Well this is disappointing. Do you recall the OlivePad I showed you a month back? Viewsonic took the Olive Pad and slapped their own label on it. Actually, there’s a better chance that both Olive and Viewsonic licensed the hardware from the same Chinese manufacturer. We don’t know, though.
I didn’t have all that much in [...]
Entries Tagged as '7'
Viewsonic Viewpad announced – 7″, Android v2.2, £350
August 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Sigmatek to launch 5″, 7″ e-readers at IFA-Berlin
August 27th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
I’ve just heard about a pair of new e-readers from the French electronics company, SigmaTek Computers. Details are still sparse, but I do know that the e-readers will have LCD screens with 800×480 resolution, a 600MHz CPU,as well as decent video and audio support. Ebook support will include Epub PDF, and TXT; no word yet [...]
Skytex Primer – new 7″ e-reader
August 26th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Do you remember how I said we’d see a bunch more Kindle clones by the end of the year? This one doesn’t have a full keyboard so I won’t add it to the list.
The Skytex Primer is based on your standard 7″ 800×480 LCD screen. It has a 400 MHz CPU, 2 GB Flash, SDHC [...]
Sinotech Nameless 7″ Android tablet
August 17th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
I’m not kidding, actually.This one really doens’t have a name yet. This tablet is running Android v2.1 on a 800MHz Telechips, and it has 256MB RAM, 4GB Flash, and a HDMI port. There are no details on price and launch date.
I don’t know why they’re calling it an iPad clone; it has far too many [...]
Leader-intl G10 7″ Android tablet
August 16th, 2010 · No Comments · YACT yet another Chinese tablet, hardware news
Here’s another Android tablet out China. This one is slightly ahead of the pack with a 800Mhz Marvell PXA166 CPU, 256 RAM and 1GB Flash, VGA camera, and Wifi. Look at the picture, and you’ll agree that it’s slightly more polished than your average YACT.
It currently only runs v1.6 but Leader-intl have promised that it [...]
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7″ iPhone clone clears FCC, runs Android
August 9th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Another tablet has cleared the FCC. This one has a 7″ screen, as well as Wifi, 8GB Flash, microSD card slot, HDMI out, and according to the user manual it has 2 USB ports which suggests USB host.I’m not entirely certain what CPU or ANdroid version it’s running, but I’ve done some digging and I [...]
New 7″ Chinese WinCE tablet clears FCC
August 9th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
So I found another 7″ tablet on the FCC website the other day. This one could be good.
When I look at a tablet, I judge it based on how close it comes to replacing my desktop (don’t laugh). Now this tablet is tempting. It has a 7″ LCD screen at 480×800, Wifi, SD card slot, [...]
Rumor: Apple to release 7″ iPad
August 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware rumors
Digitimes are reporting:
Apple is set launch an upgraded 9.7-inch iPad adopting a new ARM Cortex-A9-based processor and 512MB RAM in the first quarter of 2011. Meanwhile, the company will also launch a 7-inch iPad using the Cortex-A9 processor and an IPS panel with a resolution of 1024×768, according to Digitimes Research senior analyst Mingchi Kuo.
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Verizon [...]
SmartQ T7 hands on video – Android 2.1, 7″ tablet
August 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news, smartq, video
Someone sent me a link this video they found on Taobao. You’re looking at the latest tablet from SmartQ, one of the better Chinese manufacturers. The T7 is their 6th tablet, and I’ve covered it before. I’ve had my hands on SmartQ hardware before, and it’s generally very good. But I still think at this [...]
Witstek A81 hands on video – 7″ Android v2.1 tablet
August 4th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware reviews, video
Netbook News have posted a brief video of this $200 tablet. I’v watched it, and it’s a little sad how my standards have slipped; I’m happy that this one has accessible buttons.
This particular tablet is noteworthy becuase of the CPU. It’s using one of Texas Instruments’ OMAPs “systems on a chip” processors, and they usually [...]
