Monday, November 15, 2010

ViewSonic ViewPad 7 tablet up for pre-order, now costs a wallet-crunching $599

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Excuse us, ViewSonic, but we think there's been some sort of mistake
-- your ViewPad 7 tablet is on sale at Amazon for $599, over a hundred
dollars more than you said it would cost just two weeks back. Yes, we
certainly understand you have to import the OlivePad rebadge from a
substantial distance and negotiate with Google for its Android Market
innards, but we're not exactly ecstatic about the 600MHz ARM CPU --
even with front- and rear-facing cameras on board. Given that
Samsung's Galaxy Tab doesn't have phone functionality stateside, we
admit there's a market for a seven-inch Froyo tablet that can do voice
calls, but did you really have to take Sammy's controversial price
point as well?

[Thanks, onelove]

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