Still shy on buying Apple iPad due to non availability of USB ports, multitasking etc.? Well here’s a slick alternative to Apple’s iPad. X2 Computing, a UK based company, has launched it’s own tablet device called iTablet. To define the device I’d say imagine an iPad with USB ports, multitasking, a choice of OS and the icing on the cake is HDMI. Sorry, still not compatible with outer space. What else do you want from a tablet?
iTablet will start shipping as early as April 2010. It comes in 10.2 inch widescreen TFT display as well as a 12.1 inch widescreen XGA display. The company claims multi-touch would be optional. Now that’s a little weird. Along with it comes an array of standard features which are common with Apple’s iPad like slim design, on-screen keyboard, view in portrait or landscape mode.
iTablet is powered by 1.6 GHz Intel processors compared to 1 GHz A4 Apple custom processor which powers the iPad. It includes up to 250 GB hard drive space, stereo speakers, three USB ports, WiFi, Bluetooth, optional HDMI port, 1.3 MP webcam and 3G. iTablet will be available in both solid and metallic colors. There’s still no official word on the pricing as yet but it is not hard to imagine a higher than iPad price tag for so many features.
It’s not going to scare Apple folks at all. It doesn’t take a few extra features to grab Apple’s customers. For them Apple makes all the difference. But from a neutral point of view it’s a pretty decent alternative to Apple’s iPad. The final price will be a deciding factor of course. I can imagine a Linux configuration for iTablet could become a major point in an ideal iPad alternative. Whatever. The iTablet might be an iPad on steroids but I’m still pretty much interesting in buying an iPad for myself.
So what do you think?
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