Perhaps, but there was more than just one single model of Dell Venue 8. Can you provide the specific model that you have, as well as the Android version it runs?
If it were originally loaded with Windows 8.1, and someone wiped it and installed Android, that particular model likely will not work. However if it came stock with Android (7000 Series aka 7840), it might work.
jeepers. I thought I was asking a
hardware question. Danged digital stuff.
It is a Venue 8 3480 that was kindly given to me by a Polk Audio forums regular in one of that forums' more than occasional "Karma" threads.
My intent was for it to be a beta test to see how my wife liked using a tablet. That gambit sort of died on the vine.
At any rate, it's here and it kinda, sorta works (i.e., it works, with some eccentricities that I suspect relate to its superannuated state). It's a little
slow but I have gradually gotten it to do most of the things I've asked it to. I am way out of my depth, though, as a guy who eschews "mobile" technology, O/Ss and jargon/quirks.
My belief/understanding is that it was supplied with Android and currently is rockin' 4.4.1 (ummm...
KitKat)
https://i.dell.com/sites/csdocument...heets_Documents/en/new-venue-8-spec-sheet.pdf
One of its most salient eccentricities: I cannot update the OS. I tried to and it simply says "cannot connect to server". No offer of help,
nada. A little googling wasn't helpful, either. It works fine as a way to access* a browser.
The Google Play app store thingy is a little funny, too. I can't access* that, either (similar grumbling about servers), but if I google an app and follow the link to Google Play, it works fine.
I've probably invested 10 or 20x the time in the tablet as a platform than it was worth, but I do have a certain penchant for dogged persistence in (to quote
Animal House) at
futile and stupid gestures.
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* "Access"...
Hey M. Don (DC) has a nice DAC in the Emporium.
Oh, I gots a nice enough DAC. Couple-three of 'em actually (one is pretty ancient, though).
PS looked at the Emporium listing -- that DAC looks to have a full-sized USB 3.0 B connector on it, which would be even
weirder to deal with.
Hi gang... I bought this from Mike here back around Christmas as my first foray into an actual DAC. And it's great - does DSD256, PCM 32bit/384, supports MQA, and probably other numbers and letters, too. Included are the optional iDefender 3.0 and iPower supply which together isolate the USB...
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