Comments on: Camangi WebStation review

By: Michael Smith

Michael Smith — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:17:27 +0000

Looks like Camangi finally found my site and posted their note to me here. I saw this exact note on another site also… word for word except that one also said "you no fair."

I particularly like how they expect us to believe that a normal user actually bought the webstation and was impressed with it so much and so strongly disagreed with my review that they wrote this intense defense of it. Going so far as to say that I have a small ..um.. brain.. and to say that the first iphone was 'pathetic.' Also that there is no itouch tablet to compare it to – which I suspect in 2 days there will be.

I wish I hadn't been so busy over the last month and could have done the side by side comparison video of the webstation next to a first gen iphone. Maybe for fun I'll do that still. Stay tuned I guess.

By: The Truth

The Truth — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:07:25 +0000

Message for Michael Smith.
Michael you are full of it.
What is it Camangi did not pay you for the review and for $300+ you paid was too expensive for you. Or you just want to teach them a lesson?It was not a nice review and for you to get so aggressive and vindictive
shows just how really small your penis is, or brain, I cannot decide as you did not elaborate on your findings in a nice way.
You are abusing your ability to review products, you are not objective and people should not listen to your BS. I have Camangi WebStation as well.
Clearly there are some issues with the product, however, we all remember iPhone first edition. It was pathetic and we all let it slide. Give Camangi the same chance. The product is real, it was released and it is working.
It feels great. You could compare it to iTouch Tablet (if there was one)
The screen is bright in colour.
WiFi will need some work, yet it is fast enough.
3G is great.I would prefer Camangi in my hand rather than so many others posting fancy pictures and undeliverable specs and products, nowhere to be found.Overall for the first edition Camangi is great and if they continue to work on the improvements, we will have a great product very soon. I was not able to post the picture of Camangi in my possession.Michael you were out of line.
You should apologize to Camangi.
They run a real business and you should not try to ruin it for them
Apologize.The Truth

By: Harry Palms

Harry Palms — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:03:01 +0000

Is this thing still blowing a horse like it was orig on release??

By: Socal

Socal — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:34:42 +0000

I cancelled it through Paypal before it was shipped. Mike, hope you get the refund, the device is just not good , period.
I determined to get a Android device, I ordered the latest SmartQ V5, will get mine soon.

By: Harry Palms

Harry Palms — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:28:13 +0000

Sounds like they flat out ripped people off to me. I mean the outright false claims have to be addressed!

By: Harry Palms

Harry Palms — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:27:27 +0000

Got mine before it shipped…. thank god!

By: RudeBoy

RudeBoy — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:06:32 +0000

…You can read up on the PXA3xx processors at:

http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=365…

Camangi essentially put a processor that is meant for low end, low resolution smartphones, into a device which Camangi themselves like to compare to the iPhone (just check their hilarious PR Video from a few months ago @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzkODn9WEzM)

I agree whole heartedly with the reviewer…this device is an overpriced wifi enabled digital picture frame, or for the glass-half-full GearDiary type, its the best Android powered e-Book reader.

Other than aesthetics, the $400 WebStation its MUCH less capable than the $240 SmartQ V7.

By: RudeBoy

RudeBoy — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:05:22 +0000

The engineers at Camangi really f'ed up the WebStation by using the PXA303/PXA300 SoC.

The PXA303 (a slightly revised PXA300) DOES NOT include a hardware video decoder…and it also does not feature any form of 3D acceleration that could be used to help increase the responsiveness of an Android powered device.

Intel themselves claim that the chip is only capable of H.264 30fps decoding at QVGA resolution…that's 320×240 folks, and likely requires a very very low bitrate.

Furthermore, the PXA300 has a tiny 256KB frame buffer which is probably one of the main reasons why the WebStation with its –800×480– screen resolution feels 'laggy'.

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By: david sutherland

david sutherland — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:35:26 +0000

Michael, apparently Apple too believes their tablet will do very well.

Check out this story, if believable: "Apple May Ship 10 Million Tablet PCs a Year":
– http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchiv…

By: Harry Palms

Harry Palms — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:28:51 +0000

I got it before it shipped… thank god for MIkes review!