By default, these shortcuts included the calendar, browser and calculator apps, among others.Ĭlick to EnlargeASUS has also added a fourth navigation button that sits on the left side of the system bar and launches a horizontal shortcut menu with shortcuts that specifically launch floating apps. The outer ring contains a customizable set of shortcuts to your favorite apps you can add or remove from when you tap that settings button. There's an inner ring with shortcuts to Google Search, the apps menu, voice search, a settings icon and system bar lock, which lets you disable all the buttons on the bar to avoid accidentally hitting them while doing something important like playing a game. Long-pressing the home button brings up a circular shortcut menu with two rings. The home, back and task switching buttons all look slightly different than on stock Android. The most obvious change involves the look, feel and function of the virtual navigation buttons.
#MEMO NOTEPAD SKIN#
Though ASUS does not give its Android skin a name like Samsung does with TouchWiz or HTC with Sense, the company has made several significant changes to the stock Jelly Bean UI. As you might expect, songs sounded best in Music Mode.Ĭlick to EnlargeThe ASUS MeMO Pad HD 7 comes with a heavily modified version of Android 4.2.1.
#MEMO NOTEPAD MOVIE#
ASUS's AudioWizard software allowed us to switch between different sound profiles, such as Gaming, Speed, Movie or Music Mode. The heavy metal "She's Got the Looks That Kill" wasn't as textured, but wasn't tinny either.
When we listened to the bass-heavy R&B "Forget Me Nots," sound was rich and layered. The rear-facing speaker bar on the MeMO Pad HD 7, which features ASUS SonicMaster technology, produced accurate audio that was loud enough to fill a small living room. Though the screen looks bright and color indoors and in a shady area, it was harder to read in direct sunlight.
The ASUS is slightly lower than the HiSense Sero 7 Pro (369) and way below the Amazon Kindle Fire HD (436). Enabling Vibrant Mode made colors in the trailers look noticeably more vivid.Īt full brightness, the MemoPad HD 7 measured 358 lux on our light meter, which is well ahead of the Nexus 7 (314), about on par with the 355 lux tablet category average. We particularly enjoyed moving the different slider bars in Splendid and seeing their effects on a preview image or raspberries. Viewing angles were strong as colors did not fade at 90 degree angles to the left or right.īetter still, the MeMO Pad HD 7 includes a unique screen-tuning utility called ASUS Splendid that allows you to adjust the color temperature, hue and saturation while toggling Vibrant Mode.
#MEMO NOTEPAD 1080P#
When we played offline 1080p trailers for "Skyfall" and "Riddick," fine details like stubble in a character's face were easily visible while colors like the green in some trees really popped. Click to EnlargeThe ASUS MeMO Pad HD 7's 1280 x 800 IPS display is one of the sharpest and most vibrant we've seen on a tablet this size.
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