An android tablet a day keeps the apples away.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Is this a Rockchip Apad in disguise?

The Specs seem to be the same … right down to the planned Android 2.2 upgrade reported by Hiapad.com!  This can only be a good thing!

1&1's 7-inch SmartPad is the most unlikely Android tablet you'll ever see

By Darren Murph posted Jul 2nd 2010 at 1:44PM

We knew at Computex that tablets were on track to completely take over the world, but now it's official: a German internet provider has just revealed that it'll soon be offering a branded tablet PC of its own. You heard right -- a German ISP is making a tablet. The delightfully named SmartPad is a 7-inch, touchscreen-based slate that'll eventually support Android 2.2 (v1.6 will be pre-installed), and there's also inbuilt WiFi and an optional 3G module for those looking to "stay connected." It seems as if the company is still hammering out the final specifications, but we are told to expect an SD card reader (2GB will be included), a USB socket, a 500MHz ARM11 processor, 256MB of RAM and a proprietary app store that'll undoubtedly enrage you. According to the promotional video hosted just past the break, it should ship later this month for precisely nothing so long as you pick up a data plan to go alongside of it. 'Course, getting one outside of Deutschland is another challenge entirely...

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