Viliv is showing off a new product, the X10, at Computex. LaptopMag got their hands on the X10 for a short while and sound rather excited about it, calling it a potential “incredible iPad alternative inch.
The X10 is your familiar slate form-factor and has a 10 inch capacitive touchscreen running at 1366×768. Avram Piltch of LaptopMag points out that the 1366×768 screen size is a 16:9 aspect ratio, meaning it’ll be better shaped and more detailed for your widescreen movie collection than the iPad’s 1024×768 screen which is 4:3 and is subsequently quite poor for widescreen movie viewing.
No word on exactly what is powering the X10, though it was shown playing smooth 720p playback, and Viliv says it’ll do 1080p as well this could be Tegra 2 hardware. 1080p playback would be pointless on the X10’s 1366×768 screen if it weren’t for it’s HDMI out port. Along for the ride is an SD card slot, USB slot, and front facing webcam as well. Piltch reports that the device is running Android 2.1 at the moment, but that it’ll be running 2.2 by launch, according to Viliv. The unit shown had WiFi, but there will purportedly be a 3G option. Battery life is being quoted as on par with the iPad at 10 hours Viliv has been pretty good about keeping their battery figures realistic in the past.
Be sure to jump over to LaptopMag’s site for more images and two videos of the device.
No word on pricing or availability at this time.
given the screen size and resolution, i suspect it wont have the google approval.
I want it. If they made a 7 inch version then I would be so excited.
Nice but it’ll fail purely because they will over price it. for it to have even a remote chance against the ipad it will have to be $100-200 cheaper. Same goes for all those ‘other’ tablets.
Wish it was a little smaller myself. An Android MID from Viliv would be awesome, but this feels more like a “slate” than a MID, even if they are essentially the same thing. The Viliv P3 Prime that I posted almost fits the bill, but it might be a bit underpowered, and better suited as a DAP rather than a MID.
This is the first “real” Android tablet I’ve seen shown at Computex. All the others are Chinese crap that will never gain any traction and will fall apart in months. Plus, Viliv has actually made and *sold* stuff. So, I hope you’ll keep tabs (oh, the unintended pun!) on this one. I also hope you can grab some touch time on it!
very nice – but not available yet… I have to decide now (shipping within the US)