Viewsonic Gtablet Review

Wow. This is an amazing gadget. The only one currently on the market worth getting besides the Motorola Xoom and that one costs $200 more. It comes with multi-touch which is rare in Android tablets for some reason and the touch screen is incredibly responsive. Not as responsive at the Iphone or an Itouch but it is the fastest touchscreen I've seen on an android device to date. The internet works amazingly and browsing works like a charm. Downloading Flash lets you view even the strangest websites with ease.

The screen gets very messy and I would recommend a screen covering of some kind. It supports third party keyboards which plug in via USB port, making typing long essays (or blog posts!) a breeze. I am currently using this one and for $30 it works like a charm. No need to mess around to get it working, you literally plug it in and restart your Tablet and you're all set to go!

The GTablet comes with ViewSonic's own Android OS "Tap Tap" or some shit like that. It is honestly the worst piece of shit software I've ever used. The MarketPlace doesn't work at all and you can't even register the tablet with your google account. Luckily if you head over to XDA Developers you can root the device and put a real version of Android on it. I am using the Vega-n OS which is equivalent to Android 2.3. It only takes about 2 hours (and much more if you have no idea what you're doing, like myself) and you can actually use your tablet!

As you can see I am pretty livid over the built in OS that came on the GTablet but after that is gone it is a very solid device. I would give the GTablet a 8/10. It's an amazing device and I would chose it over a net book any day.

So there's the GTablet review! What do you think I should do next? Leave a comment and let me know!

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