14 DAY TRIAL // The Japanese mobile market is about to receive another tablet manufactured by a minor Taiwanese company called Camangi.
Android fans and tinkerers living in Japan will be able to purchase the 7-inch Honeycomb tablet this August for 50,000 Yen (about $615).
Dubbed as Mangrove 7, this is the second tablet announced by the Taiwanese company after it launched the Camangi FM600 Android Froyo tablet earlier this year.
However, Mangrove 7 is a third-generation tablet, which is equipped with a dual-core NVIDIA Tegra2 processor clocked at 1GHz.
As mentioned above, the tablet is powered by Android 3.1 Honeycomb platform and comes with a 7-inch multi-touch display with 1024 x 800 pixels resolution.
Mangrove 7 packs 8GB of internal memory, 1GB of RAM, as well as microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 32GB).
The tablet sports a 5-megapixel photo snapper with LED flash on the back, but also a secondary 2-megapixel front-facing camera for video chats.
It is highly unlikely that the tablet will be delivered with GSM capabilities, but according to its specs sheet, Mangrove 7 comes with Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n.
Other interesting features of the 7-inch tablet include: HDMI port, microUSB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR support and GPS with A-GPS.
Unfortunately, Mangrove 7 is powered by a poor 1600 mAh Li-Ion battery, which offers very limited autonomy in comparison with other tablets and smartphones.
Furthermore, the tablet measures 195 x 122 x 11.92mm and weighs 380g (battery included).
There are no details regarding the possible release of the tablet outside of Japan, but if feedback is positive Camangi may decide to ship the Mangrove 7 in additional Asian and European countries.
However, Mangrove 7 will face fierce competition in Europe, especially if Camangi decides to maintain the high price of the tablet.
HTC, Samsung and Acer are only some of the companies that compete on the European tablet market and have better prices for their products.