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This tablet is an excellent buy, especially when I compared it to other 8" tablets, even the Samsung 4 8". My wife has a Nexus 7 which is really a nice tablet, but I really like having an 8" display better than the 7" on the Nexus. You get a lot of bang for the buck with this unit. It's fast, has plenty of storage space, the display is sharp, it's light and feels good in your hand as well as easy to hold. I bought the IVSO Asus Memo Pad 8 Ultra Lightweight Slim Smart Cover Case with Auto-Sleep and Wake-up. The two are made for each other. Back to the tablet, I found the battery life to be very good on this tablet; just charge it fully before you begin using it, run the battery all the way down to the tablet shutting off by itself and then fully recharge again. Do this at least 2-3 times and you'll be happy with the battery run time. For those that felt the battery life wasn't very good - you need to have the unit turn off WiFi automatically when you put it in sleep mode, otherwise it is using battery power all night (duh). You can do this in settings. I don't particularly like all the apps that come pre-loaded on the tablet, but everyone does that. Other than that, my only real, and biggest complaint is that Asus gives you the impression that you can put an SD card in it and thereby gain more storage space. Well, I think that that is only half true. Moving apps to the SD card is not as simple as downloading an 'App 2 SD' app and let it do what it is designed to do. The Asus tablet hardware will not allow that type of app to work on it. I've used such apps on many Android cellphones and the apps worked flawlessly. Why Asus chose to not allow these apps to do this, I don't know! (Hey Asus, are you listening?!) However, all that being said, there is a work around within the tablet itself, that I think allows you to move apps from internal memory to an installed SD card, but I'm not sure if it actually does it or not, as I have not loaded enough apps on my tablet yet to be able to really tell (I've only had it a week). But it seems like it does do this. You install an SD card in the tablet, then go to 'Settings', choose 'Apps' in the dropdown list, then select the installed app you want to move to the card, then select or touch the 'Move to SD card' button. Otherwise, to save space on the internal memory of the tablet, you need to load all your music, fotos, and other stuff from a computer, via a card reader, onto the SD card, and then put it into the tablet. All in all, I am very happy with this tablet, it's a breeze to set up, the WiFi reception is very good, the screen nicely sensitive to the touch, and I think it is bright enough for most people's use. I haven't used it out of doors yet, in bright sunlight, but indoors the display is very nice (and I only have mine at 50%. I almost forgot to mention, the speakers are very good on this tablet too, listen to the sound samples installed on it, you'll see what I mean.
Hope this review is helpful to you in your quest for a tablet.
12/5/14 This is an amendment to my original/previous review. This is with regards to moving installed apps to the SD card. It cannot be done, regardless of how you try to do it. Yes, they WILL move, but when you do move the apps to an SD card they will disappear in time; actually, the icons of the apps moved to the SD card become 'greyed-out' and when you touch them to open them, you'll see a message at the bottom of the screen that says, "app not installed". This is sad. So, please DO NOT move your apps to the SD card as I said you could above. However, if you put music or other files on the card, they will remain. I didn't put any photos on the card, but I did put some music on it, and it has remained and is available to play the music. I would still give this tablet 4 stars, because other than that issue of not being able to move apps to the SD card, this is an excellent tablet. Asus, fix this via a firmware update and you'll have a 5 star tablet. Sometimes I think 3.5 stars would be more appropriate due to this issue; and maybe if the overall rating was more like 3 - 3.5 stars, Asus would do something about it.
| Standing screen display size | 8 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| Max Screen Resolution | 1280*800 Pixels |
| Processor | 1.33 GHz intel_atom |
| RAM | 1 GB DDR3 |
| Hard Drive | 16 GB |
| Wireless Type | 802.11bgn |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 1 |
| Average Battery Life (in hours) | 10 Hours |
