14 DAY TRIAL // It appears that AOC is not even close to finishing with the tablet market, as a certain device that was revealed at CES has now been revealed to be on track for CeBIT as well.
Many tablets have been revealed so far, but they can't really be said to be all that affordable, at least not compared to netbooks.
Of course, there are exceptions, but most makers of such devices seem to have focused more on feature set and multimedia than price accessibility.
Fortunately, there is at least one exception in this whole situation, one that was provided by AOC back at CES.
The tablet in question is the Breeze, which is more focused on portability while still featuring essential applications, among other things.
What makes it cheaper than all of its peers is the fact that it uses neither Atom nor an ARM processor or SoC (system-on-chip),
Instead, it boasts a Rockchip processor, plus 4 GB of on-board storage space and a micro SD card slot that lets one add a memory card.
Google's Andorid 2.1 is the operating system that AOC chose for this device, and there should be essential applications like a web browser, photo browser, e-mail, calendar and e-book shelves, video and audio players, etc., already installed.
The Android Marketplace will also let one access and download more apps, like an office suite.
When it was previewed at the start of the month, (January 2011), it hadn't been given an availability date.
Now, the 8-inch product is on track for European launch at CeBIT, in Hannover, between 1 and 5 March.
It will have a price tag of less than 200 Euro, something understandable, considering how it was given a tag of 200 US dollars back at CES. What remains to be seen is just when shipments start and how well it sells.