Freescale Announces 7-inch $200 Tablet Design
Forget the JooJoo or Apple's supposed plans for a touchscreen tablet. Freescale is talking about a $200, 7-inch touchscreen tablet that it plans to show off at CES 2010 later this week.
The tiny device packs a 1GHz i.MX515 processor, 512MB of DDR2 RAM, a 1,024 x 600 touch panel, 4GB to 64GB of internal storage, a microSD expansion slot, optional 3G WWAN module, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, a USB 2.0 socket, audio in / out, 3 megapixel camera, an accelerometer and a 1,900mAh battery.
While Engadget reports that the device is "little more than a great idea" at the moment, the company is said to be aiming to make the device available for partner evaluation starting next month, which would be excellent timing considering all the touchscreen tablet talk we've been hearing from/about other companies lately.
What do you guys think? It might be ugly as sin (I think it's so ugly it's actually kind of charming, but there you go) though $199 isn't something to turn your nose up at. Interested?
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Is multitouch THAT important to you???
What's wrong with resistive? Pinch zoom is nice, but not worth the extra price at the moment.
Anyways, imo, this is only good for web browsing or such. mainly because it's on ARM so not an insane amount of software for it....
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/skiff-ebook-reader,news-5464.html
and you'll have exactly the ST:TNG PADD.
I think it would be worth $200.00 if it only was a full color e-reader.
it's more than just pinch and zoom, it's also is more scratch resistant and has higher visibility. Plus, multitouch does do pinch and zoom but it also offers a lot more versatile programming than just that.
About this one.. hmm... I am not sure why do I need it for... for web?...I will need a keyboard... for ebook and note taking... that can work.. but not sure how good the software it can be.. though I really not into MS too much... but I do like their onenote which works very well on my tablet. I like taking notes while I am reading papers I downloaded (PDF) and I also like that I can intergrate my note taking and voice/video recording while I am in a meeting. That is what I need a tablet for... Can it do the jobs well? or just a big iPod touch?
Can it run what? Cause all I can think about myself is CAN IT RUN CRYSIS!? ZOMG! that would be awzum!