A little hands-on with the Viewpad 10 Pro for you here. Key features are the battery life (which we’re unable to confirm) and the Android OS (2.x) through the Bluestacks Android host environment that runs within Windows allowing you to switch environments in around a second. Take note that it’s the open-source version of Android so you won’t get any Google-specific features. Given that limitation and thru Windows 7 OS, this is obviously not for your average consumer but it could be interesting for a number of niche markets where business proceses are straddling or migrating between the two operating systems.

Pricing is keen. $649 for the 2GB Windows Home Premium version for example although quite a bit removed from the low-cost 10″ Android space. This is a Windows 7 tablet first and foremost though so you should probably treat

A tablet that has been getting a good proportion of the 7 inch Honeycomb news recently is the Viewpad 7x. It’s in the database here but our good friend Sascha of Netbooknews has just pinged us about a hands-on video he’s posted. He’s excited too!

Image via @ARMCommunity

Micro USB, Mini HDMI, Micro SD, Headphone ports are included with the 1024×600 display. Interestingly there’s a SPB Shell overlay. I wonder why? Is the demo actually running 2.3 instead of Honeycomb?

Pricing is looking ok with a target of $449-499 for a Wi-Fi version that should be available in early Q3 Sascha tells us.

The netbooknews article on the Viewpad 7x is here.

According to Pocket-Lint.com, citing “reliable sources”, ViewSonic is poised to launch a 7” Android tablet that will run Honeycomb (check out the shape of the cam and flash in the photo… pretty wild).

You’ll no doubt recall that ViewSonic already has a 7” Android device on the market, the ViewSonic ViewPad 7, but it’s only running Android 2.2 and rocking out a relatively weak 600MHz CPU.

The updated ViewSonic ViewPad 7x, as it’s called, won’t replace the ViewPad 7 according to Pocket-Lint, but will merely sit next to it as a premium option. If money isn’t an object then you’d be wise to pick the ViewPad 7x over the older model as the 7x will be rocking out an Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core CPU. Other details are relatively slim at the moment; all that’s been confirmed is the usual front/rear cams, DLNA support and HDMI-output (likely mini-HDMI) and a weight of 380 grams — slightly heavier than the similarly sized Galaxy Tab [tracking page].

We could tell you when exactly ViewSonic plans to announce the 7x, but we think it’d be nice if you stopped by Pocket-Lint for that info. Go ahead, we’ll wait.

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Are you back? Well now you’ll see that it looks like it’ll be a race to the market between the ViewPad 7x and upcoming Acer Iconia A100/A101. Who’s your money on?

It’s unclear whether or not the device will be launching with Honeycomb 3.0 or 3.1. Either way, hopefully the recently announced update-alliance will ensure that the device receives updates in due time.

We plan on getting our hands on one of these devices down the road for some in-depth testing, stay tuned!

Update: We’ve confirmed through our sources that the device will indeed be launching at Computex.

Either Woot is selling these things like hotcakes, or they bought way too much stock and need to get rid of them… this is the third time we’ve seen the deal-a-day site, Woot.com, offer this well speced tablet. It’s the same device as last time so what we wrote previously still applies:

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” 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.

Of course the question we must ask is whether or not this really is a deal. According to Froogle (aka Google shopping), it would appear as though Woot’s offer is the best price you’ll be able to find for a brand new ViewSonic G-Tablet. Amazon is selling the tablet for $314, so going the Woot option will save you $35 or 12%.

If you are interested, head over to Woot to check it out. Don’t forget that this deal will be gone after 12:59AM EST (that’s just how Woot rolls).

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.

Now isn’t this just typical of Woot. Here I am, right about to head to sleep when Woot.com has to go and put up some awesome gadget that I have to tell you all about. If this were any other site, I would go to sleep and write about it in the morning, but this is Woot and that means that this deal good for today only! Therefor, the sooner you know about it, the better (you can thank me with a cup of coffee in the morning, if you must).

Anyway, 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

If you’re interested, head over to Woot.com to check it out, they’ve got a boat load of additional specs. Don’t forget that this deal will vanish once the clock strikes 12am Central time, or even earlier if it sells out!

LaptopMag has a solid review on the ViewSonic G-tablet if you are looking to do some pre-purchase research.

We’ve just had the first public hands on with the Viewpad 10 pro. This is the Oaktrail-based 10″ tablet from Viewsonic that should be hitting in Q2. The battery life claims are a good 8hrs, 2Gb, weight 800gm and there’s a 3g version too. The icing on the cake was that Android is virtualized on top of Windows 7. We think its a runtime similar to Myriads Dalvik bit it really could be true virtualization. If so, we love it. Video coming later.

I was just having a little chat with Zinio yesterday. They’re the people that put magazines online (and are part of the Galaxy Tab ‘Readers Hub application) bit as I tested the latest update on Android, I spotted something. I didn’t know this 7″ tablet that seemed to be performing quite well. A look at the back surprised me somewhat as I’d just come from the Viewsonic stand. I have no real info as there was a reluctance to let me mess around with the device. . . which tells me something, right? Keep an eye out for a new Viewsonic 7″ tablet soon. Anyone spot any similarities with other branded devices?

Oh. BTW, Zinio now re-flows text on the Tab making it much easier to use. Thanks for everything Zinio.