February 3, 2010 23:15 pm by Jal
February 1, 2010 20:50 pm by Jal
Jan 27 was the day when iPad happened and shortly after we caught a glimpse of it’s look-alike on a
French company’s website – The ExoPC Slate and this is what it looks like:
Too much of resemblance to the iPad eh! Even we think so. Now here’s the interesting part. It just doesn’t look as awesome as the iPad, it even claims to perform as good as (if not better) than it. We’ve got the specs of the ExoPC Slate and would love to have a one on one with Apple’s iPad.
| |
ExoPC Slate |
iPad |
| Display |
11.6” multi-touchscreen |
9.7” multi-touchscreen |
| Thickness |
0.55” |
0.50” |
| Resolution |
1366 x 768 |
1024 x 768 |
| Processor |
1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 |
1 GHz Apple A4 Chip |
| Storage |
32 GB, 64GB Solid state |
16 GB, 32 GB*, 64 GB** Flash |
| RAM |
2 GB |
1 GB (presumably) |
| Bluetooth |
Yes |
Yes |
| Wi-Fi |
Yes |
Yes |
| 3G |
No |
Yes (costs $130 more) |
| OS |
Windows 7 |
iPhone OS 3.2 |
| Battery life |
5 hrs, several weeks standby |
10 hrs, over a month standby |
| Webcam |
Yes (1.3 MP) |
No |
| USB Ports |
3 |
None |
| Card reader |
Yes (SD, MMC) |
No |
| SIM Port |
Yes |
Only in Wi-Fi+3G models |
| Sensors |
Yes (Accelerometer) |
Yes (Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor) |
| Headfone jack |
Yes |
Yes |
| Microphone |
Yes |
Yes |
| Price |
$599 (for 32GB) |
Starts at $499. $829 for 64 GB with 3G |
* 32 GB model costs $599 ($499 + $100).
** 64 GB model costs $699 ($499 + $200).
More information about the ExoPC Slate can be found at the official website.
The ExoPC Slate surely does have some strong features to put one into a dilemma, like the Windows 7 OS, the webcam, SIM Port, 2 GB RAM, USB ports and not to forget the widescreen experience. Both iPad and the ExoPC Slate will be out roughly at the same time.
So finally it narrows down to what you feel about the ExoPC Slate. Do you think it can give a tough fight to Apple iPad?
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