A tipper sent this in this afternoon telling us he’s spotted a Chinese Android Tablet in one of the local malls (this is probably the iPed).
The tablet runs on an older version of Android (probably v1.5) and looks like the screen dimension is around 7 to 9 inches across. Uses a stylus (resistive screen) and no multitouch support but has a camera and HDMI (not sure, probably micro-USB) port. The Android tablet sells for Php6,000.
{Hat tip to Rafael Oca.}
you can get this for $95 to $100 from dealextreme with free shipping.
Tablets or phones. depende yan sa lifestyle mo o daily needs/activities. mas practical parin sakin ang full pledge smartphone, like n900
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You raised very good points. I hope you don’t mind if I respond to your question if I agree or disagree with the points you raised. I believe Abe will have his own opinion that all of his subscribers would like to hear. I definitely want to.
I agree with everything you said. The ipad and all other tablets are over-hyped. I also agree that the phone is more convenient to carry around than the iPad ( I had to buy a bag to carry my iPad around ). I also agree that for typing – the iPad ( or a tablet without a keypad ) is too clumsy to use.
With all of these agreements to what you said – I will still claim that I love the iPad. I love it for the electronic books I can now read via Kindle. I love it that I don’t have to carry my Acer Ferrari One 200 around the house to browse the internet – the iPad is a lot lighter and portable than a laptop. I love it’s battery life of 8++ hours without charging. I also love it for the simple to moderately difficult post production adjustments to my photos that I can execute on my iPad — for these adjustments – finger touch screen works better than the mouse. I also love the fact that it’s soooo much cheaper than the Macbook.
i think tablets are overhyped.
1) it is too big to carry around unlike a mobile phone
2) it is too clumsy to use as it does not have a built in keyboard (like a netbook or laptop)
the perfect size tablet has 4-5 inch screen. Like the HTC HD2 and Galaxy S. And incidentally those are also phones.
@Abe what can you say about my comment above? Agree or disagree and why?
uu mga demonyo yang intsik na yan e..naloko ako nyan sa credit card worth 50k…grrrrrr…yoko din ng item nila..tawag ko sa item nila “disposable”…mahirap pagdating sa aftersales walang warranty…
galing talaga ng mga intsik :D IPED!
Actually I’m confused since its described as having an Intel Chip but the tech notes state it has a VIA MW8505 600 MHz chip.
Also I don’t think the 600Mhz chip would be powerful enough for decent video playback (assuming 720p h.264 video/ aac or mp3 audio).
Still would be a cool device but hope MyPhone or Cherry picks up on this trend and market their own (simply for the product support).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPed
mabuhay ang 168 mall.. lahat na lang dvd player, cellphones, then tablet pc.. whats next laptop na, i hope so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where can you buy this? Very tempting.
I rather not call it an iPad rip off, since it’s using a different OS. It does looks like the real iPad but with a different dimension and OS. I don’t think we can call it a rip-off. I we do, then all the other android tablet’s can also be considered iPad rip off. I wonder what apps can be installed in that tablet? SD or Micro-SD?
I’m just wondering, if they can do it, why can’t we? Since the OS is free, the only problem will be the hardware.
galing tlga pumeke ng china.. from phones haggang ipad wahehehe… galing galing galing!!! waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Parang di pantay ang bezel
Wow! That’s a really good price. For 6,000 Pesos I’d be happy to check this out. I wonder if the Kindle for Android can be downloaded to this device. I have Kindle on my HTC hero ( just checked it out but I can’t read a book in such a tiny device ).
Eagerly awaiting the review. Thanks Yuga!
@gringo – will go there to check out and probably buy one to review.
If the iPad or the Kindle costs as low as this one, I’d get both right away. :D
sir eh un specs nyan?
huwaw, with this indicative price, I wish the Kindle would cost less than this.
The price is very tempting.. hope it has access to android market
more likely an IPed http://kotaku.com/5549865/china-rips-off-the-ipad-with-the-iped