For your reference, records indicate that
rickman  wrote:

> This is much cheaper than buying a pi along with a display, touch screen,
> battery, power supply, etc.  MUCH cheaper.  Can it be unlocked to install
> whatever OS you want?  While I'm sure it could run various versions of
> Linux, it likely won't run Raspbian I assume.
>
> http://www.microcenter.com/product/460699/Galaxy_Tab_E_Lite_7_-_White
>
> Any thoughts?

A pretty device does not a reference platform make.  The “problem” with
packaged mobile devices is that they are a fast moving market intended
for average users, and a low-end tablet you can buy for $50 today is
not really something you can build a project around for the next 2-5
years because, as others have already pointed out, the support isn’t
there for tinkering.

Absolutely, use one to provide an *interface* (be it web- or app-based)
to an RPi or any other project board you’re working with.  But it’s a
fool’s errand to try to do pretty much *anything* with mobile devices
that involves hardware modification or any kind of external interface
other than common standards (USB, BT, etc.).

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