If your jaw hit the floor with the idea of a sub-$300 Android tablet from Optus, you should probably get it looked at. You should also pick it up and head to your local Optus store, as the 7-inch, resistive screen tablet has hit shelves today for prepaid customers, with postpaid options launching on December 20.
In case you need a refresher, the MyTab is a $279 tablet running Android 2.1 and featuring a resistive 7-inch screen, 3MP camera and expandable memory. The $279 prepaid price includes 3GB of data valid for 3 months, charged in 10MB increments including both uploads and downloads. If you want it even cheaper, for a limited time Optus are selling it for $269 online.
If postpaid is more your thing, the tablet will be available for $0 up front on a $30 data plan over 24 months including 4GB of data a month from December 20.
While it’s important that this segment of the market is catered for, like the T Touch Tab, this probably isn’t for the regular Giz reader. Still, at $269 online, it’s cheap enough to almost pick up as an impulse buy for your kids or less tech-savvy friends…
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olearymo
Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 9:31 AMResistive?
Oh for frick’s sake!!!
nicholas
Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 10:11 AMewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
not even gonna bother
Nads
Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 11:02 AMcan we get a video review???
Steve
Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 4:08 PMThis thing is a piece of garbage. Using it can only be considered torture. Slow, buggy, poorly supported etc. And 2.1 is likely to be the last update you’ll ever see.
The problem is that people who don’t know the difference will pick it up to get into the Tablet craze and get frustrated and put off from other, better options like the Galaxy Tab.
TLDR: Getting this for a family member is like buying Mega Bloks for a kid who really wanted Lego.
Julian Wong
Friday, December 17, 2010 at 8:40 AMConsidering the Galaxy Tab is more than 3 times the price, this tablet is a good cheap alternative. Reviews say that the sensitivity of the screen isn’t too bad – better than the Telstra tablet. A useful alternative to buying a netbook and would be handy for getting online whilst traveling. Rumour is that it will get a Froyo update so that’s definitely another positive.
Not sure if it has GPS – would be awesome if it did!
Adelaide Computer Support
Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 10:57 PMCome on guys for under $300 what are you expecting?
I picked up one today and for the price it is great. I bought it to play around with it and for general email and web browsing use it is great.
It has also run all apps I have downloaded from the google Store.
BTW How many of you who have commented have actually used the product?
Other reviews are also saying this is a great buy for the price.
Ron
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 12:10 PMBought one last night, resistive screens are not my fav by far, but this ones ok. Have downloaded swype beta and it works good if you can keep pressure on the screen. While its not for powerusers or a laptop replacement, it does do ok for the price. I’ve set it up for my partner to do facebook/email/msn and have her mobile “brag book” of the grandkids and she loves it (owns laptop, netbook and android phone).
@Julian. Has GPS, BT, WiFi, 3G.
Julian Wong
Thursday, December 23, 2010 at 10:05 AMI got one on the weekend and really happy with it. Although the screen res isn’t particularly great, it’s actually decent enough to zoom out and view the whole width of a website when in landscape mode.
It is fairly heavy though but lighter than the Telstra t-tab and it also fits in my suit jacket pocket which is awesome.
It’s rootable (jailbreakable) using the Universal Androot app which gives you one-click root access.
Must have apps include LCDDensity (allows you to change the simulated resolution to fit more on the screen) and Root Explorer (good for deleting Optus bloat-ware and moving apps to maximise usable memory)
MikeB
Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 11:22 AMOn some forums people are asking how to insert the SIM card.
There are instructions in the box but a few users have punched out their SIM card to make a microSIM, then inserted this and either damaged or blocked the SIM slot.
Just posting here to help out users, please dont insert a microSIM into the SIM slot as this will damage your unit.
more details can be found on the ZTE website, zte.com.au/optus, go to FAQ’s.
Also the ZTE website is hosting drivers which will be required to upgrade your device when 2.2 comes along…