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mgmueller · 11-25-2011, 08:33 AM

Some additional informations from the first few days of playing around:

In some apps, the split screen/full screen doesn't work.
Android market for example. I'm not sure, but I think it had been working at first.
Without hacking, you can't do anything about that. You either have the "cross" in the task list, to switch to full screen or you don't. If it's not there, you can't switch...
If it's not working, it looks rather stupid of course: Android market on the upper screen, total darkness on the lower screen. You can't switch to the lower screen either...
Fortunately, this only is the case for very few apps. But of course the Android market is kind of a "strategic" one...

Some apps crash, when you switch to full screen. All of the apps start in "single screen" mode. Individually, each app separately, you decide what to do. Next time, it uses the last set.
If you switch to full screen for the first time, maybe 5% to 10% of the apps crash. Next time, when already set to full screen, they usually work. Very few crash for a second or third time, but at some stage all of them seem to work (if you can switch at all).

I care about the details. If you flick from the lower to the upper screen, the two screens don't align perfectly. In my case, the upper screen is a bit higher. Probably only some 0,2mm but you still feel it. If I bend and flex a bit, it aligns more smoothly. Not perfectly done...

The "special black" Sony claims, really shows. In some apps/usage patterns, the quality of the screen is quite impressive.

Performance seems a bit slow in some apps. Maybe the split screen consumes some of the CPU? In Kobo for example, scrolling through my tiny library of ca. 150 books takes quite some time. I even closed it once or twice and opened again, because at first it didn't show my entire library.

Over all impression: It's a cool gadget. But it's exactly that: A gadget. I wouldn't use it as my "working machine". I wouldn't use it as my "standard tool". It's for playing around and doing some experiments. But the boring standard tasks I'll continue to do on "real" tablets, such as iPad 2 or Galaxy Tab 8.9".

11-25-2011, 08:33 AM	#1041
mgmueller Member Retired Posts: 3,308 Karma: 13024950 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Augsburg (near Munich), Germany Device: 26 Readers, 44 Tablets	Sony Tablet P Some additional informations from the first few days of playing around: In some apps, the split screen/full screen doesn't work. Android market for example. I'm not sure, but I think it had been working at first. Without hacking, you can't do anything about that. You either have the "cross" in the task list, to switch to full screen or you don't. If it's not there, you can't switch... If it's not working, it looks rather stupid of course: Android market on the upper screen, total darkness on the lower screen. You can't switch to the lower screen either... Fortunately, this only is the case for very few apps. But of course the Android market is kind of a "strategic" one... Some apps crash, when you switch to full screen. All of the apps start in "single screen" mode. Individually, each app separately, you decide what to do. Next time, it uses the last set. If you switch to full screen for the first time, maybe 5% to 10% of the apps crash. Next time, when already set to full screen, they usually work. Very few crash for a second or third time, but at some stage all of them seem to work (if you can switch at all). I care about the details. If you flick from the lower to the upper screen, the two screens don't align perfectly. In my case, the upper screen is a bit higher. Probably only some 0,2mm but you still feel it. If I bend and flex a bit, it aligns more smoothly. Not perfectly done... The "special black" Sony claims, really shows. In some apps/usage patterns, the quality of the screen is quite impressive. Performance seems a bit slow in some apps. Maybe the split screen consumes some of the CPU? In Kobo for example, scrolling through my tiny library of ca. 150 books takes quite some time. I even closed it once or twice and opened again, because at first it didn't show my entire library. Over all impression: It's a cool gadget. But it's exactly that: A gadget. I wouldn't use it as my "working machine". I wouldn't use it as my "standard tool". It's for playing around and doing some experiments. But the boring standard tasks I'll continue to do on "real" tablets, such as iPad 2 or Galaxy Tab 8.9".