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Olive Pad review

A fully featured multimedia device

Posted on: Monday, November 29, 2010 12:22 IST | Arpita Mukherjee

Updated on: Monday, November 29, 2010 13:44 IST

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Estimated Street Price

22,990/-

Whats Hot
- Android 2.2
- Battery
- Front facing camera
- Sound quality

Whats Not
- Gets slow while multitasking
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Olive Pad

Olive Pad may not be an iPad beater by any stretch, but being the first tablet to hit the Indian market, it sure has an advantage in the 'tablet wars' between the bigger players like Apple (iPad that’s not yet launched in India!), Samsung (Galaxy tab), Dell (Streak) and others like the SMC tablet and the Magnum pocket PC.

Wrapped in a smart looking leather case, the Olive Pad at first glance looks like a notebook. But, once you see the 7-inch screen of the Olive Pad, it is nothing short of exciting. The device is what you can call a bigger phone with more real estate to play around with. And with 3G already here, it will become all the more exciting and things are sure to speed up.

Once powered on, the device gives you the pleasant Android 2.2 experience. The orientation remains in the landscape mode when switched on and the five home screens have loads to offer. Users can move between screens with a swipe of their fingers. The constants on the screen are the email, documents, music/video player and the web access on the left of the screen and the web, menu and phone to the right of the screen. The 480x800 screen resolution, though not very high, still gives you a good experience. The device gives you the option to play with resolution compatibility and run applications in 320x480 mode as well. Powered by a 600Mhz processor, the device functions like most of the other smartphones today. The menu appears in an interesting 3D interface but it always remains in the landscape mode. However, once you get past the menu and access each application, the Gsensor (Gravity sensor) changes the orientation pretty quickly. The Olive Pad

Olive Pad also comes with a 32GB expandable memory via microSD (a 16GB card is provided with the device). However, I still haven’t been able to figure out the reason for providing an SD card in the kit as well (not that we’re complaining)

Slightly heavy at 410 grams, the device is a handful. It is black in colour with a silver metal band on the sides. Depending on how one holds it, (we did portrait) below the screen are the feather touch controllers (back, search, home and menu) and the top has the front VGA camera. The left has the reset, mic, 3.5mm audio jack and the mini USB slot. The right hosts the volume controls and the microSD card and the SIM card slot covered with the same plastic flap. There are two speaker grills at the top and the bottom of the device have speaker grills (which is a good feature) and the top has the lock/power button. The back is unfortunately glossy and features the 3MP camera.

Let us analyse some of the essentials and offerings from the Olive stable:

Connectivity: The Olive Pad has a host of connectivity options with the micro USB connectivity and the 3.5mm audio jack. It features all the essentials like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPRS and with 3G coming in, the 3G SIM card slot will also come in handy.

Messaging: The experience of typing on a big screen is amazing and the ease with which one can type on the Olive Pad is great. The QWERTY keypad is equally comfortable to use, in vertical as well as landscape modes. If one wants, one can also change the typing to multitype with the swipe of a finger across the keypad, and vice-versa.

Multimedia: Being on Android is a blessing for Olive Pad as there are millions of downloadable apps that can be accessed. It comes with Google apps like YouTube preinstalled and one can also get other stuff like Shazam for music from the Android app store. The Olive pad comes with inbuilt Zenga TV that has a bunch of channels on offer. Its sad that the reception of these channels is quite questionable even on a Wi-FI connecton. For me to view the ticker on MTV was literally impossible. However, the sound quality here is again, quite stellar. YouTube plays videos quite well.

Social networking: Multitasking is the Olive Pad’s forte. I was surfing the Internet, chatting and speaking on the phone, all at the same time. However, the device does slow down while doing this. The fact that one can sync upto four emails including Gmail, is quite remarkable. The constant email updates are a good feature. The multiplicity of social networking apps offered by the Android market is amazing. Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Tweetdeck and Yahoo Mail are all available and connect easily.

Voice calls: The Olive pad takes in any SIM card and transforms the device into a calling machine. Making voice calls is easy and the speakers and the mic are all quite powerful, providing great sound quality. One can normally make calls on the loudspeaker or can use the provided headset to make calls.

Video Calls: With 3G already on offer and more companies in the fray, the video calling facility offered by OlivePad is sure to be a big hit. The front-facing VGA camera captures images quite clearly and considering the sound quality. This feature is sure to rock.

Navigation: Olive Pad comes with a lifetime subscription to MapMyIndia and comes pre-installed with the software, which is a pleasant surprise. The Maps also preinstalled along with other location-based apps like the latitude, navigation and places for better use of navigation as a feature. And all of this is bound to get better with 3G.

Gaming: The Olive Pad makes gaming fun with 7-inch screen and the Android OS. The many paid and free games are highly addictive and makes it difficult to put it down. Popular games like Talking Tom, Angry Birds, Paper Toss and relatively new ones like Talking Roby make the Olive Pad a complete entertainment package.

Other interesting stuff: The eBook reader, Aldiko, is quite easy to use and the reading on this comfortable screen does not strain the eye. The ‘documents to go’ app. allows one to view, edit and create word, excel, powerpoint and pdf documents. The Google sky map is also interesting with its celestial view, the news and weather app with its information and voice-enabled applications like voice dialer, voice note and voice search are interesting as well.

The battery lasts for 1-2 days, even with a good deal of multitasking including calling, music playback, surfing and video watching.

Overall, the device, though not the best looking in the tablet market, does compete with the bigger brands quite well. It gives you a great experience at a price of Rs. 23k as compared to the much higher-priced Galaxy Tab and the Dell Streak.

Specifications:

7-inch capacitive TFT touchscreen display
800x400 WVGA resolution
Android Froyo 2.2 OS
Processor : ARM11 600MHz
Chipset : Qualcomm MSM7227
512MB flash memory, expandable upto 32GB
3240mAh Li-Polymer battery
Connectivity: Wi-Fi (802.22b/g), Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, 3G, GPS
3.5mm audio jack, mini USB, microSD card slot, SIM card slot
3MP camera (front) VGA camera (back)
Microphone/ speaker
G-sensor, E-compass sensor, ambient light sensor

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Hanm said on 12/13/2011 4:59:20 PM:
Hi all, why not buy the pad from factory directly? Olive add so much profit 100% r 200% in it. you could contact sales@gloryn.com. www.gloryn.com.

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venkat said on 11/23/2011 12:33:53 PM:
Hi , I am an unfortunate customer of Olive pad . the ipad battery life is pathetic and It sounds ridiculous that the entire bangalore city has got 3 service centers mentioned in your web site . 1. Redingtone India which is no more your service center . The rest 2 centers Fine Fone Solutions, Jaya Nagar 3rd Block, Bangalore / SAI Srinivasa Technologies in Rajajinagar do not have battery replacement for the ipad ‘s their answer is give your ipad for service we shall place order & it may take 2 weeks to 3 weeks we shall get back to you .when will you get back .We cant say ? this is the kind of aftersales support olive has cherio .. I feel miserable even further when I call your call center asking details & just one icing we shall inform you soon sir .when in coming 72 to 172 hours sorry olive we regret for buying your product.

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Collapse <div runat='server' id=Comm1641 class='CommentsContainer'><span class='commentsFrom' style='float:left;'>SATYAM said on 11/4/2011 5:24:14 PM: </span><br/>Failure !! Failure!! Failure!!

Fake support, nothing to believe on this OlivePad.

I am facing problem with the 1st day of Purchasing....

So never!! purchase this.....<div class='CommentLineContainer'><input type=button onClick='MoveComm(1641,ctl00_cContentLeftPartbottom_comments1_txtPid);' value='Reply'/> to SATYAM </div>

SATYAM said on 11/4/2011 5:24:14 PM:
Failure !! Failure!! Failure!! Fake support, nothing to believe on this OlivePad. I am facing problem with the 1st day of Purchasing.... So never!! purchase this.....

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Preetam said on 11/4/2011 5:28:46 PM:
Really Failure Device !! rude official staff !! Bad customer support !! much better to purchase chinese mobile, but not Olive Pad........... Mat kharido iseeeee....... paise ki barbadi hai...........

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K I Lawrence said on 9/20/2011 12:51:29 PM:
I hav e purchased a Olive pad vt 100, thinking it can do regular video calls. But it appears that it is not possible. I was trying to do some sort of video chat using Fring, Skype Gmail etc. But not successful. Is it possible?

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Harpreet said on 4/19/2011 6:53:47 PM:
i bought olive pad,but there is not any video call option.can u Suggest me how to use video call?

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Collapse <div runat='server' id=Comm1097 class='CommentsContainer'><span class='commentsFrom' style='float:left;'>Techno said on 3/22/2011 4:32:47 PM: </span><br/>not a multi touch device.Poor sensors.Poor processor.good battery .<div class='CommentLineContainer'><input type=button onClick='MoveComm(1097,ctl00_cContentLeftPartbottom_comments1_txtPid);' value='Reply'/> to Techno </div>

Techno said on 3/22/2011 4:32:47 PM:
not a multi touch device.Poor sensors.Poor processor.good battery .

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sabareesh k said on 9/11/2011 10:57:48 PM:
i want to buy this olive wud u suggest me to buy this please tell me

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Anurag jain said on 3/22/2011 11:11:28 AM:
We are Distributors for Olive Pad VT 100, U can contact us for any technical clarifications: The price for Olive Pad VT-100 is Rs. 21500 All Inclusive We are on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Delhi-India/WebNet-Consultants-Pvt-Ltd/367725104561 Anurag Jain M/S. WEBNET CONSULTANTS PVT. LTD 514, 2ND FLOOR, AVANTIKA BUILDING J-BLOCK MARKET, SAKET NEW DELHI - 110017 TEL: 41671485, 29565994, 29566090 MOBILE: 9810416030 EMAIL: wcon@vsnl.net webnet.consultant@gmail.com URL: www.webnet.co.in Skype: webnet.consultant

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Collapse <div runat='server' id=Comm1070 class='CommentsContainer'><span class='commentsFrom' style='float:left;'>Anurag Jain said on 3/14/2011 1:33:15 AM: </span><br/>We are Distributors for Olive Pad VT 100, U can contact us for any technical clarifications:

The price for Olive Pad VT-100 is Rs. 21500 All Inclusive

We are on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Delhi-India/WebNet-Consultants-Pvt-Ltd/367725104561

Anurag Jain

M/S. WEBNET CONSULTANTS PVT. LTD
514, 2ND FLOOR, AVANTIKA BUILDING
J-BLOCK MARKET, SAKET
NEW DELHI - 110017
TEL: 41671485, 29565994, 29566090
MOBILE: 9810416030
EMAIL: wcon@vsnl.net
webnet.consultant@gmail.com
URL: www.webnet.co.in
Skype: webnet.consultant<div class='CommentLineContainer'><input type=button onClick='MoveComm(1070,ctl00_cContentLeftPartbottom_comments1_txtPid);' value='Reply'/> to Anurag Jain </div>

Anurag Jain said on 3/14/2011 1:33:15 AM:
We are Distributors for Olive Pad VT 100, U can contact us for any technical clarifications: The price for Olive Pad VT-100 is Rs. 21500 All Inclusive We are on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Delhi-India/WebNet-Consultants-Pvt-Ltd/367725104561 Anurag Jain M/S. WEBNET CONSULTANTS PVT. LTD 514, 2ND FLOOR, AVANTIKA BUILDING J-BLOCK MARKET, SAKET NEW DELHI - 110017 TEL: 41671485, 29565994, 29566090 MOBILE: 9810416030 EMAIL: wcon@vsnl.net webnet.consultant@gmail.com URL: www.webnet.co.in Skype: webnet.consultant

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Collapse <div runat='server' id=Comm1384 class='CommentsContainer'><span class='commentsFrom' style='float:left;'>prashanth vaishnav said on 7/24/2011 1:14:41 PM: </span><br/>hi. . .its me prashanth i wanna buy olive pad. Now wht is the cost of this tablet.whr could i found this in bangalore . . . Pls rly me i will be waiting 4r u r rly <div class='CommentLineContainer'><input type=button onClick='MoveComm(1384,ctl00_cContentLeftPartbottom_comments1_txtPid);' value='Reply'/> to prashanth vaishnav </div>

prashanth vaishnav said on 7/24/2011 1:14:41 PM:
hi. . .its me prashanth i wanna buy olive pad. Now wht is the cost of this tablet.whr could i found this in bangalore . . . Pls rly me i will be waiting 4r u r rly

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Raj said on 8/8/2011 4:21:19 PM:
Have a look at flipkart.com which is a bangalore based website for buying this product

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sabananthan said on 4/25/2012 6:21:01 PM:
Hi vsit this URL to buy olive pad.... http://www.shopping.olivetelecom.in/Products/Olive-OlivePad/OLIVE/OLIVE-PAD---VT100/pid-483278.aspx

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AMIT said on 12/9/2010 7:17:53 AM:
NICE PRODUCT THE YOUNG INDIAN GENERATION SHOULD USE THIS KIND OF PRODUCTS FOR MAKING INDIA LEADING IN EVERY FIELD WETHER ITS BUSSINESS FIELD OR TOURISM . ITS REALLY A GOOD PRODUCT IF IST HAVING A GOOD LIFE AT LEAT SHOULD BE GIVEN WITH 2 YEARS WARRANTY. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONE

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