 other stores looking for a friend and a family member.. Wasted 90 minutes thanks OP for the one I did get.

Also found a portable dvd player with 7in screen, battery for $19.99. And a worse gingerbread tablet/netbook for $25

................

Someone bought all of them in basically every store in MA.

Who needs more than one of these? Is the resell value that high on a farking near-junk tablet like this?

find something better to do with yourselves (directed at people who bought multiples to resell)

I'm sure people who bought them at $25, could make a cool 30-40 bucks on ebay.

really? People are willing to pay over $50 for these tablets?

CPU is roughly the same, but the E definitely better GPU. The E has the allwinner A10 w/ mali-400, D has RK2918 w. GC800 GPU. See http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/3...hould-buy/.

$49 at my local CVS

Loaded xbmc on mine. Running ok for now.

how much was the tablet at tarzana store? tarzana store is on reseda and ventura?

XBMC on a tablet? You got my attention...

OOS in my local CVS here in Brooklyn, NY. Most likely same in most of the other stores here too. I literally ran to the CVS cause I saw this post 10 minutes before they closed.

Found out mine was a return after opening the box. The seal was still attached as it was not the super sticky type where it's will pull off the top part of the box. After checking it for a few hours, nothing seems to be wrong with it and the only sign of it being turned on was a picture of a kid taken on 12/25 in the photo app. The only reason it was returned i think was because the buyer does not know how to install amazon app store and could not download any apps. The tablet does not come with the app installed, instead it have the icon link to the download page on amazon and i found that the app was downloaded 7 times but was not installed. So i assumed that the kid got it as a christmas gift and returned it since he couldn't install the app.

anyone try in austin?

Possible convict and definite fraud? $32+a couple hours of your time isn't worth the exposure and further time to pursue. Just get your refund or exchange, (anonymously) inform CVS in case they have some way to handle it on their end (doubt it), and move on. I'm not saying the guy's smart, hardworking, or passionate enough to care, but I figure a guy willing to do a switch on a low end tablet with another low end tablet probably has too much time on his hands. The guy might even work at that CVS...

Besides, even with these specs, considering the actual production and materials quality and minimal support, these Craig tablets really aren't worth more than what you paid, maybe less. You'd have better luck eyeballing Chinese brand imports from a US store. You can get much better overall value even if you have to start with $50+.

Please for the love of god put B&M in the title please.

Both of my local stores were out. And to the poster that asked if people actually buy these? I see people buying them all the time in my local area for $70-80.

It might seem obvious to some people, but the vast vast majority of people don't know the difference between anything when it comes to tech.

As I posted in the other Craig's clearance thread:

"Was able to score the last two at my local CVS for $25 each yesterday. Model CMP741d. Rooted them both.

First off, I have to say that I am impressed by the quality of the touchscreen for this price.

It has had only a few issues with freezing, but I give it a couple seconds and it's fine.

It runs Angry Birds Rio (but not the others for some reason), Bejeweled 2, Jewel Quest, and Duke Nukem 3D, quite well (i.e. very little or no lag), as well as some other games too. I even got it to play Super Mario 64 in the N64 emu with almost no lag. Pretty excited about that.

Works well with Amazon App Store, but has some issues with the updated, new user interface version, so I've kept it on the older version for now.

I've installed Chrome, Opera Mobile, and Firefox, but Opera seems to work the best for some reason (I use Chrome on my GS3).

A suggestion for those who are disappointed because of the lag: try Nova Launcher. It runs noticeably better with Nova tweaked to "fast" animation settings. Not to mention you can get more apps on the screen and make everything look better too.

Did some simple clocking of the CPU with CPU Tuner to run it between 408MHz and 1008MHz.

Skype works (as well as it can with a 0.3MP camera!), and so does the Xfinity streaming app.

I'll admit the battery life kind of stinks; I think heavy wifi usage (i.e. downloading multiple games/apps) kills it the worst. Even playing games doesn't seem to kill the battery as much as heavy wifi usage. But as someone else already stated, it is to be expected with budget tablets like these.

I don't think I'd have the same opinion if I had paid $100, but for $25, I can't really complain. Thanks OP!"


Anyone have any success flashing 4.1.1 yet? I want to, but I'm not sure which compatibility pack to use, as per the youtube guide.

Nothing at the Sacramento Elk Grove-Florin Blvd store.

i got one for $25. crappy is an understatement. thing freezes every 2 seconds, even after being rooted and CPU tuner running. idk wtf i'm doing wrong

EDIT: installed novalauncher and things seem to work a little better.
CPU Tuner still freezes everytime I launch it

I can't for the life of me get the drivers to install on WIndows 7 64 bit. So no root for me. I have tried every guide I could find and it won't see it as a ADB device. Shows up under hard drives?? Does anyone have a rooted ROM image they could post for the CMP741d??

Happened to me too. Go to control panel, devices, and locate the tablet. right click it and click properties, then go to hardware. It will show all the drivers that it has installed. It should be two for mass storage (sd card and onboard storage), two that say something about linux, and another saying usb device. Look at the name of that driver, and go to device manager and uninstall it. Plug it back in with debugging enabled, and it should install the correct one. This is what I had to do after following all the different guides out there and the driver still wouldn't install. I take it this happens if you plug in the tablet before installing the android sdk or modifying all those .inf files.

I found my answer here...the article is for the Nexus 7 but if you click on settings->then storage under advanced options-->USB--> change to PTP device it finally shows up as ADB device!! Change driver and root away!! Tut with screen shots...http://zacktutorials.blogspot.ca/...pment.html

In nyc, the christmas stuff in my area finally went down to 75% at 1/12. Today I took my tablet that I brought a few days back for $50 and wanted to do a price adjust. At first the clerk gave me a bad time and finally said "you should be lucky that you get it for less."

I saw tutorials here about installing play market for the 741d but not the 741e. Anybody know how to do it? Or is it the same procedure?

i think its the same. this is the non-root version (i have the 741e and it worked non-rooting)
http://spotondeals.co.uk/

root version:
http://theunlockr.com/2012/10/29/...id-tablet/

For those having trouble rooting it, find the adb_usb.ini file in the android folder and put the hex number 0x2207 in the ini file.

After I did that it showed in the root program and I was able to root it and load the play store.

they have one left in Findlay oh 45840 but it's $25 and only Android 2.2

Ummm, I can't go to usb debugging mode. I don't have the options to go to developers mode under settings.

when you plug in the tablet into the computer, it'll go into USB mode. if you click on the notification for USB mode, it'll let you enter the hidden development settings :)

is this free shipping

Thanks. I realized that I didn't have any usb connection at all, that's why I don't see the usb mode... Was able to install google store.

Has any tried to put CM10 Jelly Bean on the cmp417e yet?

I want to, but I do not know which compatibility pack to use, as per the youtube instructional video for any A10 tablet.

If anyone knows which one will work, I'd be willing to give it a go.

According to the video though, without installing a working compatibility pack, there is no working touchscreen, requiring the use of USB keyboard/mouse.

Yes, I got the last two for $24.99 each at that CVS (18441 VENTURA BLVD)
I talked to the corporate office and the district manager and he will try to get me the correct tablet. He was not too amenable to giving me 100 bucks so I could buy a replacement if they can't find the right one in stock somewhere in the country.

Main problem for me is getting into recovery without booting into the OS. I have not been able to access recovery from when the tablet is fully off for some reason.

This makes flashing roms much more dangerous...

Me and my friends found 3 of these Sunday and Monday, so they are still out there.

Does anyone know the difference between the 741D and E? I know the E has a home button, but there has to be other differences too since they have different app compatibilty.

The link the TS post doesn't really detail anything except possibly one being a RK chipset and the other an Allwinner. Both the E and D that we have here are clocked to 1008mhz. I think the confusing part of the 741D is it being associated with the earlier Gingerbread tablet.

Craig CPM 738b
 

There is no film over the screen of the Craig CPM 738b tablet. Does that mean it is an opened item? Thanks!

Hey.. does anyone know how to enable the "usb debug" on 741e? i went to "settings" i couldnt find it.

Plug the tablet into the computer and it will automatically enable it self

Apparently it no longer work. coz accidentally unchecked it :(

Maybe a factory reset is in order, if there isn't any data on the tablet?

Are you going to do anything beyond rooting? No difference.

E= Allwinner = better software = full linux stack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZZlYKNfUy8

Hey is anyone else having issues with The touch screen and typing? The first one I opened seems the be having issues where I'll type a letter, say an a or q, and the keyboard closes. Its almost like the multi touch is being overly active?

it is quite interesting to see how these tablet are made
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfyAjkPIYyc

For $25, this thing is pretty good. Perfect tablet for me to give to my son and soon-to-be-nephew to mess around with.

The viewing angles on the screen really suck, but the speed is pretty good for something so cheap. I am keeping one to mess around with and maybe turn into a automation controller or something like that.

Bm to check Cvs tomorrow

Can anyone compare the performance of the Craig tablet to an 8GB Nook Tablet?

Different planets.

For sure. My allwinner tablet is nowhere near as responsive as my MacBook Pro.

Thinking of returning it for a faster one. :bulb:


Seriously, they're all gone in NE IA or I'd pick one up, just so I could PRACTICE rooting and all. ;) Even if they're not as quick as an i7 HP Envy.

Can you be more specific. I believe the Nook Tablet is 512 ram and the Craig is 1Gig

The Nook Table has a dual core Ti OMAP 4430 CPU running at a true 1 GHz and a PowerVR SGX540 GPU. The amount of memory is irrelevant to the comparison, just as loading 2GB of memory onto a piece of junk video card cannot save it. It's ultimately just a marketing point. This is fine for playing around with for the price, but it is not a high quality or high performance tablet.

I will mostlt just be surfing the web, will there be a big differnce?

I have no idea. It's one thing to compare specs and other to assess day to day feel. It depends on what you do with it.

No.

I never had a nook tablet but I did have the nook color. This thing is as fast if not faster than the nook color was. This thing is no slouch.

Nook color is 512MB while Nook tablet is 1GB RAM. Nook color is single core while
Nook tablet is dual-core. And yes memory matter; try running some game like Angry Bird
with 512MB and you will see. CMP741e has Mali400 graphic and it will blows away Nook
punny GPU

http://www.sleetherz.com/2011/09/...u-can-get/

LOL, dumb analogy. more memory for anything (CPU, GPU) is ALWAYS better! SGX540
is inferior compared to Mali400 (on CMP471e) So unless Nook tablet comes with DDR5
RAM which would be better than CMP471e DDR3, its not going to beat it.
Even if Nook tablet is $25, i would still pick CMP471e over it.

How many times does this have to get posted?

Is there a support/development thread for these?

Stopped using mine cuz it's so unusable..

Been looking around in North Jersey. Yet to find one.

You're way late. Why are you even bothering? The sale is over.

yep, and if you do find one in a store (even one that has been returned), it will be full price
of $100. CVS jack up all of the xmas clearance back to normal price.