In a market full of me-too pills that look alike and all do the same things the same way, Vizio has the merit of thinking outside the box. Vizio VTAB1008 Tablet ($ 329 list) has much charm and personality, and intelligent remote control functionality. But it is too slow and not doing enough to qualify as a real competitor to the iPhone ($ 499 - $ 829, 4.5 stars), the best pickup on the market. Nor is it the same price as Acer Iconia Tab A100 ($ 329.99, 4 stars), our favorite tablet small projects.
Design
Measure 6.6 of 8.1 inches by 0.48, the tablet is much more square than tablets most other Vizio. Among the 8-inch screen aspect ratio of the tablet and 4:03, is large enough to be useful in any orientation, unlike Android 4:10 pm shelves are actually useless in portrait mode. The only real downside is that the keyboard is difficult to use with your thumbs while holding the tablet in portrait mode you want to ask and write it more than a device 16:10.
Design
Measure 6.6 of 8.1 inches by 0.48, the tablet is much more square than tablets most other Vizio. Among the 8-inch screen aspect ratio of the tablet and 4:03, is large enough to be useful in any orientation, unlike Android 4:10 pm shelves are actually useless in portrait mode. The only real downside is that the keyboard is difficult to use with your thumbs while holding the tablet in portrait mode you want to ask and write it more than a device 16:10.
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| Vizio VTAB1008 Tablet (Wi-Fi) |
The tablet, however, is surprisingly strong in the hand. At 1.29 pounds, not a rock, but is significantly heavier than the 7-inch Tab Iconia A100 and almost the same weight as most 9.7-inch iPad 2, weighing 1.33 kilos.
The front panel has all the glossy screen and the frame, with the exception of the front facing camera lens. It has a VGA quality camera, great for video chat, but is unlikely to be useful for taking pictures or video. There is no rear camera: The back is gray, metallic plastic futuristic Vizio logo.
The back of the platform is wider than the front. In the top panel is the power button, 3.5mm headphone jack and dual stereo speakers. Living the volume controls on the right side of the tablet, while the bottom has a third speaker (if you get stereo sound in any orientation). The speakers sound good, they are stronger and brighter than the speakers in most of the tablets. The stereo effect is good too, but make no mistake, you do not sound very good here. Also at the bottom are microwave and microUSB port cover and microSD card slot HDMI. (Because there are only 2 GB of storage available for integrated user you want to use the microSD slot.) Tablet can leave the video up to 1080p via HDMI port micro. There is also Wi-Fi b / g / n and Bluetooth built in.
As with any Android device, the buttons Home, Menu and Back available on the Tablet Vizio, but rather to exist in one place, they are capacitive buttons, which always rests on the bottom of the screen. When you turn the knobs rotation device as it is a neat, trick.
The multitouch screen is a capacity of 8-inch 1024 x 768, corresponding to the resolution of the iPad and its aspect ratio (4:3). As a small screen, text and graphics look a little stronger than the iPad. The biggest problem with the monitor is its viewing angle: Looking Tablet Vizio side is difficult, and you can not see much. In comparison, you can see a view completely horizontal iPad still see the screen clearly. Neither is a particularly bright screen, especially in the Auto mode, which defaults to a low level.
The screen is very sensitive to touch, and use the keyboard SwiftKey tablet, which offers a unique patch. I especially like the fact that the keyboard is divided when it is horizontal, so that all keys are available with your thumbs. This is a much better type of other boards that I used.
Android applications
You never know to look, but Android 2.3 "Gingerbread", which is not optimized for mobile, tablet, tablets Vizio powers. Vizio has a line of televisions that run applications called Web Apps Vizio Vizio and went out of their way to customize Android in order to be seen and felt how are you applications. Therefore, it is not really a problem that is not running Tablet Vizio honeycomb tablet specific version of Android. The operating system looks like its been stretched to fill a bigger screen. You have the classic problem of having too little tablet Android easily applied, but the phone optimizes applications, at least look a little better in an 8-inch screen with a incher 10.1. (Vizio does not claim that they are working on a honeycomb of updating, but no release date has been announced.)
The pre-installed software Remote Control is a country mile, the branding and smooth function Vizio tablet. There is an IR Blaster in the tablet, which works with the remote control to become a universal remote control for all your home theater devices. In the installation requires that you know the model number for each device you want to handle, but once you do, it's easy to understand, just point and click. You can fix the machines in the rooms, and easily switch between them. The integration and the level of control varies by device and manufacturer of the pill works better with televisions Vizio, and will be deeply integrated with Google TV a baseline Vizio TVs coming out soon, but for most devices provides the necessary controls.
When you turn on the device, there is no indication of how to unlock until you touch the screen, which is rare, but the instinct of most people is to touch the screen in any way, not a huge deal. Locking the screen has a lot of information about it, notifications and more, all at a glance, without even unlocking the drive, it was nice.
One thing you'll notice when you open the tablet is that the screen is just the App box When you go home, go to device applications to the network, divided into two categories, such as Favorites, and games that can be managed by hand , and all applications, which is good, all the applications. At the bottom are shortcuts to the browser, e-mail, Market Gallery, and music applications. These are customized versions of applications, an aesthetic that is completely different from the rest Vice tablet, the difference is a bit 'sharp. Also, do not look great on a larger screen. If you want the widget are available for the application widget called advice.
There are a lot of preinstalled applications, fortunately. You have the standard clock Google browser, calculator, calendar, camera, contacts, downloads, email, gallery, Latitude Gmail, Google Search, Maps, market, music, navigation, news, weather, places, values, speak and YouTube. Vizio adds to this list a corner of the application (for reading eBooks), remote control, user manual (a manual for Tablet Vizio) and the Council of the Widget above. There is also access to Android Market, where you can get all Android applications, more than 200,000 (like Flash, which supports the platform) and Hulu Plus, which is currently supported only by the Tablet Vizio.
Android software itself is full of small flowers, when you touch the button, before something happens, lights, and animated. And 'good enough, and is a nice novelty for about ten minutes, but I immediately hated as the car slows down. It does not slow the device itself, it just made every single activity will last more than two seconds, because every time you press the button or swipe the screen, it was a wonderful thing to do before he could take me where I wanted to go . You can eliminate some of these animations in the Options menu, but not as much as I wanted to get rid of.
In addition, there have been many times the unit has remained strong, or simply crashed. In two different places, the launcher application itself has collapsed, when the App Launcher is the initial screen is virtually out of luck when it crashes. Usually Tablet Vizio just took to do almost anything to win, or to respond to pressing. Simply no longer a couple of times, but eventually just started to feel not always work.
Performance
Inside Vice Tablet, we 1GHz Marvell Armada 600 series single-core. This is a generation behind you will see in most dual-core tablets honeycomb, and is more suitable for your phone as a tablet. Here, it seems to slow down.
My experience with the tablet is slow confirmed during our performance tests. Our performance tests scored the game an Android smartphone low end in less than half of the Galaxy Tab tablets 10.1 or Acer Iconia Tab A100. This tablet is not designed to handle intensive applications or games, and can be slower than your smartphone.
HDTV mirror was seamless, even though there was a significant deterioration in the quality of television. This is the Bluetooth headset fine.
There is an increase on low power machines inside Vizio Tablet: The battery life is excellent. Rate Vizio tablets 10 hours in normal use, my test, which is to leave the screen and the Wi-Fi and play a movie on a loop until the battery dies, Vizio scored tablet after 6 hours , 42 minutes of battery.
Vizio is important points for the Tablet is something different, and adding the functionality of a universal remote, it is legally a single tablet mode. But the film simply does not do well enough to measure up to its competitors in the tablet. The price is right, but does not release its flaws; Iconia Tab A100 is the same price, and it works much better, and the $ 199 Amazon Kindle Fire seems more attractive and, although it is not yet available. Heck, even the color Nook N2A Card ($ 34.99, 4 stars) is installed, we have a better position in the test. Tablet price is right for Vizio, but the tablet is not ready to step into the limelight.
The front panel has all the glossy screen and the frame, with the exception of the front facing camera lens. It has a VGA quality camera, great for video chat, but is unlikely to be useful for taking pictures or video. There is no rear camera: The back is gray, metallic plastic futuristic Vizio logo.
The back of the platform is wider than the front. In the top panel is the power button, 3.5mm headphone jack and dual stereo speakers. Living the volume controls on the right side of the tablet, while the bottom has a third speaker (if you get stereo sound in any orientation). The speakers sound good, they are stronger and brighter than the speakers in most of the tablets. The stereo effect is good too, but make no mistake, you do not sound very good here. Also at the bottom are microwave and microUSB port cover and microSD card slot HDMI. (Because there are only 2 GB of storage available for integrated user you want to use the microSD slot.) Tablet can leave the video up to 1080p via HDMI port micro. There is also Wi-Fi b / g / n and Bluetooth built in.
As with any Android device, the buttons Home, Menu and Back available on the Tablet Vizio, but rather to exist in one place, they are capacitive buttons, which always rests on the bottom of the screen. When you turn the knobs rotation device as it is a neat, trick.
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| Vizio VTAB1008 Tablet (Wi-Fi) |
The multitouch screen is a capacity of 8-inch 1024 x 768, corresponding to the resolution of the iPad and its aspect ratio (4:3). As a small screen, text and graphics look a little stronger than the iPad. The biggest problem with the monitor is its viewing angle: Looking Tablet Vizio side is difficult, and you can not see much. In comparison, you can see a view completely horizontal iPad still see the screen clearly. Neither is a particularly bright screen, especially in the Auto mode, which defaults to a low level.
The screen is very sensitive to touch, and use the keyboard SwiftKey tablet, which offers a unique patch. I especially like the fact that the keyboard is divided when it is horizontal, so that all keys are available with your thumbs. This is a much better type of other boards that I used.
Android applications
You never know to look, but Android 2.3 "Gingerbread", which is not optimized for mobile, tablet, tablets Vizio powers. Vizio has a line of televisions that run applications called Web Apps Vizio Vizio and went out of their way to customize Android in order to be seen and felt how are you applications. Therefore, it is not really a problem that is not running Tablet Vizio honeycomb tablet specific version of Android. The operating system looks like its been stretched to fill a bigger screen. You have the classic problem of having too little tablet Android easily applied, but the phone optimizes applications, at least look a little better in an 8-inch screen with a incher 10.1. (Vizio does not claim that they are working on a honeycomb of updating, but no release date has been announced.)
The pre-installed software Remote Control is a country mile, the branding and smooth function Vizio tablet. There is an IR Blaster in the tablet, which works with the remote control to become a universal remote control for all your home theater devices. In the installation requires that you know the model number for each device you want to handle, but once you do, it's easy to understand, just point and click. You can fix the machines in the rooms, and easily switch between them. The integration and the level of control varies by device and manufacturer of the pill works better with televisions Vizio, and will be deeply integrated with Google TV a baseline Vizio TVs coming out soon, but for most devices provides the necessary controls.
When you turn on the device, there is no indication of how to unlock until you touch the screen, which is rare, but the instinct of most people is to touch the screen in any way, not a huge deal. Locking the screen has a lot of information about it, notifications and more, all at a glance, without even unlocking the drive, it was nice.
One thing you'll notice when you open the tablet is that the screen is just the App box When you go home, go to device applications to the network, divided into two categories, such as Favorites, and games that can be managed by hand , and all applications, which is good, all the applications. At the bottom are shortcuts to the browser, e-mail, Market Gallery, and music applications. These are customized versions of applications, an aesthetic that is completely different from the rest Vice tablet, the difference is a bit 'sharp. Also, do not look great on a larger screen. If you want the widget are available for the application widget called advice.
There are a lot of preinstalled applications, fortunately. You have the standard clock Google browser, calculator, calendar, camera, contacts, downloads, email, gallery, Latitude Gmail, Google Search, Maps, market, music, navigation, news, weather, places, values, speak and YouTube. Vizio adds to this list a corner of the application (for reading eBooks), remote control, user manual (a manual for Tablet Vizio) and the Council of the Widget above. There is also access to Android Market, where you can get all Android applications, more than 200,000 (like Flash, which supports the platform) and Hulu Plus, which is currently supported only by the Tablet Vizio.
Android software itself is full of small flowers, when you touch the button, before something happens, lights, and animated. And 'good enough, and is a nice novelty for about ten minutes, but I immediately hated as the car slows down. It does not slow the device itself, it just made every single activity will last more than two seconds, because every time you press the button or swipe the screen, it was a wonderful thing to do before he could take me where I wanted to go . You can eliminate some of these animations in the Options menu, but not as much as I wanted to get rid of.
In addition, there have been many times the unit has remained strong, or simply crashed. In two different places, the launcher application itself has collapsed, when the App Launcher is the initial screen is virtually out of luck when it crashes. Usually Tablet Vizio just took to do almost anything to win, or to respond to pressing. Simply no longer a couple of times, but eventually just started to feel not always work.
Performance
Inside Vice Tablet, we 1GHz Marvell Armada 600 series single-core. This is a generation behind you will see in most dual-core tablets honeycomb, and is more suitable for your phone as a tablet. Here, it seems to slow down.
My experience with the tablet is slow confirmed during our performance tests. Our performance tests scored the game an Android smartphone low end in less than half of the Galaxy Tab tablets 10.1 or Acer Iconia Tab A100. This tablet is not designed to handle intensive applications or games, and can be slower than your smartphone.
HDTV mirror was seamless, even though there was a significant deterioration in the quality of television. This is the Bluetooth headset fine.
There is an increase on low power machines inside Vizio Tablet: The battery life is excellent. Rate Vizio tablets 10 hours in normal use, my test, which is to leave the screen and the Wi-Fi and play a movie on a loop until the battery dies, Vizio scored tablet after 6 hours , 42 minutes of battery.
Vizio is important points for the Tablet is something different, and adding the functionality of a universal remote, it is legally a single tablet mode. But the film simply does not do well enough to measure up to its competitors in the tablet. The price is right, but does not release its flaws; Iconia Tab A100 is the same price, and it works much better, and the $ 199 Amazon Kindle Fire seems more attractive and, although it is not yet available. Heck, even the color Nook N2A Card ($ 34.99, 4 stars) is installed, we have a better position in the test. Tablet price is right for Vizio, but the tablet is not ready to step into the limelight.
