Finding Out Which WM8650 Tablet Model You Have

While waiting for the eBay seller to contact the manufacturer and write back to me I began doing my own research on the WonderMedia WM8650 tablet which some sellers also try to sell as Flytouch, Superpad or ePad. Turns out that there are a whole bunch of different tablets being sold with the Via or WonderMedia WM8650 processor. Calling a tablet a “WM8650” is like calling a laptop a “Pentium” (while the information is accurate it is hardly specific). Here are all the different tablet model numbers I found that use the WM8650 processor:

E16 5cun1603, M009s, WinPad-C07, EPAD GW-70, MIDV7, M010s, TomTec, M009D, E18 7cun1603, MID V7, Maylong M-250, Intertoys NL, Fview, MID-703, MID-710, ILC PC Tab701, KLD-MID701, ViaPad M7, M010s, Via WM8650, M768A, Leader V70, M70007T, EPAD GW-707, MID-E18, ATF3416-7, BLY-706v1, APEX, WMS8125B Eken M009s, W0702 V80 KD EPAD, CEM8650702, MID-721, BLY-706v3, M009D, Xiron, IMITO Im7, Bart Smith, M003s, Innovatek MID, M012s, BLY-806, M80003W, PC-802, MID M806S, ED99 8cum1603, ED99 8cun8900, Ricatech RATAB, and M013S.

Phew, what a long list! Now if you are trying to find out which WM8650 tablet you have, here is a “chart” that has different WonderMedia WM8650 tablet model names arranged by features such as screen size (7”, 8”, 9.7” and 10.1”), power LED color (green or blue), Vibration capability, and 2-point touch capability.

5-INCH MODELS:

E16 5cun1603 – 5” screen (pretty much only model in market with that screen size).

7-INCH MODELS:

M009s, WinPad-C07, EPAD GW-70, MIDV7 (w/ blue LED) – 7” screen, blue or green LED, not vibrate, no 2-point touch. Also if it has green headphone port it is probably one of these models since the others only have black audio ports (these models can have green OR black).
M010s – 7” screen, blue LED, does not vibrate or have 2-point touch.
Tomtec (new version), M009D – 7” screen, green LED, vibrates but no 2-point touch.
E18 7cum1603 – 7” screen, blue LED, vibrates and has 2-point touch.
M009s, MID V7 (w/ green LED), Maylong M-250, Intertoys NL, Fview, Tomtec (old version), MID-703, MID-710, ILC PC Tab701, KLD-MID701, ViaPad M7, M010s, Via WM8650, M768A, Leader V70, M70007T, EPAD GW-707, MID-E18, ATF3416-7, CEM8650702, MID-721, BLY-706v3, Xiron, IMITO Im7, Bart Smith, TomTec – All of these have 7” screen, Green LED, and they vibrate as well as are 2-point touch capable.
BLY-706v1, APEX, WMS8125B Eken M009s, W0702 V80 KT EPAD – These all have 7” screen and green LED and are 2-point touch capable but do NOT vibrate.

8-INCH MODELS:

M003s, Innovatek MID 8, M012s 8”, Via WM8650 8”, BLY-806 8” – 8” screen, blue LED, does not vibrate or have 2-point touch.
M80003W, PC-802 – 8” screen, green LED, 2-point touch but no vibration.
MID M806S – 8” screen, green LED, has 2-point touch and can vibrate.

There are some other 8” screen models that have discrepancies in features, such as ED99 8cun1603 and ED99 8cun8900.

9.7-INCH MODELS:

M008S – Pretty much the only model with that screen size using the WonderMedia WM8650 chip unless newer models have come out. This model has blue LED, 2-point touch but does not vibrate.

10-INCH MODELS:

These deviate in features but include the Ricatech RATAB and largest-sized TomTec.

10.1-INCH MODELS:

M013S – This model has blue LED, 2-point touch but does not vibrate.

Furthermore, some other blogs and forums have instructions and download links for installing a new operating system on it called Uberoid (in mobile technology the operating system or OS is also sometimes called the ROM). Uberoid is basically a fake hybrid version of Android 2.2 (Froyo) and Android 3 (Honeycomb). Also if you have an Android tablet that has features common with many other tablets this may not be such a big problem because the ROMs for them are often common too (ie. you may be able to use the same ROM on all of them). Perhaps this was the solution to my problem? Maybe I could upgrade my WM8650 tablet to the Uberoid operating system, which would hopefully be better than the Chinese preinstalled ROM? I continued my research and in the meantime also got the next message from the eBay seller.

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