Conclusion
Pros
- Great for e-books and comic books
- Nice form factor
- Great video playback
- Good battery life
- Open platform
- Great wifi reception
- Loads of free apps to install
Cons
- Screen rotation only works in reader app
- No Bluetooth
- No HDMI output
- No Android
- No English manual included
Final conclusion
The SmartQ R7 is the best SmartQ MID available: the screen with the increased resolution and improved brightness is great and the new interface makes navigating the device much easier. It also feels quite a bit faster than the previous MIDs. It’s unfortunate that some features have been removed, like Bluetooth, HDMI and other operating systems. While I personally never really used those, it might be disappointing to others. Still, the SmartQ R7 is a much more polished product than the previous efforts by Smart Devices.
A comparison to the iPad wouldn’t be fair, because the cheapest version of that device costs at about twice as much as the R7. However, while the R7 isn’t as fast or slick as the iPad, it can perform most tasks just fine and even offers some features that can’t be found on the $499 tablet, like USB OTG, an SD card slot, multitasking and Full HD video playback.
The SmartQ R7 focusses more on eBooks and that’s a smart move, because it’s what the SmartQ R7 does best. Priced at $253.99/€208.95, it costs less than most 6″ touchscreen eBook readers, but it’s faster and offers a wholelot extra to those who want to do more than just reading books.
Overall, the SmartQ R7 is simply a very impressive product.
If you still have any questions, feel free to leave a comment!
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Great review, overall the r7 looks really nice, but i do have to say they should have added android to make it the best smartQ device so far.
By the way, i have a v5 and was wondering what’s the best way to get emulators to run smoothly in ubuntu. When i try running a gba emulator it lags too much to play. Would be nice to run an emulator in ubuntu cause i could use a keyboard then. Wii remote is nice and all, but having as many options as possible is always good
I guess Android will be added later on, like with the SmartQ 5, which is a better option than having it pre-installed and eating up the internal storage. Personally, I hated the bootscreen and Android. It was just too slow and buggy (wifi). Even scrolling through a list with items was a chore using the resistive touchscreen.
GBA emulators won’t run smoothly on the SmartQ devices. I guess this is mainly because they don’t use the hardware graphics acceleration.
Thank you for the great review!! It was extremely helpful and detailed, as is the res o your site (I just found out) Best review I’ve found on the web. I know I would use the classic gaming software, remote desktop, a little e-reading, and very heavy web and e-mail. The smartdevices mids look really nice for these purposes. Do you think I should get the r7, which from your review I think would be the best smartQ mid for me, or some other non smart devices product? so far this looks great.
Regards,
Henry
Thanks for the compliment. The R7 is in my opinion the best suited SmartQ device, but judging by your needs, you might be better off with a netbook. I don’t know what your standards are for heavy web browsing and emailing, but if it includes a lot of typing, it might be annoying to use a touchscreen. Also keep in mind that Flash sites aren’t supported. If you mainly want to read news sites and so on, the SmartQ is quite suited. Gaming besides ScummVM and some simple games is basically non-existant, with a netbook you can use much more demanding emulators like those for SNES, GBA, PSX and N64 plus a lot of older pc games.
The SmartQ is a great and affordable device for reading, some videos or some light browsing and mailing on the go or on the couch, if you’re more of a power user, you might be disappointed with the lack of true horse power behind the device.
GREAT review. To paraphrase what someone else said, this is the best ipad-style tablet review I’ve read! So if I’m looking for a (or is it Ipad? Ha!) style table with Android 2.0 or later that actually works, unlike the iRobot apad, what do you recommend? I want browsing, multitouch, and a camera for skype, with good resolution (800×600) and a 7″ or 10″ screen, preferably something that’s ungradeable.
Thanks.
I wonder about battery… its life is pretty good, but what about replacing it? Can you buy a spare battery? Rechargeable batteries dies pretty fast if used regularly… I don’t wanna end up with $200+ photo frame (oh no, wait, there is no stand for this)
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