Mobile World Congress is getting ready to kick off in Barcelona, Spain but you don’t have to be there to get all hot under the collar about the devices expect to appear on the show floor. ViewSonic is expected to display a dual-boot Android and Windows Phone 7 tablet and an Android phone that will support dual-SIMs.
The company gave us all a little sneaky-peek at the V350 smartphone, which boasts a 3.5-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen, Android 2.2, five megapixel camera and support for dual-SIMs. Nifty as that may be, its the dual-boot ViewPad that is catching our eye this morning.
Packing a 10-inch display and running on one of Intel’s Oak Trail CPUs, the ViewPad 10Pro is both an Android and a Windows device. ViewSonic is touting this one as a professional tablet, if that does anything for you, and says that when launched, it will be running Windows 7 Professional for business-related tasks and Android 2.2 for users’ more casual tasks. ViewSonic said in a release that it was offering dual-boot because many users are too attached to the familiarity of Windows to switch away from the OS completely, but they also want to get a feel for Android too.
Specswise, the ViewPad’s got that 10-inch, 1024x600 LED backlit capacitive multi-touch display; 3G; Wi-Fi; Bluetooth; and supports Flash 10.1. ViewSonic says we’ll get at least six hours out of battery but, as usual, we’ll have to wait and see about that one. No word on pricing or a release date, but sure, you can’t have it all, can you? We’ll keep our eyes peeled!
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