Cydle M7 Android tablet has TV tuner, external monitor capabilities

Cydle's M7 isn't the best tablet we've seen this year. In fact, it's hardly even a tablet -- it has a built-in stand that allows it to stand at attention in either landscape or portrait mode. When not in use, the stand actually flips around and acts as a screen cover -- which is a little comforting when thinking about this soft 7-inch resistive touchscreen bumping against sundry objects in a laptop bag. The Android software on the device right now is ultra beta, so we weren't able to see the internal ATSC TV tuner in action, but it does set the $199 device apart from some of its slate brethren, though our favorite feature might actually be the simple ability to use this device as an extra PC monitor. You know... it's the little things in life. Under the hood there's an ARM11 processor at 800MHz. The M7 should be launching in the Spring, and you can check out some video of the unit after the break if you're into that sort of thing.

Cydle M7 Android tablet hands-on

[sparkysc Posted Jan 8th 2010 3:26PM]

This is a MIMO MOnitor 710-S slider 7 inch monitor. It is the exact same case, simply with a different name on the bezel. That seems strange.

[HDD Posted Jan 8th 2010 3:35PM]

Agreed. I have the MIMO 710-S monitor. Looks odd. Could this be a fake? It is definitely a MIMO monitor from the video.
How is it powered? Notice nothing happens when he plugs in a USB cord? Strange.

[Chuck Dugan Posted Jan 8th 2010 4:12PM]

@HDD Yes, lots of fakes pop up at the CES

[Kopfgeldjaeger Posted Jan 8th 2010 3:48PM]

Not very interesting.
Wait.... 199$?

[pelmen Posted Jan 9th 2010 4:29PM]

Google Nexus is half as small with a 1ghz processor? I would like to see something along those lines in one of these. Other than that seems very solid.

[sabian1415 Posted Jan 10th 2010 4:39PM]

I also have the MIMO slider, it seems to be made as thin as possible while remaining structurally sound. I dont understand where they would put the battery and other components if it was a stand-alone device.