HSN Launches enTourage Dual Touchscreen LCD & E Ink® Tablet w/Wi-Fi & Built-in Camera

[tipstir]

7" Touch Screen Color LCD with 800x480 / 6" ( Yes: Vizplex) (Noearl E) LCD with 800x600

Android OS 1.6 on Tablet / Linux OS on e-Reader side (can be viewed in direct sunlight)
Resistive touch and optical finger mouse
Wacom Penabled
RAM Size Unknown
CPU: Marvel Base
4GB of Internal Storage / 3GB of Internal User Storage Free
32GB microSD card slot, standard USB port, mini USB interface
WiFi 802.11b/g (no N300)
2 megapixel camera with video capability
Track Mouse
16 hours of battery life (6 hours when using both screens or 16 hours on e-Reader side)
USB Ports / USB Host (for keyboards, mouse etc.)
BlueTooth 2.1
1.3lbs

Note: You could use it as an e-reader, a notepad or as a netbook–or all at the same time.

$399.99 with payment max is 4 months at $99.97 plus shipping $9.95, no tax for online orders (certain states)
HSN Coby 7" 800x480 KYROS was $199.99 last weekend this one would be additional $200 bucks might be worth it?

Source: HSN

 

[xaueious]

After some digging, Entourage has been ignoring requests for kernel source. This is currently another GPL violating device. They have even censored discussion of the GPL on their official forums: http://www.google.ca/search?q=entou...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

And I find it hard to trust any manufacturers who can't release their source code, because it means they don't care about software.

For a $200 device, it's not bad. But for $500, this is futility. This is a complicated enough device that would probably mean that it's important to have that sort of thing.

 

[kmq]

I'm not sure what I think about dual ebook/tabet devices...
This one looks like a cheap (a bit ugly) toy...

 

[tipstir]

Does come in two colors red or black. On the company site you have choices for color at a price point. I thought about and it and the whole idea to have a tablet was to have something thin and weigh less.

 

[xaueious]

Wacom enabled devices are a big selling point. Android just does not have good software for those types of pressure sensitive devices yet.

 

[tipstir]

Android OS 1.6 on this device and weight is 1.3lbs

 

[Comacine]

The photos may be deceiving, but this looks like a fairly thick, heavy and rather not-good-looking unit. Looks like a protopype, actually. The functionality is quite impressive though. I imagine it feelimg as think and heavy as a laptop, but with a much more immediate user interface. I particularly like the quality and speed of the stylus input (many tablets suffer from poor handwriting input). I'd like to get my hands on one to get a better idea. One word of advice to this product's designers, though: this machine has to get way, way thinner to be attractive to the professional crowd.

 

[DroidSearch]

Maybe if it had more android support... Like the actual android market and such... other than that, this kind of... like dilutes me from getting this type of tablet...