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No pen for me! I guess I need to hit up Dell for one, seems like their customer service is pretty good about things like this. The Rev 1 pen I have works pretty well and now that I have an Asus VivoTab Note 8 I do all of my serious small device inking on it anyway. The Wacom digitizer is simply better no matter the issues with these Synaptics pens.
What have you thought of the build quality of the new Asus vs the DV8Pro? I considered selling my dv8 off for the asus, but was reticent based on the quality issues I had heard concerning their android tab.
Is there any backlight bleeding on these?
The V8P is definitely better built particularly the back, the grooved rubberized material feels much better and less slippery than the hard plastic backing on the VivoTab. Plus the V8P is much thinner and the screen is a bit nicer. And the buttons on the V8P are nicer with their silver color, the buttons on the VivoTab are exactly the same black plastic the rest of the unit is made of. However I wouldn't consider the VivoTab badly constructed. It does feel a bit lighter, the speakers are decent and don't have the issue the V8P does with its one speaker easy to muffle with the hand. And for inking purposes I think the VivoTab is far superior. Like many Wacom devices the pen tracking along the edges can be iffy though with the latest Wacom Feel drivers and a better pen than the included crappy toothpick in the VivoTab that problem isn't that bad for me.
I think the V8P overall is superior but if you're looking for something that you'll use a lot for inking you'll be better served by the VivoTab l think.
For those looking at this size there have recently been a fresh round of Surface Mini rumors centered around a 8 inch note taking device using Bay Trail. Computex is just a month away as well.
Too bad both have backlight bleeding. One only has it along the bottom edge, so I may keep it. Man, I cannot wait for tablets to start using OLED panels.
I returned my V8P after about a week, there was nothing wrong with it I just could not use it do to the tiny tiny font and Win 8.1 not scaling well on a screen that small. I dropped the resolution down as low as i could and manually set "make text and other items larger or smaller" in appearance in control panel, it just didnt work fr me.
Loved having a full blown desktop OS on a tablet, may look at one of the larger ones but I have a 10" tablet I rarely use due to the size so i dont know.
Okay, apparently it only happens when the screen is turned on while the device is plugged in. Nevertheless, this is retarded.
Did you try 125% scaling? That's what I have my 8" 1280×800 Windows tablets set at and it works pretty well for overall. I can effectively use Word and Excel for lighter tasks and OneNote is excellent with touch. Even File Explorer work well with the ribbon and using the larger views. Of course there's plenty on the desktop that's not touch friendly but there's enough there to be useful.
They are both at 40% and the brightness jumps to 100% upon waking the screen.
They are both at 40% and the brightness jumps to 100% upon waking the screen.
I just picked up two of these. I actually like it more than the Surface. It's so light and comfortable to use.
Too bad both have backlight bleeding. One only has it along the bottom edge, so I may keep it. Man, I cannot wait for tablets to start using OLED panels.
I just got the Pen for my V8P and was surprised to see it as Revision A00, not A01 or A02. However, my A00 was manufactured in December 2014. Only had it a week, pen hasn't died yet. Writting with it is as expected since it isn't Wacom. I'm just surprised they manufactured different revisions at the same time. Maybe it's different factories?
Might as well join the necro party...
I'm over a year into owning this tablet, and I have to say it has been a great purchase and has fit very well into my workflow. I use it primarily for note taking, and as an electronic document portfolio when I go to court or to meet with clients.
Being able to take gigabytes of .pdfs with me to a meeting and being able to mark them up, without packing an entire briefcase is priceless.
I'm a big OneNote user and it's very cool to have whatever information I've stored in OneNote accessible on such a small device and to be able to take notes, jot down ideas, etc. on the go.
Interesting About the pen revision and date. Dell sent me and lots of other folks a free A1 pen last year, which I thought was a classy CS move. However the A1 revision didn't seem any better. I was thinking about getting the A2 for my wife as she has expressed a desire for a pen for her DV8P but I think I'll hold off and just get her a Windows 10 pen enabled machine when they arrive.
Ditto. OneNote is the main app on my DV8P 90% of the time. The syncing to my desktop is PRICELESS.
(first off: holy necrobump batman)
Give it another week or two if it's the active stylus. I've got one for a venue 11 pro that i've got to call dell about. Kills the battery inside two to three weeks.
No issues to report with RTM.
I upgraded my DV8P and the stylus no longer works. Here's hoping for a driver update! (Alas, not likely)
I'm not torn up about it, I recently got a Surface 3 to replace the DV8P and couldn't be happier.