7-inch Android Tablet with Tegra 2 Coming This Fall for $400
The Elocity A7 Tablet, an Android Tablet with a 1GHz Tegra II-720 processor, Google’s Android 2.2 operating system and smooth video on a 7-inch capacitive touch screen is coming to Amazon this fall for only $400.
The company producing this is called StreamTV and according to Engadget they are going to be releasing the Elocity A7 Tablet for pre-orders on Amazon soon. StreamTV is a Philadelphia company that gave the folks at Engadget an hour-long look at the device and Engadget said the touch display is very responsive and video ran smoothly.
The resolution of the display is a decent 800×480 with capacitive touch and even multi-touch in the web browser and photo gallery apps. It also comes with a front facing 1.3 megapixel webcam along the left side of the tablet, which allowed the Engadget writer to make a Fring video call to another tablet in the room.
The A7 will come with an SD card slot and both USB and HDMI input/output. An HDMI cord will come in the box which can be used to connect the tablet to an HDTV. Engadget tried that out and watched a clip in 1080p saying it was smoothâ€.
The tablet will also be useful for gaming with an accelerometer. Unfortunately they said their test of Asphalt 5, a racing game, was a bit flaky†which doesn’t sound good.
Another problem with the A7 is the lack of the Android Marketplace. For that reason the company is going to include GetJar, a replacement app store. This is due to the fact that Google is not yeat allowing the Marketplace on non-phone devices and is a probelm facing many Android Tablets.
In the box, buyers will get the tablet, a wireless keyboard and the HDMI cable for $399. No word on battery life, but if it is more than just a few hours, at that price, this could be a decent competitor to the iPad and the Dell Streak.
Visit Engadget to see their embedded video and more pictures of the StreamTV Elocity A7. Below is a video from our friends at NetbookNews of the Compal NAZ-10, which the folks at Engadget said is essentially the same device.
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Elocity a7 is not cutting edge anymore. There are quite a few new devices powered by windows 7, which I think is way better than a7. It’s still great device for light work, like browsing internet, or listening music though.
HDMI output ONLY!, this is NOT HDMI “input” please fix, thank you!