Yesterday, I gave some quick impressions of the Z tablet, and today I am going to continue with some more impressions and review. Its my birthday today, so this will be the only post today.

So I have now copied all my photos, movies and music on to the device. The first issue I have encountered is the walkman app is unable to download the music info due to a network error. Maybe Gracenote is unavailable, so I will try tomorrow. No big deal, but I would like the artwork. I did copy everything via Wi-Fi but I now discovered Sony Bridge for Mac. If I cant get the artwork across, I will try the Sony app. It might be that I put all 3,000 songs in one folder.

I have plugged my headphones into the Z, and have been blown away by the quality of the built in headphone amp. I thought the HTC One sounded good, but seriously it is not even a patch on the Z tablet. The Z is now my music player of choice. My old iPod Classic is toast now. The music has amazing clarity, seperation, depth, punch and musicality. Whilst the headphone sound is fantastic, the external speakers are loud but slightly tinny. This probably is due to the waterproof aspect of this tablet.

The screen. Nothing beats a lovely wide 10.1 inch screen. My iPad Mini is toast too. It doesnt stand a chance against the Z. The Z does seem to be a finger print magnet. But then it is a new toy and I am using it alot. If it wasn’t for the fact I need an ios device so I can use play some of the games I have bought, I would sell it tomorrow. The other aspect is the weight. The Z is very light and therefore enjoyable to hold and use for long periods.

Talking of the screen, the tablet is really easy to use due to some nifty screen options. Visible at the bottom left is the home, back and recent apps. The bottom right is the notification centre and settings shortcuts. Whilst on the home screen, you get the infra red remote icon and quick widget apps. The quick apps can include apps, widgets up to 7 in total. These are special small apps, of which there are over 58 to choose from. Top right includes Google search and voice search. Then you can add 4 apps or folders to have quick shortcuts on the top bar. In the middle of the top bar is the 5 dots showing which homescreen you are on. Finally top right, is the apps button to get to all your apps, and a button to add new widgets, wallpapers or change the theme. In the app screen, you can adjust the display options from own order, alphabetical, most used, recently downloaded. You can have folders too. There doesnt seem to be a restriction to the number of apps in a folder.

The Sony launcher is excellent, even better than Sense 5. So it stays. Some screen shots of the home screens.

You can see the layouts of all the scren options too.

And the app screen.

And on the home screen pressing the + reveals this.

Tomorrow I will discuss the infra red software and more. And mention one super incredible feature just discovered.

If you have any questions, just let me know.

Update – the album artwork downloaded a lot later. Clearly a Gracenote server error.