iDuple: Another Indian Internet Tablet – 5 Sec. Boot Time, 50GB Cloud Storage

Here is iDuple for you – yet another Indian tablet PC but this one is with a difference! This tablet from iDuple basically has one app – just a web browser. It does not have a hard drive and the tablet boots in just 5 seconds.

So does the lack of a hard drive mean you can’t install apps, store files, and perform other activities that you do on a PC? No, because the iDuple tablet is designed in such a away that when you turn it on, the tablet remotely connects you to a server that runs a virtual operating system.This mean you will be requiring an always-on internet connection just for turning on the tablet.

Actually the OS, your storage and your apps – everything is in the cloud. This way the tablet won’t require a lot of storage or a fast processor to handle resource-intensive applications as they’re run by a remote server. This is a valid reason for the price of the tablet to be on the lower side. However you do need a pretty good internet connection for using the tablet. Users also get 50GB of cloud-based storage space for their files. You can take a look of the virtual OS that is being run on the tablet, here: iduple.com/webtop.

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Latest Archos 101 Android tablet will come with Android 2.2

Archos has been well known for dishing out handheld devices and more recently Android based tablets and portable media players and this time Archos has a brand new Android OS tablet, so let’s have a closer look at it.

This model is named Archos 101 Android Internet Tablet and it comes with a 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen. This tablet is powered by a 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor and a 3D OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics accelerator, and as for operating system, you’ll be pleased to hear that Archos 101 Android Internet Tablet will be using the latest Android OS, Android 2.2 firmware – Froyo.

This tablet comes with 8GB or 16GB of internal storage space but you can easily expand its storage space by popping in a microSD/SDHC memory cards. The Archos 101 comes with a USB port and an HDMI output and it has a built-in camera, microphone, and speaker. Besides that, this model has bluetooth and WiFi support and it supports a wide range of multimedia formats such as MPEG-4 HD, H.264 HD, WMV9, MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, OGG, FLAC.

The new Archos 101 Android Internet Tablet is available in two versions and the 8GB model will be priced at $299.99 while the 16GB will cost $349.99.

[via iTechNews]

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