14 DAY TRIAL // The iPad is ravaging tablet sales and HP's slate is supposedly canceled, which means that the slate market itself has become quite a bit smaller. However, seeing how there are many companies of all sizes that hope to be propelled by this newborn market, it will only be a matter of time before the segment swarms with contenders. Aigo seems to be one of the companies with a better chance at leaving a lasting impression, if its upcoming slate does actually have the specs reported by Pcpop.
The iPad has been selling well enough, not necessarily because of its hardware, but because of the many apps that consumers can access via the Apple App Store. However, there are several disadvantages, such as the lack of multitasking and no support for Adobe Flash. All competitors have been doing their best to exploit these advantages. Aigo, however, may have done a better job than most of them.
The company's tablet measures 7 inches (208 x 122 x 13.95 mm), weighs 465g, runs the Android 2.1 OS and is based on the NVIDIA Tegra 2 platform. Running a dual-core Cortex A9 central processing unit (with 1MB L2 cache), the slate comes with 512MB DDR2 and 667MHz, up to 32GB of internal storage, 3D sound, two speakers, a 1.3-megapixel webcam, a built-in microphone and support for 1,080p video playback. As for connectivity and other I/O capabilities, there is integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, 3G (WCDMA / EVDO / TD-SCDMA), a USB port, a MicroSD (32GB max) slot, a SIM card, an HDMI output and a 3.5mm jack.
Like all its peers, the Aigo tablet lacks a keyboard. As such, it relies on multi-touch capacitive input that complements the LCD itself, which has a maximum resolution of 800 x 600 and 16 million colors. Unfortunately, there is no telling when this device will debut, nor is there an indication of how much it will cost.