My first impression was pretty positive. I was super excited that the netbook uses a Mini-USB port to charge. It came with a 2 amp Mini-USB charger. It was easy to set up and was relatively responsive. The first odd thing was the track pad. From certain angles, it is actually hard to see the borders of the track pad. You can see the lowered section of the track pad. The entire portion is one solid piece of plastic.
The next weird thing was the battery indicator. While plugged in, the battery percentage was higher than the real percentage. The battery indicator reached 100% before the battery was fully charged. When I unplugged the netbook, the percentage dropped pretty rapidly until it was at 85%. After charging more, we were able to get the battery to a true 100% charge.
After installing some software, I closed the lid for a while. My wife opened the lid to start using it. Unfortunately, the battery was almost dead! We charged it again and I started to look into the problem. That is when I realized that there is a "Zzzz" button. This button puts the netbook to sleep! Closing the lid doesn't actually force the netbook to sleep!
After learning that, I waited for feedback from my wife. I wanted to know if it could replace her netbook. Her biggest complaint was about the web browsers. The mobile web browsers don't have a scroll bar. This means she can't use a single click to scroll; she has to use a drag motion. Also, my wife has a bad habit of double-clicking links on websites. A double-click on a mobile browser will zoom, not navigate to the link. Overall, she was not happy with the mobile browsers on the netbook.
She did like playing some of her Android games on the netbook over the 7" tablet. So, she still uses her broken netbook to browse. She uses her Nexus 7 for some games and her Android netbook for other games.
Overall, this netbook wasn't very good. I am not too upset about this, given the cheap price for it. The biggest problem seemed to be the usability of the mobile browsers on a netbook and the "Zzzz" button. The Android netbook concept does have some potential, though.
After installing some software, I closed the lid for a while. My wife opened the lid to start using it. Unfortunately, the battery was almost dead! We charged it again and I started to look into the problem. That is when I realized that there is a "Zzzz" button. This button puts the netbook to sleep! Closing the lid doesn't actually force the netbook to sleep!
After learning that, I waited for feedback from my wife. I wanted to know if it could replace her netbook. Her biggest complaint was about the web browsers. The mobile web browsers don't have a scroll bar. This means she can't use a single click to scroll; she has to use a drag motion. Also, my wife has a bad habit of double-clicking links on websites. A double-click on a mobile browser will zoom, not navigate to the link. Overall, she was not happy with the mobile browsers on the netbook.
She did like playing some of her Android games on the netbook over the 7" tablet. So, she still uses her broken netbook to browse. She uses her Nexus 7 for some games and her Android netbook for other games.
Overall, this netbook wasn't very good. I am not too upset about this, given the cheap price for it. The biggest problem seemed to be the usability of the mobile browsers on a netbook and the "Zzzz" button. The Android netbook concept does have some potential, though.
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