Joined on 11/08/05
Good
Pros: I bought this for the HD radio and the Ipod dock. It plays just about anything. The sound quality is more than adequate for me. I use it with my Ipod touch and my husband's Iphone 3g. To play and charge at the same time is great. It has a unique design and look to it although the ambient light is not necessary. I bought it as the "shell shocker" of the day. I couldn't find either an HD radio or an ipod dock with speakers for the price I paid. A great deal for a product that has both.
Cons: The display doesn't work as I would expect. For instance, when playing music from the ipod, it displays the word IPOD. Not the song/artist, not even the clock. The power cord is clunky when placing this on a smaller nightstand. Just a regular cord would be nicer. The alarm clock feature needs improvement. I cannot find the tiny snooze button when coming out of a deep sleep. Who doesn't like to hit the snooze button at least once in the morning? I need the giant snooze button right in the middle. A strange con I know: This thing needs dusted every day. At least they provided a cloth. The finish on this thing is a dust magnet.
Overall Review: When I first got the unit, it was delivered to my office downtown. I had to try it right away. The HD radio was awesome. It picked up every station in town and it sounded good. Unfortunately, I live about 30 miles from downtown and I rarely pick up any HD signals. It is a disappointing problem with my location, not with the unit. The ipod dock always feels like I am going to break it. I have not broken it, but it always feels like it is going to be the last time I get to use it. So far so good.
Pros: It is a good size, and packaged with a lot of extras.
Cons: slow, slow, slow, slow, slow, slow opening apps, slow downloads, don't even try to watch a show or surf the internet. I have high speed internet and other devices have great download speeds and near seamless video, games and page downloads When you are used to speed, this device is very frustrating to use. The screen is hard to focus on.
Overall Review: This is my first tablet. My goal was to check out an inexpensive model to see if it would fit into my life. I was disappointed from the start but wanted to give it a few months to give it a chance. I have to say I still don't like it. Looking at the screen straight on, the top and bottom look like you are seeing a flat screen from the side where the colors get distorted. It works ok for reading a book but that's about all. I have a laptop and a smart phone, so I don't really need it.