[GRLUG] $100 tablet

[Michael Mol]

Ah, no. Initial release in China. You can import it for exorbitant
shipping costs, from what I understand...

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-57338163-64/$100-tablet-now-shipping-with-android-4.0/
>
> Akin to the interest in the low cost
> Raspberry.
>
> Not 5 years ago the MIT Media Lab
> made a lot of noise about a $100
> labtop for use in underdeveloped
> parts of the world.  They couldn't
> do it.
>
> Anyway,  no doubt at your local
> dealers soon.
>
> **
>
> Larger 8- and 9-inch form factors will be available soon.
>
> Salient specs include Ingenic's MIPS-based JZ4770 processor running at 1GHz,
> graphics based on a Vivante GC860 graphics processing unit, 1080p video
> decoding, dual front/rear cameras, a 7-inch capacitive multi-touch screen,
> WiFi, and USB 2.0, HDMI 1.3 and microSD ports.
>
> **
>
>   -- Bob
>
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