ViewSonic unveils Android Tablets

ViewPad 7

VIEWSONIC has launched two Android Tablets, the ViewPad 7 and ViewPad 10.

The ViewPad 7 is a smartphone, computer, game machine and e-book reader combined into one device, the company claimed.

The device, which runs on Android 2.2, has a 7in capacitive multitouch screen with a resolution of 800 x 480-pixels and runs on a Qualcomm MSM 7227 600MHz processor.

It also has a built-in storage of 512MB and a microSD slot which supports card sizes of up to 32GB.

Other features include two cameras (VGA camera on the front and 3-megapixel camera on the back), stereo speakers, accelerometer, digital compass, light sensor and A-GPS. The ViewPad 7 measures 179 x 110 x 11.5mm in size and weighs 375g.

ViewPad 10

The ViewPad 10, on the other hand, is a dual-boot device that runs both Windows 7 Home Premium and Android 2.2 operating systems.

This device has a 10in screen capacitive display with a resolution of 1,024 x 600-pixels. It also has an Intel Atom Processor N455 (1.66GHz), 1GB of memory, Intel GFX 200MHz graphics chip and 16GB SSD.

Other features include two USB ports, a mini VGA slot and SD card reader as well as WiFi and Bluetooth wireless connectivity. However, it doesn't have 3G connectivity.

It also has a 1.3-megapixel webcam with built-in microphone which is great for videoconferencing.

The ViewPad 10 measures 275 x 170 x 14.5mm in size and weighs 875g.

The standard preinstalled apps for both devices include Google Maps, Voice Search, Gmail, YouTube and Aldiko e-reader.

There are over 100,000 apps available on the Android Market for users to beef up their Tablets, the company said.

However, users can only download free applications for now.

The ViewPad 7 and ViewPad 10 cost roughly about USD 580 and USD 645 respectively.

Review: Foxconn Mini Tablet powered by Android and Nvidia

Somebody publish the prototype for the above Foxconn-manufactured, Tegra 2-powered Android prototype, and we’ll be honest — it was awfully sweet. There wasn’t much going on beyond some gaming action — we didn’t see it boot into standard Android — though it was running the 3D football title you see above at a pretty healthy clip (check out the video after the break). NVIDIA reps weren’t very keen on sharing info about the device, though we can tell you that it’s apparently got 1GB of RAM inside cuddled up to that 1GHz ARM Cortex 9 CPU, a front-facing camera, and the WSVGA screen measures 8.9-inches (it’s also a much wider aspect ratio than something like the iPad). We’re going to hold any judgment till we see this thing cooking with a full UI, but we’re not knocking it — get this in at the right price, and we’ll likely be first in line.