tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post3537101370811310143..comments2023-05-04T00:57:11.280-07:00Comments on Beaten Track Publishing Blog: Review of A1CS X220 TabletDebbie McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-10413712686496002622012-01-21T17:05:30.821-08:002012-01-21T17:05:30.821-08:00Hi Kitty,
First thing - are you able to mount you...Hi Kitty,<br /><br />First thing - are you able to mount your USB stick? If not, the USB Mass Storage app is available for free from the Market and will do this for you. Once you have the app, the USB will show up on 'My Tablet', along with the SD card/s. From there it is just a case of browsing through the directories and files.<br /><br />When you click on documents, you should get an option regarding which app you want to open them with. As far as reading documents, CoolReader and FBReader both open documents in a variety of formats, but not edit. There are paid apps that will allow you to directly edit Word documents, but the free option I took was to use Doc Converter app to convert Word documents to text, then work with them in Jota text editing app (this loses any formatting, which is fine for what I'm doing, but my not be for you). <br /><br />Otherwise you should be able to use Google Docs to edit Word documents for free, although the tablet doesn't cope brilliantly with large documents - it takes too long to scroll through them. Kingsoft Office is also free and has good reviews, but I found it to be a bit memory intensive on this tablet.<br /><br />I'm not sure what the situation would be for installing a paid for app, as the Market on the tablet is limited to free apps for some reason. If there is a workaround here, then OfficeSuite Pro and Documents to Go are both OK from what I've heard / seen.Debbie McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-85544629634058431882012-01-21T16:04:57.404-08:002012-01-21T16:04:57.404-08:00Hi,
I have been struggling with finding my way rou...Hi,<br />I have been struggling with finding my way round this tablet. I want to be able to open and work on word documents and to read articles from a USB stick. Any idea how to get me there from main screen. Instruction manual seems to assume a lot of knowledge I don't have. I researched and thought this sounded pretty good but it has mainly sat in its box as I can't work it.kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01557703290375369750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-176376190427936892011-11-21T11:32:44.495-08:002011-11-21T11:32:44.495-08:00Hi Annie - thanks!
Nige has just explained the di...Hi Annie - thanks!<br /><br />Nige has just explained the difference quite well. Firstly, resistive screens work by pressure - you press on the top layer of the screen and it makes contact with another layer, which completed the circuit. I found it required quite a lot of pressure and wasn't as accurate as I'd hoped. In contrast, the capacitive screen uses electrodes, so picks up the conductivity of your finger, so you don't need to apply pressure. You can't use a stylus with a capacitive screen, but you can with a resistive screen.<br /><br />Further updates since I got it: they have actually changed the spec slightly and the newer version only has one micro SD slot, but still has 2 USB ports and also comes with GPS. I've got a 16gb micro SD card in it and I've also used a 16gb SD card in a USB card reader to successfully transfer files to and from the tablet - absolutely no problems here, although I've yet to experiment properly with moving apps to the SD card, as they are automatically stored in the tablets internal memory.<br /><br />The only irritation with this tablet has to be the problem with the screen when the tablet is charging, although the battery life is pretty good, so this doesn't happen often. However, I realised last week that there is a switch on the top right to turn wifi on / off and if wifi is on, then the screen doesn't go off completely in sleep mode, thus using up the battery far more quickly. <br /><br />Some of the apps are a bit battery hungry too, so I've monitored this and deleted anything I didn't particularly need - always good to do some housekeeping anyway and keep it clutter free.<br /><br />I'd recommend that you visit the product page on Amazon and have a look at the feedback from other customers, as well as the discussions, as these are generally positive, but also very honest.Debbie McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18238044171968552477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682277621109608369.post-7007859686261493202011-11-21T10:34:10.826-08:002011-11-21T10:34:10.826-08:00This is an excellent review and appears you have d...This is an excellent review and appears you have done the hard work for me. I am sat here with paper and pen in hand ready to start the exploration, but I like your findings! I am not very computer savvy, so forgive me if I could ask some questions? Firstly, what does resistive and capacitive versions mean? And what cost difference did it make? Thank you so much! Any updates since you've had it a bit longer now!<br />Thanks!<br />Annie (annieqpr on twitter)JustAnnieQPRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01460879952455441580noreply@blogger.com