Reviews
ASUS MeMO Pad HD 7 Review (Updated 8/21/13)
While building the latest version of FlightMap which targets 7 inch tablets I learned that there are several different aspect ratios for 7 inch tablets. This made supporting them that much more difficult as they would be harder to test. I did my best with the Android simulator but that thing is so slow and I can’t actually use google maps in it so I needed to find another tablet to test with. After the disaster that was the ASUS MeMO Pad ME172V I was a little hesitant to pick up another Asus MeMO Pad. The specs looked really good though and most other reviewers said it has the same screen as the original Nexus 7 (2012) so I decided to try them again.
ASUS MeMO Pad ME172V Review
I originally bought an ASUS MeMO Pad ME172V-A1-GR 7.0-Inch 16 GB Tablet to do some extra testing of FlightMap with. Amazon was having what looked like an amazing deal on the tablet for only $80 so I thought how bad could it be right? Asus, the maker of the Nexus 7, makes it so it can’t be to bad. It had good enough reviews so I picked one up.
Google Nexus 7 (2013) Review
In my quest to test FlightMap on as many devices as I can I just had to pick up the latest Nexus tablet. My previous 7 inch tablet, an early Archos 7 tablet with Android 2.3, was not a fun form factor to use. The resolution was so bad that browsing the web was painful and Android 2.3 was just not ready for tablets. Due to that experience I thought 7 inch tablets were not for me so I’ve stuck to 10 inch tablets until now. Boy was I wrong.
Google Chromecast Review
On Wednesday Google announced the Chromecast $35 media streamer. I absolutely love my ROKU’s but I’m a sucker for gadgets so had to pick one up. At $35 it was such an impulse buy. I didn’t think it would get here so fast but Amazon had it to my house yesterday so I quickly unpacked it and gave it a test. Here are a few pictures of the packaging and what comes inside the box:
Walkera W100S Quadcopter Review
I just picked up a new quadcopter for Father’s Day. This one has first person video capabilities through wifi to an iOS device. It’s hard to believe you can pick these up for only $120 now from HeliDirect. I remember my first heli’s costing hundreds of dollars and most of them flew horribly.
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