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stockoneder · 11-12-2011, 03:00 PM

Hi all,

I got my Ideapad A1 16gb 4 days ago for $213 from Lenovo. It is pretty impressive coming from the kindle 3. It is a nice reader and flips pages way faster than the kindle. Need to read in the shade unlike with a kindle though. Screen is pretty sharp and clear. Netflix streaming movies play great. Wifi works great. Screen is pretty responsive but not as good as ipod touch. Only has a micro sd slot and not a regular sd slot. Battery seems to last 7 to 8 hours with mixed use. Android 2.3 OS easy to use and have had no crashes, freezes or lockups. Worst part is the GPS. Super slow to acquire location and that is with wifi. Without wifi I haven't got a connection yet. So basically the gps is useless.
email app is very nice and easy to use.
Super easy to get my kindle books over wifi from amazon after installing their app. And now I can get all the free epub books out there without converting them to mobi with
calibre software. I installed the free moon+ reader for the epub books. Works pretty good with lots of options to customize.
Browsing the net is pretty fast but due to 7" screen size it takes some work to see content
on webpages. Lots of zooming and resizing. Think 10" pad would be way better for the internet. I would take this over a straight kindle any day. Way more versatile.

11-12-2011, 03:00 PM	#148
stockoneder Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 3468 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Hi all, I got my Ideapad A1 16gb 4 days ago for $213 from Lenovo. It is pretty impressive coming from the kindle 3. It is a nice reader and flips pages way faster than the kindle. Need to read in the shade unlike with a kindle though. Screen is pretty sharp and clear. Netflix streaming movies play great. Wifi works great. Screen is pretty responsive but not as good as ipod touch. Only has a micro sd slot and not a regular sd slot. Battery seems to last 7 to 8 hours with mixed use. Android 2.3 OS easy to use and have had no crashes, freezes or lockups. Worst part is the GPS. Super slow to acquire location and that is with wifi. Without wifi I haven't got a connection yet. So basically the gps is useless. email app is very nice and easy to use. Super easy to get my kindle books over wifi from amazon after installing their app. And now I can get all the free epub books out there without converting them to mobi with calibre software. I installed the free moon+ reader for the epub books. Works pretty good with lots of options to customize. Browsing the net is pretty fast but due to 7" screen size it takes some work to see content on webpages. Lots of zooming and resizing. Think 10" pad would be way better for the internet. I would take this over a straight kindle any day. Way more versatile. Last edited by stockoneder; 11-12-2011 at 03:37 PM.