Well this is awkward.
A UK company has launched a range of Windows or Linux-based tablets and branded it the iTablet. A screenshot can be found to the right, and while it’s hardly likely to have Jobs knees wobbling, it doesn’t look all that bad.
Due to start shipping in April 2010, it runs Windows 7 and is powered by a 1.6GHz Intel processor. It’s available in two sizes, of 10.2 and 12.1-inches (both 35mm thick, which sounds horrendously thick, given the iPad is 13.4mm deep), and each model contains 250GB of internal storage, a 3G chip, flash and Bluetooth.
The iTablet range is due to be available in a range of solid and metallic colours including white, grey, pink, blue, red, yellow and black. Pricing has yet to be released.
So it’s got flash and a shoddy camera, still more features than the iPad but less is more, right?And branding wise, is this ridiculous or a genius approach to getting free press? Oh and how long before manufacturers X2 is sued?
Source: Pocket Lint
The processor is just about fast enough. it's nearly an inch and a half thick and there's no news about resistive or capacitative screen?
That said – they're a specialist tablet company and this seems to be their first consumer-oriented product. Their site is slow as molasses but it gives you an idea.
http://www.x2mc.co.uk/WebSite1/Products/MobileP…
nothing about battery size? I bet it doesn't function more then 2-3h
A UK company has launched a range of Windows or Linux-based tablets and branded it the iTablet.The range will include versions with a built-in 1.3-megapixel camera and optional HDMI video output. All models feature standard USB ports.
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Looks a bit photo shoppish, doesn't it? Look at the fingers, it seems that the color / lighting does not really match the rest of the pic.
Otherwise, what about the JooJoo :) It even has a camera, USB and a mic. And it just costs $499, like the iPad ;)
I think I'll wait for the Asus EEE tablet.
I feel like it represents the other end of the spectrum from the iPad in terms of pros and cons. The iPad's issues have been expounded upon at length, so I won't reiterate them here, but while this seems to make more sense in terms of running an actual operating system and having a reasonable storage capacity, etc, it seems to lose out by being, as people have pointed out, apparently huge. I didn't understand why the iPad was “better” than a laptop because it just didn't seem to do as much stuff or be as useful, and I don't understand why the iTablet is better because it doesn't seem to be any more convenient than just using a normally sized/weighted laptop.
All that said . . . I like both of these products as indicators of where the technology is developing. Squish the iPad and iTablet together in the right configuration, and I feel like we'd have a really nifty gadget on our hands.