Gorilla Glass : Finding Out The Dangerous Way

“Ainol Novo: Ainol Novo 7 Flame use Chimei Innolux IPS screen gorilla glass with 1280*800 resolution, better than LG IPS Screen.”

I don’t know how we would find out if our Fire has gorilla glass. But, I just experienced dropping my Fire about 2 feet high into a tiled and cemented floor. It dropped face down. I had to say a little prayer before finally picking it up.

But alas! the screen is still intact, no damage at all, and the device is still functioning normally.

Sorry, but I don’t have enough courage to poke the screen with some keys or pound it with a hammer. hehe

I guess that’s confirmation enough that our Ainol Fire and Flame uses gorilla glass!!!

Ainol Novo 7 Fire Review

Specifications:

AMLogic-M6 1.5GHz Dual-Core CPU with Mali400 400MHz Dual-Core GPU
7" 1280x800 HD-Resolution IPS with 5-Touch Capacitive Screen
2.0MP Front-Facing and 5.0MP Rear-Facing Camera with LED Flash
Wi-Fi B/G/N, Bluetooth 2.1, Accelerometer, Light Sensor and G-Sensor
1GB DDR3 RAM, 16GB Storage with microSD Slot upto 32GB
5000mAh 3.7V Battery Capacity, Magnesium-Aluminum Alloy Shell
Pre-installed Google PlayStore and other Essential Applications
Android OS 4.0.4 IceCreamSandwich.


Performance Benchmark:

 Additional Improvements:

--HD Resolution IPS Screen - as discussed above, its really great and comparable to other expensive brands, text are much clearer, images are very vivid making the Novo7 Fire suitable for reading e-Books or Magazines and watching HD Movies. You can even use the Tablet outdoor, thanks to its IPS Screen technology which other expensive brands also use. However, don't expect too much as it doesn't have Super AMOLED screen that defy the Sunlight. Around 30% view-able @ maximum brightness under the Sun is still good though.

--5000mAh Battery Capacity - much larger than any other 7" China brands has to offer. A fully charged battery could last 7hrs of Wi-Fi Browsing, Video Playing, and Gaming under optimum settings.

--Bluetooth 2.1 - most Ainol fans has found answers to their request. Now Ainol included a built-in Bluetooth 2.1 to their Novo7 Fire. Users can now use Bluetooth Headset for listening musics, or browse your Mobile Phones and PC to copy its content and vise-versa.

--Light Sensor - this feature auto-adjust the Tablet's brightness depending on the environment. Quite a good feature to have.

--Improved Wi-Fi Antenna - one major update from the Wi-Fi antenna that were also used on Ainol Novo7 Aurora-2. It now has Aluminum Foil placed on the Wi-Fi metal antenna which was missing on Novo7 Aurora-2, result; poor Wi-Fi range. Novo7 Fire's Wi-Fi should now perform lot better with its improved Wi-Fi antenna.

The Cons:

--Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4 - Android OS ICS-4.0.4 isn't bad, but Google Nexus 7 showed us how good Jelly Bean 4.1 experience is and made us to crave for that Android OS be installed on our Android Tablets. Ainol doesn't have such great support when it comes to latest firmware, other China brands especially Tablets with Rockchip RK3066 CPU offers stable Jelly Bean 4.1 as stock firmware.

--Minor Overheating - like we mentioned above, this could be fix by an optimized kernel on Ainol's future release firmware. Leaving the tablet at default Normal CPU mode is recommended.

--No built-in GPS & 3G - well, this isn't expected on such cheap device like these China Tablets. Including this feature would make the Ainol Novo7 Fire a complete Tablet a normal users could have. It does support External 3G using several list of USB-3G Dongles via OTG-cable.

 User Experience - Video Review:

Ainol Novo7 Fire/Flame News Update

* According to the Facebook page of Ainovo/Ainol Philippines regarding first batch of Fire : <click here for link>

China has announced that there were a lot of reported bugs and incompatibility issues with their 1st wave of Novo7 Fire/Flame released in the China market. Thus concludes that the Novo7 Fire/Flame will be delayed for international export to improve and rectify these flaws.

ETA will be late September or early October.


So for all you peepz out there who couldn’t wait much longer, all Novo7 Fire/Flame that is readily available out there are not stable. We strongly encourage you to just wait for the 2nd Gen release.
Thank you.

AINOL Philippines (EGL Marketing Corporation)

Additional statement from their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ainovo.ainol.ph
“The Ainol owners are coming to visit Manila this coming Sept, if you doubt our claims i invite you to SEE them in EDSA Shangrila Hotel and MIGHT get a chance to ask them directly about this situation.. Mr. Wu and Sophia Du the managing and sales director of Shenzhen Ainol Electronics Co., will be here this coming Sept. I hope you can join us.. EGL Marketing Corporation and Gameline Marketing Corporation Executives will meet with Shenzhen Ainol owners. if you doubt us, its ok, but time will tell, when they come everything will be much clearer.. ok?

….and is actually quite common for new series to have little issues like software or firmware issues

….and of course its better to wait for the latest stable firmware right? kasi kung nagbenta kami agad, and there rises a lot of incompatibility issues like why can’t we download this or that app, hindi ba sakit sa ulo yan? and it wont be worth your money, so lets be patient and wait for a more stable firmware, though kahit dumating yung latest firmware, there still will be some new and updated firmwares.. “

Nothing against EGL Marketing Corporation, but I think its just their tactic to make us wait for the “English box” international version.

http://ainolstore.com/forums/topic/327-ainol-novo-7-fire-review-hardware-0816-firmware/

Ainol Novo7 Fire! Dual-Core Amlogic M6, Android 4.0.4 ICS, 1024×800 IPS HD screen, RAM 1GB DDR3, 16GB Internal Memory expandable up to 32GB Micro SD, expandable up to 64GB USB Flash drive, and expandable up to 2 Terabyte External hard drive, 5 point multi-touch capacitive screen, Dual Camera 2MP front 5MP Rear, supports HDMI output connectivity, supports Bluetooth, supports flash 11.1, built-in WIFI b/g/n, supports external 3G dongles (limited Huawei models), 5000mah battery life.

This is a one hot rock n roll tablet! ###9.00.. English box, quick start guide plus English warranty card that supports 7 days replacement 1 year parts and service warranty only by EGL Marketing Corp in partners with Shenzhen Ainol Electronics Co., Ltd.