ZeniThink C91 is a portable locker, popcorn not included
Get moving, little Android tablets that want to be. The ZeniThink C91 is the big kid on the block.
For the past decade or so, technology has been taking sip after sip of Alice’s “Drink Me” magic potion, getting smaller and smaller as the tech-savvy and socially savvy consumer seeks out the latest gadgets. and fashionable that can fit your pockets and purses. This is certainly the trend for tablets, many of which are still looking for an answer to the ubiquitous palm-sized iPod. But sometimes you just want something that’s a little bit bigger. Sometimes you just want to turn the dial up to 11 and rock. Zenithink’s Zenithink C91 is that kind of tablet. It’s like the Dodge Ram with off-road tires parked in a lot full of cute Miatas and Prius, blaring AC / DC’s “Back in Black.”
This is how Zenithink zt280 C91 finds its niche in the ever-expanding world of Android tablets. The most important thing about the Zenithink ZT-280 C91 is the fact that it is, well, big. With all the seven-inch tabs that follow in the footsteps of Samsung and popular e-book readers like Amazon’s Kindle Fire, the Zepad C91 offers a ten-inch capacitive screen that pushes you straight into the high territory of the iPad. (It’s worth mentioning that the iPad’s screen is only around nine and a half inches, but that would be very tricky.)
The large and robust display of the Zenithink C91 is ideal if you like to lose yourself in movies and YouTube videos. At 1040 x 600 pixels, you fall into the HDMI category, which is very important for serious moviegoers. Plus, at ten inches, it might as well be a big-screen TV, at least from the perspective that it’s on your lap. Okay, that might stretch things out a bit, but at least you won’t have to hold the device just inches from your nose and squint to see the action like you would some of the Zenithink C91’s distant cousins in the world. of smartphones.
As someone who is chronically addicted to the Internet, I can also testify that I appreciate the extra three inches of real estate. It really makes a difference for certain sites where you have a large, expansive page, like deviantART.com or G4TV.com, and a lot of sidebars and things happening at once. Less scrolling and hunting is good.
Statistically, the Zenithink C91 is nothing to shout hallelujah, but the specs are on par with higher-end models; a full 1 gigahertz processor, 8 gigabytes of storage, and Wi-Fi support. What’s a bit disappointing is the fact that the entry-level Zenithink C91 only comes with half a gig of RAM. It’s not a deal breaker, the menus and everything is still very fluid on the basic Zenithink ZT-280 C91, but it can be said that it makes a difference in the loading times of web pages, for example. Fortunately, ZeniThink offers a “C91 Upgrade” on their site, which is the exact same model, but with a full gig of RAM, leading directly to higher-end models like Ainol’s Aurora. However, since the “basic” and “upgraded” models are quite reasonably priced, it will really only be a matter of how often you will be streaming videos or browsing web pages. When you compare even the entry-level Zenithink C91 to the latest iPad, especially when you look at the specs and consider the fact that the C91 is running Android 4.0, which is vastly superior to Apple’s iOS, and then look at the price tags, the Smart money will go to Android ZeniThink tablets every day of the week.
So for your next long flight, forget about the movie during the flight. Grab your ZeniThink C91 and some headphones and get away.
