[sf-lug] tablet made from cardboard with vodeo ad

[Ken Shaffer]

Some pics
 https://imagebin.ca/v/3Mw3gon5pgQU
 https://imagebin.ca/v/3Mw5uooXQApg

The chips, as near as I can make out:
Toshiba FE0789 TC58NVG1S3HTA00
f1 e200 gc135da 1141
hynix 350a a   hy5du561622at j   korea 3aBB3875R

500mah battery  hkt503035 3.7v

No idea how opening the cover starts it, no magnets or switches I can find.

On 5/18/17, Dan Murphy <mmdmurphy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Pictures?
>
> Sent from Dan.
>
>> On May 18, 2017, at 1:25 PM, Ken Shaffer <kenshaffer80 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> Well, it finally happened, I got a cardboard tablet in the mail which
>> played a mp4 video ad.  I can see this as the future of tailored
>> advertising (for big dollar spending in elections).
>>  It has a 4.5" color screen, volume, pause, play, and power buttons,
>> as well as starting automatically when the  cover is opened.  What's
>> really interesting is the micro USB port on it!
>> Plugged it into my laptop, and I could see the filesystem with the two
>> videos.  Had some spare space even with the 156M mp4.  Well, I
>> replaced the videos with Blender's "Big Buck Bunny" mp4 and it played
>> just fine.  Some other mp4s I tried did not work, but then they didn't
>> even look good checking the file characteristics in nautilus, even
>> though they did play in vlc.
>>  Best Buy is recycling them as e-waste, so perhaps you can snag a few
>> from them.
>> Ken
>>
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