Indeed, it's a great value proposition for consumers, but I can't see Google's other partners (eg Samsung, Motorola, ASUS themselves) being pleased with this, since it undercuts them massively.
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ASUS had a prototype made for the 370T but have dropped it. 370T maybe no more from what I can tell. Instead, they will come out with Google Nexus tablet which most likely uses Snapdragon chip. @ that price, I am very happy with Snapdragon chip. Newest Adreno 220 GPU does very well in benches.
http://androidandme.com/2012/03/opinions/rumor-nexus-tablet-is-a-done-deal-to-retail-for-as-low-as-149/
Google's Nexus tablet will likely = ASUS' 370T but without Tegra3. =)
Still very good news for many consumers. I think will sell in May (or June) but more info will come in mid to late April. I know demand is going to be crazy for that tablet. Also, I believe they will make it available worldwide. Now, where can I pre-order mine?
My single core tablet serves me well and is still good till end of 2012 & part of 2013 but I definitely will look at getting one of these after.
Lets hope the rumors are true and this tablet comes out with the rumored specs and price. I have been trying to get an Aurora for a few months now but always seem to run into issues (shady suppliers, factory issues, insane demand), but it seems it might all work out in the end. I for one would love a decent spec-d cheap tablet from a stateside manufacturer. I second your statement, where can I preorder one
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I have been bulk pricing tablets for a customer of mine. I could see making money off of a 7" IPS Screen A10 platform at around $150/pc but only if you are ordering 2000 pcs at a time
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. Unfortunately, I just don't do that much business. If I did though, I would be designing a tablet like this for resale through my website in a heartbeat. As it is, I have actually been talking with Visture
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. We are working with Visture to design a custom 7" device with an IPS screen for this particular customer. But this customer is ordering a huge number of devices so they can pretty much tell us what they want and we can make it for them
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We were discussing cheap China tabs and I thought this an interesting bit
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-Roman
We were discussing cheap China tabs and I thought this an interesting bit
-Roman
If you are doing that can I make a few suggestions?I have been bulk pricing tablets for a customer of mine. I could see making money off of a 7" IPS Screen A10 platform at around $150/pc but only if you are ordering 2000 pcs at a time. Unfortunately, I just don't do that much business. If I did though, I would be designing a tablet like this for resale through my website in a heartbeat. As it is, I have actually been talking with Visture![]()
. We are working with Visture to design a custom 7" device with an IPS screen for this particular customer. But this customer is ordering a huge number of devices so they can pretty much tell us what they want and we can make it for them![]()
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We were discussing cheap China tabs and I thought this an interesting bit. Hopefully it is relevant lol.![]()
-Roman
By far the biggest weakness of China tablets is software support. Some companies like Ainol release rubbish software, while with others you don't know if you will be getting updates down the road. I think it will be great if the tablet you are designing came with full Cyanogenmod 9 support, that way you get upstream updates easily. To do that though, you will need developers and also source code for the driver libraries. Not sure how easy is this to get for China components.
Hardware wise, I would love to see the 28nm Snapdragon S4s. However I have a feeling if you are gonna use that the tablet will end up being too expensive. Still, I think the CPU needs to be at least 45nm and below. The Allwinner A10 is a decent chip, however the fact that it's fabbed at 65nm means that it consumes way too much power and gets too hot.
It would be interesting to see what you can do with the RK30x chipset or that new dual-core Mediatek.
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Is it just me the only one dying to know more about the Nexus tablet?
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I would definitely go for it if the price is under the expected 199$. But I cannot wait until they come out with something, some press note, or official statement on at least when are they going to announce the tablet. arrghghghghhg
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I would definitely go for it if the price is under the expected 199$. But I cannot wait until they come out with something, some press note, or official statement on at least when are they going to announce the tablet. arrghghghghhg
Amlogic & Rockchip now have dual core Cortex A9 CPU chips. Tablets will come out with them in next 2-6 months. Amlogic 2-3 months. Rockchip probably 3-4 months. 7" tablets with these chips will most likely sell for under $200 too ($150-200). Maybe some lesser brands going for under $150???Is it just me the only one dying to know more about the Nexus tablet?![]()
I would definitely go for it if the price is under the expected 199$. But I cannot wait until they come out with something, some press note, or official statement on at least when are they going to announce the tablet. arrghghghghhg![]()
Nexus tablet is about 3 months away from release.
If you can't wait. You can buy a cheap AllWinner A10 tablet for $105-110 shipped that you can use for now until the new ones come out. There are couple of choices available. Like this one:
http://www.pandawill.com/ampe-a71-tablet-pc-7-inch-a10-1ghz-android-23-512mb-ram-8gb-2160p-hdmi-white-p59730.html
or
http://www.ownta.com/gemei-g3-2160p-tablet-pc-with-android-2.3-os-and-camera-wifi-hdmi-4gb.html
*G3 comes without charger. Make sure you can buy one somewhere else or use USB for charging it.
You can then sell or give it away when you go to upgrade. Or you can just wait the 3-4 months for the new tablets to come out.
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really hope that google will implement open-hardware based chip like TI Omap on their google tablet
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. The full datasheet and pins on the omap can easily be achieved.
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Really hope the price will be under $150 and come with good battery life
Really hope the price will be under $150 and come with good battery life
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