$99 tablet computer with Ice Cream Sandwich OS arriving in stores soon

Posted by has in , , on Monday, December 5, 2011

$99 tablet computer Novo7 coming soon
With an expected retail price of $99, a tablet computer that runs the much-touted Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system will be available in the market soon.

MIPS Technologies, Inc. announced on Monday the worldwide availability of Novo7, world's first tablet computer based on Android 4.0.

"I'm thrilled to see the entrance of MIPS-Based Android 4.0 tablets into the market. Low cost, high performance tablets are a big win for mobile consumers and a strong illustration of how Android's openness drives innovation and competition for the benefit of consumers around the world," Senior vice president of mobile at Google Andy Rubin said.

The company said the $99 tablet computer will be available in America and other countries "within the next several months under brands from companies including Leader International Inc. and OMG Electronics Ltd."

Novo7's features include a 7" capacitive multi-touch screen, support for WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, USB 2.0, HDMI 1.3 and microSD, as well as 3D graphics with the Vivante GC860 GPU, 1080p video decoding, dual front/rear cameras, MIPS XBurst 1GHz CPU, and up to 8 hours of  battery life while watching video.

"We are pleased to join with MIPS to announce these breakthrough  high-performance, low-power, low-cost Android 4.0 tablets. Combining the  elegance of the MIPS architecture and Ingenic's innovation in processor  design, we are bringing a new level of processor technology to mobile  devices. As we continue to collaborate with MIPS to broaden the mobile  ecosystem around the legendary MIPS architecture, we anticipate even  broader proliferation of our devices worldwide. We believe the mobile  world will be more versatile and colorful with another processor joining  in," said Qiang Liu, Ingenic Semiconductor chairman and CEO.

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