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So you go and pre-order the Archos 7 Home Tablet, thinking it would ship by the end of April. Our deepest apologizes, but according to the official press release below, the 7-inch, Android 1.6 tablet won’t be shipping in the US until early June — though an Archos spokesperson told us that those who pre-ordered may get units before the end of May if they count their lucky stars. The rest of the release doesn’t reveal much, but does confirms that the resistive touchscreen device won’t have access to the Android Marketplace. Instead — and as you can see in the unboxing pictures below — it comes with Archos’ AppsLib store and is preloaded with a few apps, including eBuddy and Aldiko’s e-reader software. Still, we know the $199.99 tablet sounds tempting, but our review should be up in the next few days. In other words, you should probably hold off on sliding that credit card out — after all, she ain’t shipping ’til June.

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Archos 7 Home Tablet ships to Android lovers in June originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 May 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading Keepin’ it real fake: Android iPad KIRF gets Android 2.1, display upgrade, and our undying respect

Keepin’ it real fake: Android iPad KIRF gets Android 2.1, display upgrade, and our undying respect originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 02 May 2010 23:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When we first spotted the Eken M001 MID, we immediately liked its honest nature. The M001 didn’t claim to be an iPad killer, or boast ridiculous specs and decades of battery life; it was simply cheap, and proud of it. Now, Shanzai.com has discovered the tablet is exactly what we expected. Running Android 1.6 with a VIA WM8505 processor, the device is pokey with terrible battery life, and the 7-inch, 800 x 480 resistive screen has noticeable lag. Still, the M001’s moderately capable; think of it as a digital photo frame with tablet functionality — like the HP Dreamscreen, but affordable and battery powered — rather than the other way round. Were it readily available stateside, we could see a few souls actually picking it up for $680 RMB (about $100)… but definitely not the $200 Haleron asked for in February. Video after the break.

Continue reading Eken’s $100 Android MID reviewed: you get what you pay for

Eken’s $100 Android MID reviewed: you get what you pay for originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Okay, so the last time we told you about an inexpensive Android tablet/MID things didn’t turn out so well. So, this time we bring you one to appreciate from afar — no credit card needed nor, as you’ll see, wanted. It’s seven-inch, 800 x 480 device from Eken that is selling for $680 RMB in China. That translates to $99.53 currently that, at first glimpse, looks to be quite a bargain. Sure, it has only 2GB of storage, but you can expand that to 32GB with SD. The VIA 8505 processor certainly won’t be confused for a Snapdragon but despite that the device pledges only two hours of battery life on a charge. To top it off it’s stuck with good ‘ol Android 1.5 installed, leaving us to conclude that this is hardly a bargain after all. Shucks.

Eken’s Android-powered MID looks mighty nice for $100 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 25 Apr 2010 06:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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News continues to trickle out about Toshiba’s upcoming tablets, which we learned just last week would come in both Windows and Android flavors and would be shipping before the year is through. Now it seems that both versions, despite offering different designs, will offer NVIDIA Tegra 2 internals. That both tablets will be manufactured by Compal makes us wonder if we weren’t given a preview of the future Tosh model when playing with a 7-inch Android prototype at CES in January, pictured above. There’s a video of that after the break to refresh your memory, a relic dating from the pre-G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra era. Simpler times, those.

Continue reading Toshiba’s tablets said to offer Tegra 2 power, have we already seen the Android version?

Toshiba’s tablets said to offer Tegra 2 power, have we already seen the Android version? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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