Dropad 7" Multi-Touch Screen Google Android 2.2 Tablet PC w/ WiFi/HDMI/Camera/TF/USB(Cortex-A8 1GHz)
Price: $173.30
Price: $173.30
Operating System | Google Android OS 2.2 |
Processor | SAMSUNG S5PV210 Cortex A8 1GHz |
Memory | 512MB |
Capacity | Built-in 4GB NAND FLASH, support SDHC TF card up to 16GB |
Display | 7.0" high-brightness TFT LCD touch screen display (800*480 pixel resolution) |
Touch Control | Capacitive touch screen, Multi-touch screen(Gravity Sensor) |
Support Video Formats | Support upto 1080P (1920*1080). WMV/MOV/MKV/AVI/RM/RMVB/FLV/MPEG-1/MPEG-2 |
Support Audio Formats | MP3/WMA/APE/FLAC/AAC/AC3/MAV |
Support Picture Formats | JPEG/BMP/GIF/PNG |
Support E-Book Formats | TXT/HTML/CHM/PDF/EPUB/UMD/WDL/CEB/PDG |
Network | 802.11b/g Wi-Fi network connection; external 3G: WCDMA/TDSCDMA/EVDO |
Camera | 300K Pixels front camera |
Microphone | Built-in |
Speaker | 1 speaker |
Slots | 1 x Micro SD/TF card slot (support up to 16GB) |
2 x USB (HOST+OTG) | |
1 x 3.5mm Stereo Audio out | |
1 x HDMI | |
1 x Power Supply | |
Function | E-Book, word, excel, Power point, Gmail |
Software | Web browsing; Send and receive e-mail; Instant messaging software such as QQ. MSN, SKYPE VoIP, etc.; Gravity sensing game; touch game, E-book; Text processing; Video player and music; Google Market |
Language and Region | English / Czech / Danish / Dutch / Arabic / French / Greek / Indonesian / Italian / Japanese / Korean / Polish / Portuguese / Russian / Swedish / Turkish / Simplified Chinese / Traditional Chinese |
Battery | Built-in 3000mAh rechargeable battery; Standby time: 12 hours; Using time: 5 hours |
Power Adapter | 100-240V (US plug) |
Accessories | AC power adapter, Earphone, USB cable, Stylus |
Manufacturer's Warranty: | 12 Months excluding physical damages (see specifications for terms and details |
Pros:
- Good build quality, doesn't appear cheap. - Active factory support and community, assuring you of regular official and non-official firmware updates. - Bright and colorful screen, although viewing angle is not very good. - It's fast enough to run everything I've thrown at it without lags. - Battery life is pretty good, it gives me about 2 days of occasional use when I turn it off at night. - It plays Angry Birds without ! - On my unit, I have no problems whatsoever with wifi reception. When my iPhone has wifi, my Dropad has it too. My laptop does a better job, but that has turned out to be exceptionally good. Other laptops have about the same reception as my iPhone.
Cons:
- Plastic screen lens, not as comfortable as a glass lens. Collects fingerprints very fast, although they never really get into your sight. A quick wipe with a cloth won't remove them, it needs thorough cleaning. A good quality screen protector film may help a lot. - Can't multitask. This is a serious complaint, because a sync or download running in the background slows down the tablet so much, that it gets pretty unusable until the background activity is finished! - GUI is slower than cellphones with comparabl processor and screen (Galaxy S), although the actual app processing speed is good enough for everything in the Market. - Accelerometer doesn't work in some games and works erroneously on other games, use this in case of Auto Insurance Quote its very very fun to pass the time!. - Internal memory is pretty limited, both RAM and "Nand" (which actually is an internal micro-SD). This causes some apps NOT to run. The internal micro-SD can be updated, but the RAM can't. - It plays att prepaid, which means that when there are children in the house, most of the time you won't have access to your pad.
Other Thoughts:
I haven't encountered any problems with wifi reception or sound quality, as other users have mentioned. Maybe the build quality of the pad has improved since the first batch? Or am I just lucky? (Usually, I'm NOT...) My 8-year old nephew loves it, because it plays Angry Birds! (Frees up my wife's and my iPhones LOL)
Bottomline:
The capacitive touchscreen makes it unbeatable. Although I would advise to stick a screen protector to it, because they usually reject fingerprints better than this screen does equity home. The active support from the factory and community (Slatedroid.com has a specific subforum for it) and the relatively good build quality makes sure you will enjoy this tablet for a long time. Did I mention already that it plays Angry Birds?
oh my god! It's so cool! I want to buy it now! Great info man ! =D
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