MSI Shows Off 10-inch Android Tablet with Tegra 2
It's all about the Pads up in here.
MSI is following in the footsteps of both Apple and Asus and releasing it's own Pad tablet. Finding their homes under the WindPad moniker are not one but two 10-inch tablets from MSI. The first, the WindPad 100, is the one MSI focused on during its press conference at Computex.
The WindPad 100 is a Windows 7 Home Premium tablet that runs on Intel's Z530 Atom processor (1.66GHz). It boasts 2GB of RAM, a 32GB SSD, a resolution of 1024x600 and a custom UI sitting on top of Windows 7. Portswise you're looking at 2 x USB and HDMI. There'll also be a Webcam, which we assume will be of the same standard seen on most netbooks.
Rather unlike the Asus Eee Pads, which won't be available until 2011, the WindPad will go on sale 'later this year,' for $499.
MSI was less showy with this next WindPad and we can't imagine why. Though it's also a 10-inch tablet, the WindPad 110 is likely to turn a few more heads, and not because of it's curvy design. For starters, it's not an Intel-based machine; the 110 runs on Nvidia's Tegra 2 instead. It does away with the fully-fledged Windows 7 Home Premium, packing Google's Android OS instead. Endagdet reports that though one person at Computex said MSI was still deciding whether or not to bring it to the market, another said it would be going on sale for $399 at the end of the year.
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That first tablet looks like garbage. That msi logo with the white line going across the bottom sucks.
The second one looks hot though, and considering it runs android, I'm definitely interested.
nah i rather have a real OS like windows than android. keep android for the smart phones
Does any table need to have "pad" padded in its name? It's so lame and unoriginal. Also this one is expensive.
That first tablet looks like garbage. That msi logo with the white line going across the bottom sucks.The second one looks hot though, and considering it runs android, I'm definitely interested.
I agree, the white border seems terrible. Interesting though, if it does sell for 400$ then I might buy it. I'm running an archos 7" tablet that is becoming terrible with the little amount of support they give to their customers. 250$ for an Archos 7 runs Android, chrome for searching online, 512mb of ram, and 160gb HDD, arm 800MHz. Bought it nearly a year ago when it was already two years old. To me it was, wow, 160gb hand held device that plays HD 1280x720! I needed to have it, although now that youtube and most of online sites use flash 10 the archos's online features are all failing. They say their still working to get adobe in making a compatible version of flash 10.1, although that's been planned for over a year. So if it doesn't happen by October of this year I'm thinking of sending it back for a full refund with the statement, "Your product was falsely advertising features that are no longer working."
Sounds pretty good, all thats left now is to see battery life and how they perform and *sigh* let the ever so popular "potential ipad beater" articles begin.
110 looks like win.
That first tablet looks like garbage. That msi logo with the white line going across the bottom sucks.
Look closely, that's a silver border isn't it? I too would rather have win 7. Though too be honest, I'd rather have a netbook, no keyboard would be rubbish for me...
Look closely, that's a silver border isn't it? I too would rather have win 7. Though too be honest, I'd rather have a netbook, no keyboard would be rubbish for me...
I think he means the two lines either side of the MSI, not the border.Those lines may be silver as well, but I agree with him, silver or white, they shout bad retro eighties.
I dont know seems expensive for what you get. I mean hardware wise it looks underspec'd. And everyone that says oh but R&D cost alot. Not when you are using the same R&D for netbooks and net tops.
I dislike Apple and am looking forward to a tablet other than the iPad. In order for other companies to succeed, they have to come correct, don't bring out crappy products. Make them look aesthetic pleasing; I need them to put their best foot forward. I have tried an iPad, and it just works for what it needs to do, competing products need to do the same.Just work!!!!
I rather buy a used TC1100 or something along those lines since they are often cheaper and feature much more storage.
Like the looks,
Like the fact that it has an SSD.
Don't like the price so much though...
yes i agree the second one looks mean, i like gadgets to look like they can maul my granny... and her pet Chihuahua
once again, everyone on the Apple bandwagon....
once again, everyone on the Apple bandwagon....
how do you figure that. apple had a good idea with the tablet but when everyone heard about how f'ed up it was only apple fanbois that really liked it. now everyone else is trying to make a better tablet or a tablet everyone wanted apples tablet to be like
heck i would like one of these tablets just to lounge around and use it to remote into my desktop pc
I would rather have Android then Windows 7. Windows 7 was not really designed for a touch interface, IMO, and the touch was added as an after-thought. Android on the other hand was designed with touch in mind.
i would actually invest in this
This is an investment that returns about -40% per year.
Hardware isn't quite there to support Windows 7 in an inexpensive tablet, with any kind of enjoyable experience. I'd like to be proved wrong, but Atom processors are just too freaking slow IMHO.
The Android based tablet was looking sloppy as hell. Dell has contracted out HTC to build 5", 7", and 10" tablets, and they're looking "Sleak". MSI will need to step its game up if they want to compete with the establish Android players.
Hmm...tablets seem interesting. I'd be too affraid of walking around with something with such a large screen i could accidentilly scuff to he**. Also something this large they might as well make the screen 1280x720.
but the next statement...
I am confused...
no eSATA = fail, not getting my money.
1 word
"Benchmarks"
When all these tablets are out and we can get a nice cross-section of benchmarks for applications that people actually want to run then we can make an informed choice about what to buy.
Problem is, if I want my tablet to install Abode Photoshop, install my USB printer to print out, then install Nero and burn the files to a DVD attached by USB then the iPad and the Android tablets are totally useless.
Good fucking luck trying to run Photoshop with an Atom processor, low RAM, no keyboard, and a cheap touchscreen designed for icon presses with a finger.
The ipad is successful IMHO because of A) the App Store, B) the sleek form factor, C) the touch UI, D) the App Store, E) the App Store.
Not sure how a Win7 tablet will work unless it's fully Windows7 w/ USB hosting support...then at least we can attach cameras, keyboards, mice, etc. to it. But the EEE Pad will be the best candidate for this...
Good fucking luck trying to run Photoshop with an Atom processor, low RAM, no keyboard, and a cheap touchscreen designed for icon presses with a finger.
For a start running slow is better than not running at all.
Second you have no idea about performance, which is why we need benchmarks.
Lastly until you have used this device for editting photos by touchscreen you have no idea what you are talking about, and seeing as no-one has done this yet as the iPad and Android machines dont install Photoshop you will have difficulty getting anyone elses expert opinion.
Simple answer is wait until all 3 platforms are released, try each of them, then make an informed decision. Until then it is only opinion not fact.
But one thing I do know is that even after all 3 are released I will not be able to install my copy of Photoshop on Android or Apple.
If you're thinking about installing Photoshop on a tablet computer, you're missing the whole point of this form factor. You're not going to be doing hardcore photo editing, video editing, or anything as intensive as that. This is a form factor designed to target a huge percentage of how people use computers: casually. Tablets are to pop out quickly to show some pictures or online video, watch a TV show, read and respond to email, keep up to date on blogs and news, read an eBook, simple, day-to-day tasks like that. Possibly even make a video chat call (skype, Google video chat, etc) The same types of things you would love to be able to do on your Android or iPhone, but would be a much more enjoyable on a larger screen.
Anything more intensive than that, you're going to pull out your laptop or desktop. Am I wrong about this people? This is a form factor to bridge the gap between tiny smartphones and your full size desktop/laptop.
interesting, but what would I do with such a device? Better than the Ipad in any case.
IMHO, pads are all about viewing media content and perhaps lightweight apps, otherwise just go with a netbook. I'd prefer it have an open or semi-open platform like Android that has an app store. I like the price. The only downside I see with this pad is the screen res -they really should have hit at least 1024x768 to match the iPad.
From what I've seen of the Tegra2's specs it looks like it might have some decent graphics performance. I'd really like to see a pad with Intel Atom z6xx processor as the graphics performance is suppose to be twice that of the Tegra2. I'm hopeful it might be the first Atom processor with some decent "oomph!".
However, I'm also keeping an eye on Freescale's Tablet. At ~$200 price point it might be great as an eReader. And if they support Android it might get some access to apps and maybe eventually Flash support (crossing fingers).