Milagrow TabTop Review

Going by the usual norm, when a device has been especially crafted for women, design elements and aesthetics are given much importance. The boring colours are washed off, to make way for brighter, vivid hues, and the device is portrayed to exhibit how simple and handy it could be for a lady. In the recent times of the tablet-era, we came across the home-brewed Milagrow tablet dubbed the TabTop, posing as a tablet built for women. As the Milagrow Tabtop (MGPT02) for women reaches our labs, read on to know if its the usual pink-clad girlie device or has umpteen reasons for a tech-imbued lass to include as her armour.

Target'ted at women

Design and Build Quality
To begin with, we received the pretty pink coloured tablet. Other options would have been blue, grey and black. Personally, I wouldn't like a baby pink tablet. Probably, a red or light blue coloured one would make it to my bag. Here the opinions may differ, as some folks at our end, wouldn't mind clutching the pink tab. The 7-inch Milagrow TabTop comes bundled with USB cable, USB adaptor, main charger and a tablet case that Milagrow claims to be worth Rs. 3,000. The front side shows around 1 cm bezel surrounding the 7-inch  800 x 600 resistive touchscreen. The edges and bezel are covered in slightly rough, matte texture, while the curvy rear side is dipped in glossy creamy pink shade.

On video: Milagrow TabTop

The front side of the tablet has a VGA camera taking the center position, while the Menu button, Back key, Volume controls and power/screen sleep switch run along upper edge.  The 2 MP camera and speaker are cut out on the back while the right edge has control functions like rest pin hole, 2 mini-USB ports (one host USB), power jack and microSD card slot.  The build quality appears to be sturdy, although one can’t escape noticing the plastic back flap (not removable). The included earphones are quite mediocre and don’t have the soft eartips. The company has included a stylus to navigate using the resistive screen. Disappointingly, you will need to carry the black mini pen (with orange tip) shaped stylus separately as the company doesn't provide any space within the device to carry the stylus. The clumsy ones, may fret losing it.

Glossy back

Features
Interface
The TabTop runs on a 1.2GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor with 512MB RAM. On switching it on, the device took about two minutes to start up. Moreover, the resistive touchscreen doesn't make navigating a smooth affair. Milagrow has added what it calls the ‘special UI for women.’ The home screen has a picture of a pink room, probably designed by Barbie’s interior decorator. The room shows a bedside lamp, remote, photo frame and so on. One can navigate across the device by clicking on the objects in the room. For instance, click on the remote to view the videos, on the lamp to change the brightness of the screen, and so on.

Special UI for women

This fancy looking tablet runs on Android 2.3.2. The room has a shelf with the Android Logo, the logo will take you the usual Android 2.3 home screens. You will also find an applications icon, which will take you to all the applications (numerous apps come built-in with the device).