Remember that 8” slatedroid? It’s VIA8505 powered!

Uncovered this on Wired.com:

Chinese Counterfeiters Release First Android Tablet By Brian X. Chen May 19, 2010  |  6:24 pm  |  Categories: Tablets Chinese counterfeiters have beaten Google to producing an Android tablet. The Chinese wholesaler ActFind, which carries knockoffs of many electronics including iPhones and iPods, is selling an iPad-lookalike running the Android OS. Priced at $150, the Android tablet is haphazardly labeled “MINI iPadⅡ8 Inch Android1.6 Ebook Tablet PC UMPC MID Netbook.” According to the product description, it features an 8-inch touchscreen, Ethernet and Wi-FI connectivity, a USB port, 88MB of built-in storage (expandable to 16GB with a TF card) and an 800-MHz VIA processor. The tablet runs version 1.6 of the Android OS. Read More http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/05/android-tablet/#ixzz0p2YptFWR

So, now you know what is under the hood in these Dealextreme ones.

UPDATE: 29 May 2010 – Read this, this and this. VIA, VIA, VIA! If it looks like an Eken M003, smells like one … it must be one. Right?