The answer is the first NEC Android tablet, despite it’s incredible similarity to the Nintendo DS.  Pictured to the left is the NEC LifeTouch, and Android 2.1 based tablet with a 7 inch touch screen that will respond to both finger and stylus input.

I know you want specs and for me to shut up, so here they are:

• ARM Cortex A8 CPU
• Mobile DDR 256MB
• Wi-Fi IEEE802.11b/11g
• Bluetooth Ver.2.1 + EDR
• 3MP camera
• GPS
• accelerometer
• internal mono mic
• internal stereo speakers
• SD/SDHC slot, two USB 2.0 ports
• 8 hours of battery life

The unit is being released in Japan (of course) this October, and is being hawked to businesses as the “Cloud Communicator” as well as the LifeTouch.  Crunchgear.com has more pics to check out. I am looking forward to seeing what kind of tablets who do finally see in the U.S. Android Tablet FTW!

The Orphan iPed M16′s shown up in the wild, and thankfully, it’s running Android 2.1. This 10.2-inch, cloney-looking fellow has a 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor, 256MB of DDR2 RAM, 1GB of Nand ROM, plus a miniUSB port, Ethernet and Wifi, and a webcam. Optional add-ons? Well, there’s the keyboard, Bluetooth and the 3G model if you want to get real fancy. We have to tell you that the tablet (which is in the video below) still doesn’t look that compelling to us. There’s no word on availability or pricing of this one, but we have a feeling it’s not going to cost as much as an iPad.

CNET Asia visited the Huawei booth at CommunicAsia 2010 and tried out the SmaKit S7 Android tablet. This device runs on Android 2.1 and has a 7-inch WVGA display.

7″ resisitiver Touchscreen, 480×800 Pixel
Rockchip RK2808 CPU @ 600MHz, Dual Core

So I am currently waiting for the open source Google Android based tablets. I just love the idea of iPad and portable tablet device, but just don’t like the idea of closed Apple’s business concept. They are arrogant with the users with their iPhone products. Unless you jailbreak your device, you won’t be able to enjoy the application freely. Continue Reading

Heard about the $500+ Dell Streak Android Tablet? This is similar but is to be sold at only $88 (for distributors buying at least 1000 pieces). This is the Acorp 5″ Rockchip 600mhz ARM9 based Android tablet. This sized tablet fits just fine in most pockets and provides better view of web browser, video and apps.

The Eken M001 is one of the cheapest Google Android powered touchscreen tablets around, selling for just around $100. Unfortunately, you get what you pay for and the 7 inch tablet has a fairly sluggish 600MHz processor, just 2GB of storage space, and a 1600mAh battery. While there’s only so much you can do about the processor and display, one hacker figured he wasn’t stuck with the other hardware, and after opening up the case of his Eken M001 tablet, hetweaked the heck out of it. Continue Reading

Here is the M-001 android tablet, i give you a quick review and the gripes i have with the unit, but for the price of $130 it does a bloody good job. I also took the back off the unit to give everyone a quick look and overview of whats inside. I’m no expert but this is how i see it, and the issues i have experienced. Also it cant be successfully upgraded to 2.2.