For the record I am not an employee of Camangi, I just love gadgets and have most of them from around the world.

Please wake up and look outside your little world and you will realize that the population makeup in the world around you is comprised of people from many backgrounds who, like myself, were not born in the US or Canada and do not speak native English. I am proud to say that I speak 7 languages and still could communicate on this level in English with all of you. Equally you should realize that any spelling or grammatical mistakes in my letters have nothing to do with my IQ.

Let us talk about the expectation and the bar Michael Smith placed on a simple product such as WebStation.

Why all apparatuses must be compared to iPhone.

Can you imagine if all salads must look, taste and be digested like a tomato salad (which is actually very good for you but who cares) or that every car now must drive, feel and perform like a Mercedes or that all your reviews, opinions and comments must be on the level of Dostoyevsky or Yesenin. If that was the case for Camangi, that it must be compared to an iPhone, than you should not post another written comment for as long as you live as you do not write, speak or have the brain power to compete with Dostoyevsky or Yesenin.

I would imagine that by now your ego is reacting and you are not happy with my comments as you are taking it personally and you will still allow yourself to coexist in this world and continue to do what you do. What I am talking about is equally my opinion, which I am entitled to have, as you are to yours.

My comments are not personal at all and I would imagine that Michael Smith is likely a nice guy who is just trying to make a difference in the world and maybe build a career and some good old dollar.

That is okay with me and therefore allow Camangi to coexist and provide the product that maybe isn’t as good as iPhone in your opinion but still would have a place in the world with people that a) do not care for iPhone; b) do not have the same expectation as you have; c) would appreciate a reasonable price point and d) would be happy having it.

Granted, the product need some improvements and you could have spoken about all the inefficiencies in a positive way, as that is how I would review your inferior writing and thoughts if compared to Dostoyevsky or Yesenin.

In my opinion, you should have done it differently. As a good sport and as a good intended person, you should have communicated with Camangi management, since you already have had prior communications, give your opinion, encourage them to make the changes, you feel should be made and wait for them to do it.

That would have been constructive, nice and businesslike effort on your part. To butcher them publicly the way you have done was brutal and had no purpose.

In addition to the above, I would be more than happy to send you $399 back if you feel that the Camangi people were misleading you or somehow were dishonest in dealing with you.

The Truth.

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’.

You can read up on the PXA3xx processors at:

http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=365&pgno=1

Camangi essentially put a processor that, in this day an age, 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, it’s the best Android powered e-Book reader.

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

I am not saying that this device is a good device, I do not own one and nor did I ever consider buying one, but when trying to make a good review at least keep the biased references on the down-low. Or, better yet, refer to things that actually exist.

Michael, please make a 5 min video and show all these idiots what exactly is going on with the webstation. I mean sure it can be improved in the future but for now.. well its simply not “good”.

I will reply quickly here and then fully on my own blog at tomorrowland.com.

Message for Camangi: My review was honest. I told you in the letters I wrote to you that I would review it honestly wether or not you sent me a “free” review unit. Which I think is one reason you didn’t send me one. I was not vindictive. However, I was very disappointed in the product, which I still feel is basically about as powerful as a digital picture frame. We’ll see what apple announces in January. But lets make the simple comparison of the WebStation to the JooJoo. For $100 more you get a tablet that works A LOT better. Much faster processor. Much smoother UI. And can play 1080P video. WebStation won’t play ANY video at all, does not support any flash, and can’t even keep up with my reasonably slow typing on the virtual keyboard.

So I will apologize to Camangi: I’m sorry if my tiny little review was that devastating to your business that I’m ruining it. But you have to put out products that can handle the harsh realities of real users. You knew from the emails I sent you what I was looking for this thing to do. I’m no different than the other users.

For everyone else, I will post videos of the WebStation side by side with that old first edition iPhone that they call pathetic. They’ll go up this weekend along with my full response to Camangi’s note to me.

“You no are fair!” – fail