AOC's 8-inch Breeze Android 2.1 tablet goes for broke, sells for $200

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No money? No problem! The world of craptablets has grown significantly
over the past dozen months, and you won't find us encouraging anyone
to add another to the pile. But AOC has actually managed to make a
fairly decent name for itself over the years, albeit one in the LCD
industry. In fact, this here company claims to be the world's largest
manufacturer of LED / LCD monitors, but it's tough to say how that
type of expertise will translate in the tablet arena. The newly
launched Breeze bucks two screen size trends and splits the difference
-- there's an 8-inch touchpanel here, complete with an 800 x 600
screen resolution and a row of physical keys along the right edge.
You'll also find a Rockchip processor, an outdated copy of Android
2.1, not to mention a USB 2.0 port, 3.5mm headphone, inbuilt speaker,
802.11b/g WiFi, 4GB of internal storage space, a microSD card slot and
a battery that's supposedly good for up to 12 hours of audio playback
or (six hours of video). We're still waiting to hear back on what type
of CPU is under the shell, but for under $200, we're going to hazard a
guess that it's not the quickest silicon in the shed. Anywho, it'll be
splashing down at "major retail chains" later this month, likely going
toe-to-toe with Augen for your bargain-bin bucks.