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This is the very first attempt of Ainol to produce a 10.1" Tablet under they flagship brand Novo. The Ainol Novo10 Hero is like a bigger brother of Ainol Novo7 Fire/Flame which we've also feature here before. It has the same AMLogic 8726-M6 Chipset on it that provides 1.5GHz DualCore Cortex A9 processing power plus a 400MHz Mali400 graphics processor which both performs good enough to handle every Heavy 3D Games and Intensive apps that are available right now. Just like the Novo7 Fire/Flame, it has a built-in Bluetooh 2.1 which can pair to different BT-Devices/Gadgets. it also have a 1GB of DDR3 RAM and 16GB of Storage which are fine enough to handle all the resources running on an Android OS. The only difference is, the Ainol Novo10 Hero is actually running on much updated Android OS 4.1 JellyBean that the Novo7 Fire/Flame is still lacking. Thanks to Ainol's poor Software Support.
The very first week or months that Ainol Novo7 Fire/Flame was launch and reached their customers, it was bombarded with several bugs like 1.) Lost of TouchScreen and 2.) The Mosquito and Popping Sounds issues. It took two months for Ainol and the third party Firmware Developers to provide the necessary patch or right Firmware to fix those issues and we really hope that this time around, Ainol Novo10 Hero won't suffer the same fate as those early Ainol Novo7 Fire/Flame batches had. Anyway, Ainol's Community support especially at
Slatedroid.com is so large that you won't be having hard time looking for a guy that can actually help.
The new Ainol Novo10 Hero is already available at
Pandawill.com for the price that will surely not hurt your pocket. for US$181.99 including a world-wide free shipping, it could be the best 10.1" Tablet on that price category.
Like the smaller Novo7 Fire/Flame, the Ainol Novo10 Hero features an HD-720p screen with 1280x800pixel resolution and has the very same Super-IPS Screen Technology that makes the screen a vivid and colourful images which is said to have much more better than the regular IPS Screen. Most of the Ainol Novo Tablets uses a scratch resist/proof Glass Screen that is much better than hardened plastic. Notice the what's new? Yes, the small "*ainol" markings on the middle-bottom of the bezel is now gone. It was place somewhere else. LoL. Ainol decided to place a much lower 0.3MP Front Facing Camera here and took out the Light Sensor that auto-adjust the Screen Backlight. Ouch!
Ainol never failed at incorporating every necessary Interface ports and functions to their Tablets just like what we are seeing here. From bottom to top, it has a standard 3.5mm Headphone/Earphone port, a tiny Mic hole, an expansion microSD-Slot which is said to support 32GB and extended (that means upto 64GB), a mini-HDMI out for sharing your movies at much larger TV Panels, a micro-USB port with OTG function (for your USB peripherals like Flash Drives, External 3G Dongles) and the standard 12V/2A DC-IN Wall Charger hole. All place at one location which is very nice and well done. The Tablet's thickness measures about 9.9mm, a very common thickness to these China MID Tablets.
Smooth and Sleek edges design, that's what makes these Novo7 Fire/Flame and Novo10 Hero to look more elegant and beautiful. It is made of alluminium and plastic material which prevents the WiFi chip and antenna to degrade performance, a common issues to those Tablets which has full Aluminium Shell. From the corner near to the ports side, the same class of hardware for button function from Novo7 Fire/Flame is also here. A Power Button, Volume Rockers and the Back/Home Button. Behind the mesh part of the Aluminium Shell is where the standard LoudSpeaker is placed, it is just a part of the Ainol's introduction to Stereo Speakers which provide excellent quality of audio, good enough for watching movies outdoor.
Surpirse!!! The new location of the "*ainol" logo is now at the back. Dunno if its good or bad , maybe Ainol gained enough popularity so they've chosen to put a larger "*ainol" logo and showcase it at the back of the Tablet. Good thing is it is done well clean without any blahblahblah words or drawings. Beneath this Aluminium Shell material is the place of the huge 8000mAh Battery Capacity, if the Novo7 Fire/Flame with 5000mAh capacity can last 7-8 hours of video and internet browsing, Novo10 Hero could last 8~9 hours or maybe 10 hours. The sad thing is, the Rear Facing Camera step-down to 2.0MP from 5.0MP with LED Flash on Novo7 Fire/Flame. Well, still better than nothing.
What about performance? Ainol Novo10 Hero's performance should be somehow very similar to Ainol Novo7 Fire/Flame or maybe slightly better as it actually runs on much better Operating System. JellyBean 4.1 is more smoother and snappier than IceCreamSandwich 4.0, so you users shouldn't worry much about having constant lags and delay. This one is definitely going to be popular as well so if you guys made orders, expect some few days of delay to delivery. Ainol has previous history of having hard time coping with the demands. Patience is what you need, you'll enjoy it when it arrive anyway.
| Model | Ainol Novo 10 Hero Tablet PC |
| CPU | Amlogic 8726-M6, 1.5GHz, Cortex-A9 dual core; GPU: Mali-400 |
| Operation System | Android 4.1 |
| RAM | 1GB (DDR 3) |
| ROM（Memory） | 16GB Nand Flash |
| Shell Material | Aluminum shell |
| Screen | Size | 10.1 Inch |
| Type | Capacitive Screen, IPS |
| Display | LCD |
| Resolution | 1280 x 800px |
| Visible Angle | 178° |
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| Extend Card | Support TF card up to 32GB extended |
| Camera | Dual camera, front camera is 0.3 and back is 2.0 megapixels |
| Gravity Sensor | Yes |
| Multi-Touch | Yes, 10 points multi-touch |
| Flash | Support Flash 11.1 |
| Google Play | Yes, built in |
| Bluetooth | Yes, support bluetooth 2.1 version |
| GPS | No |
| Video | 1080P, AVI/MOV/MP4/RMVB/FLV/MKV… |
| Music | MP3/WMA/WAV/APE/AAC/FLAC/OGG |
| Ebook | UMD, TXT, PDF, HTML, RTF, FB2… |
| OTG | Yes, support ExFAT, NTFS, FAT32 |
| USB HOST | 2.0 |
| Email and Browser | Yes, built in |
| WIFI | Yes, 802.11 b/g/n |
| 3G | Not built in, support external 3G dongle: E1916, ZTE AC2736, HUAWEI E1750, HUAWEI EC122, HUAWEI EM770W |
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| Earphone Interface | 3.5mm |
| Work Time | Up to 8 hours for video, 5 hours for game |
| Battery | 8000 MAh, 3.7V |
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| Language | Dutch, Indonesian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, French, Croatian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Roman, Slovenian, Finnish, Swedish, Swahili, Vietnamese, Zulu, Greek, Ukrainian, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Thai, Bengali, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
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| Other Applications | ES File Explorer , Google Search, Google Maps, Browser, Gallery, Clock, Market, Calculator, Calendar, Video, Email, Gmail… |
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| Product Size | 265 x 180 x 9.9mm |
| Product Weight | 620g |
| Extend Port | 1 x TF card slot; 1 x MINI HDMI port |
| 1 x Micro USB port |
| 1 x 3.5mm Earphone port |
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| Package including | 1 x Charger (12V, 2A) |
| 1 x USB cable; 1 x HDMI cable |
| 1 x Earphone; 1 x OTG cable |
| Package Weight | 1050g |
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Just like we mention above, hardware feature are very similar to Nexus 7. Screen is made of 5-touch capacitive LED screen with IPS Technology and a beautiful HD display or 1280x800pixel resolution. ViewSonic is a company that is expert on producing Display Panel so we should be expecting awesome quality of ViewPad N710, plus don't forget that it has IPS Technology which gives wider viewing angle to Tablet without losing much of image quality. It has a 2.0MP Front Facing camera on the right which is good for capturing self-photos or as a webcam for Video Calling. Although some features like Light Sensor and Magnetic Sensor found on Nexus 7 aren't available here on ViewPad N710, not a big deal for me.
The shell case material uses an elegant combination of Plastic and Aluminium with the brand perfectly placed in the middle. From this picture you'll see the Stereo Speakers both placed in one side of the Tablet and should provide decent sound quality. While the other side has the expansion storage slot, microUSB with Host function and a standard 3.5mm Headphone/Earphone port. No Charging port means this one will probably charge through the microUSB port. The ViewSonic ViewPad N710 offers a full 7 hours of Battery Life with its 4000mAh Battery Capacity, 325mAh less than Nexus 7 which is rated to operate upto 10 hours. Well, maybe this one will do the same with casual usage. External build quality is excellent and elegant. Unfortunately, it lacks HDMI out and a Rear Facing Camera.
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