JXD S7100 / Chinese Android Gaming Tablets

[TripleSMoon]

I might actually be somewhat interested in this if it had a second analog and shoulder buttons... as it is, I can say goodbye to proper PS1 or N64 emulation on this thing (not enough buttons), which I can do just fine on my Samsung Epic along with the iControlpad.

On that subject, I'm debating between saving $1000 for a gamecube portable (one of the great fusion portables that one guy on youtube whose name I can't remember did) or $500 for an Open Pandora console (I already have $400 saved). Really torn about what to get...

 

[emigre]

On that subject, I'm debating between saving $1000 for a gamecube portable (one of the great fusion portables that one guy on youtube whose name I can't remember did) or $500 for an Open Pandora console (I already have $400 saved). Really torn about what to get...

In all seriousness, I suggest just saving the cash. I really don't think spending a grand on a portable gamecube is really worth it.It does look cool but spending so much on it just just insane. Whilst the Pandora is a very cool device, I really do feel the specs of the thing isn't worth the price. I really want to pick one up but I can't justify spending that much on it when taking into account the specs. Especially as I have a modded PSP which does all the retro systems I want to play.

 

[raulpica]

I'd get one of those for Amiga and DOS emulation. I wonder how well they work on those devices

No shoulder buttons is a real downer, to think that I was thinking of getting one of these this morning

EDIT: Looks like it runs Amiga very well. I wonder how the DOS emulation is, and I might be sold on one of those.

 

[TripleSMoon]

Haha, I actually considered the PSVita, but decided against it cuz even if there were currently a bunch of games I liked, I wouldn't want to have to budget another whole library of games to play. With pandora or the gamecube portable, at least all the games are free. Though I'm still leaning toward the gc portable simply because, if it's still compatible with gc hombrew, I can play most of the emulators on it I would use on pandora and more. Idk, we'll see...

 

[raulpica]

Seriously, forking over THAT much for a system which is disc-based (you can expect bad things from using discs on the go) is a little bit crazy Don't forget that they're DIY systems, cooling might fail / not be enough in the long run and who knows what might else go wrong.

Get a Pandora, if you really wanna spend that much

 

[TripleSMoon]

Au contraire, my dear boy (or girl, whichever u r)... :-p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ5LFEgI5GQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGAogDgQ7f8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

No discs, only sd optimized to run as well as discs. Also, battery life that rivals the 3DS (not much obviously, but still better than most portables that have no battery at all). Also, controller ports to use as a full gamecube (only 2 controls, but still). Believe me, no way I would pay ANY money for a disc-based portable without battery. I never understood people who made custom portables without battieres in the interest of making them a bit smaller. That defeats the purpose imo. Lol.

 

[emigre]

Would you pay for a disc based system WITH battery?

 

[raulpica]

Looks sick! Most certainly the best portable GC out there I also remember portables without batteries, that's just stupid.

But the price is WAY too much. 400$ and it'd be the right price. Looks like the guy loves to cash on them.

 

[TripleSMoon]

No, not at all. As a college student, i'd want to take it with me in my backpack (it's called portable for a reason, lol). And as one of the other posters mentioned, bad things happen with discs on the go.

I will be honest, though mostly I just want to take my gcn everywhere, part of this is novelty and bragging rights, lol. Think about it. People in dorm: "I wish I could play smash bros". Me: *digs out backpack* lol. I guess that's why the money doesn't really matter to me that much. It is a ripoff, sure, but it's a ripoff I really want. Lol

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[emigre]

You could just get SMB for the 3DS rather than a custom built Gamecube.

 

[raulpica]

@raulpica I KNOW, RIGHT??? :-D the only request i'd make in my commission different from the first vid I posted is, if possible, if he could somehow add built-in wavebird sensors... that way I could have a true full gamecube with 4 player!!!

Well, that would REALLY bring the price to $1000 I'm sure he'll ask even more then, and it wouldn't fit the current shell (you'd need a bigger one), I'm sure of that

 

[elgarta]

A portable Gamecube? Out of curiosity, what games do you really like on the system that would make you want to spend $1000 anyway? Just curious . I personally didn't enjoy the library on it that much except for maybe MK, Super Smash Bros Melee (or w/e it was) and Mario Sunshine.. The Zelda collection was cool too I guess, so that wouldn't warrent the price tag for me.

The problem with the pandorra is that even when you fork over the money for one, you don't know when you will get it. I mean it is a neat little system, but for that money I could probably just get a PSVita as suggested here, or I could get a fairly high-end Android phone/tablet and Root it to see what it was capable of. A portable Gamecube or Pandora would be mostly for bragging rights I feel

To those who are actually reading here about the S7100, I just thought I'd point out as though it appears a second model is now floating around called the S7100B. No idea what is different. Some sites say the specs are better, but some users say the hardware is the same but it runs Android 2.3.4 and will be capable of a 4.0 update once JXD release their update. Probably wouldn't change anything in terms of emulation, but a higher OS would always be nice since more apps are supporting the higher versions only all the time. I'm feeling that with my HTC phone

 

[TripleSMoon]

A portable Gamecube? Out of curiosity, what games do you really like on the system that would make you want to spend $1000 anyway? Just curious . I personally didn't enjoy the library on it that much except for maybe MK, Super Smash Bros Melee (or w/e it was) and Mario Sunshine.. The Zelda collection was cool too I guess, so that wouldn't warrent the price tag for me... A portable Gamecube... would be mostly for bragging rights I feel

This is getting a bit off topic from the original intention of the thread, so I started a thread for this subject and responded to your comment there.
http://gbatemp.net/topic/324555-gamecube-revolution/

 

[KidIce]

Still not here... It's taking it's damn sweet time getting out of California. April 3rd - processed through sort facility in LA. April 5th - processed through sort facility in Santa Clarita. WTF?!? Santa Clarita is like 40 miles away from LA! Two freakin' days to travel 40 miles and continue on it's way to Oregon?!? I guess I'll be posting my comments about this thing some time in July. :-P

 

[elgarta]

Ouch that sucks. I thought you had it already and were off in hiding with it like all people who get a new gadget do

Well with the Easter weekend I'd expect it to be delayed until mid-late next week. Where did you order it from anyway?

This is getting a bit off topic from the original intention of the thread, so I started a thread for this subject and responded to your comment there.
http://gbatemp.net/t...ube-revolution/

Thanks for that! It looks like it is getting more attention in a dedicated thread too!

 

[KidIce]

Nah... I'm mostly a lurker. Check my join date vs. my post count. I post when I think I've got something to add, or a question, but largely I just sniff around a bit for things that interest me or ask for my input and move on. Too much RL and work on my plate to do much else... This time it was work.

Anyway, it hit Portland today, so at least it's in Oregon now (I live in Oregon if you couldn't guess). There is a vague chance it will be delivered tomorrow, but I suspect I'll be picking it up Tuesday (attempted delivery Monday, left notice "holding at Post Office", me picking it up the next day on my lunch hour).

You're probably right, though, I'll probably mess w/ it for a bit before posting anything of interest. Maybe a day or two wait, I guess. I've already downloaded the root kit, a new ROM and some other things. I might drop a short post of initial impressions, but I'm not really an "unboxing" video kind of guy. I won't bother to post any real "review" until I feel I have something of substance to say. I will answer any questions I can though. Beyond Bluetooth, is there any other info you're hoping for?

 

[elgarta]

That is really it. I have been reading up and it seems like 'early' models had bluetooth support and others don't, but I don't really know what an 'early' model is since there are no listed differences, other than the S7100 and S7100B.

I guess just a general impression would be cool too, I hear alot of people that use it seem to enjoy it but they hate on it for the lack of shoulder buttons which seems silly when there is a touch screen workaround. As long as it works for emulation and is stable, I can't imagine what the problem would be.

The place I was looking at recently was: http://www.isharegifts.com/jxd-s7100b-portable-handheld-android-23-capactive-8gb-p-1622.html . It is cheaper than the listing on DX and it even comes at a lower price than there other listing for a Capactive screen. This is one of the more head-ache inducing techs to do research on when planning to order >.

 

[raulpica]

Y U NO put shoulder buttons on S7100B, JXD?!

That's a shame Oh well, it's still a great system.

Anyway, has any of you seen the Yinlips consoles? They're also Android gaming portables (usually in the shape of a PSP - like this one) and they might be a worthy alternative.

Sadly I don't know of a website to get updates on all these Chinese tablets I'm sure there are others out there.

 

[elgarta]

Y U NO put shoulder buttons on S7100B, JXD?!

That's a shame Oh well, it's still a great system.

Anyway, has any of you seen the Yinlips consoles? They're also Android gaming portables (usually in the shape of a PSP - like this one) and they might be a worthy alternative.

Sadly I don't know of a website to get updates on all these Chinese tablets I'm sure there are others out there.

I think the Yinlips is funny because it is a blatent PSP clone. The Wii-U is at least unreleased at this time, so there is a bit of deniability for the S7100

The first site I saw any mention of these on was actually on the Open Pandora board, and then XDA and some Dingoo forums. I was doing some research on the Caanoo and someone mentioned this as a viable alternative. There are actually a few of these weird Chinese consoles out there, most of them are just straight up clones like the GBA-SPs that DX sells, and others seem to be inspired by the Dingoo series.

http://obscurehandhelds.wordpress.com/ occasionally links Chinese consoles, I am pretty sure the person who runs it is located on these forums. One of my favourite ones they showed was the K-1 GBA SP.

 

[KidIce]

Got it yesterday. Mine is a "B" unit. The differences as far as I can tell are no Bluetooth (sorry), charging via USB (not including this in the first place was dumb) and Gingerbread instead of Froyo (WOOT!).

So far I've just been tinkering w/ it. Rooting, getting rid of useless (to me anyway) Chinese apps, installing the market, etc. I'm really liking this thing though. It's perfectly usable straight out of the box, but I know it can be better, so I've largely focused on that.

The included emulators may not be the latest versions or the best available but so far mostly seem serviceable. I think I'll mostly be retiring my PSP for on the go emulation once I have everything set up to my liking. The N64 emulator included blows Daedalus on the PSP away for example, and I suspect it's only going to get better once I start replacing the included emu's w/ better ones. UAE4Droid also seems to work very well w/ the few games I've thrown at it (again far superior to doing it on the PSP). Haven't tried PSX emulation yet as it didn't come w/ any pre-installed PSX games and it's not really a priority at this point... I'm focusing on things that this thing can do that my other portables can't or don't do well. My general feeling at this point is that if you were thinking of picking one of these up for retro gaming, you probably won't be disappointed should you purchase one.

The unit itself feels and looks well built, I really don't see any quality issues. The screen is gorgeous, far better than I expected given what I've seen from other stuff like this I've picked up from Chinese sites. This is the first screen I've seen on such items that I can use easily in sunlight. It's viewing angle isn't the greatest, but I don't expect it will be anywhere but directly in front of my face most the time. Touch controls work as well as any I've ever used. The D-pad isn't the greatest, not really a quality problem but it doesn't like Sho Ryu Ken's and the like much, the slider works well for that though. On the subject of the slider, no analog support while using it. Haven't a clue if the software could be updated to support it as an analog stick or not. Speakers sound nice and are nice and loud at top volume. The back camera is also a surprise quality wise given my experiences w/ other Chinese gadgets that have included one. No flash, though, and it doesn't do so hot in the dark.

Just my initial thoughts so far, might post more as I spend more time w/ it. Feel free to ask me anything about it or recommend something I should try.