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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful.
7" Full Microsoft XP and 3G Mobile Broadband, I am a location free now!
By Secretpeach Eun
I find the X70 very nice to use with an external keyboard and mouse in "desktop" mode. I get the size benefit of the little 7-inch EEE PC but retain the utility of a full-sized keyboard when needed. I used it this way almost all day today and didn't feel like I lost any functionality at all. The screen is the perfect size for the 1024×600 resolution and I can easily see everything with the UMPC sitting on the table in front of me.I do a lot of web surfing and have adopted a method that works well for me. I rotate the screen to portrait orientation using the Intel Graphics utility. It has hot-keys configured for rotation (CTRL-ALT-ARROWS) and can rotate in all four orientations. The x70 is comfortable to hold in the hand this way, even for long periods, and web browsing using Firefox with the Grab and Drag add-on is a joy.The 1.3 MP webcam does a decent job with Skype, though that's the only thing I've done with it so far. It's a stretch to keep moving the X70 until the camera field of vision is in the correct place as it is on the far right of the device. Sound quality is pretty good for this. I enjoy listening to music through the stereo speakers; the volume is loud enough and it sounds pretty good for a small device. Listening through headphones is very nice and the included audio utility makes it easy to tailor the sound to the music playing.Reading e-books with eReader Pro in portrait is awesome. I can display a very full page and read to my heart's content and turn the page either by tapping on the lower part of the screen or even with the D-pad controller. I'm enjoying it so much that when I go back to the iPhone I'm not liking that device as much as I did before.The speed of the X70 is very fast, as I would expect from the SSD. Opening programs and folders is nearly instantaneous and it's a great computer on which to do even serious work. Rebooting the system is quick (I haven't timed it) and sleep/resume is just a few seconds. It's a very full computing environment with the keyboard and mouse, as evidenced by writing this right now. I don't feel I'm sacrificing anything -- the mark of a very good device.The X70 has integrated 3G. And I got a Month to Month , no binding contract data plan of 5GB per month for $60 from AT&T and am enjoying my X70EX mobile web browsing and have saved a lot of expensive hotel wireless internet cost as I travel a lot.
29 of 33 people found the following review helpful.
A mixed bag
By The Count
not having the patience to wait for the rumored apple tablet computer i decided to give the villiv a try as the specs were not bad. first off, the build quality seems to be pretty high. very sold, and somewhat heavy, feel to it. not the kind of device that you will hold in one hand while reading etc. definitely not a 'kindle'.variety of ports is good, a full size usb port is included. only thing missing is ethernet. the real thing holding this device back is the software. in this age shipping a touch screen tablet computer with windows XP is just plain silly. xp is already outdated as it is, but try running it on such a tiny screen and its an exercise in frustration. sure, with the stylus you can hit keys pretty accurately but thats not what a touch screen should be about in 2009. i felt like a chicken pecking at corn. and of course, no gestures like zooming or scrolling as with an itouch. the qube interface is cute but hardly enough. you constantly have to jump to xp to have any real stuff done.the main reason why i got this device was for its gps capability. unfortunately i could not get this to work. neither with ms streets and trips nor garmin mobile pc. not once did any software get a link to a satellite. probably just defective. but at least villiv should have included a utility for checking out the gps module. instead there was only one puny app to change the baud rate.as for speed, the villiv not not disappoint in this area. pretty responsive for such a small machine. one word of caution, DO NOT GET THE 16GB VERSION. you are only left with something like 4GB for your own stuff. rest is used by the system (xp, hidden restore partition, etc). also do not password protect your account. you will not be able to logon from the welcome screen as the soft keyboard cannot be brought up at this point. (had to hook up a usb keyboard. image this happens while traveling. villiv, are you listening?)in conclusion, if you need a mobile device that runs full fledged windows xp the villiv might just be the gadget for you.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
Mobile Internet Device with Intel Atom processor Inside
By S. Bains
The Viliv Tablet is a great Mobile Internet Device with an Intel Atom processor so its fast.Its 7" screen is great for watching Adobe flash movies off [...] and other movies even in 720p HD.Great for browsing and doing email, blogs even the odd Excel spreadsheet for my expenses on the road!I prefer the external keyboard + mouse if I need to enter a lot of text, otherwise onscreen is fine for browsingBattery life is good, I get nearly 5 hours depending on how I use it.This is perfect leight weight to take on the road rather than my bulky 15" Toshiba laptop.With its built in WiFI, GPS and Bluetooth I can quickly connect either to a WiFI hotspot at Starbucks, Hotel or McDonalds!I can get directions over GPS using either Google or StreetDeckI also move my pictures from my camera to this unit when I fill it up so doubles up as a photo storage unit on the road.Taking pictures is a snap if I forget my digital camera and it runs Windows XP and not that slow VistaThis is such a handy portable device [...], what more can one ask for!
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