Some random thoughts on the device.
Out of the box, the thing was just ok
The UI was nice and all, but I can't stand a snail of a device. It's much more responsive after adding a custom firmware. (It's still not lightning fast - but it is definitely much better)
The aspect ratio of the device does limit it's ability to play many games (don't get me wrong, there are plenty of games that work great still, but some - including one I've developed myself, do not run on the device). Of course, sticking to a 16:9 aspect ratio is something xaueious has harped on in plenty of other places in this forum as well, so this is nothing new coming from me.
I'm still not a huge fan of a resistive screen - and I was tempted to "go cheap" on one of the other $150-200 resistive tablets until the capacitive ones had everything I was looking for and came down in price. But... I'm really glad the Kohl's deal showed up instead because at $200 I would have just saved my money for a capacitive model. I'm getting much better at it on the WPDN, but it's hard to compete with typing on a capacitive screen.
This thing is great for web, youtube, music, and much more. It feels solid in your hands and seems to be of good build quality. But if you are looking for something that is primarily a gaming device, it may not be not for you. Regardless, if you can get in on the Kohl's deal, you can't go wrong at 59.99. I'd buy another if I stumbled across one at that price.
Seems to work great as an e-reader too... I'll probably start using it for night-time stories for the kids, though it's still hard to beat an e-ink display like the kindle....
Out of the box, the thing was just ok
The UI was nice and all, but I can't stand a snail of a device. It's much more responsive after adding a custom firmware. (It's still not lightning fast - but it is definitely much better)The aspect ratio of the device does limit it's ability to play many games (don't get me wrong, there are plenty of games that work great still, but some - including one I've developed myself, do not run on the device). Of course, sticking to a 16:9 aspect ratio is something xaueious has harped on in plenty of other places in this forum as well, so this is nothing new coming from me.
I'm still not a huge fan of a resistive screen - and I was tempted to "go cheap" on one of the other $150-200 resistive tablets until the capacitive ones had everything I was looking for and came down in price. But... I'm really glad the Kohl's deal showed up instead because at $200 I would have just saved my money for a capacitive model. I'm getting much better at it on the WPDN, but it's hard to compete with typing on a capacitive screen.
This thing is great for web, youtube, music, and much more. It feels solid in your hands and seems to be of good build quality. But if you are looking for something that is primarily a gaming device, it may not be not for you. Regardless, if you can get in on the Kohl's deal, you can't go wrong at 59.99. I'd buy another if I stumbled across one at that price.
Seems to work great as an e-reader too... I'll probably start using it for night-time stories for the kids, though it's still hard to beat an e-ink display like the kindle....
