Mangrove WinMo tablet rough-handled, teased for being 'tubby'
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted November 20th 2009 4:46PM
posted November 20th 2009 4:46PM
Not too long ago C-motech popped up on our radar with Mangrove, the 7-inch touchscreen tablet that's been tragically saddled with Windows Mobile 6.5. The kids at SlashGear have just had a chance to play with the device, and to be honest they don't seem too terribly impressed. When stacked up against the Quanta Android Smartbook, for instance, the form factor was deemed unimpressive and "tubby," while the 1GHz Snapdragon seemed lackluster compared to the similarly powered HTC HD2. And it doesn't seem that the 800 x 480 resistive touchscreen has won many fans. But who knows? Maybe at the right price, this guy will find its (albeit small) audience. Or they can slap Android on the thing, in which case we have the perfect name for it: Mandroid.
Seems like the gripe here is with the hardware. Unfortunately, posters will take the chance to slam WinMo instead.
I'll give you a mandroid...
that sounds pretty disgusting for some reason
(Unverified) Posted Nov 20th 2009 4:55PMNEUTRAL
I'll give you a mandroid...
....that's what she said.
(Unverified) Posted Nov 20th 2009 4:55PMNEUTRAL
I'll give you a mandroid...
...that's what she said.
And here I thought, a mangrove was when a guy neglects to shave for a week.
Irrelevant device, carrying Windows.
A Mangrove is what you get when you don't Manscape.
This post tragically saddled with bios view against Windows Mobile. Feel sorry more and more for engadget everday!
Kind of like a Manwich ..
Looks like crap,
Tastes like crap.
And yet, people still buy it.
Don't you diss Manwiches!
Engadget = Apple/Google fanboys.
That's what makes the Android vs. iPhone posts so interesting.
your face is a apple/google fanboy
I hope you are aware that when it comes to MS-Fanboy infestation, Engadget is only second to ZDNet
@(Unverified)
Touchy!
Also note that you were the first person to mention Apple in this post, ha ha.
It should come with GPS navigation software at least. But it would make a great tablet (to take notes in) and read/edit PDF files for school. The right price would be around $200 new, making it a decent device to buy.
What's Engadget's problem with resistive touchscreens. There good for handwriting recognition which is a base part of WinMo. They are still usable with fingers, you just have to press a tiny bit more than your used to.
ehhh i have to disagree politely. my experience with a samsung omnia was definitely the absolute worst mobile experience i have had in my life period, partly because typing on the resistive touch screen was next to impossible.
I will concede that there are some really bad resistive touchscreens but my complaint is that Engadget seems to have written off an entire technology. I have an HTC Touch Viva and it has a 2.8" resistive touchscreen and it is not unpleasent to use. After replacing the on screen keyboard that came with it with a newer one from HTC its not bad at all to type on.
pitty about the execution-with wifi this a very formidable web/media tablet.
How bout Mangroin?
"the 7-inch touchscreen tablet that's been tragically saddled with Windows Mobile 6.5"
hmmm
"Or they can slap Android on the thing"
Well If you where coming here to troll Joseph L. Flatley beat you to it.
Just sayin'
This is actually heading in a direction that'd interest me. I'd love a "PDA on steroids." Not as a phone, but as a portable digital notebook, which is what I use my PDA for anyway.
But as a phone? No way. Too big.
WinMo? who's going to want that crap in this day and age?
Not Apple/Google whores , like you.
hey man don't look at me, I didn't make WinMo sales collapse 30% in 1 year. I didn't force businesses to prefer Blackberries and I didn't force consumers to prefer iPhones. And I most certainly didn't force 3rd party phone manufacturers to prefer Android. Market forces are just heading those ways.
Actually, there are quite a lot of businesses making the switch to WinMo from BlackBerry. Microsoft's Exchange server, and integration with Office and other products makes WinMo an ideal platform for company phones to go on. It's much more cost-effective than paying for BlackBerry enterprise solutions and offers a bit more.
I also know a lot of average joes with WinMo phones too.
In all honesty, this is the kind of thing I am looking for. I want a device which is data only, yet which can also function as a WiFi hotspot; ideally, like a MiFi, but with its own screen and web browser/ twitter/ facebook client. 7" is a good size for browsing.
Windows Mobile can definitely do this, can any other smartphone OS?
Android.
Is that an official build of 6.5.1?
looks like a obeased omnia hd.
I'd love to see how this compares to a SmartQ 7 - I think I'd prefer the SmartQ