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MSI to Introduce Intel Oak Trail WindPad at CES

By - Source: Engadget | B 13 comments

We already know that CES is going to be tablet crazy. With Microsoft rumored to be introducing several tablets (and perhaps even a Windows 8 tablet), we know that slates are going to be a running theme throughout the show.

Among the companies using CES as a launch pad for its new line of tablet designs is MSI. Back in June, at Computex in Taiwan, we were introduced to the WindPad brand. MSI had two WindPads, both 10-inch tablets, one each for Windows 7 and Android fans.

This week, the company has confirmed its plans to show off Windows and Android tablets but, unfortunately, it didn't reveal much else. However, Engadget has a little more information on MSI's CES announcement and reports that the Windows device will be one of the first Oak Trail devices to be announced.

MSI's Director of North American Sales Andy Tung told the site that Intel's tablet solution shows improvement in both battery and performance when compared to the current Atom chips, but added that these are "not extremely significant." Specswise, you're looking at a 1024x600 multitouch display, mini HDMI and USB ports, and SD support.

Also at CES will be MSI's Android offering, which will run either Gingerbread or Google's specially-optimized-for-tablets version of Android, Honeycomb, and pack Nvidia's Tegra 2 chipset. Tung told Engadget that the version of Android would depend on how fast Google could make Honeycomb available.

Mr. Tung said both should be available early in 2011 but declined to discuss pricing.

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    dogman_1234 , December 14, 2010 6:11 PM
    Anybody hear any Bobcat CPU's in tablets and/or netbooks?
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    abswindows7 , December 14, 2010 6:19 PM
    I've heard of MSI dual core bobcat 1.6 ghz with 890 stream process as a nettop.
    On the french version of toms hardware.
    lol @ the 890 stream processor tho.
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    amdwilliam1985 , December 14, 2010 6:24 PM
    I think Bobcat is too power-hungry for tablets. It's better for netbooks.
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    huron , December 14, 2010 6:48 PM
    Looking forward to the wave of tablets. It'd be nice to have some competitors in the space...I've got all sorts of things that I could use a decent-spec and moderately-priced tablet to do.
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    falchard , December 14, 2010 7:06 PM
    I like MSI. They got guts.
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    apache_lives , December 14, 2010 8:05 PM
    falchardI like MSI. They got guts.


    No they dont
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    retrig , December 14, 2010 8:30 PM
    The guy in the pic needs to have his Endgadget tattoo touched up, it's really fading.
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    shovenose , December 15, 2010 3:02 AM
    retrigThe guy in the pic needs to have his Endgadget tattoo touched up, it's really fading.

    LOL!
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    dEAne , December 15, 2010 4:52 AM
    Two PC products that I find it funny looking acer and msi but the quality is very good, it serves me well for several years.
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    coffee_man , December 15, 2010 10:23 AM
    why i no more see thumps up's or thumps down's for comments ?????? all of them are 0 now !!!!!!!
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    K2N hater , December 15, 2010 10:53 AM
    coffee_manwhy i no more see thumps up's or thumps down's for comments ?????? all of them are 0 now !!!!!!!

    I guess bestofmedia needs some tech support^^
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    apache_lives , December 15, 2010 11:11 AM
    dEAneTwo PC products that I find it funny looking acer and msi but the quality is very good, it serves me well for several years.


    MSI and Acer... good build quality...? you have to be kidding right?
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    eddieroolz , December 16, 2010 3:24 AM
    Maybe finally we'll have tablets that can do anything a laptop can. Not some castrated tablet running mobile software.