bModo 12G Windows 7 tablet gets video review

bModo 12G is a 11.6 inch, Windows 7 tablet with an Atom processor and John Pope from alltouchtablet.com came up with a video review of the tablet. If you don’t know that much about this gargantuan slate, here’s a snappy spec fest.

It’s powered by an 1.66 GHZ Intel Atom PineView processor, 2 GB of RAM, 32 GB SSD, Crystal Broadcom HD decoder, SIM card slot, WiFi, blue tooth 2.1, 1.3 MP camera and a 2 cell battery.

The back of the tablet has a rubbery finish and the screen goes from edge to edge. It looks pretty slim and it’s comfortable to hold even for a longer period, due to the 2 pound weight. The power button is positioned kind of strangely, on the left side of the back.

It will take a little getting used to (as most tablets have the power button near the screen), but this will avoid accidental power offs. The ports are all placed on the left side and include DC IN, mini HDMI, 2 USB ports, SD card slot, audio jack and the SIM card slot. On the bottom side there’s the docking connector and the speakers.

bModo 12G screen reflects too much

On to the (really) important stuff. If you look at the screen from a narrow angle, the colors will fade and the glass reflects too much of the environment if the room is abundant with light. The capacitive function works pretty well and touch gestures work fast and are accurate, but you only have two points of input.

The $75 docking station has a series of input extensions, like a couple of USB ports, mic input and charger. It works also as a stand and it’s bulky enough to keep the slate steady. The performance is solid, although the tablet runs on a single core CPU.

Playing videos, launching apps and browsing the web work smoothly,  but Windows 7 Premium takes its share of resources and you might have serious slow downs with CPU intensive tasks, like handwriting recognition.

bModo 12G docking station

But the worst part about bModo 12G is the battery, which will last for a little more than 3 hours (and about 2 and a half if you choke it with videos).

Oh, wait? Did I say worst part? Well, for some that could be the $849 price tag and if you add to that the docking station, you have on your hands an almost $1.000 tablet. Thanks, but no thanks, considering the iPad is $500 and there’s also a legion of Android tablets lurking at a couple of hundreds.

Check the lengthy video review below

Tags: 11.6 inch tablets, review, tablet accessories, Windows 7

Last updated: April 1, 2012 | Published: January 21st, 2011 | See the comments or add yours!