http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/May 31st 2010 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/Looks don't make up for old software and crap hardware.]]>May 31st 2010 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/
Looks like they took a page from the iPad... take a phone and make it bigger!]]>May 31st 2010 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/
Android Fragmentation takes another victim. I wonder what Vic Hammer and Ivan Rubin have to say…]]>May 31st 2010 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/I guess this falls in the category of "stylus/blew it?" So far, Steve Jobs is right. ]]>May 31st 2010 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://j.mp/zenpad-enzo-conception]]>Jun 1st 2010 4:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/May 31st 2010 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/
Obviously you did not even bother to read the review...]]>May 31st 2010 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/
nobody has seemed to find the magic sauce yet]]>May 31st 2010 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/May 31st 2010 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/
It's getting annoying.]]>May 31st 2010 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/
True words. Might be some nice competition from the HP Slate in a couple of months but we'll see...]]>May 31st 2010 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/Sadly, i agree with you. People (including myself) mock the ipad for having such limited capabilities, but, much like the iPhone, when you do only what apple tells you to do, the device works beautifully. Myself, i just hope that the ExoPC slate can deliver what has been promised by so many other manufacturers.]]>May 31st 2010 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/
Really? because the Archos 7 Android tablet blows the iPad out of the water in terms of functionally, plus it's only $200.]]>May 31st 2010 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/the magic sauce is the screen. Apple knows that and they sell millions]]>May 31st 2010 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/No. The magic sauce is the usability of the device. Apple knows this and they sell millions.]]>May 31st 2010 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/The iPad doesn't lag. There isn't much that's more frustrating on a touch device as lag. Archos loves the lag. ]]>May 31st 2010 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/the magic sauce is a combination of everything, Apple knows that people aren't necessarily cheap, people like the $200 prices on the competition but aren't going to buy it when they use such slow hardware, and give a half effort on getting the software right. The iPad uses one of the fastest ARM CPUs in the market, anyone trying to compete with anything less than a Cortex-class CPU, SGX GPU, and Enclair, are kidding themselves]]>May 31st 2010 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/May 31st 2010 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/
iPhone OS > android

Enough said.

The Apple Haters can bitch all the way but the proof is in the pudding. 2 million iPads and counting...

How many android tablets to date have been sold? I'm willing to bet less than 10,000]]>May 31st 2010 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/
Yes - a bargain at $199, but hardly in the same league as the iPad.]]>May 31st 2010 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/I really don't think one's leaps and bounds better then the other, just that Apple managed to come with a decent device first to the market, Android seems to be giving medicore devices and failed promises (not talking about the phones, I do have an N1). Android has 60 to 90 days to come out with a viable alternative to the iPad. And that includes the market app. If they wait 10 months or a year. iPad V2 will be out.

BTW I agree, I am not an iphone hater, it is a fine device.]]>May 31st 2010 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/
But at the end of the day, it isn't a competition - but there are still winners - us consumers. We have choices - we can pick an iPad, or we can pick whatever is designed to be an alternative.]]>May 31st 2010 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/
Show me one post of yours that hasn't been downranked.
Jesus! and I'm not even Christian!
]]>May 31st 2010 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/
Have you ever used either an Archos 7 or iPad?

Archos UMPC's are garbage. Especially the Archos 7.]]>May 31st 2010 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/You are talking like Android is designed solely to provide a counter to every Apple device out there and that any Android device that is released is coordinated by a central authority. The fact of the matter is Android so far is only supported by Google as a phone OS and the main purpose is to secure a platform for Google to do advertising. Other companies have taken it and extended it to other devices, but they are not getting official Google support (key way to tell: there is no Android market on these devices).

Part of the reason is Google has strict licensing requirements: if you do not meet the minimal requirements (touchscreen resolution specs, the minimum amount of buttons, GPS, accelerometer/compass, camera, Wi-Fi, maybe even a 3G/cell radio) Google with not license key Google branded applications like Android Market, Youtube, Maps, or Gmail.

This means people wishing for a iPad counter (or an iPod Touch counter even) will have to wait a while, until Google officially wants to move in that direction (providing a reference design akin to the Dev Phone 1, Ion, Nexus One, etc). The closest thing is a Dell Streak. Right now the bunch of Android tablets being announced is just mainly from small manufacturers hoping to cash in on the iPad hype (a small step up from knock-off manufacturers). The only exception is the Archos tablet, which has been a product line for way longer than the iPad; but Archos has a lot of quality/support problems from what I hear.]]>May 31st 2010 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/
I've got a thinkpad x200. More than kicks apple ipad ass. Get back to me when I can write legible notes on the ipad. And it calls itself a tablet. Can't even run Matlab. Totally useless.]]>May 31st 2010 9:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/u r a brainfart.
where were you when they taught the others in school about not comparing apples to sausages?!!
]]>May 31st 2010 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/
iPad 0 you mean people are desparately looking for an iPad alternative because its crap. Do you have one? Have you used one? I used it. Then I asked what does it do? ]]>Jun 1st 2010 2:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/I still remain hopeful that soon HTC will make a killer tablet for us enthusiasts. ]]>Jun 1st 2010 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/May 31st 2010 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/Seriously I don't see why people see fit to compare things like this to the ipad.
I watched a comparison of the Arcos 5 vs iPad and it make no sense. 10 inch > 5 inch its as simple as that most of the time unless they have something special to set them apart (which so far they haven't).
So please save the comparisons for when the real competition arrives (all the promised 10 tegra powered android tablets).]]>May 31st 2010 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/That was a reply to the commenter's above, my mistake.]]>May 31st 2010 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/It is fair to compare to an iPad. People want something bigger than a smartphone and smaller than a laptop for couch surfing. Both the Archos, Ipad, and to an extent, these crap chiese tablets fulfill that need.

I can't surf the web on my phone for more than 20 minutes due to eye strain and a netbook doesn't cut it.]]>May 31st 2010 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/May 31st 2010 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/... Just... No...]]>May 31st 2010 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/May 31st 2010 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/Well it's a damn good job that you're a towel.]]>May 31st 2010 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/May 31st 2010 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/You, sir, are full of WIN.]]>May 31st 2010 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/May 31st 2010 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/Just lend them a shovel and some dirt.
I don't know why ANYONE would be hurrying some half-assed tablet to market right now. The iPad is here, the bar has been set, so get to work raising it, not lowering it. ]]>May 31st 2010 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/Not trying to defend this crappy little piece of junk or anything, but I think that the Android tablets are being created as an alternative type thing... For people that don't exactly have $500 to drop on an iPad. Granted, if I didn't have the $ for an iPad, then I would still rather drop a little extra for a tablet that's... Well, not this. HP Slate maybe...?]]>May 31st 2010 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/May 31st 2010 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/
You can download the Marketplace on the Archos from what I've read.]]>May 31st 2010 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/
"deathly black Android Market pages"]]>May 31st 2010 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/May 31st 2010 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/May 31st 2010 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/May 31st 2010 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/enso-zenpad-unboxing-and-hands-on-one-disappointment-after-anot/
A bunch of unprepared corporate types who dont understand the technology.

Read the backstory, its pretty interesting! It makes you think twice before ordering from a startup anyway!]]>May 31st 2010 5:50PM