A review of Acer TA272 HUL said the Andriod OS (made for mobile) does not translate well to the big screen. Websites are grainy/fuzzy. True?
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I've answered Yes by mistake. I think what some "reviewers" might have been mislead by is the fact that some sites will show up as mobile with some browsers. Many site will have smaller resolution images to minimize data and process power when viewed on mobile. Download a browser of choice and set it to "Desktop Version" and you are set. I recommend UC Browser, Firefox (don't use Chrome as their was no option do display every page as Desktop version as default).
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as of this point seeing the viewsonic tab..is much better and more affordable...this tablet , might be the threat to the samsung galaxy?? with all the features and apps, android 2.2....hmmmm..........
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I actually returned mine because the videos were choppy. I had wanted to do the same thing. I watched one movie that worked smoothly, and I could never get it to work again. However, the firmware may have been updated since then and work better.
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Go to SlateDroid, XDA, Viewsonic Gtablet for Dummies, etc. Much better than any OEM support.
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I might get an-hour. Ematic' nor Android apps impress me. Get a regular laptop computer. The tablet is so-so for reading pdf books' my primary reason for purchasing it. Cao!
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I have a Dell Duo. Lag isn't that bad depending on what you are used to and what you do. Scrolling is smooth 90 percent of the time in excel and IE. Yes, it is a atom, but it is a dual core atom. But yeah, the best choice is the EP121. The EP121 has these advantages over the Dell Duo. 1.)SDXC/MMC card slot 2.)lighter by 1 pound 3.)Wacom pen input 4.)CPU benchmarks about twice as fast 5.)potentially double the ram 6.)faster graphics performance 7.)HDMI for video out 8.)SSD is much quicker. I tested the EP121 at windows boot to desktop and it was 20 seconds. 9.)Reliability: the SSD will not fail because of vibration or g-forces. Hard Drive Failure is likely the #1 reason why mobile computers that have them fail. 10.)bigger screen 11.)comes with a folio case for propping it up in 3 different angles/orientations 12.)MVA screen on EP121 has much better viewing angles than the Duo screen. The Dell Duo has bad vertical viewing angles and ok horizontal viewing angles in my experiance. The problem is that in portrait(in tablet mode), your vertical viewing angles are your horizontal viewing angles and so it is hard to share with someone else in portrait 13.)thinner: .66 inch vs 1 inch 14.)larger screen:12.1 inch vs 10.1 inch 15.)physical buttons accessible in tablet mode like Ctrl-Alt-Delete/window switcher, volume rocker, virtual keyboard activator, etc 16.)strengthened glass called Gorilla Glass cons 1.)maybe about 20% less battery life(Asus quotes 3 hours and Dell quotes 4 hours). In my experience though. The Dell Duo gets around 3 hours but I might be abusing the slow processor a bit with what I do with it. them fail. 2.)No physical attached keyboard in convertible form factor 3.)Hard Drive is 64GB/32GB vs. 360GB on Dell Duo 4.)Price
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I am glad it worked out for you. Once you get it unlocked, you have the best tablet in the world. I rarely use my laptop now. I always take my Acer 501 while travelling and it has never failed me yet. Next I will send you a list of free apps that have turned my tablet into a monster!Enjoy!
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Save up your money for a better tablet. The view will be dark if you look at it from the side. It wouldn't be worth it trust me the display is horrible.
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I decided to take a look on mine to see if it even had XP on it, and i found that mine actually is running xp with a andriod 4.1 emulator that runs on it... It is hidden in the tasks but I looked at the os. There are windows XP files on it and I think that it may be how they program it but It does slow down the tablet. Someone please verify my answer because i am not sure if it is me misunderstanding (i shouldnt with a degree in computer programming) or if i am right.
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It works as well as any Android tablet but with slower speed and not the best memory or screen. Have someone familiar with and Android smart phone look at it to see if it's defective.
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Jessica,So glad you asked before buying this thing. The zeepad we got was total garbage. I got it for my nephew and it was almost unusable. The screen is unreadable, it pixelates like crazy, and the device itself feels shoddy. Thankfully, Amazon is awesome and I was able to easily return it for a refund that I put towards the purchase of a Kindle Fire (the 159 dollar ad supported one). Lesson learned as far as I am concerned. The Fire is an awesome device and nothing in the under 300 dollar tablet market comes close to it for performance and value. As for 10-inch tablets, my ASUS Transformer is amazing and I use it constantly. Either would do what you are looking for. Hope this helps. Jessica,So glad you asked before buying this thing. The zeepad we got was total garbage. I got it for my nephew and it was almost unusable. The screen is unreadable, it pixelates like crazy, and the device itself feels shoddy. Thankfully, Amazon is awesome and I was able to easily return it for a refund that I put towards the purchase of a Kindle Fire (the 159 dollar ad supported one). Lesson learned as far as I am concerned. The Fire is an awesome device and nothing in the under 300 dollar tablet market comes close to it for performance and value. As for 10-inch tablets, my ASUS... » Read More Jessica,So glad you asked before buying this thing. The zeepad we got was total garbage. I got it for my nephew and it was almost unusable. The screen is unreadable, it pixelates like crazy, and the device itself feels shoddy. Thankfully, Amazon is awesome and I was able to easily return it for a refund that I put towards the purchase of a Kindle Fire (the 159 dollar ad supported one). Lesson learned as far as I am concerned. The Fire is an awesome device and nothing in the under 300 dollar tablet market comes close to it for performance and value. As for 10-inch tablets, my ASUS Transformer is amazing and I use it constantly. Either would do what you are looking for. Hope this helps. « Show Less
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The Acer Iconia Tab is a tablet that runs on the android operating system instead of the windows (or mac) OS. If you have an android phone, the tablet will be more like your phone than your lap top. If you are going to be doing a lot of web browsing, social networking, playing app games, e-reading, e-mail, etc. the tablet is wonderful because it is easily portable (much more so than a lap top), lightweight (can easily hold it with one hand and use the other to click the touch screen) and you can use it at any hot-spot. However, if you are going to be using the tablet for office related business, like extensive word processing, spreadsheets, etc. You might want to stick with a lap top. There are office programs for android and they get the job done, but (at least from the ones that I have used) they are not as good as something like the Microsoft Office Suite. I personally use both a lap top and a tablet. I use my tablet for basic work related items like sending an email and the lap top when I will be doing hours worth of office work. For anything and everything else, I use my tablet!
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No , unfortunately , i was not satisfy , i bought but its very slow and you can not update it or downgrade OS , memory is limited to 512 , when you run whatsapp or tango or other applications the tablet will get very slow on startup and running.
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the screen isn't gorilla glass so it isn't the best quality available, if you meant the resolution which is 4.3-inch TFT LCD touchscreen with 480 x 854 (FWVGA) pixel resolution and 16 million colors compared to the current ipod touch's 1136-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 pixels per inch and you can see the difference but being over 3 years old the 43 with only froyo android 2.2 is showing it's age. I got mine here on amazon for 7 bucks to use as an ereader that actually fits in a pocket for dr visits.... if you take into account it's limitations and can find at a MUCH cheaper price it might play a few games ok but it might be hard to find many compatible with the froyo the screen isn't gorilla glass so it isn't the best quality available, if you meant the resolution which is 4.3-inch TFT LCD touchscreen with 480 x 854 (FWVGA) pixel resolution and 16 million colors compared to the current ipod touch's 1136-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 pixels per inch and you can see the difference but being over 3 years old the 43 with only froyo android 2.2 is showing it's age. I got mine here on amazon for 7 bucks to use as an ereader that actually fits in a pocket for dr visits.... if you take into account it's limitations and can find at a MUCH cheaper price it might... » Read More the screen isn't gorilla glass so it isn't the best quality available, if you meant the resolution which is 4.3-inch TFT LCD touchscreen with 480 x 854 (FWVGA) pixel resolution and 16 million colors compared to the current ipod touch's 1136-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 pixels per inch and you can see the difference but being over 3 years old the 43 with only froyo android 2.2 is showing it's age. I got mine here on amazon for 7 bucks to use as an ereader that actually fits in a pocket for dr visits.... if you take into account it's limitations and can find at a MUCH cheaper price it might play a few games ok but it might be hard to find many compatible with the froyo « Show Less
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No way to give a fair answer to that. Comparing IOS tablets to Android really doesn't equate...most folks simply like what they like. A more useful question is how does it rate amongst quality/higher end android tablets, which is very well!
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It is not. I think there are similar-looking touch-screen models by Acer, which are a little more expensive.
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I would not buy this computer. For me it did not respond well to the simplest of tasks.....i.e. logging on, Bluetooth problems etc. I bought an ACER instead, not great either but better.