ViewSonic ViewPads Dated for North America
ViewSonic's 7-inch Android tablet is due late 2010.
Monday ViewSonic Corp. revealed the North American launch dates for its upcoming Android and Windows 7-based tablets, the ViewPad 7 and ViewPad 10. The former device is slated to arrive during the holiday 2010 tablet rush while the latter won't arrive until next year.
Hitting the market in late Q4 2010, the ViewPad 7 will feature a 7-inch form factor, Google's Android 2.2 OS, and a 800 x 480 WVGA LCD screen. The tablet is also billed as one of the only 7-inch Android tablets that use the Android Google Mobile Services, granting users official access to the Android Market, YouTube, Gmail and more. Other tablets features will include a 3MP rear-facing camera and a 0.3MP front-facing camera, 512 MB of memory, a microSD offering capacities up to 32 GB, battery life up to 10 hours, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and more.
As for the ViewPad 10, this 10.1-inch form factor tablet will provide both Android 1.6 and Windows 7 Home Premium in a dual-boot setup. On the hardware front, it will pack an Intel Atom 1.66 GHz CPU, 1 GB of memory, a 16 GB SSD, and a microSD card slot. The device will also have a 1024 x 600 LED screen with G-senor and capacitive multi-touch, a 1.3MP webcam, Wi-Fi and more. The ViewPAd 10 is slated for a Q1 2011 release.
"Leveraging our 20-year display heritage, these new ViewPad solutions provide users with anytime anywhere connectivity," said Jeff Volpe, vice president and general manager for ViewSonic Americas. "With access to the universe of Android apps, our new ViewPads are perfectly suited for enjoying digital entertainment and social media. Office productivity is also a snap with robust web browsing functionality."
The ViewPad 7 will cost $479 when launched within the next few months whereas the ViewPad 10 will be a meatier $629. Both tablets will be accompanied by third-party accessories at launch.
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I hope that's a dual core Atom processor otherwise Windows 7 will run like a dog. Let alone 1gb of RAM yea that's going to work well.
I'm a huge fan of Windows 7, but Windows 7 was clearly not designed for a pure tablet experience. These things are going to sucks terribly with Windows 7 installed on them. Also, half the reason Android Tabs and iPads make great tablets is because they have an App hub that's full of applications designed to work for a tablet.
What kind of processor is the 7 running? Unless I missed something from the article? But, I really want to get a Android Tablet for reading books, manga, and watching videos.
"ViewSonic ViewPads Dated for North America"
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With only 16GB of internal storage that is going to have to be a very slimmed down version of Win7. Running Windows is pointless unless you have some space left over to install programs like office, etc. Besides that, that 16GB will probably need to be partitioned to give Android and the associated apps some room too.