As you
may have noticed, we had a chance to get our hands on a fairly interesting little tablet made by
ICD dubbed the Ultra. The 7-inch, touchscreen tablet (resistive in the version we saw, but with capacitive versions to come) sports quite an impressive set of specs, including a 1GHz
Tegra T20 CPU, 512MB of RAM and 512MB of ROM, 4GB of hardwired storage, 2G / 3G radios, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, a 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera, HDMI out, USB 2.0, and a microSD slot. The device also has an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, and 3.5mm headphone jack. The version we had a chance to play with -- a prototype running Android 2.0 -- was blazingly fast when it came to 1080p playback and web browsing (as you can see in the video), but was pretty incomplete as far as the rest of the software was concerned (though the company says they're working on optimizing the experience all around). In terms of pricing, ICD reps didn't have a solid number, though they said they expect the Ultra to sell for somewhere in the $249 price range, with potential for free, subsidized versions depending on what kind of deals they work out with partners. We expect to see a whole slew of devices like this at CES in just a few weeks, but this is nice a taste of things to come. Check out our exclusive hands-on pics in the gallery below!
Update: The video in question is
right here!
posted December 20th 2009 3:28PM
Yea, and add a WiMax option!
That looks really great. If this is the same thing Topolsky was holding up on Late Night its really fast too.
looks nice if its at 250 it'll be even better.
kinda square isnt it??
@Mjefferson should it be round?...
@Scott 16:9 or go home.
@SarnGate
Not all of us just watch movies you know. . . I wasn't wild about the transition from 4:3 to 16:10 for computer screens, but have accepted it. But 16:9 is just dumb.
Wheres's the Anglelina Jolie button? Seriously, every post has "make it touch screen, etc". I love gadgets. The more the merrier.
what video???
From now on the rule on Engadget should be no one gets to display pics of their new Android tablet/netbook if they haven't been arsed to put in the time to skin teh bloody thing.
If you want to sell me an Android device that isn't in a smartphone form factor take the time to reskin the interface, ya useless so and sos.
Why a year after Android has been released am I still seein proof of concepts with stretched Android 1.5 home screens?
@Dinochicken
Because its hard. Vanilla Android doesnt support a lot of the cool things you'd like to be able to do. So you have to modify android itself to allow those things (like more icons and whatnot). If it were easy then everyone would have it. Stay tuned...
do want do want
Not to be a downer, but that ten second bit on Late Night doesn't jibe with "exclusive hands-on." C'mon, we know there's more to see than that.
Can I read my PDFs with this device ? DRM Free, DRM and password protected ones ?
Thanks