14 DAY TRIAL // There might not have been much mention of tablets based on the Intel Atom platform, but some projects might finally come to fruition, assuming their makers haven't changed plans that is.
Some consumers might remember that, back at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES), there were a few Intel-based tablets on display.
Since then, however, hardly anything has been heard about them, with few exceptions, even as the number of Android-loaded ARM-powered models grew.
Of course, considering that Intel's push on the mobile front probably won't be too strong until the Medfield chip arrives, this wasn't overly shocking.
Nonetheless, the Intel Atom Z670 central processing unit did show up a while ago, and since Fujitsu Stylistic Q550, for example, is already selling, Ocosmos should get around to shipping its own devices as well.
Ocosmos had two Oak Trail slates on sale during the show in January, the OSC1 and OSC9, but they still aren't selling.
They were supposed to start shipping, or at least get put up for pre-order, during June, or at least the OSC9 was supposed to.
It is unclear why things are taking longer, but no shortages or other problems were reported, meaning that the outfit should soon get its marketing plan together.
For those that want to get reacquainted with it, the 1.5 GHz CPU-based OSC9 is a 9-inch slate with a screen resolution of 1,024 x 768 pixels, 32 GB or 64 GB of flash storage, 2 GB of DDR2 ad two webcams (5 mp and 1.3 mp on the back and front, respectively).
Also, it features WiMAX and 3G, plus WiFi, a 6-axis gyroscope, and a folio case with integrated wireless keyboard remote.
As for the OSC1 (just as unpriced as the other one), is it a 5-inch product (resolution of 1,024 x 600 pixels) and looks like a larger than usual smartphone, even as it runs the Windows 7 operating system, like its sibling.