“ViewSonic today planned out the US launches of its two tablets. The ViewPad 10 is both its most direct competitor to the iPad and also one of the more unique designs. It boots both Android 1.6 and Windows 7 and has netbook-like hardware, including a 10-inch screen, a 1.66GHz Atom, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of flash storage,” Electronista reports. “The design [carries] a 1.3-megapixel webcam for video chat and a microSDHC card for storage, both of which can be used in either OS. It ships the latest of the two tablets on show, arriving in early 2011 for a relatively steep $629.”
“Its ViewPad 7 is a more conventional design and scales back significantly compared to most of its challengers, including the Samsung Galaxy Tab,” Electronista reports. “The Android 2.2 slate has a seven-inch screen with the same 800×480 resolution as smaller smartphones but is counting on having both back (three-megapixel) and front (0.3-megapixel) cameras. Just 512MB of storage is onboard and leaves microSDHC to handle extra space, although the device has an unlocked 3G connection.”
Electronista reports, “The ViewPad 7’s cost cutting helps keep the price down to $479 for a launch due at the very end of this year.”
Read more in the full article, in which ViewSonic marketing VP Adam Hanin claims “Steve Jobs may be a little afraid of this [7-in tablet] category,” here.
The delusion of the iPad competitors continues…
The delusion of the iPad competitors continues…
I came, I read, I LOL’d
I came, I read, I LOL’d
why would anyone pay almost the same amount of money for a quite obviously inferior device to the iPad?
why would anyone pay almost the same amount of money for a quite obviously inferior device to the iPad?
Nothing compares to the whole 10″…
Just sayin’
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Nothing compares to the whole 10″…
Just sayin’
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“ViewSonic marketing VP Adam Hanin claims “Steve Jobs may be a little afraid of this [7-in tablet] category,”
Yes, I’m sure Jobs is loathe to challenge the mobile device genius of ViewSonic.
“ViewSonic marketing VP Adam Hanin claims “Steve Jobs may be a little afraid of this [7-in tablet] category,”
Yes, I’m sure Jobs is loathe to challenge the mobile device genius of ViewSonic.
I wonder what’s on the next gen of iPad with incoming competition…
I wonder what’s on the next gen of iPad with incoming competition…
@ jamie
Yeah, but I’ll bet it doesn’t come in white.
@ jamie
Yeah, but I’ll bet it doesn’t come in white.
I wish these people well and hope they do not loose their shirts in trying to execute with a truly faulty business plan. I am sure they will sell a few to unsuspecting customers who don’t know any better and a few to people who would not touch anything Apple. But somehow, I suspect this is not the iPad killer their delusional minds hope it might be.
I wish these people well and hope they do not loose their shirts in trying to execute with a truly faulty business plan. I am sure they will sell a few to unsuspecting customers who don’t know any better and a few to people who would not touch anything Apple. But somehow, I suspect this is not the iPad killer their delusional minds hope it might be.
funny at so many levels.
funny at so many levels.
Noone’s afraid of 7″, now 10″, that’s another matter.
Noone’s afraid of 7″, now 10″, that’s another matter.
Shall pay attention to the 10″ model.
Shall pay attention to the 10″ model.
Their hubris is sauce for the goose.
Their hubris is sauce for the goose.
LOL, funny stuff. Let’s revisit this in a year. All of the CEOs and VPs of the various companies will be fielding questions on why was Steve Jobs right about 7 inch tablets.