Astro Queo A721 7" Dual Core Android Tablet (8GB Memory, 1GB RAM, Dual Camera, WiFi, A23, 1024x600 7 Inch 5 Point Multi Touch Screen)

The tablet exceeded my expectations, but I have to be honest, my standards were low. Being only the third android I've ever purchased, and after the first two broke down and was DOA respectively (one google chromo, and the other dragon touch or somesuch), I didn't really have any high expectations. What got me was the price. I use the androids primarily for reading and the camera, so an android for under $100, with 8gb of storage, AND 1gb of ram? Yes, please! It was a deal I couldn't pass up.I also wanted to use it for drawing. My previous android, the not-doa one, I ordered with the wrong pens, so that was a waste. Here, I did my research and bought the correct pens (capacitive, I believe), but they barely work. The amount of pressure I must apply is too much for one such as myself, worried of losing yet another android to a slew of unfortunate actions. With that said, I'm not taking any chances with this one.Many people take their tablets out and about, for what reason, I don't know. From experience, I'm not risking losing or damaging a product such as this by bringing it into everyday life. It is worth buying, but not worth losing, and buying again due to carelessness, and I would know. This one is staying at home where I can read a good book or watch some videos on youtube when I want to relax. It is also a good proxy for data storage, just in case you have a few unimportant files you don't want to delete just yet, while you make space.As for the specs, I'm not much of a technological dictionary, but the camera is just that - a camera. Nothing impressive; it takes pictures, and records from both sides. No HD or anything, but it's enough for me, and its a good incentive, along with the price.With the amount of RAM, I rarely lag, but then again I don't use this for gaming or anything. I have to say I treat it like an eggshell, because I'm scared of breaking it. The screen is very responsive, though; not with the pens I bought, though. I'm not sure if that's the fault of the pens, the android, or if androids aren't good for drawing.Some people say that it doesn't have Google Play, like it is a big deciding factor. I don't use many apps (Wordpad, moonreader, Adobe Reader), so I can only say I don't have much use for it. Also, for a device with useful features as this, a camera, built in speakers, wifi, and 1gb of ram for $65, 1 star because it doesn't have Google Play seems unfair.I'm going to make sure I get the most out of this one, and I bought two. Marginal Utility, and all that.Also, just yesterday, I had an odd problem. I was listening to a song when it suddenly shut off., and wouldn't turn on for a couple of minutes at 89% battery power, even when plugged to the charger. Holding the power button while charging it seemed to have fixed the problem, but I am curious to know if others have experienced this issue. Nevertheless, that is the only hiccup I've experienced.Now, if only it was built like a tank...Edit: It appears that the android shuts off when you are playing music (strangely, not video), and have your settings on for the android to go off at any setting that doesn't keep the display on permanently. That is, if you have it set to sleep after 15 seconds of inactivity and you are playing music, it will shut off completely, and will only turn back on after holding down the power button for many seconds.

This Astro Queo does everything the other tablets do but with a better price. I looked at the price, the amount of memory, the type of system, the size of the tablet and I was sold. I always wanted a 7" tablet but was dragging my feet until I met up with this one. I have been using it a month now and I haven't had any problems at all. I no longer use my 10.5" tablet because I just like this one better. Why didn't I give it 5 stars has to do with engineering design and preference. For instance, do you use your tablet horizontally or vertically? Which is better for you? Now, if you do have a preference where should the buttons go so you will have maximum ease of use? Where should the camera go? If you can pick up a tablet and everything is seamless for you, then you have a 5 star tablet. Also tablets are becoming like computers, they are bundled with useless apps that take up space and eat up memory. But for all of that, this tablet gets High Marks.

It's a nice little tablet but the reason I bought it was that the PNC mobile app doesn't support deposit on Windows, only Android and IOS. Since I moved it would be handy so I bought this for that function and just to play with Android. The PNC mobile app still doesn't have the deposit option available and of course PNC has the asterisk about "supported devices" and they do not have a comprehensive list of supported Android devices so it seems I am just dealing with a crappy app. PNC support said I am logging into my account with the wrong user ID/password... yeah, sure. So anyway, it still let's me play with Android and I like it. I might wish for a longer battery life but at this price point it seems like a good value.

Overall, it's a pretty good tablet. I bought this with the intention of using it for reading (pdf, epub, jpeg) and travelling purposes rather than gaming. I was bit confused when I opened the package b/c I thought I received a wrong product since I thought it had a USB port. It does not have a USB port but comes with a converter you can use to open your file in the thumb drive through the File management application. Also with the converter cable I was able to use my Logitech keyboard and mouse easily, which is great for Word. However, I don't think it is compatible any USB-related items, such as my Logitech webcam. I was hoping it would work so I could have better camera angle (it's location is very awkward for Skype even with a 360 tablet case) and quality but doesn't work. Another thing I would like to mention is that this tablet can be recharged with my portable battery.WiFi is bit weird because it works okay (not perfect b/c Youtube doesn't seem upload well in HD even with my high internet speed) at my house but doesn't seem to do well at my campus. I'm assuming the tablet responds differently to different types of WiFi modem. Also, the Internet (the given application) seems to be bit slow on its own. However, as I mentioned before, if you're using this for reading purpose internet connection won't matter much. It doesn't have bluetooth so if you're thinking about buying keyboards, I'd recommend buying one with cable or even the one you don't use at your house.The applications that comes with it (such as video player) don't do well but I tend to not use the given to begin with. You can find other applications on market that will do much better. The video quality is not HD-HD but the tablet recognizes a video file with a frame height and width of 1280 x 700 (720-1080 quality) so it makes watching more enjoyable. Before this tablet, I had to convert the video into 480 to make it fit on my older cell phone b/c it couldn't play 720/1080 video with large frames.Surprisingly, the markets have all the application I need (except the games - but I don't need games as much) to use the tablet efficiently. You can find most of the application you see on Google Play at 1 Mobile Market. Some games might not respond well (frame lag/skip or crash) but you can figure that out for yourself. However, don't blame this specifically on the tablet. Some games are not compatible with your android devices b/c it doesn't have the hardware needed to run it. One thing I would like to mention about 1 mobile market is that it is not Google Play store so whatever you purchased on Google Play can't be transferred into your new tablet (at least I'm pretty sure it can't).The touch sensor is not sensitive so sometimes you might have to touch a certain spot more than once to have it recognized. For some reason, this tablet doesn't have a calibration option but I'm sure it won't need readjustment for the touch sensor. The touch buttons are somewhat disappointing b/c the tablet only has home, back, screen capture and application button. Personally I don't like the screen capture button b/c I accidentally take picture of my screen instead of pressing the home button. It is useful though that you can get rid of the screen capture button through setting. However, I would have preferred it if the tablet had menu button instead (menu button is present but only when the application gives the option to use it).The touch keyboard can be tricky to use b/c it doesn't have the option to press and hold onto a key to get a different word, such as pressing "q" to get "1". It does have Swype feature, which makes typing easy, but still has a learning curve b/c its feature is not exactly the same as my HTC phone. So if you intend to use this for Word program (or typing more than couple sentences in a short amount of time), I would recommend buying a separate keyboard (with USB cable of course) to make your life easier.Also I mentioned of how you can use your thumb drive. This is pretty useful since I am using 16GB SD card (along with about 4.8 GB - total is 8 GB internal but preinstalled application takes up space). Since I am able to use my flash drive, I do not have to switch with my 32 GB SD card if I wanted to read class notes, watch videos, etc.I got this tablet 2 days ago and I'll try to give another review some other time to see how well it does in the next few months. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. However, just to warn you I might not respond quickly as you would like :]