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February 18th, 2010, 17:05
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Among Marvell's many demos at MWC (http://www.engadget.com/tag/MWC/) this year was a curious white tablet out of well-traveled ODM Foxconn -- the so-called iWonder -- that will see duty in China later this year. It's got a pretty awful 10.1-inch display (resistive with nary a trace of meaningful brightness or contrast), but when you consider that they're targeting an exceptionally thrifty price point in the low $100s, it's actually a pretty reasonable package. It's got Android 1.6 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Android16/), WiFi with a dedicated hardware on-off switch, an accelerometer (though it was totally flaky on the version we used), and a handful of touch-sensitive buttons around the bezel, including last- and next-page buttons for using the iWonder as an e-reader. Marvell touts that the tablet is using its reference design as a starting point -- now the next trick is helping Foxconn find a decent LCD supplier. Follow the break for some video of the iWonder showing off its Donut prowess -- if you can avoid the distraction of the curiously inverted logo, that is.
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Among Marvell's many demos at MWC (http://www.engadget.com/tag/MWC/) this year was a curious white tablet out of well-traveled ODM Foxconn -- the so-called iWonder -- that will see duty in China later this year. It's got a pretty awful 10.1-inch display (resistive with nary a trace of meaningful brightness or contrast), but when you consider that they're targeting an exceptionally thrifty price point in the low $100s, it's actually a pretty reasonable package. It's got Android 1.6 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Android16/), WiFi with a dedicated hardware on-off switch, an accelerometer (though it was totally flaky on the version we used), and a handful of touch-sensitive buttons around the bezel, including last- and next-page buttons for using the iWonder as an e-reader. Marvell touts that the tablet is using its reference design as a starting point -- now the next trick is helping Foxconn find a decent LCD supplier. Follow the break for some video of the iWonder showing off its Donut prowess -- if you can avoid the distraction of the curiously inverted logo, that is.
Gallery: iWonder why the logo is upside down (http://www.engadget.com/photos/iwonder-why-the-logo-is-upside-down/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/02/iwonder-mwc-00_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/iwonder-why-the-logo-is-upside-down/2722295/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/02/iwonder-mwc-01_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/iwonder-why-the-logo-is-upside-down/2722296/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/02/iwonder-mwc-02_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/iwonder-why-the-logo-is-upside-down/2722297/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/02/iwonder-mwc-03_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/iwonder-why-the-logo-is-upside-down/2722298/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/02/iwonder-mwc-04_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/iwonder-why-the-logo-is-upside-down/2722299/)
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