The Freescale Tablet

[ZSamuels28]

Anyone take a look at
http://www.pcworld.com/article/18576...rom_apple.html

Looks like Apple will have some competition on their maxiPAD....

This thing has ports....

And a camera....

And I'm sure it supports flash....

 

[raremage]

Anyone take a look at
http://www.pcworld.com/article/18576...rom_apple.html

Annnnnd...404

 

[ZSamuels28]

Woops sorry....

Here's another link....

http://www.mobilemag.com/2010/03/11/freescale-tablet-reference-design-smartbook-supports-3-oses/

 

[Nausicaa]

From the article:

It is a reference design, so contrary to the blogosphere’s reports, Freescale will not release this device.

Apple ships the iPad in under a month.

 

[mrgreen4242]

Doesn't actually exist, fugly interface... no mention of weight or battery life. SUpport for multiple OS's is nice, but other than Android none of them have a ton of touch screen application support/availability.

This is basically the same as the other tablets we have seen so far, and in the past really. Until there is a 7-10" tablet running Android, an OS designed for finger input from the ground up, I don't think we will see much competition for the iPad as a general purpose multimedia consumption device.

 

[maflynn]

No wonder they won't release the device its fugly. I'll take the iPad any day over that.

 

[r0k]

Your choice of one of three Linux OS (Android, Ubuntu and Millos) on a vaporware tablet.

Oh yeah we really needed this thread on the eve of iPad pre orders. 🙄

BTW, you do remember whose processors Apple ditched to move to Intel? Motorola/Freescale. 😛