Saturday, February 26, 2011

VIEWSONIC UNVEILS VIEWPAD 10PRO THAT CAN DUAL BOOT WINDOWS AND ANDROID

The ViewSonic ViewPad 10pro which the company has been showing off at the Mobile World Congress will come in two versions. One version runs Windows. The other runs both Windows 7 and Google Android 2.2.

The tablet has a 10.1 inch capacitive multitouch display with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. It is powered by an Intel Oak Trail processor and can be configured with up to 2GB of RAM and up to 32GB of storage. It also has an HDMI port, USB ports and a 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera.

The guys at Engadget who got to spend some time with the tablet says that viewing angles and build quality are average. The biggest USP of the tablet is that on the Windows/Android version users don't have to reboot the system to switch between the operating systems because Android runs in virtualization. And that is quite cool, because you will be able to run thousands of touch-friendly Android apps on a Windows machine.

On the flip side, the ViewPad 10Pro doesn't have access to the Android Market. That means installing third party apps on the tablet will not be as easy as you would like it to be. It is possible, though.

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