New Gadget 2011

Physically speaking, the WebStation measures out at 7.87 x 4.72 x 0.57 and weighs in at a solid 13.72 oz. It has a nice looking WVGA 800 x 480 display stretched across the 7-inch touchscreen. The right side of the tablet displays three navigational buttons � Home, Menu and Back � and volume controls lay opposite these. The top of the tablet, which comes available in white, black and pink colors, contains the power button. There are several options for connectivity, as well, including a 3.5 mm headphone jack, a USB port, a mini USB port, a microSD slot, as well as a Wi-Fi b/g connector. To simplify, it comes with its wealth of options.

When purchasing a new WebStation, it comes packaged with its own power supply, its own little puch case, a cleaning cloth, a suction cup desk stand and a wired stereo headset that comes with a microphone. To avoid the oil that skin produces, it will also come with a stylus that can be pulled out from the bottom edge of the tablet.

In its most recent update, the WebStation runs the Android 1.5 OS and its processor is a 624 MHz Marvell PXA303, and it uses these two in conjunction with is 128 MB of memory and 256 MB ROM. In addition to the usual UI Android provides, Camangi coded their own personalized home screen, removing the usual software Google inserts into their OS and replacing it with their own coded suite of applications. For example, the Gmail application will merely take a user to the homepage. Additionally, the WebStation offers the Camangi Market, which has a pleasant selection of goods.

Because there is no built in 3G radio, there is no need to sit around and wait forever for a network signal to appear, which makes the boot-up of the WebStation pretty quick at only about 30 seconds. Other features of this unit include the ability to plug in a QWERTY keyboard by way of the USB port, which effectively turns the tablet into a netbook, in a way. Additionally, the WebStation performs its best when reading eBooks, with the accelerometer automatically allowing for the change of screen orientation, from landscape to portrait, and the size of the display is also rather nice for reading a story.

In terms of battery life, the WebStation is capable of lasting a full four days or so with the wireless feature turned off, and browsing the Internet with the feature one can make it last about four or five hours. Occasionally, the tablet experienced a lockup when coming out of standby, in which the only way to have it resume was to use the stylus to reset the unit, but this is not a very common occurrence.

Despite the absence of Flash and applications using such, it is an enjoyable experience browsing the Internet and reading eBooks. For that matter, it is also a nice touch watching videos on the large screen, making it better than trying to squint at an Android or an iPhone. This is an exceptional unit for those who are primarily in search of an eReader, however, and for those who want to take the time to browse the Internet in between reading books. However, natively, the tablet typically supports only non-DRM ePUB titles, but other formats do work.

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