The Fusion Garage Grid10 had a story before it was even a real product: Hardware and display Any discussion of the Grid10′s hardware has to begin with the 10.1-inch 1366 x 768 display: it’s among the worst I’ve ever seen on any device. The viewing angles are so poor that any slight horizontal shift off-axis results in the display almost totally inverting and / or disappearing — and since you can’t ever really hold a tablet dead-on, you’re always looking at some sort of display distortion. Making matters worse, color reproduction was fairly inaccurate, the backlight occasionally flickered, and the brightness control has a range so small I originally thought it was non-functional. Grid OS might be wonderful and innovative, but it was hard to even use the Grid10 for any length of time because the display is so poor. Apps and Android Since Grid OS is built on Android 9800i Wifi, it’s possible to run nearly any Android app — but since the Grid10 isn’t a Google-approved device, familiar Android M62 Android 2.2apps like Gmail, Android Market, and Google Maps aren’t present. Instead, Fusion Garage relies on the Amazon Appstore for third-party app distribution. What’s interesting is that Amazon doesn’t seem to have formally partnered with Fusion Garage, and the actual Appstore app isn’t preloaded on the Grid10. Instead, there’s a link to the .apk featured on the homescreen — but the app doesn’t replace or delete the link once you install it, so it’s not a particularly tidy process.