If like me you couldn't wait to get your hands on a
Honeycomb Android tablet, so went ahead and bought a cheap Chinese
tablet, you may be feeling some little regrets. But don't panic, and wollow in self pity! No, instead why not give this Uberoid
ROM a go for a fresh, fast and Honeycomb like makeover!
Spurred on by the lack of a decent
Android OS for their budget
Chinese Android tablets, some rather determined hackers and developers went ahead and have built there own Android based OS especially designed to make the most of budget hardware.
The
Uberoid ROM as it is known, has been stripped of all the uneccarry 'bloatware' and has had the import aspects of the system beefed up, so that it will give better performance, less lag, on
tablets such as the
iRobot, Eken and Maylong M-250 ( a full
list of compatible tablets can be found at below the
video).
Uberoid, which is currently in ver 1.3 gives users access to the official
Google market place, enhanced scrolling, new
Honeycomb style
user interface, Flash 10.1 plus lots more technical improvments to graphics and CPU usage.
The
ROM isn't 100% perfect and still has the
odd bug, but with a dedicated team behind it don't expect it to take to long before its perfect.
Check out the
video of the Uneroid
ROM running on an
Eken tablet below:
The
video shows an
Eken tablet running the Uberoid
ROM, but many other
tablets are supported:
- * M009S Green LED
* M70007T
* M009S Blue LED
* M003S
* M012S
* PC-802
* VIA WM8650
* M80003W
* InterToys NL Tablet
* TomTec Tablet
* ViaPad M7 (use M70007T)
* Maylong M250 (use M009S Green LED)
* M010S
* M012S
If you want to
download and install the
ROM keep your eyes peeled for our next post which will include
download links.