I like it! It has great specifications for the price.

Not a bad looking tablet, has a Holi Moli GPU and all. Clean looking design. Headquarters in L.A. but wonder where the tablet is made..

It is still made in China but it is by custom specs from Skytex. It's the same one I reviews here. The Alpha 2 was a redesign based on customer wish lists from another forum. They dropped bluetooth for hdmi, went capacitive, and adopted the Mail400 gpu.

Skytex encourages the mod community, flashing or rooting doesn't void your warranty. They have 3 pads right now, the Alpha( at end of life), The Alpha 2, and the Pocket Primer. I am messing with the Pocket right now. It's a MIPS based 4.3 inch. We have root through su in terminal and rw access to the partitions. but it is more of a media player that does Android, rather than an Android tablet that does media, lol.

Sounds like a very interesting setup. Wonder if they would allow walk ins to their Main office??? I am but 45 minutes drive from L.A. give them some advise on all the things I have read in forums..... they might kick me out but would not that be fun?

Actually Joe their Marketing manager is or should soon be a member here. They have had a tumultuous couple of months with the release of the Alpha 2, CES, and a office. PLus trying to get ICS and I think 3 more tablets to market, 2 Android and one Windows 7, makes for busy boys and girls in a small company.

Definitely nice to have a US based company with real tech support. They still have some of the issues any small company does, e-mail, and site submissions can take awhile to get a response from them. For me a big plus was the first time I called, the tech I spoke to recognized me from another forum and I didn;t get treated like a tech challenged wannabe ( which in androids case maybe I am a little lol). A lot of tech support you call and tell them your background and it is ignored and they talk to you like you are a two year old.

To be fair I have got some good support through Coby, kind of hit and miss. A Coby tech gave me a "on the down low" tip, Google tipstir and Kryos together, LOL! Phone support for Pandigital, hahaha i used support and Pandigital together, is really bad, but once it gets to actual techs, not too shabby, though a little slow.

I think I will keep an eye on these people. Living this close to them, I would love to visit them.

I am working on the Skypad2 I have it OC higher than my Samsung Android phone which is very fast but maxes out 1024MHz over 768MHz with 512MB of RAM and 300MB free, where the Skypad can go slightly higher with over 200MB free still can fix that and WiFi shows over 7,000 downloads and 6,000 uploads. But the 802.11n @ 40MHz is not setup correctly so it's like 802.11G @ 20MHz speeds. CM3 Benchmark shows max 6,415 now after my tweaks but system tweaks I am working on. I have my Market V3.44 with all update G-apps used on the ATZROM here but ATZMOD for Skypad2. Also a Bloat Dupper is being build by me for Skypad2 to clean it out and free up more memory and NAND space. I have a lot on my plate so bear with me..

Should you not stop calling it a plate??? We all know it has grown to platter size!!!!

Still trying to figure out how to over clock My flytouch "1" 800mhz would be nice hahaha kidding

tipstir wrote:I am working on the Skypad2 I have it OC higher than my Samsung Android phone which is very fast but maxes out 1024MHz over 768MHz with 512MB of RAM and 300MB free, where the Skypad can go slightly higher with over 200MB free still can fix that and WiFi shows over 7,000 downloads and 6,000 uploads. But the 802.11n @ 40MHz is not setup correctly so it's like 802.11G @ 20MHz speeds. CM3 Benchmark shows max 6,415 now after my tweaks but system tweaks I am working on. I have my Market V3.44 with all update G-apps used on the ATZROM here but ATZMOD for Skypad2. Also a Bloat Dupper is being build by me for Skypad2 to clean it out and free up more memory and NAND space. I have a lot on my plate so bear with me..

This is the kind of support that this pad needs and is and will be greatly appreciated by current and future adopters. While I don't think it is appropriate to say the sale price before they announce it but it will be a steal, plain and simple for what you get.

It's going to get it here by me.. I am making progress just have to get out the kinks but new reprogramming method full download speeds using 802.11n 150mbps/300mbps instead of 11-54mbps by default. GUI update and a few other things.

Couldn;t hurt to mention again, the tablet is $125 + 5 Sh an Groupon dot com for the next 6 days, but it is a limited supply

I cant wait to see this. I just ordered my Alpha 2 via Groupon.

Sound like a good deal.. I might get another one since I'll use that in my SUV. It plays my Hawk Game very well..

Bought my Alpha2 a while back and have been very pleased! Great to see independent development for it! I was rooting my girlfriend's Samsung Precedent the other day and got a bit jealous at all the custom Rome for an outdated phone!

Welcome to ATZ bmhathaway, I hope you enjoy this forum like the rest of us....

Waiting for mine to come from Groupon..ordered on Feb 9th (7-12 business days shipping....ordered a Coby 7015 running on android 2.3.3 a week before then when the coby was over they put this one up..specs look much better for only 25 dollars more (alpha 2 was 125, coby 7015 was $99), but how was I to know..so now i will have 2 and im a total newbie to tablets..any suggestions??

miamimoe wrote:Waiting for mine to come from Groupon..ordered on Feb 9th (7-12 business days shipping....ordered a Coby 7015 running on android 2.3.3 a week before then when the coby was over they put this one up..specs look much better for only 25 dollars more (alpha 2 was 125, coby 7015 was $99), but how was I to know..so now i will have 2 and im a total newbie to tablets..any suggestions??

For the Coby check out the KTZ button at the top of the screen.

Brand New Skypad2 was $99 yesterday with free shipping and no tax and if you were lucky same day shipping out for the same price. They only had 230 units to peddle at the Mac Mall Ebay.. Had to use Paypal to get though.. SOLD OUT!

ebay tracking tells me mine is in the mail.