There’s more information now available on the Camangi WebStation, a 7″ tablet running Android that looks to be just one of a slew of new, touchscreen tablets coming to market.
Judie and I both made an educated choice to order one. Thing is, in this case the “educated” and the “choice” parts had nothing to do with one another. You see, we (a) both have some degree of education, (b) we both made a choice to order the device and (c) we both knew next to nothing about it when we did. But every now and then you just have to take that leap of faith.
I received word last week that the tablets should be on the way any time now. While we wait there is much more information, and a new promotional video to enjoy.
Size and Weight:
The WebStation is 4.72″ high, 7.87″ long and just under .6 inches thick. It weighs just 13.75 oz.
Tech Specs: It runs Android 1.5, has a Marvell PXA303 624MHz, 128MB Mobile DDR and 265MB NAND.
The 4000mAh Lithium Polymer battery offers up to 4 days of StandBy with GPS & Wi-Fi off and 4-5 hours of web browsing and media consumption.
The 7″ LCD screen is resistive touch glass with a resolution of 800 by 480. It has 2 1 watt speakers, a 3.5mm headset, an omni-directional microphone and support for up to a 16GB microSD.
Media Support includes:
Audio playback: 3GP, MP3, MP4, OGG, MID, WAV
Video playback: 3GP, MP4
Photo viewer: JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP
eBook viewer: EPUB, TXT
The units will ship with the Camangi WebStation, a Stylus, AC adapter, Device cover, Earpiece, Stand, and an 8GB Micro SD Card.
I lived through the whole UMPC-geek-fad-thing. (In fact, I had one of the first TabletKiosk EO’s that shipped and a number of iterations of the Samsung Q1.) None of those early tablet devices got anywhere close to the initial promise. They were slow, often ran hot and their battery life was wretched. While these new tablets aren’t the full computers UMPCs tried to be they do seem to accomplish much of what UMPCs were supposed to do. And, while I sincerely doubt this device will be the one to bring that promise home, we sure seem to be inching toward the “7-9 inch grab and go” device that I, and many others, wanted and hoped for, more than a few years ago.
Hold up – it's available in three colors? I didn't see a choose color option when we ordered!
No. Those are “coming”. Now you have a choice of white … Or white.
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That's what spray paint is for.
OK Carly, Now we REALLY need to worry… I wrote that and then forgot to hit
“Post”
Well, it's not like I'd be afraid to take it apart … so don't tempt me.
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Speak to me AFTER you have finally jailbroken your iPhone.
I don't claim to understand why I am unafraid to crack a device and dig around, but the idea of jailbreaking concerns me.
This thing needs a wall-dock — a place where you can mount it like a picture frame and charge it, and use it on the wall, such as in the hallway near the kitchen. When you want to take it into the kitchen to look up recipes or use it throughout the house, just undock it and use it. It then becomes dual-purpose: portable internet tablet and household info/message center.
And … just like that, hopefully you have given an after-market accessory manufacturer an idea.
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I like that idea!… A lot!
I want one of these. Especially since it appears that Nokia could care less about this type of device. The N900 is still over priced. WAY over priced.