14 DAY TRIAL // What BungBungame Technology made is one of those products that took their sweet time arriving but may finally give business users the sort of horsepower they need from an electronic.
On the mobile PC and consumer electronic market, AMD's Z-series of APUs (accelerated processing units) is made up of chips with very good computing and graphics capabilities.
Alas, few tablets based on them exist, whether because companies have contracts with Intel or because of the same old power consumption disadvantages (compared to ARM) that x86 units exhibit.
BungBungame Technology decided it was about time for the launch of an own-brand tablet PC model.
An AMD Z APU is exactly what it chose, the AMD Z01 to be precise.
The company paired that chip with no less than 4 GB of DDR3 RAM (random access memory) and threw in a solid state drive (SSD) of 64 GB for good measure.
These, along with the expected connectivity and I/O options, are packed inside a 10.1-inch package with a weight of 820 grams.
The Photon 100, as the device is called, is definitely not the smallest and lightest of tablets, but business users probably won't mind as long as their application software works as it should.
When going to and from the office, people usually carry a briefcase around anyway.
Speaking of software, BungBungame is offering customized programs of its own.
The AMD-powered tablet is scheduled for availability at some point in February, 2012, for the price of NT$20,000, which is the rough equivalent of US$662 and 512 Euro.
The OEM that manufactures it is Taiwan-based Askey Computer.
BungBungame Technology hopes for its device to make a name for itself in medical care, restaurants, hotels, insurance, etc.
An early demonstration will take place between January 10 and January 13, in Las Vegas, during the 2012 Edition of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).