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OpenPeak's OpenTablet 7 sails towards a Q1 2011 AT&T launch with Android 2.2 on board
Thought the Boxee Box was the only turncoat at IDF 2010? You thought wrong -- OpenPeak's Moorestown-based tablet has dropped Linux (and Flash) cold turkey for a nice big helping of Android. The unit in front of you runs Android 2.1, but reps told us it'll have Froyo by launch, which just so happens to be currently slated for the first quarter of next year. OpenPeak says AT&T made the decision to move to Google's OS, and will shape the final hardware too, as the tablet manufacturer repeatedly reminded us it builds devices to its clients' specification. As you can see, that hardware has already changed slightly since the last time we saw it run, with not only buttons that reflect its changed allegiance but also a ZigBee radio inside. The 7-inch capacitive touch screen, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G and 5 megapixel camera remain intact, though we couldn't confirm the Moorestown chip is still clocked at 1.9GHz. That said, stock Android UI interactions were about as fast and responsive as we've seen. There's no Android Market or Google Apps on the device quite yet, though the company's still promising a custom UI layer as far as software goes -- presently it's testing a multi-user profile system that changes the available apps and background wallpaper when a user enters their pin. We've still no official word on price, though a rep guessed it might arrive at between $300 and $400, and subsidized on contract. It's an interesting time to bring an Android tablet to market, and this is one to watch.
OpenPeak introduces Moorestown-powered OpenTablet 7, sticks with Open naming scheme
OpenPeak is a company so open it just can't resist throwing the word into damn-near every product it makes, and the new OpenTablet 7 is no exception. The number refers to the size of the thing: a seven-inch TFT LCD tablet with LED backlighting, 802.11b/g/n wireless, Bluetooth, and 3G connectivity. It's all powered by an Intel Moorestown processor, and is designed to serve as a "fully functioning telephone and multimedia platform," the latter bit helped by a microSD slot and not one but two cameras. It will quite naturally run the OpenPeak platform, which is powered by Flash, meaning no concerns about back and forth name calling here. No concerns about pre-ordering yet, either, as the company hasn't seen fit to tell us when this will be shipping, or how much it will cost when it does. %Gallery-85670%
