Dual-Screen Tablet from Taiji May or May Not Launch

Many tablets have been revealed and/or released over the past few months, and a certain OEM known as Taiji Electronics has now demonstrated two new models of its own, one of which has two displays instead of just one.

So far, whatever tablets were revealed or, like the Advent Vega, already sent to end-users stuck to a sort of 'standard' performance set.

Granted, some suppliers used Intel Pine Trail, or will use the Oak Trail, while others employed ARM products, like NVIDIA's Tegra 2.

Taiji's products do neither, apparently, instead being based on, surprising though it sounds, processors developed by VIA Technologies.

One of the two latest slates that this OEM has come up with is known as Taiji T10A, though the dual-display version has not been named yet.

T10A is a relatively 'common-looking' tablet with a 10.1-inch diagonal and, of course, support for touch input.

It is a Windows 7 model that uses the VIA C7-M 1.2 GHz processor and a solid state drive of 32 GB, plus VX700 graphics and a front-facing camera.

The dual-display model is, as one would expect, the main piece of news here, though there is even less information available on it.

What was, however, revealed at the Elexcon conference was that both screens had sizes of 8 inches and were backed up by a hardware configuration also powered by VIA technology.

No doubt some connectivity capabilities are present and either the same chip as above or a third-party graphics accelerator grants multimedia features, if any.

It is not altogether clear how using a VIA processor is an advantage in this case, though there may be some battery life benefits.

Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing if these two will ever come to market, especially now that the emphasis on Tegra 2 and Oak Trail is getting stronger than ever.