The Android Site » QuickOffice http://theandroidsite.com Android news, phones, tablets, reviews, how-to guides and more Thu, 17 May 2012 18:43:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Velocity Micro introduces 8 inch and 10 inch budget Gingerbread tablets http://theandroidsite.com/2011/09/07/velocity-micro-introduces-8-inch-and-10-inch-budget-gingerbread-tablets/ http://theandroidsite.com/2011/09/07/velocity-micro-introduces-8-inch-and-10-inch-budget-gingerbread-tablets/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:18:29 +0000 Ben Marvin http://theandroidsite.com/?p=5888
 

If you’re not keen on spending $400 or more on a proper Honeycomb tablet, Velocity Micro may have just the tablet for you. They have just announced a pair of Gingerbread tablets with decent specs and price in mind. The 10-inch Cruz T410 and 8-inch Cruz T408 tablets both have similiar specs, save for the difference in screen size.

  • 1GHz Cortex A8 processors
  • Front facing cameras
  • 802.11n Wi-Fi
  • Angry Birds Rio, QuickOffice, Amazon Kindle and Amazon Appstore preinstalled
  • Adobe® Flash® Player 10.3
  • Android™ version 2.3 (Gingerbread)
It’s unclear if they completely nixed the Android Market, but Amazon’s Appstore should be enough for most users. The 8-inch T408 is priced $239.99 and the 10-inch T410 is $299.99. One thing they conveniently left off the press release was internal storage available, we’re guessing it’s in the 4 to 8GB range, since that’s what usually drives up the price of a tablet.

 

Both the Cruz T408 and the Cruz T410 are currently available for pre-order from Amazon.

 

Press Release:

 

Velocity Micro Announces the Availability of Two Remarkably Affordable New Android Tablets

RICHMOND, VA – September 7, 2011 – Velocity Micro, the premier builder of award winning enthusiast desktops, laptops, peripherals, and the remarkable Cruz tablet, announces the availability of two new Android tablets – the 8″ Cruz T408 and the 10″ Cruz T410. Designed by Velocity Micro’s team of world class engineers to emphasize speed, content, style, and value, these newly announced Cruzes provide all of the features consumers are craving while still hitting an attractive pricepoint, making them the perfect devices to tap into a new market of value conscious shopper. The T408 and T410 will retail at $239.99 and $299.99 respectively.

“With these new tablets, we’ve leveraged our years of expertise in building premium, award winning desktops to create two new devices that are fast, feature rich, and amazingly affordable,” said Randy Copeland, President and CEO of Velocity Micro. “Making expensive, jaw dropping products is easy – speed and value are what we focused on with these new devices. We’ve succeeded in both regards with the T408 and T410. They’re really fast and very affordable.”

The 4:3 aspect ratio 8″ Velocity Micro Cruz T408 is thin and lightweight, the perfect size for on the go users unwilling to sacrifice on power or functionality. At just $239.99, it’s the first 8-inch tablet to offer a premier customer experience at a mainstream value. Featuring a lustrous design with smooth, clean lines and thin bezels for a sleek appearance, the 16:9 ratio 10″ Velocity Micro Cruz T410 has all the look and feel of a premium Android tablet but at $299.99, comes at almost half the price.

Key features and specs of both the Cruz T408 and T410 include:

Ultra responsive capacitive touch screens
1GHz Cortex A8 processors
Front facing cameras
802.11n Wi-Fi
A premium software suite including full versions of Angry Birds Rio and QuickOffice™
Content via Amazon® Kindle™ for Android
Downloadable Apps from the Amazon Appstore preinstalled – access to thousands of pretested applications
A fully licensed version of Adobe® Flash® Player 10.3
Android™ version 2.3 (Gingerbread)
1-year parts and labor warranty with premium 100% US-based, non-tiered support

]]> http://theandroidsite.com/2011/09/07/velocity-micro-introduces-8-inch-and-10-inch-budget-gingerbread-tablets/feed/ 0 Will the Motorola CLIQ pre-loaded apps influence your buying decision? http://theandroidsite.com/2009/09/24/will-the-motorola-cliq-pre-loaded-apps-influence-your-buying-decision/ http://theandroidsite.com/2009/09/24/will-the-motorola-cliq-pre-loaded-apps-influence-your-buying-decision/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:47:26 +0000 Ben Marvin http://theandroidsite.com/?p=729

Last.fm, Yahoo Mail (for those that still use it), Digg, Gizmodo, Gawker, Mint, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Travel Channel, MTV and Amazon’s MP3 Store, QuickOffice, Telenav, as well as the normal array of Google apps, and much more are preloaded on the Moto CLIQ. A lot of these apps are already on the Android platform and I personally use some of them. But is this really more incentive to buy the Motorola CLIQ or an indication of the type of consumer market they are shooting for? And a return to the mid 90′s preinstall bloatware that many PC manufacturers got into. It doesn’t really impress me, since most of the apps that are new will be available to other phones in time. But don’t get me wrong, the CLIQ is a great handset, and probably my next Android purchase. And granted, many of these apps probably contribute to Motorola’s MOTOBLUR experience. I just don’t see a point to loading all these apps on the phone, taking up space. That’s the purpose of the Android market, let the consumer decide what they want to use. Or if you must, go the T-Mobile route and have an app package with recommended applications.

Does anyone desire the Motorola CLIQ more knowing it comes preloaded with these apps?

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