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Old 12-11-2010, 04:45 AM   #2
ShiningT1g3R
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Originally Posted by RadiantBurrito View Post
Just released in SZ (China). New iPad clones run Android 2.2 / Windows 7 with "decent" hardware equal to iPad, supporting Flash 10.1

8" Android 2.2 aPad - 1GHz Cortex A8 Processor - 512MB DDR2

10.1" Windows 7 ePad - 1.66GHz Atom N455 - 2GB DDR3 - 32GB SSD

Any reviews, discussion on those? I have laid my money down and waiting for the courier to show up. Been burnt before and not holding my breath, but as an ebook reader and wifi surfer?
The big thing with those products, RadiantBurrito, is exposure. Will these be highlighted at the Consumer Electronics Show on January 6, 2011? That will pretty much make or break ANY newcomer to the "tablet wars" arena. Although they look nice and may have the processing power, without big names like Apple, Blackberry, Dell, or Samsung acknowledging their existence, they'll just be ignored regardless of their competitive pricing. If they are strongly supported by their manufacturers and get enough heads to turn at tech conventions early on in the coming year, they MAY make even the Ipad 2 start to worry...

But after reading that those two devices, like the Exo PC Windows 7 tablet (that comes from Canadian company Exo) have only a 4-5 hour battery life I was immediately turned off and won't even think twice about considering purchasing any of them. As a student, I spend about 6-8 hours in school and can't afford to constantly recharge my device while taking notes or recording lectures because the battery is half-drained after I turn it on for each class.

Last edited by ShiningT1g3R; 12-11-2010 at 04:47 AM.