14 DAY TRIAL // It seems that the arguably many ARM-based media tablets have finally begun to reach eager customers, and Velocity Micro has now made its contribution by finally sending out the Cruz.
Makers of PCs and other electronics were skeptical about the chases of tablets on today's market, until the iPad came out and sold in the hundreds of thousands.
This led to many IT players beginning to work on their own prototypes, some running Windows 7 but more of them loaded with a version of the Android OS.
Velocity Micro is one of the companies that has been developing a tablet running Android, said slate being dubbed the Cruz.
It is a 7-inch model (exact measurements are 7.5 x 4.75 x 0.6 inches) with 4 GB of built-in storage and an SD card slot. An 8GB SD card is bundled with the device.
The display uses the 16:9 aspect ratio and is a full color touchscreen with a native resolution of 800 x 480 pixels.
There is also mention of 512 MB of RAM and connectivity options the likes of 802.11b/g WiFi, USB and an accelerometer.
No doubt, end-users are most interested in the actual processor of the electronic, but it seems that such information is still not available.
According to a previous so-called statement, the details should have become available once shipments started, but the product page still does not provide this information.
What it does say is that the battery that powers the whole thing can last for up to 10 hours on a single charge.
Those interested in making an order or just getting a better feel of the Cruz and its support for various video and audio files need only drop by this page.
As for actually buying one, consumers will have to be ready to part with $299.