So you know of Woot.com right? That great deal-a-day site that occasionally has some nice gadget deals? Well, a few weeks back Woot was offering up the ViewSonic G-Tablet on their site, but it seems as though they’ve got more to dish out.
Woot is now offering the same product on their secret site reserved for leftover stock, Moofi.com. You can only access this deal through this URL:
http://moofi.woot.com/moofi/deliciouswaffles
Once you’re there, you can login and order with your regular Woot account. Unlike Woot’s traditional model, this deal should remain indefinitely, rather than disappearing after a day. Here’s what we wrote about the ViewSonic G-tablet when Woot was offering the tablet last time:
Today’s Woot is actually quite tantalizing. You’ll be getting a brand new, impressively speced ViewSonic G-tablet for a mere $279. This thing has the powerful Nvidia Tegra 2 chipset with a dual-core 1GHz CPU packed inside, not to mention 512MB of RAM. It’s running Android 2.2 as well.
The only show stopper? No official Android market access. They’ve pre-loaded a third party store called the G-market which actually links you up to apps that Handango offers. You won’t find official versions of Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps, etc. on this device, but if you did some looking around, you may find a way to enable such functionality.
There’s also a custom interface layered over the standard Android which is reportedly somewhat sluggish. But, according to a release on ViewSonic’s site, a recent update allows the user to switch between the customer interface and the default one (hurray for choice!).
Important Specs:
- Android 2.2 (no Android Market access)
- 10.1 inch capacitive touchscreen @ 1024×600
- Dual-core Cortex A9 Nvidia Tegra CPU @ 1GHz
- 512MB of DDR2 RAM
- 16GB internal memory
- 1080p hardware decoding: H.264/H.263/ VC-1/MPEG-2/4/WMV9/DiVX
- Front-facing 1.3MP camera
- MicroSD slot, full-sized USB 2.0 slot, MicroUSB slot (for charging)
- 3.5mm headphone jack
LaptopMag has a solid review on the ViewSonic G-tablet if you are looking to do some pre-purchase research.
