Telefunken TEL7J tablet
Matches my Macbook perfectly!
Immediately I could see where it would fit. It will be my 24/7 365 tablet . My organiser. It has a resistive screen so it is not smooth like the iPad but it is not bad at all and I have learnt from my phone that resistive screens can be annoying until you tame them and they settle in. It took a day.I use my Nintendo DS stylus because the stylus which came with it is like my phone one. Too small , too sharp for my liking and much too easily lost. At the moment it is charging happily on my computer. It has a wall plug too. I have learnt to work with it and I am more than happy with what it can do and how it operates. It goes quite fast on the Net. Faster than a Netbook and it streams radio easily, plays YouTube videos and downloads at a reasonable rate. You have to get apps from the SlideMe app. It won’t download them from the android marketplace. It plays videos and music very efficiently and music . The sound on music is not as good as video sound – in fact, it is pretty ordinary. It is better through ear buds. Video sound and quality are both very good. I changed the wallpaper easily and it loads files from my USB really fast. I can view Powerpoints, docs, PDFs and any Office files. It can use flash files too but not all of them because I cannot as yet get it to update to the most recent flash. 
StyleNote has been an excellent application for organising my lists and plans. EzNotePad is great for making notes. I have downloaded dictionaries and there is a big choice of books to read which suit me so I have downloaded some of those. I can connect it to my computer and move files to and from it. So I am happy that this will be a good addition to my working life especially and then something I can just have in my bag.The calendar doesn’t work unless you sync it to an online calendar but it is still there to give you the day and date. 
Some sites , like Facebook work on the mobile version . Others you get the full site. This little gadget is very careful to explain to me why it will or won’t do something or what the privacy, vulnerability issues will be in loading certain apps . It is a good teacher in that respect. I have been happy to be patient and work it out and am delighted with all the things it can do.I still need and will use my other gadgets . I used to always carry a diary. Now I shall always carry something like this.
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Thanks for the great review. I’ve heard nothing but bad things about this tablet and it’s good to get a good review! We have just purchased one each of these tablets for our daughters to play games and use the camera. Do you know where or how to download free games? Everywhere I try it says it’s not compatible. Your expertise would be appreciated!!
Shelley
As I said you have to use the SlideME app which is already on the Telefunken. It’s annoying because there is no search for the apps. It does have categories and the are plenty of games and educational things. You can hook it up to the computer too and put videos on for her to watch. I have been using mine constantly for over a week and have had to be patient but everyone I have shown it to is impressed with the fact I can go on the Net, quickly get stuff off my USB flash drive, play videos instantly, listen to music, stream radio and then have my apps that I like! You need to be on the wifi connection to get the apps from Slide me. Just tap on the icon and then it comes up with the categories.
Thanks sally07. It worked! Got some games just in time
I know – you really feel like you’ve achieved well when you tame the TELJ7. I am very fond of mine but it’s not intuitive as other devices are. Well done!!
If you do a Google search you can find a way to get the official Google Market on it. Not sure if you’re “allowed” to do it but whatever. It works fine. The site I found had simple step by step instructions and it only took 15-30 minutes to get it done. The official market works perfectly now.
Thanks so much for your reply. I’ll give that a go.
it heartens me to hear this, but I am still having problems. It keeps asking me for a disk, what do I do? Please. I just do not know how to use it. Wendy
When does it ask you for a disk? I mean, when does that message come up? Mine didn’t do that. I did get a micro SD card to put in the slot so I could increase storage. Try connecting it to a computer to try and settle it down. The first thing I did was charge it, then I hooked it up to my computer and just let it sit there while I was doing other things. I got rid of the things on the front screen except the Google search. I just slid them into the rubbish bin on right. I then checked all the apps and used SlideMe to download a couple of others. Go to settings /applications/ running applications and see if something is running that should not be. You tap and delete them. Hope that helps.
Hi Sally, it asks for a disk when I hook in to my computer. When it tries to install. I will try what you said. It is plugged in now. Thank you for answering me.
Oh, how odd. Just close that window and try opening your Telefunken in My Computer and access it there. But just try leaving it hooked up and if you are on the Net then it will maybe sort itself out. I just plugged mine in when I had just got it and left it alone while I did other things.
hi sally07.
I have the telefunken tablet too, however I have nothing but problems with it. Everytime I turn it off it resets itself. (Walls, apps, etc) and it pops up with a warning about the “google.framework.apps has stopped working unexpectedly” or something to that effect. Does this mean anything to you? I have no tech knowledge and really need help.
Can’t say mine has ever reset itself. I turn it off when I have finished with it to preserve battery life, but it hasn’t reset. I would try hooking it up to a computer while you are on the Net and get on with something else because the direct connection with the Net might help it sort itself out. I plugged mine into my computer the first day I had it. I then moved music and videos onto it.
I left mine connected to the net for ages, as you suggested, but to no avail Sally, I think it is a hopeless piece of junk. And this is my replacement one. So what do you do!
these are some tips I have received today, maybe they will help someone:
Please contact our customer service centre in Sydney on 1800 111 727 (9-5pm Mon-Fri) for technical assistance with this unit.
Apparently this is a common User error, our supplier has advised the following;
“You don?t need install the MID driver.
Plz advise your customer to cancel the installation wizard.
You will find your android internal hdd or sd card at ?my computer? and easily transfer the file from/to the hdd drivers this way”
luck to you suffers all.
Thank you for the phone number and the tips. Yes, the Telefunken comes up under My computer when you click on it. You can transfer files onto it this way.
We have a TEL7J tablet at work and I have been trying without much luck to get it to read QR codes. I have downloaded a scanner from Slideme but when you open the app it it just takes a photo and does not scan at all. Has anyone used to tablet to successfully scan barcodes?
I haven’t installed a QR code reader yet. I must try it. I assumed it would be a problem because the camera faces forward so it might be hard to line the QR code up. I would think you’d have to guess. I use the iPad with a QR code reader and that has a back camera. I like a challenge. I’ll try the QR code reader on the Telefunken.
The camera on it isn’t that good. My guess would be that it can’t read it because the picture it takes is so blurry. Was about to go looking for a QR reader myself. I’ll let you know if I find one that works.
Hallo Mike. Thank you for both your useful and practical comments. I don’t find the camera any worse than on my iPad. They are both a bit dark and grainy. I can take forward facing pictures with it.That can make life interesting! I still have had no luck finding a free QR Code reader as on my iPad. I have downloaded free android apps since my last post and placed them in my downloads folder while I have the TEL7J connected to my computer. I then load them from the package app. Bit by bit we are getting good at this!
hi, can you tell me how to download from my computer please. I have put the ridiculous thing in a drawer. And what about the battery life, an hour or so if you are lucky.
hi, can you please tell me how to download from my computer? I have put the ridiculous thing in a drawer. What about the battery life!
@sally07: I never used iPad/pod/phone etc or any other tablet, so nothing to compare it to lol And I agree it’s not that bad a camera, but not good either. As I’ve said on another site, I didn’t buy it for a camera anyway so I consider it a bonus.
To Wendy, just plug the provided usb cable into your computer and the tablet. After Windows installs the drivers for it, you should be able to open it just like any other drive via Computer/MyComputer. When I did it, Windows came up with an error saying one of the drivers didn’t install correctly. But it works fine anyway. Pretty sure it’s just my computer since it has done that for a few other things as well. It also had an error saying there’s no disk when I tried to open the tablet, but that was because the tablet wasn’t ready yet. Give it few seconds and try again. If it seems to take too long, click “Turn off USB storage” on the tablet and then click to turn it back on.
thank you Mike, when I can cope with looking at the stupid thing again I will try that. This is a note I received from my supplier about the disk and missing files:
“You don?t need install the MID driver.
Plz advise your customer to cancel the installation wizard.
You will find your android internal hdd or sd card at ?my computer? and easily transfer the file from/to the hdd drivers this way”
Thank you for the comment, Wendy. The MID is the hard drive so to speak. You could try ignoring mad messages and just pressing the HOME button top left on your screen. Gets you straight to the desktop . Mike’s suggestions are helpful.
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i agree i love my tablet, but i mostly read with it, but also go to facebook etc, i have found that you do need to get comfortable with it, it is possible to install different apps on it but again, i played around with it for a while before i was able to get different things and apps working, battery life is good on mine, lasting up to 8 hours of constantly being on, with about 4 hours solid reading time. but it would be nice if there was a way to communicate with the company online, instead of by phone…
Totally agree. I think this tablet is pretty helpful once you get the hang of it and I find it good for ready because it is not back lit like the iPad. I also think the company does need to create an online spot to help us feel at home. I have downloaded useful apps which I have blogged about but there are not so many of them as there are with the iPad. My battery life has also been sound. Your point about playing around with it is important. Thank you for the comment.