Viewsonic Viewpad 7, Another Android Powered Tablet!

Android tablets are everywhere these days. Motorola announced their latest called the xoom. And Android recently released the (well still only for developers) 3.0 version which is optimized for tablets. Anyway the name viewsonic is actually quite familiar as a PC monitor/LCD manufacture. They've decided to create a Android powered tablet of their own called the Viewpad 7.

To be short and sweet to the point ;-).. here are the main hardware details...

*. Uses the older version of Android 2.3 or earlier (but remember as said the version 3.0 is optimized for tablets, so as soon as it hits the market they'll let you upgrade... so be patient).

*. AT&T and the T-Mobile provide the deals.

*. 7 Inch touch screen.

*. 512MB.

*. 800x400 resolution.

*. Wi-Fi, 3G, Blue-tooth and the GPS is available.

*. Battery life of 4-6 hours under heavy loads.

*. Low quality cameras - 0.3 Megapixel on the front and 3MPX on back.

These are the main hardware details. But the point is the storage really sucks. I mean the 512MB is barely enough... so if you want to get some real use of that Android video player then you'd better purchase a MicroSD memory card. And on the other hand, even after considering camera, etc the cost is a bit higher.

Anyway if you want to know more about it then go to this viewpad7 official page for more.

Google Finally Released the Long Awaited Google TV!

Seriously ... these days you can write a wikipedia long book about new technology gadgets. Everybody is making one at least ;-), and the latest news is that Google released their version of a smart TV called the Google TV!. Now a conventional TV along cannot be converted to this Google service but even if you already have a HDTV fear not my friend they have a separate box with a keyboard, etc of its own.

So first of all is this something that is really new ?, nope its not. TV's with internet and online video viewing is not something that is really new but its Google!,.. who's behind the project and they control the most portion of the WWW search phrases. So a product that is directly powered by the search giant can have some significant effect when it comes to optimizations, etc (take youtube video facility they own it aren't they!).

So what can you expect from Google TV...

*. When you buy the TV with the embedded services or just purchase the "box", it has a little software of its own. Basically the browser is the Chrome and with the help from the Adobe flash player you can do a lot of things with it! such as ...

*. Search the web directly through your TV

*. Youtube video viewing.

*. With a very user friendly interface they've added a service called "spotlight" which gives live videos from popular online TV channels.

*. There is a separate remote control but since the search giant controls the Android devices, etc you can control the TV directly through your android mobile phone!.

*. Rent and view online videos (gonna cost you though services such as Amazon video on demand are included).

*. Napstar, Pandora, etc type online music and internet radio facility.

*. Picasa and Flickr type photo sharing and viewing facility.

*. Better Youtube videos (well according to them anyway).

*. Twitter, etc type social functions (as said it has the Chrome browser).

These are the highlighted ones I found in their product page. So if you want to know more about buying, etc then go to this Google TV official page.