Creative ZiiO 10in review

The contrast between this review and the one for the 7" is confusing. You say 9 seconds to load up the BBC homepage is slow, but on the 7" it is 'a decent 9 seconds'.

And you complain about the cheap resistive screen, but the 7" review says that this isn't a problem. Is it really a different screen?

Just wondering. I'm obviously not going to buy either!

By Kovno on 1 Jun 2011

Comparison...

Kovno - the screen on the 10in is indeed worse than the one on the 7in. It's less responsive, and the touch buttons below the screen are terrible.

You make a good point about the speed comments, though. This is due to the timing of the first review. Since it was written, the iPad 2 and a clutch of Honeycomb-based tablets have appeared, all of which have moved the performance of tablets on considerably.

Back then, nine seconds was decent, comparatively speaking, though a little slower than the first iPad. Nowadays, four and five second times are the norm. Put simply, nine seconds isn't as impressive as it once was.

Regards,
Jonathan Bray,
Reviews editor,
PC Pro.

By JonBray on 1 Jun 2011

Why do these manufacturers bother?

Quite honestly I don't know why so many manufacturers throw out sub-standard products, do they simply not test them on anyone other than the team that creates them?

Surely there is little demand for the aged resistive touchscreen and the lack of an Android Store renders this pretty much useless - especially considering you can purchase a much better un-branded capacitive tablet on Amazon for a lot less than this.

Needless to say I, along with dare I say 100% of PC Pro's readers won't be buying this.

By jhITsolutions on 1 Jun 2011

Resistive

still has a place, I think; it tends to work better with stylus input, which can be useful in a business environment, but I can't see why you'd put it on a device going in against not just the iPad, but other Android 2.2 devices positioned in the consumer space - the Vega leaps to mind - that are better spec'ed for the same money.

By nichomach0 on 2 Jun 2011

Creative's ZiiLabs Android 3.2 tablets looks much more promising: http://asia.cnet.com/crave/creatives-ziilabs-intro
duces-new-android-tablet-reference-designs-6221092
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By EmilynT on 13 Sep 2011

Creative CustomerCare

Quote from Creative:
"I apologise for all the frustrations and inconvenience that you have experienced due to the faulty ZiiO tablets. We apologise as we are unable to provide you a refund."
Basically, they will continue to send you unuseable products under warranty rather than refund!
BUY WITH CARE

By vencejo on 6 Feb 2012