Review: ExoPC
A tablet with no keyboard, the ExoPC Slate measures with 11.6 inch screen and use the Atom N450 processor from Intel. The operating system is Windows 7 Home. What makes it extra special is the custom interface designed by ExoPC. The hardware is quite nice and robust and the touch functionality is smooth and reliable. The viewing angles can be further improved and side of this slate has a number of ports that you can take advantage of. It is quite heavy but that is expected for an 11.6 inch tablet.
Generally, Atom based tablets have been generally underwhelming and while the ExoPC is not an exemption, it really put some thought in making the Windows 7 Home a lot more enjoyable to use especially for a hardware that is on the lower end price hardware dimension. Sadly, the price is mid-range to a bit pricey at $699 in the US. In order to take advantage of the power of Windows 7, a more powerful processor is necessary as well as an active digitizer, well toll Windows 8 arrives. Right now, this ExoPC tablet is quite a nice option already
Design
You can say that it is a generally nice looking tablet but it is not totally exuding a unique appeal. There were similar designs as with the German We Tab. The screen area is quite nice and chic and the edges are quite rounded, making it a joy to hold on to. If you hold the screen in landscape orientation, you will see at the top of the screen the 1.3MP camera as well as the sensor for ambient light.
The back is where you can find some vents as well as the power button and the logo of the company. The matte plastic cover is quite nice and it gives the holder more grip to the tablet. To the left of the ExoPC you will find the mini HDMI and two USB ports, a slot for the SDHC and the headphone jack.
The screen has a resolution of 1366×768 pixels, and it uses capacitive touch. You can choose between 32 and 64 GB Solid state for storage. The RAM is 2GB and it has an HD accelerator from Broadcom. The radios include Bluetooth and WiFi. There is a gyroscope and accelerometer. The audio is quite decent already and offers clear and rich audio for listening to music or watching movies. The touch screen is quite accurate and responsive and that is why it is a great plus for the ExoPC since most Windows tablets that are capacitive are quite dragging at some point.
Software
The ExoPC uses the Home Premium edition of Windows 7 so there are a number of touch friendly features not present in the starter pack. You can do things like right clicks and the pinch to zoom. You can also enjoy kinetic scrolling. The keyboard of Windows 7 is quite nice if you like a simulation of an actual keyboard. It might not be the best one on portrait but on landscape it does offer you the power to use both hands and type on a flat surface. If you do not like to use the keyboard, the handwriting software is quite accurate even if you have bad hand writing.
As said earlier, ExoPC adds its own touch to their tablet offering by introducing the Millennium where you can adjust the brightness of the screen, rotation of screen, turn the Bluetooth and Wi Fi off, and it also boasts of a custom interface known as ExoPC UI Layer. This has been designed to be optimized for touch. There will be a toolbar on the side and on the middle; you can customize the app launcher.
All in all, with hardware and software combined, you can say that for a tablet using the Atom processor from Intel, this is probably the neatest one that you could ever find. It is a fact that Windows tablets do not come cheap but at least this one took it to a better direction than others.
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