14 DAY TRIAL // Since just about everyone loves a truly affordable product in this economy, AOC has decided that going the cheap way might actually boost sales and announced the imminent release (CES 2011-related, of course) of its own tablet, called Breeze, an ultraportable tablet with an 8-inch, 800-by-600-pixel touch screen display that also comes at a very affordable price point.
The Breeze Tablet runs on the Google Android 2.1 operating system and one of the reasons why it's actually so affordable is the fact that it is powered by a Rockchip processor, less powerful, but also cheaper than Atom or ARM solutions.
The device will play several hours of audio and video when fully charged, and includes a built-in speaker, standard headphone jack and microphone, which means that one can easily use it for chatting via a VoIP application (enabled by the built-in Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g module).
Furthermore, the Breeze comes preloaded with essential applications like Web browser, video and audio players, photo browser, e-mail, calendar and e-book shelves, and provides access to additional apps like office suite through the Android marketplace.
The Breeze also offers 4GB of on-board storage space, as well as a micro SD card slot for further expansion, while the full USB 2.0 also allows for additional storage.
As mentioned right from the start, the Breeze 8-inch Android tablet from AOC is extremely affordable, the company planning to sell it for under 200 US dollars, which is indeed a very interesting price point, all things considered.
A full line of accessories is available for the Breeze Tablet, but not specific details on these extras from AOC have been provided.
For the time being, AOC has not provided any availability data, but these details will most likely also become available at some point in the immediate future, since the company plans to go official with their low-cost tablet at CES 2011.