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I bought this tablet 3 days ago direct from the supplier as I live in Durham. I went to the unit and was greeted by staff, who were pleasant and helpful. I sat and tested the unit first before purchasing it. You get a free case direct, or with Amazon. I purchased a stylus from them for an extra £2 because I wanted to use certain apps (i.e. drawsomething) that makes it easier to use. The manual provided with the tablet is pretty much useless in my opinion, but anyone who is patient, has an android phone or computer literate will be able to work out how to use it within a short space of time. There's also lots of info on the net or email the direct and they'll be happy to help. You turn on the unit by pressing the little black button on the side for a few seconds. Android platform then loads up and will take less than a minute before you're ready to go. My tablet had several applications already pre-loaded, so once I'd connected to my Wi-Fi I had my email and internet browser working in seconds. I then opened up Google Market and downloaded Skype, BBC iPlayer, Facebook, Twitter, Angry Birds, Sprinkle and a few other apps. All of them worked straight away with no problems. My tablet did prompt me to upgrade Flash, but I chose not to do this because everything works well with the version already on the unit. I have poor internet at home so I can't really comment on the Wi-Fi. All I can say is that I am very happy surfing the web, using iPlayer, Skype, etc. The build quality of the tablet is very good and there is no effect on the screen when using your finger or stylus like on some other brands of tablets. The screen quality is excellent for films and pictures and the pinch/zoom and rotate functions are just as good as the iPad.... I've been playing with the tablet for 2 days intensively while I work out how to use it and download apps and just this morning I'm now charging it for the first time. I'd say that with high usage you probably will get 4-5hrs out of the battery. (please make sure that when going through your settings that you only use apps from trusted sites or you'll get load of prompts for other apps. I made the mistake of downloading one for improving your battery. Turns out all it does is probably drain every last bit of juice from it....oh yes...you need to pay £xx to use all it's features...what a surprise!) I've used an ipad before and I've used this tablet now and can say that I've made the right choice with this tablet. My brief comparison is that he iPad is smaller, more expensive and locks you into iTunes. The Fusion5 is slightly larger, is a third of the price and uses Android, which means it gives you pretty much everything that iPad ha to offer without being stuck with using one proprietary format. Yes...the iPad might just be that little bit shaper and the build quality might be just that little bit better, but hey...for £150 you're getting pretty much the same thing and you can customise it to your liking, add more memory and loads more. If you have a massive budget, then try the iPad and Samsung, but why not give the little guy a chance for £150 and see what that has to offer first...you might well be very surprised!!!
5 stars, because for the price you can't be beaten!!!!!!Read more ›
Well I have to say that I am impressed. This is not an ipad, but it is good enough and very useful. I've been using an ipod touch for some time. Was going to get an ipad but quite frankly lack of flash and having to use iTunes really put me off. I got this because I thought, for that price it's worth a punt.
The basic device is fine. I've never used android before so it took a couple of days to get used to it, but it's just like any OS, once you get used to it it feels natural.
Battery life isn't great. Probably about four hours. But that's OK. The ipad is four times the price.
What I didn't expect is the rather natty little keyboard case.
I got it to protect the device. It seeemed good value. For about 16 pounds you get a case with a built-in keyboard, you also get a stick-on screen protector and stylus.
Forget the stylus- it doesn't work! Also, the magnetic strap on the case doesn't work. And the screen protector doesn't fit (it's too large)! In fact I wish that I hadn't taken the factory-finish screen guard off. And the manual is written in Chinese English!!!
But I'm really not complaining. Why?
Because the built-in keyboad is really nice. It plugs into the larger of the two USB ports on theside of the machine. And it works well.
And then I thought "I wonder what woould happen if I put a USB hub into the port and connected the keyboard plus a mouse?"
Guess what! I now have a working mouse. It seems Android supports mouse control....
So, in effect I have, for just over 174 punds with delivery plus the case, a very useful netbook which, when detached from the case, is a pretty good tablet computer, which feels natural because you can use it with a mouse (always feels like I'm more in control with a mouse).
But also, the touch interface is natural and fast. This is a responsive little machine.
At that price, I'm really not complaining.
Mind you, if you don't fancy the case then I suspect that a standard keyboard would also work (haven't check this though because I don't seem to have one anymore). The advtange of the case is that it props the screen up at an angle like a laptop would.
Now, there is some keyboard lag if you are a fast typist.
But HONESTLY. This is really nice.
If, like me you are thinking "I really fancy an ipad, but it's just too expensive and I can't even use it as a USB stick!' then get this.
By the way, I wrote this review on it.
And you know what's also good?
Android takes minimal time to boot up from a true power down, and nothing to burst into life from sleep mode. Whereas my PC now takes about five min utes before I can even check my email.Read more ›
I'm in no way a reviewer but the reviews here made me choose this tablet so I wanted to add my own comments. I have found the reviews here to actually been proven pretty accurate!
The Arrival! ------------- The tablet and case Arrived well packed in the save padded envelope, it was sent recorded delivery the next working day with appropriate "fragile" labels affixed, arrived on the 2nd working day after I ordered it which I would call pretty good. (Ordered Friday (2pm), dispatched Monday (email came Sunday night), arrived Tuesday)
There were a few pleasant surprises out of the box
There's a Big USB to Mini USB converter was a very welcome surprise.
A nice Tablet wallet/pouch was included that seems to be of pretty nice quality too, the wallet was in the envelope not the tablet box so I think this was a freebie and a very nice one too (I prefer it over the leather case if I'm not going to need a keyboard)
There was also a screen protector however this is slightly too big, with some care it can be cut down if you really want to use it. (Of course this was free so not really a complaint!)
The Tablet ------------ I noticed immediately that it is of solid build/construction, looks and feels great quality with solid buttons that don't feel like they will fall out (i.e. they are not loose)....
Amazing touch screen even with the protector on it registers all actions smoothly, I tried a colleague's iPad alongside and I couldn't tell a difference in the responsiveness
On a sunny/bright day it's hard to watch movies even indoors, however games (Cut the rope/birds etc) all still look great, any bright (non sci-fi) movies would probably look ok but in sunlight (summers day) you can forget using the device, this isn't a total surprise and I would think you would be hard pressed to get that from any tablet especially in this price range.
Movies however do play fast with no lag issues (using the default player that comes with the tablet works fine.
Mini and big USB in the same device is brilliant, ability to use USB keys is impressive and works fast and mounts the drives well, even better is the ability to add a keyboard and still use a USB key at the same time!
Inserting memory on the fly seems to work nicely so far. Plug in and it mounts itself, the inserting does required a little fingernail push to hit the spring action and as one reviewer mentioned it will ping out with some force if you let it (yes I spent 10 minutes in the rug locating said memory card)
The manual as mentioned is pretty poor, the quality of the manual (make) is good the content is just such awful English and shows information for an older or different version of android. Although anyone with basic android knowledge or an ounce of techy sense (or Google failing that) isn't going to have a problem. I read in other reviews that the company do have PDF's of an up to date manual, I didn't bother but keep it in mind if you think you are going to need it.
Personal preferences -------------------- I wasn't keen on the layout of the system installed; I chose to download Go Launcher HD (free from the market) which gave a much better look and feel to the tablet, while this is more Android related I felt it worth mentioning anyway if people want to make it look a little snazzier, the main thing with it was the ability to put more icons on the screen which in turn makes the resolution look better!
Leather Case (separate order, reviewing here because you can order together) ------------ It's a leather look case with a sealed in keyboard, it does what it says on the tin! I found it to look pretty good, the magnetic clip works well and as one reviewer said, don't try to defy gravity, the tablet is not concrete proof :)
If you put this device in the `right' way round the back button is held down by the clip (right hand side middle clip), it can be slid out of the way while still holding the device in, if you put it in the other way it will all fit well but you will need a mini extension lead for the keyboard lead to use it (the mini one excluded with the tablet may be sufficient though. I haven't found it to be too much of a problem but it does exist and those looking for more perfection may wish to look elsewhere for one.
The USB plug tends to push the pad up a little out of its clip when the case is closed, not the end of the world but with some clever use of the clips you can avoid this leaving the USB hanging to the side a little.
The stylus is not for a capacitive screen if you like stylus's you will need to purchase one (I ordered the Media devil one and am impressed with this so far but there are a ton to choose from)
Support ------- I haven't actually needed it so far (which is a good thing of course) so I'm unable to comment, the other reviews mention this at length anyway!
If the support chaps are reading this I do have a suggestion, the manual is known to be that bad why not take it out of the box and copy the PDF's over to the machine when you are testing it or prior to shipping it, it would take the one negative away that's posted here!
Onwards ------- Happy to try and answer questions If i can, I will come back and check for a week or two :)Read more ›