Items tagged with Cruz
If there's one thing to be learned from the HP TouchPad, it's that people love cheap. The iPad has a dominating lead in the overall tablet space, but nothing gets the masses worked up like a fire sale on a previously-comparably-priced item. Velocity Micro is the latest on the block with cheap options for those who aren't entirely sold on the iPad, with the new Cruz T408 and Cruz T410 designed to be the fastest, most feature laden tablets on the market for under $300. The 8" Cruz T408 and the 10" Cruz T410 will ship with a 1GHz Cortex A8 CPU, front-facing cameras, 802.11n Wi-Fi, a premium software suite including full versions of Angry Birds Rio and QuickOffice, Flash 10.3, Android 2.3...
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Just made up your mind on a tablet for Christmas? Oh, great -- not like you really needed another option to make you re-think everything! But that's what you're getting, and as the holidays draw closer, we suspect that even more options will surface. There should be quite a few tablets on sale for Black Friday at under $300, but you have to be careful what you're buying; some of those low-rate tablets won't have the best user experience, and some corners may be cut that you wouldn't want cut. Velocity Micro is a respected name in the industry, if not a smaller one. The company has just released a new tablet of their own, the 7" Cruz Tablet. It's an Android tablet, much like the Galaxy Tab, but...
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Velocity Micro introduced a new line of Android-based color eReaders and tablets called Cruz. The new $199 Cruz Reader offers a 7-inch touch screen display, accelerometer, support for the Borders E-book library portal application, and plenty of multimedia features. The $299Cruz Tablet has the same multimedia capabilities as the Cruz Reader but also features more built-in storage and a multi-touch screen. Finally, the new Cruz StoryPad targets kids with its touch screen, interactive content, and intuitive interface. The StoryPad runs $149. The Cruz Reader and Cruz StoryPad are expected in August while the Cruz Tablet won't be available until September 1st. Velocity Micro Announces a Family...
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