Ok little update as i'm only supposed to be charging it and not using it. If an admin wants me to remove anything please email or message me and i'll remove it straight away.
If you aren't tech minded and just want my verdict so far scroll to the bottom.
Here's what I've managed to pull so far
1) If this had a birth certificate it's name would be GENERIC. Its a mixture of decent hardware (not perfect, see below) and lazy software. For example when you start it up you are greeted with a picture of an icecream van even though it's using Jellybean 4.1.1.
2) Don't expect any targeted support. This is a rooted device so upgrading is not for novices like my wife, i'd like to put 4.1.2 on the device which I have on my Nexus but it'd be a far from point and click process. I wouldn't expect too much in the way of support.
3) The wifi is truly horrific. If I sit near my router it's ok but if I move to the living room it dies a death (I sat in the same spot with a Nexus7 and Blackberry Playbook and had no problems).....which leads me on to another point, the device doesn't seem to like multitasking online ie if I download off the play store it fails 90% of the time if I try to load a webpage or search the store. Maybe this could be fixed with an update.
4) The webpage suggests Touch Panel Capacitive Multi-touch (Glass on Glass). This definitely 100% isn't glass, it's plastic all the way. It also scans as being 1280x752
5) I'm going to list a few hardware specs, I know OCUK want as little as possible revealed on this (hence no reviews) but it's not like competitors can't just order one and do what I've done. Anyway here goes
The manufacturer is Rockchip and the model is U101
a) Processor is the ARMv7 2 cores running a maximum 1608mhz
b) Ram 862mb usable, the rest must be OS and bits and pieces.
c) I've found no mention of Bluetooth on the device, booklet or website. This is a bit of a letdown.
d) The screen is 1280x752 160dpi. I guess the missing 48pixels is due to the toolbar which is pretty common practice. Mine has 1 green stuck pixel
e) It definitely has the MALI-400 MP scalable 1-4 core GPU which isn't listed but should be as i'd have thought it's a pretty good selling point.
f) A few sensors I've detected are Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetic field sensor, light sensor and a decent microphone that picks up voice commands.
Conclusion so far:
I must admit for the price this is still a pretty damned nice piece of kit. Let me reword that...if the user is none tech savvy and doesn't notice things like version numbers, odd bootup screens etc (my wife lol) then this tablet is a steal. If you are tech savvy and love to mess about with rooted android stuff then this is a pretty inexpensive, large tablet to play with.
If like me you receive 20 emails/calls/texts every day because something isn't working right (the slow internet, difficult multitasking) don't buy this for a loved one, I've already had to explain to my wife I don't have a magic wand to make it run faster.
The screen (barring 1 pixel - I tend to live with this and use it as a way to identify my device: my psp 1 dead pixel centre top, my nexus 2 dead pixels 1cm right of centre, my dell monitor 1 stuck pixel 1cm up off bottom bezel, this tablet 1 green pixel bottom right) is bright, evenly lit and has good depth of colour and viewing angles.
If I can answer any other questions post them up and i'll do my best.
Colin (this is an alternate account from my main login).
I received the tablet today. Below i'll clarify some of the questions and things I've found.
