Comments on: Smart Q7 Tablet – Live Pics and Availability Info.

By: Get Paid To Drive My Car

Get Paid To Drive My Car — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:40:33 +0000

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By: Newbie

Newbie — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:28:36 +0000

Hi, I’m looking at the SmartQ7, mainly to use as a PIM and notetaker, but also as an ebook. I download heaps of tech manuals / reports at work and don’t get time to read them. Hate sitting in front of the pc all night to keep up, so thought a tablet would be the go.

Please excuse the dumb question, but i don’t call myself ‘newbie’ for nothing. Does anyone know if the SmartQ7 has handwriting recognition built in, which can be used for any application that is installed? There is reference to this earlier in this forum, but to get a defenite yes would be nice.

By: Christian Lee

Christian Lee — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:09:44 +0000

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By: MikeG77

MikeG77 — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:11:24 +0000

Well the only thing i could see that drives cost up is the screen size. But in the end im hoping you are right because if it has the same specs and price of the S5 then ill def wait. My only concern is 1) are they using a 1.8 drive or a 2.5 2) is the ram still sodered on and 3) will they opt for the 1.6 atom cpu over the 1.33.

By: Chippy

Chippy — Mon, 11 May 2009 08:48:20 +0000

I doubt it costs any more to make so it’s a question of marketing. With it not being pocketable, maybe they would make it the same price.

By: MikeG77

MikeG77 — Mon, 11 May 2009 04:34:07 +0000

That sucks! I talked to Dynamism last week and they said that they will most likely carry it. I just feel its stupid for viliv to not release any pricing or availabilty info. Chippy what do you think were looking at for a price point?

By: squirrel

squirrel — Mon, 11 May 2009 02:54:21 +0000

Chippy
It can have 1024*600 screen, still on ARM 11? It’s so lightweight, that would be logical to ask – can they make it with 9″ screen? 10″? 12″?

By: Sere83

Sere83 — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:46:59 +0000

yes, i think once the community get hold it could get interesting. Im just not sure the ARM11/Ubuntu pairing is ideal. I think a more lightweight OS would have been more appropriate and certainly helped a lot in the speed departement.

However, unlike many chinese pmp/dap manufacturers SmartQ are focussed on updating their products too. I own one of their earlier Daps the T5 and it isn’t a bad a little player, the os is based on uclinux.

I heard that SmartQ have actually quit manufacturing all their dap/pmp devices and are now focussing exclusively on MID’s which should mean they can spend a bit more time optimising the software.

I do think though that with nice software this ARM11 based hardware config is still pretty capable, like you say not lightening fast but con provide a reasonable web/media experience. I look forward to hearing what u think of it!

By: Chippy

Chippy — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:11:42 +0000

Thanks for the input Sere83

I agree, this isn’t going to be a fast device but the price, that battery life and the exciting possibility of some community hacks turns this into an exciting pad.

By: Sere83

Sere83 — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:12:03 +0000

I waited a long time for the SmartQ 5 and read a lot about it, but from what I heard from reviews and owners of the SmartQ 5 it has put me off both the Q5 and the Q7 (I believe they will be running the exact same software, Ubuntu)

My reasons are >>>

1. SmartQ have not create an english menu system yet! Only language currently avilable is Chinese.

2. You are looking at a 1 minute + startup time on the Q5.

3. Vertical scrolling within the midori web browser is apparently a nightmare, very laggy and jumpy.

4. No flash support

5. The overall performance of the Q5 is said to be very sluggish mainly due to the paltry 128mb of ram and the relatively heavy Ubuntu OS. Many are saying that maemo would have been a far more suitable option. As mentioned A port is however a real possibility once the community gets hold.

On the plus side I hear battery performance is good. Hopefully some kind of Fw updates will solve these issues but until I see some kind of evidence of this I will not be getting hold of a Q5 or a Q7 any time soon.

By: johnkzin

johnkzin — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:41:38 +0000

In my experience, there’s no problem with the N800′s UI. That was never the source of my frustrations on the N800 or N810′s screen. It was definitely the lack of screen real-estate when I was trying to take notes, or do more than that, in a meeting.

Away from that environment, the N800/N810 was just fine for highly mobile activities.

In neither case was the UI the problem.

By: squirrel

squirrel — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:42:51 +0000

“I would love to use a Viliv 5 but my eyes can’t handle it. I have the Nokia N800, which I dearly love, but surfing on that 4.8″ screen drive me crazy. It hurts my eyes and my brain”

that’s great! but it’s not because of the screen. That’s because of the desktop UI!

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:32:50 +0000

Hi, Zuber:
I regularly use a Tablet Kiosk eo 7209 which has a 7″ screen. Isometimes use it in my vehicle together with a (AT&T) modem. I use it with Evernote but, for some reason, the writing ability with Evernote is not good. On all other ink applications it is very acceptable but with Evernote, no.
I have recently been trying the ‘DialKeys’ keyboard and finding that acceptable, too. (see here for a recent JKonTheRun article on Dialkeys: http://jkontherun.com/2009/05/09/dialkeys-gen-2-on-screen-keyboard-for-umpcs/)

With the other apps I use in the office, at meetings, etc, I find the screen size to be very good and, as you say, not as intrusive as pulling out a laptop, even a 7 incher. I recently got rid of a Fujitsu Lifebook 1610 (8.9″) simply because I could see people getting irritated every time I pulled it out at a meeting. They don’t seem to mind when I pull out the 7209 – crazy, isn’t it.
I would love to use a Viliv 5 but my eyes can’t handle it. I have the Nokia N800, which I dearly love, but surfing on that 4.8″ screen drive me crazy. It hurts my eyes and my brain.

For me, a seven incher is very portable without being oversize or heavy.
If I had to wear a jacket for work, I would consider having an extra inside pocket added, bearing in mind that the projected weight of the Viliv is less than 2/3 of the 7209 (the 7209 weighs in at just over 1 lb 13 oz / 825g – the Viliv is supposed to be around 450g)
More directly to your question; I find writing on 7″ better because than 9″ because my wrist seems to rest more naturally on the base of the PC rather than on the screen and this cuts out superfluous screen touches as being misread.

By: Chippy

Chippy — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:27:09 +0000

The sc3 is better with w7. i like it but its too big for thumbing. If it had better battery life, it would make an excelent reader. The base price is good these days so its much beter value than it was. Good quality build.

Steve