Tablet hype is hitting its crescendo and you may have recently asked yourself, "do I really need one?" We have seen some exciting eye candy recently with Apple's iPad and HP's Slate, but the price, is it worth it? I decided a couple of weeks ago to wait. Just simply wait and see how all this tablet stuff pans out. Then, just as I am feeling truly satisfied with my decision I hear about iLet.
Tablet hype is hitting its crescendo and you may have recently asked yourself, "do I really need one?" We have seen some exciting eye candy recently with Apple's iPad and HP's Slate, but the price, is it worth it? I decided a couple of weeks ago to wait. Wait and see how all this pans out. Then, just as I am feeling truly satisfied with my decision, I hear about iLet.
Haleron thinks we all need a tablet, and have one set at a price I think we can all afford. Haleron's 7″ Android 1.6 based iLet Mini HAL could be just the tablet that shakes my earlier reasoning. The device is running a 600MHz VIA CPU and will be available by the end of this week for the low price of $199.00. The Haleron iLet Mini HAL will also have 2GB of on-board memory as well as 10GB of “cloud” storage for all of your stuff and will start shipping, 1 March 2010.
This tablet immediately changes the field considering the low price. Interestingly, It’s size is about the same size of a 7″ x 5″ sheet of tablet paper making it just the right size for entering text on the portrait keyboard. It also seems well designed for reading. I have never heard of Heleron but this is a cool little tech-toy!
Here are the specifications:
- CPU: VIA ARM with Freescale MX Integration 600MHz
- 7" TFT LCD TOUCH SCREEN /Resolution: 800*480
- Multimedia Codes: Supports MP3/Audio Format ,AVI, Motion JPEG/Video Format supports word docs, excel, powerpoint,youtube, games, several video formats,ePub, text, html eBook formats,
- RAM: 128MB DDR2
- HARD DISK: 2GB NAND FLASH, Supports to 32GB Flash or 250GB USB
- Communication: Ethernet 10/100M, WIFI:802.11B/G, 3G USB optional
- Ports list: SD x 1(support up to 32G HCSD) USB x 2 Stereo Audio out x 1 Microphone in x 1
- Audio: High-Fidelity stereo speaker output
- 16 hours activity battery - 72 hours standby
- Software: Ocean Android OS (Upgradable) plus Many Pre-Loaded Apps
- 10GB Cloud Storage via Halerons iConnect Colors: Black or White Software: Android Apps. Free Apps at iConnect 1 Year Guarantee
Fabien Röhlinger
I really do not know if I would need a tablet. It is not really handy. But for such a low price, I would like to check it out.