Comments on: eviGroup 10.6″ ‘Pad’ gets Video Hands-on. Is on sale. Is in our Database.

By: Adonian

Adonian — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:46:16 +0000

This looks EXACTLY the same as the iLet tablet.

By: A. Boxill

A. Boxill — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:26:23 +0000

Hay Chippy, I don’t trust sending money to people with just a paypal account! It just don’t seems right!

By: batman

batman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:08:01 +0000

still waiting for the 5 inch version, the “Wallet”….
any word on release date on that one?

By: lintweaker

lintweaker — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:54:15 +0000

Nice device, I have just received my Archos 9 tablet so will pass on this one. This device is a bit thicker then the archos, probably out of necessity. It has all the usual ports compared to the archos which only has one usb port and one audio port. I am glad to see all these devices coming to market.

By: Chippy

Chippy — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:28:18 +0000

Order page is actually a blog entry and a paypal link!

http://hypranet.org/nrnet/seline/blog/index.php?2009/10/28/703-la-tablette-pad-est-disponible-a-la-vente

By: Chippy

Chippy — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:27:23 +0000

really! (Confirmed)

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:09:12 +0000

Cool demo of what could be possible

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx9FgLr9oTk

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:04:11 +0000

For me Debian or Angstrom w/ some Beryl magic (optimised for embeded touch devices) would be enough. I’m not asking for too much. XD

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:48:15 +0000

No Bluetooth? Really?

By: johnkzin

johnkzin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:46:00 +0000

If they switched to ARM and a hybrid e-paper/LCD display, that might increase the battery life by quite a bit.

By: TuxMeister

TuxMeister — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:40:14 +0000

Guys, this device is really appealing in my opinion, but with a major drawback, which is battery life. If this would be improved, it’s going in my backpack tomorrow.

By the way, any order page link?

By: johnkzin

johnkzin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:12:49 +0000

I’m agnostic about ARM vs Atom (though, ARM certainly has better battery life; the top of the line TI OMAP might be a good candidate) … but going toward a hybrid display (touch screen version of the pixelqi?), and an SSD would be nice changes. Also DVI-I instead of VGA. You still get VGA capability, but without sacrificing the future.

That, combined with Android, and the e-book/e-reader software that’s coming out… it would make for an amazing mid-range device.

By: johnkzin

johnkzin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:09:45 +0000

I’d love to see Android, Ubuntu, Maemo, and Mer on this thing. Since it’s available sans OS, any word on someone getting alternate OSes up and running on it?

As for the device, the two things that might make it better would be:

The pixelqi display technology (so you can use it as both a tablet pc and an e-book reader), and DVI-I instead of VGA.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:34:35 +0000

They should make more tablets/convertibles with carbon fiber body, that is 300$ premium i would be willing to pay for. That + ARM-A9 processor & 3Qi screen & SSD unit. I bet you could have a 10″ tablet/convertible with weight under 300-400 grams. Yeah, carbon fibre body smartbooks ARE the future of flagship devices! What do rest of you think about it?