Apad 1.6 Review

Few weeks ago, I bought an Apad. Well, actually two apads because we got the money and we wanted to have a mobile internet device for our company. We bought it from someone in New York City. Shipping was actually pretty good, better than I expected (International Shipping). So, along came the apad to our hands. Once charged, I started using and here is my review of it.

It has been a very useful device. It comes with everything: Web browser, music player, video player, and a camera. Web browsing is actually pretty good. It has a google browser preloaded. I installed Opera, Skyfire, and Dolphin, but unfortunately l got used to the default browser.

Moving on, the music player is OK. It doesn't has a playlist creator and I doubt it reads .m3u files. One good thing is shake-and-change song system. One very bad thing is its non user friendly user interface, however I'm used to this kind of weird limited user interface (I'm a Linux User). Also, it lacks of a live radio marketplace. But for listening purposes, it is a decent player. I tried to install a new one, but it is a big problem. Don't worry, I'll cover this later.

Video Player. Where do I start? Well, a 648 x 360 avi video didn't playback well. The weird thing is that a Palm device with lower specifications could play a 640x480 .mkv and .avi video without a problem. Even with subtitles. So I do not know where Google stand on this. I strongly believe it is an Android problem, rather than a hardware issue.

Market Place. It is pretty much useless. A quick google search will confirm that. I do not know why it fails but it does. However, with a little help from google I could download the top wanted android apps.

Music playback is ok. I can survive without HD videos and I hate market applications such as the ones that comes on Linux. I prefer saving my apps and then install them. Email App works fantastic, no problems there. The great thing is the Gravity sensor. I love that. Screen Quality is ok, it does what I want, so I have no complains there.

Picture viewing is quiet surprising. It opens a 8 megapixels 22 mb pictures without a problem. Although, I couldn't find a resize app for Android.

The camera is somehow useful. It is a shame that I couldn't find a video chat app such as Skype for my Apad. Quality is... how can I put it? ehh... it has Motorola V3 picture quality. Not a very good quality, but it is kinda of acceptable. Video Recording is... OK. Don't expect an HD video.

In conclusion, the Apad is only for true geeks, not for consumers. I strongly recommend for consumers to wait for the Motorola Android Table. It's quite expensive, but it is 10 times better than the iPad.

If you got bored, well... then beat it!

See ya!!