Comments on: Slate Tablet Lives Again, Thanks to eviGroup

By: johnkzin

johnkzin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:36:13 +0000

Could be. But right now, the Kindle, eviGroup Slate, and Nook all have something that the Apple Tablet can’t compete with.

They actually exist.

By: Apple iSlate Tablet

Apple iSlate Tablet — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:52:04 +0000

I think the Apple iSlate will beat out all of the tablet PCs and ebook readers.

By: Nameless

Nameless — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:54:46 +0000

They’re charging US$885 for a device with netbook-class specs and a mere resistive digitizer rather than Wacom pen + multi-touch?

The battery life is also 3.5 hours in the best case scenario. That might be understandable if they’d just pack a Core 2 Duo and at least a GeForce 9400M in there, but netbook-class hardware with Atom and likely a crappy Intel GMA graphics chip?

Finally, only 1 GB of RAM and no Bluetooth whatsoever for that price seal it for me-this is just a rip-off.

Drop the price down to US$350 and maybe I’ll consider it then.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:18:58 +0000

eh, this isn’t a very attractive device, particularly at that price.

i’d rather have:
wacom pen and touch enabled screen is absolutely necessary.
WSXGA or HDTV resolution (or higher), with LCD backlight.
16, 32, and larger SSD (non-crappy ones).
DisplayPort instead of VGA.
bluetooth and gps would be nice.
decent microphone.

By: jethro_static

jethro_static — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:11:01 +0000

Yes I eyeing on the smartq q7 too. Well, Maybe that device is more appropriate to flash with Android. But Android is not ready for q7 device yet. Android was ported to it’s smaller brother thou. The q5.

About the price range, Id rather get the Archos 9 for 500 bucks rather than this overpriced evigroup for 900. Just add a little more I can get 2 archos 9 with that price.

By: johnkzin

johnkzin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:20:46 +0000

a) 7″ screen is too small for what I want (I already have a tablet with a 7″ screen — Samsung Q1 Ultra; and it’s running Ubuntu).

b) The SmartQ 7, last I checked, wont hook up to a KVM … but I’d be happy to hear if it does actually have VGA (at least) and USB Host ports.

By: Jonathan Cohen

Jonathan Cohen — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:17:22 +0000

Or, if you can live with Linux and a smaller screen, get the SmartQ 7 for $200USD…

By: jethro_static

jethro_static — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:29:11 +0000

Android on this? U should get out of ur Android cave once in a while,so U won’t be stuck with that kind of thinking. A perfectly good full OS and U want to put a Mobile OS in it. U don’t even have a fully working Flash on Android and U wanna replace Win 7? Plus, maybe U do not know coz Ur inside the cave, Android X86 is being developed Ok?

By: jethro_static

jethro_static — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:24:53 +0000

This Device is exactly a netbook with a Touchscreen and without a keyboard. So why is the price 3X that of a netbook? Is the Touch display’s price 2X the price of a netbook? Too greedy in my opinion. This device is already doomed b4 it even see the light of day.

By: johnkzin

johnkzin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:19:01 +0000

Yeah, this device with:
DVI-I instead of VGA
PixelQi hybrid LCD/e-paper display (with touch screen, of course)
choice of 4, 8, 16, and 32 GB SSDs
Bluetooth
option for GPS
Android
the e-book/e-reader software coming out for Android
MAYBE ARM based (the top-of-the-line TI OMAP?)

That would be AMAZINGLY cool. I’d buy it in a heartbeat. It would be the perfect mid-range device, in my opinion.