If you are interested in the new wave of “pads” following in the wake of Apples Ipad, then you will surely have heard of the iPed, which shot to fame largely (i think) becuase of its name, being an obvious, and rather cheeky take on the iPad. I mean, what exactly is a “Ped”?
The iPed costs a third of the price of an iPad and runs Google Android (which I love). Its an open source platform with great potential, so I figured the manufacturers of the iPed may be onto something.
A couple of days ago, I had the dubious pleaseure of inspecting an iPed, bought by a bargain hunting friend. It was not a happy purchase.
The build quality is poor. There are cabling ribbons poking around the black border which are visible throught the edge of the screen. The screen iself is rippled, its a thin plastic screen, not at all like the solid screen of the iPad.
Worse still the screen is not responsive to touch, it is terrible to work with. It is not a patch on the effortless “glide of a finger” responsiveness you get with the iPad.
Also, the main button puts the thing to sleep instead of taking you home, and, that button which looks like a smooth concave (again taken from the iPad) sits at the bottom of a sharp reces which is very uncomfortable.
It may be just a third of the price, but it has little value in my opinion. I think its a complete waste of money. Either do not get a “pad”, or, save a little more money to get one you will actually use.
If you do not use a product (and I do not think my friend will be using his ipad) then it is worthless… isnt it?