IBOOD: ViewSonic ViewPad

neacy69

Any thoughts on todays Ibood offer?

ViewSonic ViewPad 7-inch Android 2.2 Tablet met capacitive Multi-Touch, Wifi en 3G « Back
Brand: ViewSonic
Type: ViewPad 7
7-inch multi-touch tablet
Processor: Qualcomm MSM7227 600MHz
Full mobile phone functionality (simlock-free!)
WAN RTR6285GSM Quad-Band, UMTS I,II,VIII
Memory: 512MB RAM + 512MB ROM
Operating System: Android 2.2
Display: 7-inch 480x800 WVGA with Capactive multi-touch
Camera: 3 megapixel auto focus main camera + 0.3 megapixel EDOF front camera
External Storage: microSD (up to 32GB)
WLAN 802.11b/g; WAPI
Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR
GPS/AGPS
Graphic: 32M triangles/sec; OpenGL ESv2.0; OpenVG1.1; SVG Tiny v1.2
Interface: Mini-USB 2.0; 3.5mm audio jack
Battery: 3240 mAh
Sensors: G-sensor + E-compass
Accessory: Charger with EU, UK and US plug, USB cable, Headset, Leather booklet
Multimedia playback: AAC LC/LTP, AAC+, enhanced AAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, MP3, Midi, OggVorbis, PCM/WAVE, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, H.263, H.264 AVC, MPEG4-SP, WMA, WMV
Documents: MS document, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, PDF, epub
Delivery: 7 - 10 business days
Dimensions: 179.4x110x11.5 mm
Weight: 375g
Legal warranty: 2 years
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Price: € 159,95

I've kinda been looking for a tablet for the last couple of weeks and im kinda looking for a reason not to buy one!

http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/reviews/viewsonic-viewpad-7-review-the-perfect-compromise-on-price-performance/
http://www.trustedreviews.com/ViewSonic-ViewPad-7_Laptop_review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMun6BrDPzQ

No Flash
No DualCore (so no 3.0)

Tom Dunne

The big question is what do you want to do with it.

I have the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" model and while it is great for travelling, for day to day use, it is a little small.

Would the screen be big enough for you?

neacy69

Tom Dunne wrote: »

The big question is what do you want to do with it.

I have the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" model and while it is great for travelling, for day to day use, it is a little small.

Would the screen be big enough for you?

I reckon it would be....I would mostly use it for watching tv/movies on the bus...and the usual email, apps, and bookface so I reckon it could be a winner.

Does it have flash?

Tom Dunne

neacy69 wrote: »

Does it have flash?

It's Android 2.2, so it should.

I think.

Technophobe

Big problem with it is that it has very littlle on board memory..So if you are fond of having lots of Apps, you will find yourself restricted where some Apps cannot be saved to the SD card...that is my big issue with it despite the seeming good value price now...:)

witnessmenow

No Flash as the CPU is only ARMv6. It seems to be similar spec to a ZTE blade with a bigger screen.

Price including delivery for this is €175 iirc?

for an extra €75 you could get the advent vega off pc world/curry

10.1 inch screen
dual core tegra
custom roms already running honeycomb
flash support

And the piece of mind of being able to bring it back to a shop if it breaks, not to mention not having to deal with ibood :P


One draw back of the advent vega over this is no sim card slot

Professey Chin

I always thought the Vega was running a single core.....interesting.......