I have been using this android Superpad now for about a week. I wanted to wait until I had a chance to see how it works before I wrote a review.
The Superpad came with everything as promised. It was shipped from China and arrived quickly via FedEx at no additional charge. Upon opening the box, I found everything inside that was promised- pad, soft case, 110v charger, GPS antenna and manual. Of course it needed charging and I plugged it in overnight.
When I started to use the pad I found it was just like my Android phone in many respects. It took me little time to get familiar with the pad because of my past experience. The Google Marketplace was installed and it was easy to browse and install various apps that I wanted.
I have been able to upload many of the apps that I use on my phone as well as an "office" suite for all my docs I want to have with me. I was able to find an internet browser that supports most of the movie formats and that is a great addition. I have been using the 2- USB plugs to bring many items from my desktop into the pad and the fact that it has two memory card slots- micro sd- makes its memory grow to 64 gb. The camera works well and overall, I have had no problems with the unit.
I think my experience with the Android phone has helped in knowing how the OS works and understanding the Superpad better. It is no different than when you go from Windows to Windows 7- it takes a little time to get used to something new.
This is one slick little gadget that I am finding very useful- at $200-300 less than an i-Pad and with more standard features- it is a great buy! Superpad 10.2" Tablet PC, Google Android 2.1, Webcam, GPS, HDMI, USB, WIFI, 2 micro SD card slots
1/29/2011
Arrived today in great condition. I bought this as an alternative to a super expensive iPad to use at college instead of lugging my heavy laptop every day. The initial charge to 100% takes quite some time, I've been charging it for about 4 hours now and it's only at 60%, but I've also been using it during that time, so that probably isn't helping much. It runs just like an android phone, only on a much larger screen.
First off, you have to set the date and time, and if you use the weather widget, change it from Beijing, however, I can't figure out how to change it from Celsius to Fahrenheit. Maybe redownloading the widget will help. It is in English, so you don't have to worry about figuring out how to change the language from Chinese, which is nice. Unlike the reviews I've seen on similar apads, the android market is pre-installed, so as soon as you are hooked to your wi-fi you can start plunking apps down. I highly suggest ordering two 16GB mini-SD cards to go with it, the android OS takes up a little over half of the 2GB internal HD. After you set the time and the weather widget, calibrate the screen from the settings menu. I didn't do that and was having issues using the on screen keyboard until I did so. Now it responds just fine to my touch.
I've seen on reviews for similar products that you need to use a stylus or a fingernail to manipulate the screen, but that's not so with this one. Your fingerpad works just fine. It's not a multi-touch screen, but hey, it's only $200, so you can't have everything, but the screen size is big enough that you really don't need it, plus it does have a zoom option.
Don't purchase an iPad case and try to use it for this. It won't work. iPad's have a 9.7" screen where this one has a 10.2". You'd be better off buying a case for a netbook. Later on I'm going to hook up a USB mouse and keyboard and see how the system responds. I'll update my review after I've played with it some more, but so far, I really like it.
I ordered this product because of the reviews I read here on Amazon. While I was waiting on delivery, several of the 8 disappointed buyers posted their comments. I am a network engineer who has worked with every type of system from mainframe to mini to PC in over 20 years in this profession. When I see people try to compare this product to an IPad and I think they should understand what they are comparing. I am an Android user and find this product to be just as advertised. The apps from my phone transfer perfectly to this device and I have all of the same functionality. The wireless networking works great with my N router (this is a better performing in home product), so if you are using G or B router your shared 11MB connection is going to be poor because it is shared by all the devices in your home. The touch screen is not perfect, but if you calibrate the device you should be pleased with the performance. The original browser is not much, but that is the same issue on android phones so you need to download a new browser like Skyfire. The boobs who used a Galaxy or IPAD and compared this to them are retarded. This is not a touch screen PC this is an advanced reader and should be compared to the Nook or Sony E-reader. This is the comfortable middle ground between the two tablet offerings. It gives you all of the function of a reader with the extra bells and whistles of a nice big PDA. You can do anything that you would like on a PC from spreadsheets to graphics, but take the time to learn the OS. The slowness you see now is an OS issue not a device issue and with 2.3 some of these issues have been solved and 3.0 which is designed for tablets instead of a cell phone OS that is not being used in its native form.'
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