14 DAY TRIAL // Following a series of delays (which are never a good thing, especially when talking about a product that's facing some pretty serious competition on the market), the Ciara VIBE ExoPC Windows 7 tablet has finally showed up for pre-order, available directly from the Microsoft Store.
Coming in just in time for the holidays (if you're lucky, you'll be able to spend your Christmas evening browsing on the Windows 7 device), the Ciara VIBE ExoPC sports a 11.6-inch HD LCD BrightView touchscreen with fingerprint-resistant coating (1366 x 768), accompanied by an Intel Atom Pineview-M N450 1.66 GHz, L2 cache 512 KB and 2 GB DDR2 667 Mhz memory.
Furthermore, the tablet sports an impressive 64 GB SSD P4 unit, while video is handled by the included Intel GMA 3150 with shared graphics memory.
The portable computing system also comes equipped with 2 built-in 1.5-watt speakers, Realtek High Definition Audio, 2 x USB 2.0 ports, an integrated 1.3-megapixel webcam (fixed focus), a built-in Li-Ion battery that lasts for around 4 hours, a wireless 802.11b/g/n module and Bluetooth.
Additional connectivity options include a headphone output, microphone input and a mini-HDMI connector, used for hooking up the ExoPC to a HDTV for playing back HD videos, whever the 11.6-inch display simply can't do it anymore.
Plus, carrying it around shouldn't prove to be much of a problem given the fact that it measures around 11.6 x 7.7 x 0.55 in (294.64 x 195.58 x 13.97 mm) and weighs 2.09 lbs (0.94 kg), while the all-black design should match everyone's tastes, at least in theory.
Unfortunately, the pricing is, in fact, a bit high, Ciara VIBE ExoPC Windows 7 selling for somewhere in the vicinity of 700 US dollars, which, despite of its larger size, ranks it as one of the most expensive tablets out there.