Eve V Review: A Crowdfunded Surface Pro Competitor

[Julio Franco]

For a first-generation product, the Eve V is remarkably solid. It's especially impressive when you consider its direct competition - the Surface Pro - is well entrenched in the Windows tablet market and known to be an excellent option. From my experience with the Eve V so far, it's not just a great competitor to the Surface Pro: it is a better option in several ways.

Read the full article here.

https://www.techspot.com/review/1528-eve-v/

 

[Kibaruk]

The one thing that is a big thing, is how support is taken, the warranty for the product and how well a replacement for a bad device goes, besides that at least in the pictures, it does not look like a premium device, it looks kind of plastic-ky.

 

[hk2000]

For a 1st generation? Yeah, except they're copying a 5th gen., so someone else had to go through the growing pains (MS). Not to mention, the build quality looks iffy, they just basically added some of the items the SP is missing!!

 

[Ira Wechsler]

I do not know why any windows tablet merits this attention. Top end android tables like Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 inch are a lot cheaper and offer plenty of options. Their only flaw is lack of usb 3.0 full size port. I think that will come soon enough. There is no overriding reason to pay $1000 to $1400 for a windows tablet. For that price you get alight laptop with far better graphics.

 

[woofer]

The Eve folks could show real user-friendliness if they would enable their PC's to be fully accessible to open source software, such as Linux and the BSD's, with graphics, wifi, audio and other such key subsystems that are widely supported by those OS's, as well as a legacy BIOS option for dual booting.

Now to really dream: would they avail themselves of techniques found to disable the Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) Management Engine (ME) for even greater security (and maybe a bit more battery life since it always runs as long as power is available to the motherboard)? Maybe that could be done as preparation for their factory color calibration process??

Good to know they will "allow" a bluetooth keyboard, so maybe I could use my trusty Thinkpad Tablet 2 model with optical Trackpoint. The lack of trackpad on a keyboard makes it a far easier typing experience for me at least, since I don't have the added strain and distraction of a weird (for me) typing method to keep thumbs from brushing that pad booby trap area (and there is more space for actual keys - the TPT2 keyboard is amazingly fully functional and sized for its dimensions). Maybe the tablet slot in the KB will even support the V so the whole kaboodle could be lappable - what a concept ;-}

 

[bexwhitt]

I will never buy a computer with rubbish speakers so for me it's a pass.

 

[p40thunder]

I do not know why any windows tablet merits this attention. Top end android tables like Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 inch are a lot cheaper and offer plenty of options. Their only flaw is lack of usb 3.0 full size port. I think that will come soon enough. There is no overriding reason to pay $1000 to $1400 for a windows tablet. For that price you get alight laptop with far better graphics.

Different crowds. 2 in 1 has the hardware and size unlike Android tablets. To be honest I hate my Android tablets. It's slightly limited but still useful and it does get slow every update. It's quite sad that Android is doing this. This is coming from an Android owner for 5+ years. Samsung Galaxy S, Note II, Galaxy Note 10.1, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Asus Zenpad S8, Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe.

Last device has the fastest SD820 soc with 6GB of ram still has lag issues after a few months. Compare that to a Windows 7 machine with dual core CPU and 4GB of ram can last long for years. Don't me start with "that is a desktop" argument.

Software wise Android is new OS from ground up, and has a good start on improving. I don't see it. They even broke SD card support few times in some updates during Note II.

 

[Make Money]

They will take your money and teach you patience. And you will quit
Its a big SCAM - There is no product on earth that is new and has all positive reviews. These guys will suck the life out of you, dont waste your hope on them.

 

[JaredTheDragon]

I do not know why any windows tablet merits this attention. Top end android tables like Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 inch are a lot cheaper and offer plenty of options. Their only flaw is lack of usb 3.0 full size port. I think that will come soon enough. There is no overriding reason to pay $1000 to $1400 for a windows tablet. For that price you get alight laptop with far better graphics.

There's no such thing as a "top end Android tablet", when Windows tablets exist. You simply can't do anything important with Android, and it's a complete sloperating system in all ways, in comparison. For artists and digital content-creation, Android isn't an option. Macs aren't even a good alternative any more, much less the completely application-dry "Android" slO-S.

You missed the point of these types of tablet PCs entirely. Stick to your crappy phone.

 

[yklpsklp]

I am still waiting for my V-1 to come back from repair!!!
More than a year ago!!!

 

[murrdic]

With the benefit of hindsight and a year of Eve V ownership, it's the most pleasing device I own. A benefit of the low power i5 and i7 Eve not mentioned here is that it's passively cooled. No fan, no noise. Reviewer Tim thinks that the bevelled edges and the curved back make it look bulkier than the Surface Pro, that's arguably true, a tiny but considered advantage that it offers is that the compound curvature makes the kickstand a little stiffer than a flat panel. Gotta say, too, that the Eve's production quality is high, the cut line around the kickstand is fine and consistent.
Philosophically, the Eve is designed by committee, but the committee are customers and PCs are generic, so it's the details that make the difference, and it's Eve's details that made it compelling to me. The Thunderbolt 3 type-C, the multi-device backlit keyboard, N-trig pen and PD charger included and passive cooling that makes it usable in close quarters with others without disturbing or distracting them, and enough power to do serious CAD and graphics work, while the battery can be replenished quickly on site or travelling, if needed, from a high-capacity power bank.

 

[murrdic]

The Eve folks could show real user-friendliness if they would enable their PC's to be fully accessible to open source software, such as Linux and the BSD's, with graphics, wifi, audio and other such key subsystems that are widely supported by those OS's, as well as a legacy BIOS option for dual booting.

Now to really dream: would they avail themselves of techniques found to disable the Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) Management Engine (ME) for even greater security (and maybe a bit more battery life since it always runs as long as power is available to the motherboard)? Maybe that could be done as preparation for their factory color calibration process??

Good to know they will "allow" a bluetooth keyboard, so maybe I could use my trusty Thinkpad Tablet 2 model with optical Trackpoint. The lack of trackpad on a keyboard makes it a far easier typing experience for me at least, since I don't have the added strain and distraction of a weird (for me) typing method to keep thumbs from brushing that pad booby trap area (and there is more space for actual keys - the TPT2 keyboard is amazingly fully functional and sized for its dimensions). Maybe the tablet slot in the KB will even support the V so the whole kaboodle could be lappable - what a concept ;-}

Most recent laptops, 2in1s and even aftermarket keyboards with trackpads have a function key to lock off their trackpad while you type.