The much more promising (than the 10″ Windows/Android hybrid) ViewSonic ViewPad 7 7″ Android tablet is now on sale in the UK, with retailer Expansys stocking the thing right now – for a total price of £299.
As with ViewSonic’s launch of the ViewPad 10, the ViewPad 7 comes with the same laptop trade-in scheme, where you’re able to claim a £100 rebate after your purchase of the tablet by sending your receipt off to ViewSonic for a refund if you buy it from one of the participating retailers.
Which takes the price of the ViewPad 7 down to £299. Here are the tech specs of the ViewPad 7 – highlights are the capacitive screen and Android 2.2, which will get the job done. And ViewSonic has managed to get full Android Market access onto the ViewPad 7, too.
DIMENSIONS
W x H x D mm 110mm x 179.4mm x 11.5mm
DISPLAY
Size 7” Touch TFT, touch & capacitive type screen with 800 x 400 WVGA resolution
OPERATING SYSTEM
Android 2.2
PROCESSOR
ARM11 600MHz
BATTERY
Li-Polymer, 3240mAH
CAMERA
Built-in camera 3 megapixel (front) & VGA camera (back)
Internal Memory
512MB
WEIGHT
Net 375g
CHIPSET
Qualcomm MSM7227
INBUILT FLASH
512MB NAND Flash and microSD expandability up to 32GB
GSM BANDS
900/1800/1900/2100
UMTS BANDS
900 /1900/2100
MULTIMEDIA
Microphone and speakers
CONNECTIVITY
Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, 3G and assisted GPS
SENSORS
G-Sensor, E-Compass sensor and ambient light sensor
I/O PORTS AND CARDS
3.5mm audio jack for stereo headset, mini-USB connector with data sync, Micro-SD card slot and SIM slot
BATTERY LIFE
4–6hrs (heavy, continuous use) 600hrs standby
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