The Tent tablet can be used at stores as a screen to display what is being ordered while the cashier controls the other side, allowing you to input as well. Can be used at restaurant tables to place orders too.
My first thought was to hang it upside-down in a bus or underground to display the next station, news or advertising or whatever is cool to display in public transport these days.
yep local restaurant here has all their menus and ordering system on these on each table. only time we see another human is when they bring out the food. best restaurant experience possible.
A couple'a years ago, I bought one of those rugged Windows tablets for around $200. We used it in our biosafety lab for taking notes and keeping track of experiments. Since it was waterproof, we could just douse it in Ethanol or Virkon after each use, wipe it off, and have it good to go again. And since it had a resistive touch-screen, it even worked while we were wearing gloves. Sure it was slow as heck and the battery life was terrible, but honestly, for what we needed it to do, it worked great for years and I'm quite happy these odd types of tablets exist.
Though it has to be noted that waterproof does not mean all liquid proof. There's always a chance using anything other than water can damage the plastics or touchscreen coating. Phones claiming to be waterproof always bug me as they will show things like them getting dropped in the swimming pool and then in the small print point out that the rating is only for pure water, not chlorinated. This is the particularly annoying with smartwatches as swimming with them seems logical for fitness tracking, but many are not rated for the pressure you will put on them when swimming, even when marketed as a sports watch. Heck, they're not even guaranteed sweat proof.
@@alexatkin My Sony Xperia phone had that disclaimer too while all advertising pretended it would work. That's why they often claim it as 'water proof' instead of providing an actual IP - rating, which itself doesn't say a lot either (30 minutes at 1 meter depth) and comes with the same disclaimers. There are more IP ratings but consumer devices rarely gp there ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_code )
The doorstopper ones are meant to be used as a POS and the serial ports are to connect to a thermal printer to print receipts. The rugged ones could be used by a waiter in a restaurant, a salesperson or even a mechanic to connect to a car
The all black rugged one would be great for being mounted in a police cruiser, and the one with the walkie talkie stuff seems good for someone working on a construction site.
@@zakk3910 If they worked that is lol. But yeah I would love to have the yellow one for running ATAK and have radio comms all in one, we had a similar one when I was in the Marines we used it to organize units, view drone feeds and positions, mark enemy positions and create memes.
That makes some sense, but receipt printers have been using USB for at least a decade. Still, I suppose there's companies with loads of old serial printers they want to use.
The doorstop one has plenty of space inside so I wired up an RFID reader internally and used it as a time clock for staff to clock in and out. I bought another one to use as a Zello to Windows gateway. Once set up it barely requires any intervention so it's like a NUC plus touchscreen in one unit which is more convenient than a NUC as the footprint is small and you can see what's happening on the screen. It has been running 24/7 for the past 4 years with no issues. They obviously don't have wall mounts because if you mounted them on the wall, they'd be angled towards your chest. They're meant to be placed on a desk or counter top.
The tent and the door stoppers I immediately recognized as the kind of tablets they’d have on your table to pay and order at a restaurant like Chili’s or Applebee’s, I know exactly what’s up with them from the start. The other ones though look decently rugged and I am intrigued.
I have to admit that this is one of those videos were the purpose beats me. Just making fun of stuff? It's that I actually wish they did a bit more research and show and teach us what those things are actually being used for. Wireless payments and interaction for example is also such a high standard in a lot of Asian countries, culture there is also very different. So you definitely don't sit side by side looking at kitchens or real-estate. Aaaaanyway, interesting to see, that's for sure! 😎😄
I dunno if I’d go that far necessarily. I knew what was up with most of the products already just in my own fairly limited knowledge of the tech world, but I can still see where the video serves a purpose in terms of educating people with really no basic knowledge at all on what’s out there. It’s something which would appeal more to the uninitiated layperson than someone with even moderate experience, but that doesn’t mean it’s useless it just means it’s introductory content. And in that way it makes sense that it wouldn’t be a very deep dive into the topic and more a simple hardware showcase. People can learn more about it later, a good number of them only just found out that a tablet with a built in tent stand exists it’ll be a sec before they can wax poetic about industry standards for barcode scanners. lol
Industrial automation has a lot of serial, RS232 and RS485. I've noticed lots of Point Of Sale gear seems to stick with old reliable serial as well. These are definitely not for watching TH-cam, Linus does note there isn't mounting built in.
@@p_mouse8676 yeah like it is a little weird to me that pos focused tablets dont have a built in card reader, but i guess china mostly uses wechat for payments and maybe cards arent that common, and the idea that these are old company stock is true
Great video as normal. I have content suggestion. "How rugged is a rugged phone?". It would be interesting to see you all putting rugged phones through their paces. Just think of all the tests you could dream up in the lab for them (stock prrof, water proof, dust proof, being buried in concrete and then dug up, hot and cold temperature tolerance, the list does on and on). Interesting side note. Some rugged phones have thermal camera.
I think we all know the answer to that question ... ;) If the ratings are real then they're tested in lab-environments (and easily replicated) ... so you might have to go 'realistic' to get results. If they're not ... Either way we could get glorious slow motion videos of devices being destroyed :D
The walkie Talkie tablet has a DMR radio in it, which typically costs upwards of C$300. Also, you need a commercial or amateur radio license to transmit on those frequencies. ISED and local police/fire/businesses/ham's might get upset if you transmit on their frequencies.
@@alexusman They downloaded the official Mototrbo software used for programming motorola commercial radios. It's possible this android tablet replicates the programming interface used by handheld motorola radios. But you're right the screenshot doesn't include color codes. Likely none of the folk on the writing team have an amateur radio license.
I assume they bought the radios from a reputable reseller so they probably have a license to use those frequency, the probably didn't program the tablet as DMR, or didn't add the color codes.
@@melissablick779 nah, you can't program other radios with MotoTRBO CPS. Also, it's analog channel for their motorola portable radios in the video, as the channel icon in the channel list on the left is a "sine wave". There is also a digital channel at the bottom of that list with a square "digital signal" icon.
10:35 a SDR will help you find out if its actually transmitting. There are some incredibly cheap but still decent SDRs called the RTL-SDR you can pick up for under 40 dollars. Those licence free "walkie talkies" have different frequency ranges per country but my assumption is the module inside it is designed for VHF/UHF ham radio bands so no HF/shortwave. HF Bands also need massive antennas to transmit. If anyone in your office has a ham licence, give it to them and they will probably be able to get it to transmit on the ham bands.
We use a tablet similar to the yellow one in the fire service here in the US. Actual working models are very useful for communication and resource management.
I think the inside/breakdown coverage was probably a Labs-thing and if so, I'm digging it. Timeline wise does kinda cover the 'round-up' style content Labs was meant to cover.
as some of the comments have already pointed out, many of these tablets aim for b2b customers who need some kind of thin client terminal in their businesses, like ordering tablet in restuarants and interactable information stand in museum/gallery etc. they aren't really designed with personal use as priority.
I ran an undergard physics laboratory - these type of devices would be perfect for interfacing with lab equipment, such as oscilloscopes etc. (many of which still have serial interfaces) - as long as software is available. The small form of these devices is ideal, given the amount of equipment that is often out on the benches. The rugged tablet form, would also be useful for taking the experiment out of the lab and into the field.
Yup that is one use case for devices like this as well as other industrial uses for matience of machines and other stuff. AKA take the rugged ones out for field mateience for example.
The Emdoor tablet (the rain-proof Windows tablet) is very similar to the ones used in Canadiantire warehouses. Each of the forklifts also has a similar mount that a scanner is hooked up to, which makes performing moves and shipping/receiving really easy. Assuming of course, that your co-workers are doing their jobs properly lol
@@fenn_fren hence why I said similar. I dont remember what the tablets were off the top of my head unfortunately. I dont work for them anymore because corporate sucks
05:40 I work at a game store and would love to have one of those at the store counter, so you can show someone something on the website without moving a monitor around or having to go around the counter Edit : also the 1st tablet I actually used when doing cctv training, the joystick would connect to it and you clicked the screen to change cameras
I think a lot of people are nailing it here: these are for point of sale. They’re all so obviously shaped for that, and their feature set is precisely what those sorts of things need
First 3 "tablets" get used as a cash register. They sit on top of a cash drawer and you connect a receipt printer to them. It's a very commun thing in many countries.
Yes!!!! You read my mind! I wanted a nice review of one of those doorstop ones because I saw them being used in a store as complements to their legacy sales system. Nice!
So we have: • Nintendo 2DS without battery • 2DS without battery (but with windows and antenna) • Part of a cool futuristic armour cosplay • Completely normal tablet to watch Netflix on • Transformers themed walkie talkie (that doesn’t work as such)
I have used the tent tablet quite frequently while purchasing coffee and snacks at the local café, they have these instead of the swiveling ones found more commonly.
With the explosion of interest in computer-controlled digital astrophotography, a tablet with an RS-232 interface makes sense, in terms of its application as a field-computer for that purpose.
The tent one is probably for restaurants. I could see it as being really useful in that application. On the table is a way to pay and have the server interact with it or at the cashier checkout that way you don't have to rotate a screen.
Tablets 1 and 3 don't really need volume buttons because they're kiosks which will have the volume muted. Tablet/Kiosk 1 doesn't have a home button because you don't want users quitting out of the app your are running. Tablet/Kioski 3 mirrored display could be so a user can checkin and security/receptionist can see what they are inputting as they input. Why no batteries? Linus mentioned permanent install. But beyond that, some Kiosk software licenses limit the location where it can be used, so you don't want people taking the tablet to a second location via battery.
I actually love that it doesn't have a battery because it's one less thing to worry about over time. But it does make one think how long can it last now without the battery wearing out. I would assume the nand flash would wear out and eventually die and that would kill it.
The real reason why it's expensive for an individuals, is because those tablets aren't really meant to be for personal use, it's for business If you order those in bulks, it will be so much cheaper as they come in big discount, than buying one of each alone That's their purpose & priority, not really meant to be used as personal
the doorstop one is used a lot in in-store displays. Google uses a very similar designed tablet for their little display houses in stores like Bestbuy that act as an interactive screen for showing little ads and features of their nest products. Its only really meant to be gotten into by technicians and employees to update content, and is powered up with the rest of the equipment so no need for a battery.
NOT gimiccky when its main use is in Point of Sales and use in situations like warehouses and the like. AKA the LMG team didn't do a very good job on this one honestly with doing research into what these kinds of devices are meant for. They can also be used at home for automation setups and CCTV setups as well. Searial is still a very used port in an industrial setup where the ruggedness on those couple would be very useful as well. So yeah
The tent would also be useful at tables on a restaurant, where people often sit across from each other. It could be used to display menus to each diner and then allow them to play digital board games together after
6:44 I think you missed the point of those "tablets"... By not having standard charging port and battery they are perfectly suited for PoS integration. They are more prone to theft since they are useless devices in private use. In my country REAL tablets, glued to fixed place, fare used or: 1. Digital signing 2. Satisfactory surveys 3. Signage display controls 4. Queuing system/counter 5. Etc... After some time one is missing, other not working because of charging issues and etc... This makes perfect replacement for that.
Linus buying random things from AliExpress is like me. Except he can write these purchases off as a business expense and just chuck the products in one of his humongous buildings.
Some companies I work for use the Tablet Tent as a means for workers to clock in and out. Mount it vertically, and have both screens display the clock in/out software then line up on both sides
I really like seeing these random / niche examples of tech. Stuff I might never need to know about, until some random situation presents a useful use case for them.
Kind of cool to see those wedge shaped devices again! Those first two "tablets" are bringing back strong memories of the Sony Dash (variant of a chumby) I got off woot in college. The one thing it got right that these did not IMO was the ability to have it stand up for cross-room viewing, then flop it down for interacting more closely. Our standards were lower pre-ipad, but the ability to flip orientations on the Dash made it an almost pretty decent alarm clock/pandora/email feed/netflix device.
I'm pretty sure the prices for those never changed for their actual price since release, what makes me curious is that are people selling them aware of the specs of those? or maybe they're just waiting for someone (Looking at Linus) to actually buy those before making them obsolete 🤔
Most of these designs are specifically created for companies and factories to control and manage their storage systems in challenging conditions. They are not intended for students, children, or recreational reading purposes. These designs were developed with a specific design concept in mind, Which With That Point of view they Made Great Tablets
That black weatherproof tablet looks an awful lot like the tablets we use here in Missouri for vehicle inspections (the I/O and controls are a little different but the physical size and layout is really close, the rubber flaps covering the I/O is straight up identical). They are hot garbage and I don't know anyone who's used it that doesn't want to bash them against the corner of their toolbox.
We have a very similar device to your doorstopper in our meeting rooms as dedicated Google Meet hub. Although I don't think it runs Android and is made by Logitech
I think the intention with most of these is that there would be a custom interface of some sort developed specifically for the device and the device would run that one application only.
We have these "door stop" and "rugged" tablets here in Pakistan. They sometimes come with built-in bio-metric sensors or mostly usb ones. They are used by telecom companies to register phones and sim cards to your national identity cards which is mandated by law.
Just to clarify, the first black doorstop is actually not meant to be a normal "tablet". Many restaurants in East Asia like Korea and China use touchscreen tablets that look exactly like that that are built into restaurant tables so that customers can order from it without talking to a waiter.
Knowing Russian is sometimes fun: there's russian engeneer youtuber who's developing light single seeter aircraft powered by an old small car engine, all kind of power electronics and metalworking machinery and in regard of chinese tablets he found really more "advanced" solution than shown here: he bought cheap 2U Android car head unit with Android 12 and together with his own programming he's using it as an automatic precise measuring head unit for an old metalworking lathe. Another similar russian youtube person - automotive engeneer who not only repairs any old buckets with no more spare parts available on the market, but makes fun racing cars out of notorious soviet ZAZ small car rebuilding the original engine transforming it to work with open source open hardware ECU and he's using such an old junc tablet with open source software as a host for an USB osciloscope.
I remember when those wedge/doorstop devices were new. I actually liked the form factor and the extra ports compared to a traditional tablet. I also liked the idea of no battery so it could be kept in service for a long time, if desired, without battery issues coming up. I could have used one of those too as I was having some major back pain that made sitting upright using a laptop difficult. I didn't get a regular tablet for a little bit. But I did like that form factor, at least in theory. I might have gotten one, but I didn't like that they all seemed to be dual boot(I wanted Android only) and were using the old Intel Atom chips and they didn't seem to be looking to update them. Of course, most of that comes down to the situation with Windows licenses for small devices at the time.
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Linus you should do a video where you upgrade the windows one that had wasted potential to a absolute beast, upgraded parts and added parts. A new era of technology upgrades
Sometimes I multitask when watching these. An audible sound to signify the last tablet died after filming would of been good. If I was looking away I would of assumed it survived the water test
These tablets seem to be custom-made for specific purposes. The extra units are then sold on AliExpress to recoup costs. But without the proprietary software to support the custom features, those special capabilities just become weird quirks. I wouldn't really recommend buying these unless you're in a specialized industry or a hardcore DIY hobbyist. That last one actually looks pretty powerful with SDR capabilities. Developers with Android and radio experience could probably have some fun with it.
The tent one is simular to what we use at the sporting good counter at walmart. That way the customer can see what I input, I can see what they input, and they have a chance to read and agree to whatever fishing license or whatever they are buying.
The tent format for a decive could be very useful as an assistive communication device. For example, a disabled person could use it to communicate both with synthesized speech and pictures. :)
Linus' face in a serial port with his eyes in the screw mounts made me spit my drink out. Thanks LMG editors, now my Northern Lights deskmat(TM) is soaked in cola.
I once worked in a theatre. The tent tablet would have been very useful for box office staff to show customers a plan of the house seating when they were buying tickets, especially since adding a second monitor to the dumb terminals supplied with the box office system was not possible.
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This is fairly entertaining, but I'd have loved to see Linus's first impressions of seeing these things, him realizing some of these ridiculous flaws or "features" would have been extra fun to see.
The Tent tablet can be used at stores as a screen to display what is being ordered while the cashier controls the other side, allowing you to input as well. Can be used at restaurant tables to place orders too.
good idea. Need that software now.
My first thought was to hang it upside-down in a bus or underground to display the next station, news or advertising or whatever is cool to display in public transport these days.
Only if the displays are independent and not mirrored.
or mcdonalds
yep local restaurant here has all their menus and ordering system on these on each table. only time we see another human is when they bring out the food. best restaurant experience possible.
A couple'a years ago, I bought one of those rugged Windows tablets for around $200. We used it in our biosafety lab for taking notes and keeping track of experiments. Since it was waterproof, we could just douse it in Ethanol or Virkon after each use, wipe it off, and have it good to go again. And since it had a resistive touch-screen, it even worked while we were wearing gloves.
Sure it was slow as heck and the battery life was terrible, but honestly, for what we needed it to do, it worked great for years and I'm quite happy these odd types of tablets exist.
Though it has to be noted that waterproof does not mean all liquid proof. There's always a chance using anything other than water can damage the plastics or touchscreen coating.
Phones claiming to be waterproof always bug me as they will show things like them getting dropped in the swimming pool and then in the small print point out that the rating is only for pure water, not chlorinated. This is the particularly annoying with smartwatches as swimming with them seems logical for fitness tracking, but many are not rated for the pressure you will put on them when swimming, even when marketed as a sports watch. Heck, they're not even guaranteed sweat proof.
@@alexatkinThis!
My Amazfit Bip U died shortly after a swimming session in a hot spring swimming pool.
@@alexatkin My Sony Xperia phone had that disclaimer too while all advertising pretended it would work.
That's why they often claim it as 'water proof' instead of providing an actual IP - rating, which itself doesn't say a lot either (30 minutes at 1 meter depth) and comes with the same disclaimers.
There are more IP ratings but consumer devices rarely gp there ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_code )
Using an Aliexpress tablet at a biosafety lab seems like a choice
The doorstopper ones are meant to be used as a POS and the serial ports are to connect to a thermal printer to print receipts. The rugged ones could be used by a waiter in a restaurant, a salesperson or even a mechanic to connect to a car
The all black rugged one would be great for being mounted in a police cruiser, and the one with the walkie talkie stuff seems good for someone working on a construction site.
@@zakk3910 If they worked that is lol. But yeah I would love to have the yellow one for running ATAK and have radio comms all in one, we had a similar one when I was in the Marines we used it to organize units, view drone feeds and positions, mark enemy positions and create memes.
@@remeuptmain why has bro got beef with some random lad. just let us talk about nerd stuff lol
That makes some sense, but receipt printers have been using USB for at least a decade. Still, I suppose there's companies with loads of old serial printers they want to use.
@@alpham777 It wont work without the antenna.
The doorstop one has plenty of space inside so I wired up an RFID reader internally and used it as a time clock for staff to clock in and out.
I bought another one to use as a Zello to Windows gateway. Once set up it barely requires any intervention so it's like a NUC plus touchscreen in one unit which is more convenient than a NUC as the footprint is small and you can see what's happening on the screen. It has been running 24/7 for the past 4 years with no issues.
They obviously don't have wall mounts because if you mounted them on the wall, they'd be angled towards your chest. They're meant to be placed on a desk or counter top.
I haven't even watched the whole video yet, but Linus being made into a serial port was hilarious. Good on whoever edited this. 😆
@@remeuptmainyou've posted 62 comments similar to this one, please go do something more productive.
Yeah, that cracked me up 😂 It's one of those things you didn't know you needed in your life.
That made me laugh so hard 😂
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Came here to see if anyone else had said anything... left happy
complains about the 200 dollars tablet, proceeds to plug his 70 dollars PILLOW
Pillows are expensive in general
@@Genevisid Not $70 expensive though
@@HoldingThisHandle Plenty are. If it's a high-quality pillow, $70 is downright reasonable. Most good pillows run $100 or more.
@@charredwind If you are willing to pay that much then sure. I see no reason to.
The tent and the door stoppers I immediately recognized as the kind of tablets they’d have on your table to pay and order at a restaurant like Chili’s or Applebee’s, I know exactly what’s up with them from the start. The other ones though look decently rugged and I am intrigued.
I have to admit that this is one of those videos were the purpose beats me. Just making fun of stuff?
It's that I actually wish they did a bit more research and show and teach us what those things are actually being used for.
Wireless payments and interaction for example is also such a high standard in a lot of Asian countries, culture there is also very different. So you definitely don't sit side by side looking at kitchens or real-estate.
Aaaaanyway, interesting to see, that's for sure! 😎😄
I dunno if I’d go that far necessarily. I knew what was up with most of the products already just in my own fairly limited knowledge of the tech world, but I can still see where the video serves a purpose in terms of educating people with really no basic knowledge at all on what’s out there. It’s something which would appeal more to the uninitiated layperson than someone with even moderate experience, but that doesn’t mean it’s useless it just means it’s introductory content. And in that way it makes sense that it wouldn’t be a very deep dive into the topic and more a simple hardware showcase. People can learn more about it later, a good number of them only just found out that a tablet with a built in tent stand exists it’ll be a sec before they can wax poetic about industry standards for barcode scanners. lol
Industrial automation has a lot of serial, RS232 and RS485. I've noticed lots of Point Of Sale gear seems to stick with old reliable serial as well. These are definitely not for watching TH-cam, Linus does note there isn't mounting built in.
@@p_mouse8676 yeah like it is a little weird to me that pos focused tablets dont have a built in card reader, but i guess china mostly uses wechat for payments and maybe cards arent that common, and the idea that these are old company stock is true
They have batteries at chilis and Applebees..
Great video as normal. I have content suggestion. "How rugged is a rugged phone?". It would be interesting to see you all putting rugged phones through their paces. Just think of all the tests you could dream up in the lab for them (stock prrof, water proof, dust proof, being buried in concrete and then dug up, hot and cold temperature tolerance, the list does on and on). Interesting side note. Some rugged phones have thermal camera.
I think we all know the answer to that question ... ;)
If the ratings are real then they're tested in lab-environments (and easily replicated) ... so you might have to go 'realistic' to get results.
If they're not ...
Either way we could get glorious slow motion videos of devices being destroyed :D
The walkie Talkie tablet has a DMR radio in it, which typically costs upwards of C$300.
Also, you need a commercial or amateur radio license to transmit on those frequencies.
ISED and local police/fire/businesses/ham's might get upset if you transmit on their frequencies.
Their radio was DMR too (cp200d). The question is, have they tried both analog and digital. Probably only analog.
@@alexusman They downloaded the official Mototrbo software used for programming motorola commercial radios. It's possible this android tablet replicates the programming interface used by handheld motorola radios. But you're right the screenshot doesn't include color codes. Likely none of the folk on the writing team have an amateur radio license.
I assume they bought the radios from a reputable reseller so they probably have a license to use those frequency, the probably didn't program the tablet as DMR, or didn't add the color codes.
@@melissablick779 nah, you can't program other radios with MotoTRBO CPS.
Also, it's analog channel for their motorola portable radios in the video, as the channel icon in the channel list on the left is a "sine wave". There is also a digital channel at the bottom of that list with a square "digital signal" icon.
@@alexusman Ah, thanks for pointing that out
10:35 a SDR will help you find out if its actually transmitting. There are some incredibly cheap but still decent SDRs called the RTL-SDR you can pick up for under 40 dollars.
Those licence free "walkie talkies" have different frequency ranges per country but my assumption is the module inside it is designed for VHF/UHF ham radio bands so no HF/shortwave. HF Bands also need massive antennas to transmit. If anyone in your office has a ham licence, give it to them and they will probably be able to get it to transmit on the ham bands.
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Got emotional damage from that clip
We use a tablet similar to the yellow one in the fire service here in the US. Actual working models are very useful for communication and resource management.
I think the inside/breakdown coverage was probably a Labs-thing and if so, I'm digging it. Timeline wise does kinda cover the 'round-up' style content Labs was meant to cover.
as some of the comments have already pointed out, many of these tablets aim for b2b customers who need some kind of thin client terminal in their businesses, like ordering tablet in restuarants and interactable information stand in museum/gallery etc. they aren't really designed with personal use as priority.
I ran an undergard physics laboratory - these type of devices would be perfect for interfacing with lab equipment, such as oscilloscopes etc. (many of which still have serial interfaces) - as long as software is available.
The small form of these devices is ideal, given the amount of equipment that is often out on the benches.
The rugged tablet form, would also be useful for taking the experiment out of the lab and into the field.
Yup that is one use case for devices like this as well as other industrial uses for matience of machines and other stuff. AKA take the rugged ones out for field mateience for example.
im so happy that linus now has time to go back doing these random tech videos!!! i love the random vids
3:20 he understands money
6:05 it's an ARM computer!
Bruh
The Emdoor tablet (the rain-proof Windows tablet) is very similar to the ones used in Canadiantire warehouses. Each of the forklifts also has a similar mount that a scanner is hooked up to, which makes performing moves and shipping/receiving really easy. Assuming of course, that your co-workers are doing their jobs properly lol
True, but most warehouses use Zebra hardware, not random chinesium.
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@@fenn_fren hence why I said similar. I dont remember what the tablets were off the top of my head unfortunately. I dont work for them anymore because corporate sucks
05:40 I work at a game store and would love to have one of those at the store counter, so you can show someone something on the website without moving a monitor around or having to go around the counter
Edit : also the 1st tablet I actually used when doing cctv training, the joystick would connect to it and you clicked the screen to change cameras
I think a lot of people are nailing it here: these are for point of sale. They’re all so obviously shaped for that, and their feature set is precisely what those sorts of things need
Exactly what Linus said in Video POS
@@TheTyisawesome yep! 🙂
Or a receptionist who is checking people in and printing visitor passes, or something similar.
@@remeuptmain how are your feelings doing?
@@remeuptmain Man, you're on a roll. Worth note, no one asked for your attitude problem, either.
First 3 "tablets" get used as a cash register. They sit on top of a cash drawer and you connect a receipt printer to them. It's a very commun thing in many countries.
Yes!!!! You read my mind! I wanted a nice review of one of those doorstop ones because I saw them being used in a store as complements to their legacy sales system. Nice!
So we have:
• Nintendo 2DS without battery
• 2DS without battery (but with windows and antenna)
• Part of a cool futuristic armour cosplay
• Completely normal tablet to watch Netflix on
• Transformers themed walkie talkie (that doesn’t work as such)
I have used the tent tablet quite frequently while purchasing coffee and snacks at the local café, they have these instead of the swiveling ones found more commonly.
The tent is absolutely a tip POS terminal. Those ones where they expect you to tip for pivoting to hand you your takeout
With the explosion of interest in computer-controlled digital astrophotography, a tablet with an RS-232 interface makes sense, in terms of its application as a field-computer for that purpose.
@@remeuptmain no way you just said that in 2023
The tent one is probably for restaurants. I could see it as being really useful in that application. On the table is a way to pay and have the server interact with it or at the cashier checkout that way you don't have to rotate a screen.
Tablets 1 and 3 don't really need volume buttons because they're kiosks which will have the volume muted. Tablet/Kiosk 1 doesn't have a home button because you don't want users quitting out of the app your are running. Tablet/Kioski 3 mirrored display could be so a user can checkin and security/receptionist can see what they are inputting as they input. Why no batteries? Linus mentioned permanent install. But beyond that, some Kiosk software licenses limit the location where it can be used, so you don't want people taking the tablet to a second location via battery.
I actually love that it doesn't have a battery because it's one less thing to worry about over time. But it does make one think how long can it last now without the battery wearing out. I would assume the nand flash would wear out and eventually die and that would kill it.
The real reason why it's expensive for an individuals, is because those tablets aren't really meant to be for personal use, it's for business
If you order those in bulks, it will be so much cheaper as they come in big discount, than buying one of each alone
That's their purpose & priority, not really meant to be used as personal
OMG the serial port edit with Linus face killed me 😂😂😂
the doorstop one is used a lot in in-store displays. Google uses a very similar designed tablet for their little display houses in stores like Bestbuy that act as an interactive screen for showing little ads and features of their nest products. Its only really meant to be gotten into by technicians and employees to update content, and is powered up with the rest of the equipment so no need for a battery.
I love random gimmicky tech like this. And when it’s from Linus we know is gonna be good fr.
@@remeuptmain yet we're all here watching lmao
@@ccalvinn Facxt
@@ccalvinn It's a bot, just report it and move on.
nah i rather the more "techy" stuff.
NOT gimiccky when its main use is in Point of Sales and use in situations like warehouses and the like. AKA the LMG team didn't do a very good job on this one honestly with doing research into what these kinds of devices are meant for. They can also be used at home for automation setups and CCTV setups as well. Searial is still a very used port in an industrial setup where the ruggedness on those couple would be very useful as well. So yeah
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Dear editor. You didn't have to do that but you still did.
The tent would also be useful at tables on a restaurant, where people often sit across from each other. It could be used to display menus to each diner and then allow them to play digital board games together after
I will never enjoy dinner at a place that does this. There's enough tech in my life, I don't need it to get involved at the dinner table
6:44 I think you missed the point of those "tablets"... By not having standard charging port and battery they are perfectly suited for PoS integration. They are more prone to theft since they are useless devices in private use.
In my country REAL tablets, glued to fixed place, fare used or:
1. Digital signing
2. Satisfactory surveys
3. Signage display controls
4. Queuing system/counter
5. Etc...
After some time one is missing, other not working because of charging issues and etc...
This makes perfect replacement for that.
Linus buying random things from AliExpress is like me. Except he can write these purchases off as a business expense and just chuck the products in one of his humongous buildings.
Some companies I work for use the Tablet Tent as a means for workers to clock in and out. Mount it vertically, and have both screens display the clock in/out software then line up on both sides
I like the fact that P.O.S could also mean "piece of sh*t" as well as what is mentioned in the video. Nice one!!!
If you talk to anyone who deals with POS devices they will indeed tell you that often they are POS.
I really like seeing these random / niche examples of tech. Stuff I might never need to know about, until some random situation presents a useful use case for them.
0:52 The stuff of nightmares. 🤣
5:52 Could see it working well for those restaurant games like at Olive Garden
Kind of cool to see those wedge shaped devices again! Those first two "tablets" are bringing back strong memories of the Sony Dash (variant of a chumby) I got off woot in college. The one thing it got right that these did not IMO was the ability to have it stand up for cross-room viewing, then flop it down for interacting more closely.
Our standards were lower pre-ipad, but the ability to flip orientations on the Dash made it an almost pretty decent alarm clock/pandora/email feed/netflix device.
I hope that the person who did the Spanish translation for you is not charging you because he is screwing you over.
I could see wall mountable POE-powered tablets be rather useful for stuff like home automation or a CCTV monitor at the door of your house.
Right? And you don't have to worry about dying batteries.
They probably intended it not to. They probably selling another Tablet with that feature with a different price point.
whoever edited in the sound at 00:12 needs a raise
I'm pretty sure the prices for those never changed for their actual price since release, what makes me curious is that are people selling them aware of the specs of those? or maybe they're just waiting for someone (Looking at Linus) to actually buy those before making them obsolete 🤔
The Tent tablet could be used in Restaurants, customers who are seated at their chosen tables can choose orders on the exact same device at once.
Linus, I'm really happy for you dude. Hope your stress has been lowered a bit now!
@@remeuptmain NO WAY BRO LIKED HIS OWN COMMENT HAHAHA💀
Most of these designs are specifically created for companies and factories to control and manage their storage systems in challenging conditions. They are not intended for students, children, or recreational reading purposes. These designs were developed with a specific design concept in mind, Which With That Point of view they Made Great Tablets
That black weatherproof tablet looks an awful lot like the tablets we use here in Missouri for vehicle inspections (the I/O and controls are a little different but the physical size and layout is really close, the rubber flaps covering the I/O is straight up identical). They are hot garbage and I don't know anyone who's used it that doesn't want to bash them against the corner of their toolbox.
I did not expect to see Al-Tazaj restaurant in a LTT video i miss Saudi Arabia @4:51
I'm watching on my Sabre Pryamid rn. I like the native printer support and inherently strong design.
Linus is indeed a "Serial Seguer" for sneaking in sponsors at the least expected times.
We have a very similar device to your doorstopper in our meeting rooms as dedicated Google Meet hub. Although I don't think it runs Android and is made by Logitech
All these might as well be overpowered gaming machines compared to my school chromebook specs
I love these kinds of videos
same
love these "i got weird sh*t from aliexpress and were gonna take a look at it" videos
6:07 "I'mma have to do my left arm, it's a lot smaller."
HMMMMMMMMMMMMM.......
I think the intention with most of these is that there would be a custom interface of some sort developed specifically for the device and the device would run that one application only.
Can pls someone tell me WHY is there no intro anymore??? I loved the intro
We have these "door stop" and "rugged" tablets here in Pakistan. They sometimes come with built-in bio-metric sensors or mostly usb ones. They are used by telecom companies to register phones and sim cards to your national identity cards which is mandated by law.
I love the AliExpress videos!
Just to clarify, the first black doorstop is actually not meant to be a normal "tablet". Many restaurants in East Asia like Korea and China use touchscreen tablets that look exactly like that that are built into restaurant tables so that customers can order from it without talking to a waiter.
3:20 Wait....What...!!! From when CANADA 🍁has started to call it's currency RUPEES like INDIA 🇮🇳 instead of DOLLAR....!!! 😂🤣
I know this comment is a year old, but Linus often calls them rupees as a joke.
Always something new to learn about tech.
Canadian Rupees 😂
Knowing Russian is sometimes fun: there's russian engeneer youtuber who's developing light single seeter aircraft powered by an old small car engine, all kind of power electronics and metalworking machinery and in regard of chinese tablets he found really more "advanced" solution than shown here: he bought cheap 2U Android car head unit with Android 12 and together with his own programming he's using it as an automatic precise measuring head unit for an old metalworking lathe. Another similar russian youtube person - automotive engeneer who not only repairs any old buckets with no more spare parts available on the market, but makes fun racing cars out of notorious soviet ZAZ small car rebuilding the original engine transforming it to work with open source open hardware ECU and he's using such an old junc tablet with open source software as a host for an USB osciloscope.
I feel like the only reason you would need to have a rain proof tablet is if you had a food truck.
A lot of automotive diagnostics computers/tablets look just like that one.
What about field tech's who have to go out in the wild to diagnose stuff?
I remember when those wedge/doorstop devices were new. I actually liked the form factor and the extra ports compared to a traditional tablet. I also liked the idea of no battery so it could be kept in service for a long time, if desired, without battery issues coming up. I could have used one of those too as I was having some major back pain that made sitting upright using a laptop difficult. I didn't get a regular tablet for a little bit. But I did like that form factor, at least in theory. I might have gotten one, but I didn't like that they all seemed to be dual boot(I wanted Android only) and were using the old Intel Atom chips and they didn't seem to be looking to update them. Of course, most of that comes down to the situation with Windows licenses for small devices at the time.
2:19 What the heck!!!
That animation for that segue is going to give me nightmares. Thanks, Linus! 😂
4:51 منور الطازج 😂
😂
تحسه جاي غلط😂
@@3bod_badran 😂😂😂 كلامك صح تشوف تعليق عربي في مقطع في متوقع
قاعد ادور احد يتكلم عن الموضوع عشان اتاكد انه صح 😂😂
The tent one can be used for billing and taking feedback from the customer at shops or at a security desk for entering information by a visitor. 5:58
The taybe tazaj restaurant ???? wtf lol shout out to my arabs in the comments for who caught it.
0:52 Linus looking for the last dandelion of the season
I thought things would get worse after Linus stepped down… I was wrong. We now are receiving more content his true passionate subscribers appreciate! Tech tips indeed!
He steps down on July 1st, so nothing changed yet.
Linus you should do a video where you upgrade the windows one that had wasted potential to a absolute beast, upgraded parts and added parts. A new era of technology upgrades
The tent would be good for touchscreen based BattleShip :D
The tent display would be the ultimate electronic Battleship experience!
Sometimes I multitask when watching these. An audible sound to signify the last tablet died after filming would of been good. If I was looking away I would of assumed it survived the water test
The mouth/eyes in the serial port was brilliant.
These tablets seem to be custom-made for specific purposes. The extra units are then sold on AliExpress to recoup costs. But without the proprietary software to support the custom features, those special capabilities just become weird quirks. I wouldn't really recommend buying these unless you're in a specialized industry or a hardcore DIY hobbyist. That last one actually looks pretty powerful with SDR capabilities. Developers with Android and radio experience could probably have some fun with it.
Best video ever on WHY you should not rely on 3rd party hardware in a business environment for things like digital signage, conf room tech etc... :)
The edit of Linus as a serial port caught me off guard. Top notch.
funny thing is. that leappad academy you showed is a childrens tablet for learning. its actually really strong since children use them.
For being cheap tablets they were pretty expensive
The tent one is simular to what we use at the sporting good counter at walmart. That way the customer can see what I input, I can see what they input, and they have a chance to read and agree to whatever fishing license or whatever they are buying.
The tent format for a decive could be very useful as an assistive communication device. For example, a disabled person could use it to communicate both with synthesized speech and pictures. :)
Linus' face in a serial port with his eyes in the screw mounts made me spit my drink out.
Thanks LMG editors, now my Northern Lights deskmat(TM) is soaked in cola.
Linus as a serial port is not something I ever thought I'd see tbh
That was the most energetic description of an ERP system I’ve ever heard.
I once worked in a theatre. The tent tablet would have been very useful for box office staff to show customers a plan of the house seating when they were buying tickets, especially since adding a second monitor to the dumb terminals supplied with the box office system was not possible.
0:52 has to bne one of the best shots lmg has ever produced
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0:53 props to the editor, thats some of the most cursed shit ive seen in a while
Those tables r used at Stores for pos billing and ports r for thermal printer, barcode scanner,and cash drawer
I have a video idea for y'all. Review a bunch of different walkie talkies!
This is fairly entertaining, but I'd have loved to see Linus's first impressions of seeing these things, him realizing some of these ridiculous flaws or "features" would have been extra fun to see.
Aliexpress is the wild wild west of modern tech lol, keep it up linus these videos are really amusing.