Viewsonic details dual-boot Android, Windows-based tablet
updated 04:00 pm EDT, Fri September 3, 2010
ViewSonic dual-boot ViewPad 100 official
ViewSonic at IFA today filled in many of the details surrounding its dual-booting ViewPad tablet. Now dubbed the ViewPad 100, the 10-inch slate runs on a 1.66GHz Atom and uses either Windows 7 or the now old Android 1.6; either side appears to use a reference design but supports multi-touch. It uses just a 16GB solid-state drive, but an SDHC card slot provides most of the bulk storage.
Many of the other details are similar to those of a current netbook. The ViewPad outputs at a native 1024x600 display and holds 1GB of DDR3 memory. On top of Android-friendly features like Bluetooth, GPS and Wi-Fi, it has more traditional netbook expansion that brings two USB ports, a 1.3-megapixel webcam and a VGA video output.
The ViewPad comes to the UK for £549 ($848) and will ship there as well as Europe in October. A US launch wasn't detailed, although most ViewSonic devices make their way to North America.
