MSI Reveals WindPad Enjoy 7 And 10 review and price

MSI Reveals WindPad Enjoy 7 And10 review and price

So far, MSI hasn't exactly setthe tablet world alight with its offerings, including the underwhelming WindPad100W, but at Computex it has revealed two more tablets it hopes will reverseits fortunes.

The tablets, the WindPad Enjoy 7and WindPad Enjoy 10, are both Android-powered devices but feature the olderGingerbread flavour rather than the tablet-specific Honeycomb version, whichmost new tablets are shipping with. MSI has said the reason for this choice isbroader compatibility with Android 2.3 and also better stability. Despite this,neither tablet will be licensed to access the Android Market, although MSI didtell Engadget it is planning “a workaround to let you obtain apps,” however itwasn't clear how that would be done. The models on display at Computex wereearly pre-production versions with MSI saying that full production would begin inJuly with the slates shipping later that month. MSI is promising a sub-$300price point for the Enjoy 10 and a lower price again for the Enjoy 7 – which isnice to see.

Looking more closely at thetablets themselves, the Enjoy 10 is as you could have guessed is a 10in tabletwith a capacitive multi-touch display with a resolution of 1024 x 768. Insideis an ARM Cortex A8 1.2GHz (single-core) processor, 4GB of storage, 512MB ofRAM and a 27.3WHr battery. The tablet is said to support playback for 1080pvideo and the 2-megapixel camera can record 720p video. The smaller Enjoy 7tablet has similar specs with a smaller 7in display with a resolution of 800 x480 and a smaller 17.3WHr battery. The Enjoy WindPads are set to launch in theUS in July, followed soon after by a European launch.

The presence of Gingerbreadrather than Honeycomb, a single-core processor and absence of Market accesscould mean these tablets are dead before they even go into production, but thelow price quoted by MSI could mean they have a limited appeal. We’ll have towait and see when we get our hands on them later in the year.

Specifications (base version)

Manufacturer   MSI

Model name      WindPad Enjoy 10

CPU type             ARM Cortex A8

CPU speed          1200 Mhz

OS          Android 2.3

Display Size

                10.0"1024 X 768

Screen Type

                LED-BacklitLCD

Touch Technology

                CapacitiveMulti-touch

Display Type

                Soft(Finger) Touch

RAM      512 MB

Flash     4 GB

Keyboard            NO

Mouse Pointer NO

Battery capacity               27.3 (Wh)

Weight                 795gm / 28 oz.

Physical Interfaces

DC-in

Line-out / Headphone (3.5mm)

MIC-in

Micro SDHC slot

Mini HDMI

Mini USB 2.0 (client)

Wireless Interfaces

802.11 b/g/n

BT 2.1

No Wireless WAN (e.g. 3Gcellular)

Additional Specs and Accessories(can vary)

AC Adaptor

Accelerometer

Capacitive Touchscreen

Front and rear cameras

Mono speaker

WebCam 2.0Mp

Product Notes

This is the MSI WindPad Enjoy 10featuring a single core 1.2GHz ARM Cortex A8, Android 2.3, 512MB of RAM and two2 megapixel cameras of which at least one should be able to capture 720pvideos. It's screen has a resolution of 1024x768 and has a capacitive multitouch display which can track up to 10 fingers. It is promised to playback1080p videos. Note that it does not have Google Market access.

lower the price bar to under $300