http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/ Engadget Comments for Aigo's surprisingly sexy 7-inch N700 tablet packs Android 2.1 and Tegra 2 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 3:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 3:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/
Hey, if the JooJoo didn't turn out to be vaporware, I've got faith.]]>May 3rd 2010 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/
Competition is good, but you would have thought someone could have released something decent by now.

Wonder if Apple have hit a million sales yet?]]>May 3rd 2010 4:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/That cool Palm Tablet is years to come. ]]>May 3rd 2010 4:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/
The bezelgates don't you mean?

Just when you thought the ipad had too much bezel you realise it was just a scout bezel.]]>May 3rd 2010 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/the slate and the courier were amazing ideas, the companies making them just werent happy with them.
its better to not release a product than release a crap one just so you can flood it (coughcoughapple) even if its missing pretty damned basic features

]]>May 3rd 2010 5:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/"the slate and the courier were amazing ideas"
To what extent?
The Slate had some interesting hardware, but a Desktop OS? Battery life?
The Courier - great idea, but for how many people?
1. Note takers - you will do with one screen - better battery life, less heavy, cheaper.
2. If you do sketching/drawing like me (that's why I bought a Lenovo tablet), I am pretty sure everyone would prefer one 12" screen over two 7".
Not to mention the software that must be written for this Courier.
So basically the Courier was too much of a niche. Imagine everything needed to create and produce such a device (already a difficult task) and then price it between the iPad and a Tablet PC.

So, amazing concepts? Yes. Amazing execution? Hardly.
And they come too late. Everybody here claim how Apple invented nothing, yet the real products coming on the shelves are Apple's.]]>May 3rd 2010 5:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://j.mp/archos-7-tablets-reactions]]>May 3rd 2010 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/
How was it amazing, when Viliv released their X70EX 7" slate more then a year ago;

Atom processor? Check.
Decent sized display? Check. (I like 7" form factor over 9")
Desktop OS? Check.
Battery likef of >6 hrs? Check.

How was the HP slate any sort of a revolutionary improvement? It was dissapointing in that they hadn't even managed to catch up with a small Korean manufacturer.]]>May 3rd 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/
Considering how fast the Incredible is, I expect much much more from Tegra 2...]]>May 3rd 2010 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/There is a HUGE difference between "amazing ideas" and an actual product. SciFi movies have "amazing ideas". That's not a difficult thing to do. But translating those "amazing ideas" into a real product is the whole point. You make it sound like coming up with "amazing ideas" is the critical part.

Good luck chasing down those unicorn tablets at the end of the rainbow.]]>May 3rd 2010 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/
Nowhere near, not even 300000 yet ]]>May 3rd 2010 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/
Lol

I don't know if referencing the joojoo is the best of ideas

:)]]>May 4th 2010 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/
That's what she said. ]]>May 3rd 2010 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/
10" and slim, I thought thickness mattered more? LOL]]>May 3rd 2010 5:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/Now I just need a netbook with these specs...]]>May 3rd 2010 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/
Same story over and over again. Great specs, but nobody seems. To be able to put it together with a big battery and an IPS display. Those are the two a real selling points of the iPad. For a long time, apple ruled with the ipod because they would buy up all the 1.8" hard drives on the market and everyone else would be stuck using older, smaller capacity, drives.
]]>May 3rd 2010 3:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 4:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/Uhm, how do you know Tegra 2 uses less power than the A4 in the iPad? I'd guess it's the other way around seeing that Tegra has a more advanced GPU, and the A4 has specific modifications to make it more power efficient than the typical A8 core (ie: lot's of stuff has been removed from it).

OT:
The thing looks sexy and well-built, but I still don't see these things catch on. Too much Android stuff on the market, too many OS versions, too many hardware differences, which means fragmentation which will result in less great applications that just work, and more user frustration. ]]>May 3rd 2010 4:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 4:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 6:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/
USB, HDMI, Tegra2 > IPS Screen? And I like oranges better than the number four.

Seriously, even if the Tegra2 is better than the A4 (is it?), it doesn't offer enough additional features or performance for me to care. Sure more ports would be nice, but the screen is pretty much the only way you interact with a tablet. IE, the tablet is the screen... you'd really trade away its quality and viewing angles for more ports?]]>May 3rd 2010 6:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/
Tegra 2 is waaay better than the A4, least of which due to it being Cortex A9 versus Cortex A8. Tegra is known for its power efficiency, and having better performance.
I'll give up IPS because I absolutely need/want microSD and USB. That is without exception, and therefore I can't go with the iPad. I'm only going to look for alternatives that have microSD and USB (HDMI is a bonus). IPS screens are cool, but not extremely necessary.]]>May 3rd 2010 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 3:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/As much as I like the iPad I would also like to see some other devices on the market. I guess this one won't be one of them.]]>May 3rd 2010 3:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 3:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/Translation: patriotic. (?!?)

I hate you, Google Translate.]]>May 3rd 2010 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/But way more portable. Even pocket sized for those of us who don't have gigantic pockets.

So basically. A bigger than a phone screen that is still not too big to be easily portable with Android, USB, HDMI etc.. Sounds pretty good to me. ]]>May 3rd 2010 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/
]]>May 3rd 2010 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 4:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 3:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/It was either that or getting buttraped by Apple.]]>May 3rd 2010 4:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 4:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 4:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 4:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 4:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 4:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 4:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/May 3rd 2010 4:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/
Don't worry abotu what people say here. Most people have no idea what they are talking about.

3150 mAH is perfectly usable.

Consider the HTC HD2 has a 1250 mAH, 1 Ghz processor, 500 mb ram, 800x480 display. That lasts about 4.5 hours of continuous usage of surfing over 3G with a couple things running in background.

Reading an eBook with display at 60% brightness (ideally you should set it even lower for confort), the 1250mAH battery can last around 8 hours.

That's a 1250mAH battery powering the same MHZ processor, same resolution, similar RAM. 3150mAH is more than enough to last 10 hours. If I had that capacity ini my HD2, I'm sure it'll power my device for at least 14 hours of heavy use.]]>May 3rd 2010 5:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/And what about the display size?]]>May 3rd 2010 5:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/
What it does illustrate however is a worst-case scenario. The 1 GHz Cortex A9 is not only more power efficient than the Snapdragon (and performs significantly better), but assuming it's a 45 nm chip (a de-facto standard for Cortex A9 unless I'm mistaken), it's going to be about 20-30% more power efficient than the 65 nm Snapdragon.]]>May 3rd 2010 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/aigos-surprisingly-sexy-7-inch-n700-tablet-packs-android-2-1-an/
"Built-in 25-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery"]]>May 3rd 2010 8:29AM