The device I played with for the longest time at CeBIT 2011 without being bothered by booth people was the 7 inch tablet Hanvon A116. Despite its specs sheet says that this device has some decent hardware inside (1GHz ARM Cortex A8 (Samsung Hummingbird according to ARMdevices.net) + 512MB DDR2 Ram) this thing ran Android 2.2 in a horribly slow way – this maybe due to Hanvons customizations or bad drivers.
I apologize for the quality of the video I shot – but at least I typed the spec sheet data into its description – so it might be helpful to some people. netbooknews.com/tabletblog.de shot a better video, and the video from ARMdevices.net is clearly the best.
Hardware specs are nice, but nothing special: 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 SoC (unnamed), 512MB DDR2 Ram, 2G SLC NAND, MicroSD up to 32GB, 7” 1024×600 wide angle TFT, 2D capacative (optional: Electromagnetic Resonance) touch screen, front camera: 1.3 MP, rear camera: 5MP with auto focus, WiFi 802 b/g, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, Optional built in 3G, GPS: optional, Battery: 3.7V 3300mAh LiPolmer (12.2 Wh) for 6 hour video play, 8 hour reading estimated battery life, I/O: micro USB, mini HDMI, 3,5 earphone jack, dimension: 199*126*11.8mm
Interestingly enough the datasheet has information on anything you can think of but the weight – the device felt pretty light, on par with other 7” tablets (350 to 450 grams).
Hardware aside, Hanvon has been doing some work on the Software – on the unit I went hands on with, parts of this ran annoyingly slow – in fact, the homescreen replacement ruined the whole user experience for me – it seems to run much better in the video Andrzej shot for Netbooknews.com, so this might have been a faulty device (I had this thought at CeBIT, but when I came back later, all tablets were switched off and wouldn´t power on). But they also added in their own office solution and their ebook store (they are THE player in chinas e-reading market), so they are trying to add value, which is always a good thing (as long as you can remove the “added value” if you don´t like it, but with Android you should be able to do so).
No real information on pricing (“30% less than Galaxy Tab” (street price or launch price?)) and availability, though it might come to Europe, as Hanvon has a german subsidiary.
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