I too took a risk and I've had the x2 for a few days now and it is a very very capable device. There's no lag and it's 99.9 butter smooth. Even compared to the nexus 10 I returned. Transition, opening apps, web scrolling, swiping is all excellent. This is what android tablet should be. Games and apps also run smooth and having extra graphic enhancement with tegra optimized games is great. If you want the best performing stock tablet with dock and excellent user experience, this is it! Atleast for now.....
As far as hardware, the device feels pretty solid but yes there is some play with the tablet while its dock but I don't think it's going to be a big deal. And the hinge doesn't touch the tablet glass at all (just the speaker part on the bottom) so I don't see any reason the glass will ever crack unlike the Asus tablets where the hinge covers some part of the screen which causes pressure on the glass when you close it. The glass is also a little bit recessed about 1mm so if you have just the tablet laying on its face on a table the glass will never touch the table nor does the screen touch any part of the dock when it's closed. The dock mousepad is multitouch so you can pinch and zoom. 2 fingers to scroll and it can also wake up the tablet if you swipe or click on it. But the dock doesn't have a lock/unlock button so you still have to unlock via swipe of the onscreen lock either on the tablet or using the mousepad. Both sd card slots can support 64gb card even though the site says only 32gb. I have an sandisk ultra 64gb class 10 to confirm this.
The speaker being in the front is excellent. Even if I try to cover them it doesn't muffle the sound. Although it isn't as loud as the nexus 10, it's definitely better than the infinity.
Now for what I don't like (of course nothing is 100% perfect)
The screen is a bit too warm. Even warmer than the nexus 10 so things are a little washed out (maybe I've just been spoiled by my asus infinity screens excellent contrast). So icons doesn't look as sharp and blacks aren't as blacks so text on white (or in this case yellowish) background doesn't stand out as good as the infinity. But after a few days I get used to it until I go back to my infinity. Also the screen doesn't get as bright as it only produces 400 nits compared to 600 on the infinity but really not an issue for me as I don't use my tablet outdoors too much. Although HP claims the screen is good outdoors I haven't tried it. There is a very very minimal light bleed on the left side but so minimal that I don't see it unless I really focus on it.
Rear camera is awful bad. I use my infinity to make small videos for work and it's like having a mini tripod that I can angle in different degrees so I prefer to use my tablet rather than my phone for this. The infinity camera is great. And I sometimes use the LED flash so the lack of LED on the rear camera on the x2 is kind of a bummer also. So I will have to start using my phone from now on if I am to keep this tablet so meaning I have to spend some more $ to get a decent mini tripod.
Even though the dock supports sd card I would be weary about having one in there as the sd card sticks out about 1-2mm. I can press on it easily to eject the card so if the tablet is in your backpack or tablet bag make sure that side is not on the bottom or it may unlatch and the card could end up coming out completely as you take the tablet out. And on the tablet the micro sd slot is on the bottom. So if you need to take it out you have to undock it to get to it. Which isn't that much of a big deal but just not as convenient. Luckily though the micro sd sits flush in there so there is less chance of it popping out.
And finally, there is no usb cable to be found online, nor does it come with one. So I have no idea how this tablet can be rooted. The slate 7 can be rooted via usb so I'm thinking that might work on the x2 as well but there's no way to test it. I need root for titanium backup, LMT pie and also Folder Mount so I can transfer game data to sd card since this is only a 16gb unit. No root is going to be the deal breaker for me and will probably return it if I don't find a solution within 21 days (HP return policy period).
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That was me and it does support 64gb cards. :good:
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Unfortunately it wont allow me to download nova 3 and I don't have Gangstar vegas but I've played MC4 and it runs great on it.
EDIT: Went to play.google.com and was able to send Nova 3 to the x2. Just waiting for install and will let you know how it plays.
EDIT2: Nova 3 plays great on it as well and it has the blurr and smoke effect!
