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Chowder:
No manual in box.  A paper stating to go to the link for the manual.  There was a small instruction booklet in half chinese, other english with general tips on it, but nothing at all about charging it first thing, etc. Go to the wiki link they mention.

Here is a small breakdown on this thing (IMO):

Pros:

-All apps I downloaded from Market are working quite well (Pandora, Netflix, Fandango, Kindle App, etc)

-easy to use, nice sized screen, with good to great quality on playback, etc.  Some actually very nice (like youtube videos in HD).

-Wireless works like a charm.  Easy to setup on my home network with key, etc..

Cons:

-Straight out of the box, I noticed after pealing off protective membrane.. screen has 1 dead pixel AND some type of dust particles (tiny to size of a flea) in middle of screen.
(this is starting to bug me some.  You don't notice the dust under the screen much when playing videos, etc.. but the dead pixel is a problem, lucky its in the upper left corner)

-No exterior volume button (this is a big problem when playing back videos, etc..)

-Camera is so-so.  Not the best quality and so far, Skype video DOES NOT WORK.

-Battery life drains fast when using on the web.  Also it gets very hot on bottom during charging.  :(

-Not as "fast" as they make it out to be... decent, very decent but I still notice lags and delays on changing some screen, etc.

-Many apps from the market that use onboard camera fail to work (fatbooth, zombiebooth, etc). All crash out.

Would I buy again: yes
Will I buy another: no
(not when it takes weeks to get)

Overall:

Decent little pad with all the same stuff you know with Android OS.   HDMI is a plus... works fine...  Battery life is too low and gets too hot.   Quality of build is decent to good.. not near Apple Ipad quality at all.  But for $200 plus change, it's worth getting.  Email, Youtube, google, netflix, craigslist and more all work fine.   

Hope this helps.  I'm still trying to get around to posting a youtube on this.  Overall like I mentioned, nice little pad to have around the house... Wife likes it and it's great for messing around with while hanging around the couch, etc.  I'm glad I got it, just not the massive delay on poor customer service from X10.   I hope they have this thing figured out by now.

tony.freeman:
I agree with the review but I also want to echo that VIDEO CHAT DOES NOT WORK for some reason!  Video calls with Google Talk and Skype simply do not work at all.  Why?  The camera is a front facing camera ... the only reason for a front facing camera is to do video calls ... but this is not possible with the x10 Airpad at this time.

It is inconceivable to me that video calls do not work with the x10 airpad. 

My sister-in-law will be returning her two purchases of the x10 airpad because of this issue.  I'm hoping that the x10 airpad people can make whatever changes are needed to get video chat enabled before she starts the process of returning these things.

YB:

--- Quote from: tony.freeman on September 27, 2011, 09:27:57 PM ---I agree with the review but I also want to echo that VIDEO CHAT DOES NOT WORK for some reason!  Video calls with Google Talk and Skype simply do not work at all.  Why?  The camera is a front facing camera ... the only reason for a front facing camera is to do video calls ... but this is not possible with the x10 Airpad at this time.

It is inconceivable to me that video calls do not work with the x10 airpad. 

My sister-in-law will be returning her two purchases of the x10 airpad because of this issue.  I'm hoping that the x10 airpad people can make whatever changes are needed to get video chat enabled before she starts the process of returning these things.


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we are in fact looking into what we can do to fix this. The part that causes the problem is actually the programs themselves though. They are looking for a rear facing camera instead of the front facing. We are hoping to find a fix for this very soon.

Heavy Duty:
Looking for a rear facing camera doesn't make sense to me.  Skype works great on both my laptops and they don't have rear facing cameras.

q711179:
Skype for pc and Skype for android are two totally different programs, in fact Skype did not work as video option until android 2.3.5 was released, so am wondering if this could be the problem since AP running 2.3.1?

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