It’s hard to deny this year is really the year of the tablet. Everybody’s got one — even
LCD monitor manufacturer ViewSonic has one too they called the
ViewPad 7.
Running the latest Android Froyo OS, the
ViewSonic ViewPad 7 is a 7-inch tablet running a clocked-down Qualcomm processor.
Viewsonic ViewPad 77-inch capacitive display @ 800×480 pixels
600MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
Android 2.2. Froyo
512MB internal storage
WiFi 802.11 b/g
microSD up to 32GB
3G sim card slot
Assisted GPS
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
3MP camera
2nd VGA front-facing camera
Expected retail price is around $550 but I doubt it would even reach our shores. With the Samsung Galaxy Tab expected to be selling between $800 to $1,000 (Samsung execs say it will be priced higher than the Php32k Galaxy S), at least we have some options.