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Remember when Viewsonic was a respectable company? It made modest but reputable monitors that seemed to define the product category. Now the company is slapping its colorful finches onto just about any OEM device it can grab. Next on the agenda is the 7-inch Viewsonic ViewPad tablet, expected to launch at the big IFA show next week with an Android OS and 3G and WiFi connectivity. Thing is, the device leaked to Pocket-lint (pictured above) is the very same tablet known since July as the Olive Pad VT00, aka, “India’s first 3.5G Pad.” So line up now if you like your seconds served stale and without originality.

Viewsonic ViewPad is an OlivePad rebadge? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Recognize those bits and bobs? By now you should. It’s Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Tab and it’s on the loose right now in China with ifanr to thank for this round of pics. Better yet, in addition to images that would seem to confirm Android 2.2 and a GT-P1000 model number, the site has also passed along the tipster’s own impressions. First off, and this should be no surprise to anyone who’s ever owned a Samsung product (eh hem, Galaxy S), the Galaxy Tab is very plasticky and much lighter than the iPad. Ifanr‘s tipster also confirms a 1,024 x 600 pixel resolution packed into that 7-inch display on a device that’s much thicker than the Dell Streak. Other “confirmed” specs are a 3.2 megapixel camera, 3G network, and built-in “ebook” app that’s supposedly one of the best the tipster’s ever used on an Android device. Of course, while this aligns with specs we heard about earlier, this device looks to be very much a prototype (where’s the silver ring around the bezel) so don’t take this as the final word on the matter, ok? One more image after the break.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 gets wild with Android 2.2 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Is the device above familiar to you? It should be if you’ve been following the release of Android Tegra 2 tablets, as it looks conspicuously like Aigo’s N700, which is, itself, a rebadged Compal NAZ-10. It’s now the recipient of another applique, this time getting inked with the name “Pioneer Computers” (an Aussie company unrelated to that other Pioneer) and now up for pre-order with a price of AUD $599 — about $530 US. For that you get a seven-inch tablet with a 800 x 480 capacitive touchscreen, Tegra 2 internals, 512MB of RAM with 4GB of internal storage and microSD expansion, HDMI output, and 802.11b/g wireless. A 3G antenna will cost you another $99, though if you order right now they’ll throw in the optional 1.3 megapixel webcam for free. That’s a nice offer on a somewhat overpriced tablet, but it remains to be seen whether this sucker is eligible for Android 2.2 (it’s currently rocking 2.1) and, indeed, whether it’s a licensed install with the Market and whatnot. We’d guess the answer is “no,” as earlier rebrands of these tablets went without, but we’re always ready for surprises.

Pioneer Computers soon shipping 7-inch Tegra 2-powered DreamBook ePad N7 to dags down under originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While DigiTimes has been known to get a rumor correct now and again, its success rate falls off dramatically when dealing with companies HQ’d outside of its native Taiwan. Keep that in mind when you hear it discuss a Nokia tablet with either a 7- or 9-inch screen. DigiTimes, speaking with “upstream component makers,” claims that the Foxconn manufactured device — of which, about 100 engineering samples have already been produced — will be ARM-based with a Q4 launch targeted. If true (and that’s a big IF) then it would certainly be running the MeeGo OS (that’s a Quanta-built prototype above) when it ships. Of course, DigiTimes has been rumoring an ARM-based smartbook from Nokia due in mid 2010 for almost a year. And guess what? It’s mid 2010, with smartbooks/netbooks now out of style and tablets all the rage. Thing is, we’d have thought that Nokia would be more likely to opt for Intel’s Moorestown in support of their partnership given the Q4 timing. But hey, it’s just rumor, let’s not get too carried away.

Nokia 7- or 9-inch MeeGo tablet rumored to be running ARM (not Moorestown) in Q4 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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More details about Samsung’s new tablet have emerged courtesy of Tinh te and from what it claims is a highly reliable source. This time around, the Vietnamese site is claiming that Samsung’s 7-inch Tab will be running Anroid 2.2 (Froyo) on an A8 processor clocked to a peppy 1.2GHz. It’s all powered by a 4,000mAH battery that contributes to the tablet’s 370-gram weight with 16GB of on-board storage and up to 32GB of microSD expansion. Oh, and the 7-inch panel is said to be of Samsung’s Super AMOLED variety which should make it readable outdoors judging by its smaller sibs. Sounds hot, but we’ll have to see how Samsung’s TouchWiz UI holds up to being stretched across all that very expensive screen-estate.

P.S. We’ve also been told that it’ll be called the “Galaxy Tape,” not Tab or S-Tab as previously rumored.

Samsung’s 7-inch ‘Galaxy Tape’ to run Android 2.2 on 1.2GHz A8 processor? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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