iWonder Android tablet fixes major bug: the logo is right-side-up

Remember that ultra-low-cost Android-powered tablet that Marvell was showing off back at MWC this year? It seemed neat enough considering the aggressive goal of getting it into Chinese customers' hands for somewhere around $100, but there was a single unforgivable problem: the iWonder logo was upside-down. Fatal flaw, right? Well, not to worry, because Marvell's back with the iWonder here at CTIA, and this time the logo's facing precisely the same direction as the display (in landscape mode, anyhow). We've also learned that the tablet is being produced in a wide variety of colors -- we saw white at MWC, black here -- so if you've ever dreamed of owning a cherry red Google-powered tablet that's as big as your frickin' skull, Marvell knows a guy who knows a guy who can probably hook you up.

[PeterVenkman Posted Mar 24th 2010 2:36PM]

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[ChazClout Posted Mar 24th 2010 2:37PM]

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[staticjethro Posted Mar 24th 2010 2:43PM]

@ChazClout
¡unɟ sı sıɥʇ ɥɥɥooo

[One Love Posted Mar 24th 2010 3:27PM]

ʇnoןɔzɐɥɔ@
¿ʇɐɥʇ op sʎnb noʎ pıp ʍoɥ

[ericlin Posted Mar 24th 2010 3:44PM]

@One Love
˙sɐʍ ʇı ʎɐʍ ǝɥʇ ʇı ǝʞıl ı

[ALBGunner04 Posted Mar 24th 2010 3:48PM]

I turned my monitor upside down to read these.

[godsAngryTesticles Posted Mar 24th 2010 4:38PM]

I'm BATMAN.

[Firehazel Posted Mar 24th 2010 9:13PM]

@ChazClout good thing I can read with out reorienting myself, although my spirit felt like it needed to shift... weird.

[MosesusedaniPad Posted Mar 24th 2010 9:37PM]

@ChazClout

iWonder if anyone will buy one.

[abedinthehouse Posted Mar 24th 2010 9:38PM]

@ChazClout
how the hell u do that!

[Adenosine2010 Posted Mar 24th 2010 2:38PM]

I'm seriously excited about the prospect of cheap tablets but I wonder if they will ever make it stateside.

[max1001 Posted Mar 24th 2010 2:44PM]

@Adenosine2010
Ebay buddy. Ebay.

[joelaf Posted Mar 24th 2010 2:49PM]

@Adenosine2010

chinagrabber or ownta

[Adenosine2010 Posted Mar 24th 2010 3:14PM]

@max1001

I only shop at Walmart so that won't work.

[patsy Posted Mar 24th 2010 3:35PM]

@Adenosine2010 Well then, good luck ever getting Chinese stuff at Walmart!

[kiden Posted Mar 24th 2010 3:44PM]

@patsy

Lol. Not as hard as you would think. There's a trick to it, walk in, pick almost anything off a rack or any cheap electronic item, and buy it. :D

[JimmyBoy Posted Mar 24th 2010 5:19PM]

@joelaf Linky? Tried those already

[JCreazy Posted Mar 24th 2010 2:38PM]

What are the specs on this thing? I wonder if it is worth $100

[hmmwv Posted Mar 24th 2010 3:26PM]

@JCreazy For roughly the price of a 2X2G RAM kit I'd definitely give it a try. But I doubt the retail price will be anywhere near $100, $200 sounds more like it.

[Minn Posted Mar 24th 2010 2:40PM]

Nice OS, ugly device.

[Chris Bell Posted Mar 24th 2010 2:40PM]

Comparing the 2 pics, it looks like the logo wasn't upside down but the screen was upside down.

[staticjethro Posted Mar 24th 2010 2:41PM]

Where did they get that name?hmmmm... iWonder...

[commenter7 Posted Mar 24th 2010 2:56PM]

@staticjethro

iSee what you did there....

[tobsmonster2 Posted Mar 24th 2010 2:43PM]

I feel a little cheated. At first i thought the device was just the white part (awesome new form factor), then i spotted the black border. Damn low contrast screens..damn them to hell.

[GABBYiSACTiVE Posted Mar 24th 2010 3:37PM]

@tobsmonster2 / exactly what happened to me...I'm not sure if the discovery is for the better or the worse, this device is a** ugly :-/

[glamajamma Posted Mar 24th 2010 2:44PM]

"Hey guys lets make this awesome cheap device, that the public will love but with a twist. We will make it ugly as shit!"
"Genius!"

[tobsmonster2 Posted Mar 24th 2010 3:02PM]

@glamajamma
this^

[joelaf Posted Mar 24th 2010 3:27PM]

@glamajamma

Ugly devices, like fat husbands, are less likely to be stolen.

[Andy4 Posted May 29th 2010 12:06AM]

@joelaf Exactly! Same reason I stow my laptop in a backpack that doesn't have a Dell or Targus logo on it.

[FelixDraconis Posted Mar 24th 2010 2:45PM]

No other news on when it's coming out and various things like that?

[boofay Posted Mar 24th 2010 2:49PM]

the screen looks better this time around or is it that it's in a darker environment. need the specs

[SPONGEZILLA Posted Mar 24th 2010 2:52PM]

I hate to break it to you guys (if you really didn't notice before, Chris Bell above caught it as well) but... you were holding it upside down in the previous picture you guys took. I checked the previous pict. in comparison to this one and all it is, is the tablet is turned 180 degrees in your hands so the logo appears upside down. The row of buttons along the bottom edge are turned 180 degrees as well (appearing upside down at the top) proving that it was your user error and not a manufacturing flaw. LoL

That said... I'm with Minn. It's a pretty toy-like device in appearances and isn't exactly sleek or enticing. The user interface doesn't look too bad though, like he noted.

[Andy4 Posted May 29th 2010 12:10AM]

@SPONGEZILLA I hope Engadget posts updates or retractions about that because these posts made the iWonder manufacturer seem like idiots.

[billobob Posted Mar 24th 2010 2:53PM]

I'm glad you felt compelled to approve this post, engadget. Please keep us updated on such important issues as the samsung moment having a "tap" instead of "tab" button and european keyboards having "funny enter keys"

[Plazmic Flame Posted Mar 24th 2010 3:14PM]

iWonder why this looks like a Fisher Price toy?

[user47alpha Posted Mar 24th 2010 3:16PM]

Doch der Drucker dieser Tropf, druckte alles auf dem Kopf.

Logo was never at the wrong place, I think you can rotate the screen freely and last time it was in the wrong position.

[Langdon Alger Posted Mar 24th 2010 4:00PM]

Finally a "pad" with wings!!!

[Langdon Alger Posted Mar 24th 2010 4:03PM]

Finally a "pad" with wings!!!

[Langdon Alger Posted Mar 24th 2010 4:04PM]

@Langdon Alger Just in case anyone wondered if I was merely faining interest ... nope!

[Langdon Alger Posted Mar 24th 2010 4:08PM]

@Langdon Alger feign ... not fain ... I'll get my s--- straight any moment now, I promise ... as I said ... veritably excited!

[GN1 Posted Mar 24th 2010 4:39PM]

iWonder why...

[iwonder1128 Posted Mar 24th 2010 5:03PM]

Anybody realize that in the last post when they said the logo was upside down, the whole tablet was upside down. not the logo. it looks the same...?

[JimmyBoy Posted Mar 24th 2010 5:24PM]

800x600 resistive screen

[graey Posted Mar 24th 2010 6:42PM]

@JimmyBoy
800x600? You sure? Looks too widescreen to be 4:3 if you ask me...

[JimmyBoy Posted Mar 24th 2010 6:52PM]

@graey
http://laptopreviewshop.com/foxconn-iwonder-tablet-–-android-os-based.html

[tusing Posted Mar 24th 2010 9:04PM]

Now they just need to fix the spelling of "NOOB" in the top right corner.

[tusing Posted Mar 24th 2010 9:05PM]

@tusing (myself!)
My bad. It's "KOOBE", whatever that means.

[udtekbattery Posted Mar 24th 2010 9:28PM]

the logo was upside down, the whole tablet was upside down. not the logo.

[juanvaldez Posted Mar 25th 2010 1:47AM]

@hated one Android caters to all and choice, that's what we like about it. Keep your pad in your pants, or murse, or wherever you're supposed to put it these days.

[JimJam707 Posted Mar 25th 2010 12:01PM]

The 'iWonder' text on the top put me off.