The WindPad 110W Up Close

The WindPad's outer shell has been constructed entirely from plastic and that makes it feel more flimsy than it might with an aluminum trunk. During general use, it feels fairly solid when y'all employ a firm grip but the plastic does give a little in the middle. Although it's not actually metal, the dorsum of the device has an bonny brushed aluminum consequence.

MSI's slate measures a bulky 10.half-dozen" long, seven.two" tall and 0.61" thick (271x183x15.5mm). Although the length and height is typical for that of a x.1" tablet, the device is a fleck thicker than you'll find elsewhere. In comparison, the Asus Eee Pad Transformer is 16% thinner measuring just 0.51" (12.98mm), while the iPad ii is 0.34" (viii.63mm) thick.

The WindPad is also bulky compared to other Windows 7 tablets. For instance, the Viewsonic ViewPad 10pro measures 0.58" (14.8mm). MSI'due south tablet is also quite heavy, weighing 1.87lbs (850g). The Eee Pad Transformer weighs 20% less at one.49lbs (680g), while the iPad two sits at nearly one.33lbs. That said, the ViewPad 10pro comes in at 1.97lbs (894g).

As mentioned, the tablet features a 2-prison cell 31.08Wh Li-polymer battery, which is charged using an 18watt 12V/one.5A Air-conditioning adapter. Unfortunately, MSI doesn't include a USB charger but we doubtable a standard USB ii.0 port would take half a day to charge this device anyhow. The AC adapter uses a 0.08x0.21" (two.1x5.5mm) heart positive standard connector making it relatively like shooting fish in a barrel to replace, we have institute the power pack online for almost $15.

Forth with the power connector at the bottom of the WindPad 110W, you'll find an expansion dock port and a SIM card slot for optional 3G connectivity. The dock port is the same kind used by the Eee Pad Transformer and it is an interesting improver to the WindPad 110W. All the same, we've even so to see a docking station from MSI.

The user manual shows a computer generated image of what the docking station should await like and it'll supposedly feature a ability connector, HDMI port, RJ-45 Ethernet jack, and a USB port along with microphone and headphone jacks. In our opinion, the USB port and Ethernet jack are the but useful additions here. Hopefully the dock is cheap.

Moving around to the left side, we find a Mini-HDMI port… and that's it. The contrary side has a USB 2.0 port, headphone jack and SD/SDHC card reader. Additionally, the correct side has a book up/down button, internal microphone and Yard-sensor lock, which makes it easy to enable/disable the brandish rotation if you're reading or watching a video.

The pinnacle of the WindPad 110W has a power button forth with the rear 1.3MP camera. Although the connectivity options of the WindPad 110W may seem express compared to other tablets, the configuration is adequately standard. The ViewPad 10pro for example features the exact aforementioned setup, except information technology doesn't take the docking connector.