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(More customer reviews)After doing a lot of research on EPAD vs. IPAD, I bought this for the family as a Christmas present, even though it arrived 3 weeks after the holidays. Overall, I'm really pleased with it. My OOBE (Out of Box Experience) was fantastic. Yes, I agree with another review that the manual is minimal and poorly written. But being already experienced with Android devices (my Droid X), navigating this EPAD is a breeze. I've had it about a month now and no problems. I'm not a techno junkie, just an average consumer who appreciates the technology.
PROS
* The Price is Right on Amazon via Chinese vendor -- half the cost of the Archos 101 and IPAD.
* Android Market apps work just fine and plenty of free ones
* All email accounts work perfectly, including my corporate enterprise email account + Cox.net (which doesn't synch at all on my Droid X!)
* I purchased a 16GB storage card via Amazon and it works fine
* Text is crisp and sharp while reading Ebooks on Kindle.
* The kids are having fun with the games we downloaded on Market
* The WiFi device has been working well (was nervous about other reviews here really upset that WiFi can't stay connected with these more inexpensive EPADS). I live in a 4200 sq foot house with the router downstairs and booster upstairs. Consistently getting 3 bars around the house. And it's not automatically disconnecting itself intermittently, as I've read on so many reviews. Yes, I have to re-set WiFI setting if device has been inactive overnight but that's not a big deal.
CONS (minor annoyances, not gripes)
* This is not an IPAD or Samsung Galaxy experience (but then again, I'm not tied to Steven Jobs on price or Verizon/Sprint contracts for Samsung). Yes, its processor is not lightning fast like Galaxy and its graphics are not stunning like IPAD. But I'd be happy to buy 3 of these for the price of a Galaxy or IPAD.
* Battery life only 2-3 hours. Slightly annoying but I just keep a power source nearby if I'm staying on the EPAD for any length of time.
* The keyboard isn't calibrated for quick, clean typing. Short email responses are fine but don't expect to write novella-style emails on this device.
* You can't pinch the Web browser screen for zooming like IPAD and Droid X but a minor annoyance to me as screen size and zoom control makes up for it.
I have yet to really look under the hood of this EPAD and plan to join a few Android forums to see how to speed up the processor via Firmware update, if possible, among other tweaks. For now, as a casual user of the EPAD, it's been a great experience.
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