ViewPad 7, ViewPad 10 Tablets Announced (PHOTOS)

ViewSonic announced that it will be launching two new Android tablets, the ViewPad 7 and ViewPad 10.

Despite Apple CEO Steve Jobs' opinion that "seven-inch tablets are going to be DOA, Dead on Arrival," the $479 ViewPad 7 will be a 7-inch tablet running Android 2.2. It offers two built-in cameras (one front-facing and one on the rear), 3G capabilities, and, its creators boast, is "one of the only 7" tablet solutions with Android Google Mobile Services (GMS)," which gives users access to some 100,000 apps.

A larger, 10.1-inch tablet, the ViewPad 10, will be landing in the first quarter of 2011. The $629 ViewPad 10 will boot both Windows 7 and the Android 1.5 operating systems. It offers Wi-Fi, comes equipped with a 1.3-megapixel webcam and built-in microphone, and its creators note it is "ideally designed to view Flash-based content and Office programs with Windows."

See photos of the ViewPad 7 and ViewPad 10 below. Do you think the 7-inch ViewPad 7 is really "dead on arrival?" Weigh in below.

Looking for a tablet but not up for the iPad? Check out our guide to tablets and iPad alternatives.

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[redmaple]

08:17 PM on 11/05/2010

Looks nice, but tablets are way to expensive for their use. Maybe around $200 is right.

[Neuron Flash]

03:03 PM on 11/05/2010

I recently acquired a tablet and find it ideal for "couch computing". When relaxing in my favorite chair, browsing the internet, viewing videos, reading eBooks and referencing things I see on TV is ideal with a tablet. A laptop is the wrong form factor - too uncomfortable. Tablets turn all of these activities into a book like experience.

[cfern]

12:08 PM on 11/05/2010

I personally think the tablet's are overpriced toys, with very little practical use. But I do see the attraction of a simple to use device with limited functionality but what it can do it does very well. This particular tablet looks a little boxy for Android tablets the Samsung Galaxy Tablet is a little slicker.

Doesn't reading books with the backlit screen irritate anyones eyes or is that just me. I like the Kindle/Nook approach for e-books.

[Bucket-Of-Love]

09:51 PM on 11/05/2010

I deal with eyestrain from looking at screens all the time. On my Galaxy S phone I keep the brightness almost all the way down and find that's pretty comfortable.

[thehighbrowpoliticker]

08:16 AM on 11/04/2010

From the iPad to this new crop tablets, no one has convinced me of any real practical use for them. One can pretty much complete the same task on a good smart phone. As far as I am concern, they are a bunch of overpriced toys.

[rjhuntington]

08:42 AM on 11/04/2010

When I travel, I no longer take a laptop with me. I take an iPad instead. It's extremely useful (even considering its shortcomings) and very practical. Yes, I could use my iPhone to log into the company server via RDP, like I do on the iPad, but the experience is much better on the larger screen. That one app - Remote Desktop - makes the iPad worth it for me. The rest is icing on the cake. I also enjoy reading books on the iPad and other activities that could be done on the phone but are more satisfying on the pad.

[Bucket-Of-Love]

09:56 PM on 11/05/2010

Don't have a tablet yet, but I am thinking the same thing. If I can do a number of media-related tasks, some minor productivity (e.g., email) PLUS remote onto a server, then a tablet is very much my ideal solution compared to carrying a laptop. I've yet to try remoting software on the phone (Android), though.

[Pectin]

11:09 AM on 11/04/2010

So don't buy one. I'm sure the industry will survive without you.

[morefromLA]

03:47 PM on 11/04/2010

No need for the snark. Someone's just presenting an opinion. One I also disagree with but since I just paid $2k for a 3lb Vaio I am not about to ditch it for an iPad.

[Kmuzu]

10:32 PM on 11/03/2010

So the 7inch is small with no WiFi and something called "3G capable processor" for basically the same price as the Ipad. The 10inch model which still has a smaller screen has WiFi but costs $230 more. Not to mention that Win7 looks like it's the OS - which is fine for a laptop (I guess) but I see no added value to a pad.

I think Jobs is right .. it's DOA. Now if the price was around 200 bucks for 7inch and 450 bucks for 10inch .. then it's worth looking at. I see no reason why someone would want this and not their Android phone. It's not even a good ebook reader ..

[indianapolisliberal]

02:29 AM on 11/04/2010

The 7" does have wifi.

[scodavis1]

09:40 PM on 11/03/2010

You know what I really want? I want some way to drag Windows7 around with me on a tablet.

In fact, it ranks number 2 after having all my fingernails ripped out.

I suffer with Microsoft on my desktop. I love my iPad.

[Alien Nation]

11:21 PM on 11/03/2010

You must fail at computers then cause windows 7 is about as dumbed down and simplified as an operating system gets. Do you struggle with tying your shoes?

[denbeath]

11:31 AM on 11/04/2010

Doesn't matter how idiot-proof Windows is, it's still too susceptible to viruses... MAC & Ubuntu, not so much. I've had a MAC for 5 years without running an antivirus ( I just installed an anitvirus 2 weeks ago) program yet never experienced a virus. My laptop running Win7 suffered two Trojans attacks in 4 months just surfing, not downloading. I am not a gamer, do not d/l music, no P2P, no Porn sites and yet I still was plagued with two Trojan viruses. Three months ago installed Ubuntu (duel boot) in my laptop and I love it, only use Windows to stream Netflix movies, if ever Netfix become compatible w/ Ubuntu, it's goodbye Windows.

[scodavis1]

11:52 AM on 11/04/2010

Yeah, I guess it needs to be spelled out to you.

As I said, I don't want to drag Windows7 around with me, but it's not because I can't tie my shoes. It's because I don't want to have to install anti-virus software that eats up cpu cycles just to run an OS.

Oh, I see denbeath beat me to it. Thanks den.

[MrVee]

04:20 AM on 11/05/2010

Lets test that shoe tying skill. How many CPU clock ticks does an average "anti virus" consume?

[OldCowboy]

12:06 PM on 11/03/2010

All 7 inch tablets are DOA. Too big to be a cell phone and too small for a tablet.

10 inch tablets may make a dent in iPad sales, but that remains to be seen.

[NewsReaderFX]

09:39 AM on 11/03/2010

When Windows 7 crashes your tablet, how will you CTRL-ALT-DEL?

[JasonMcl]

04:10 PM on 11/03/2010

These are Android tablets, Captain perspicacity.

[NHBill]

04:52 PM on 11/03/2010

I love cut & paste:

The $629 ViewPad 10 will boot both Windows 7 and the Android 1.5 operating systems.

[Alien Nation]

11:22 PM on 11/03/2010

Dunno I will be to busy watching a youtube video to care?

[tenderlung]

02:27 AM on 11/04/2010

??? iphones and ipads can both use youtube. the app even comes pre-installed...

[NewsReaderFX]

09:32 AM on 11/03/2010

When Windows 7 will crashes your tablet, how will you CTRL-ALT- DEL?

[indianapolisliberal]

02:30 AM on 11/04/2010

Windows 7 doesn't crash. It has never crashed on 3 different computers of mine.

[MrVee]

01:26 AM on 11/08/2010

I have never had a Windows 7 crash and I've run this thing since it was a public beta. And I'm sure I run more stuff than most that visit Huffington. It has NEVER crashed.
I tried to make it crash during the beta. I loaded video conversion programs, Photoshop, video rendering programs, peer to peer, games, anti virus, firewalls, assorted utilities you name it. I tried to kill it. It didn't even blink. It then became my default Windows operating system. Never looked back at Vista or XP once.

[ObscureRenegade]

09:02 AM on 11/03/2010

The proportions do look a bit off, in all honesty.

[chrisfrenzy]

07:37 AM on 11/03/2010

The OS I prefer is vastly superior to the OS you prefer!

Good day, sir!

[WaitForIt]

08:04 AM on 11/03/2010

RAGE RAGE RAGE RAGE

[chrisfrenzy]

08:40 AM on 11/03/2010

I said, "GOOD DAY!"

[Daria Lebedeva]

06:27 AM on 11/03/2010

It looks like a giant iphone 4. :)

[Jim Shaffer]

06:21 AM on 11/03/2010

I can get android tablets with similar characteristics for much less than half that price online from china - which is where these come from anyways -, even including shippiomg costs.

[Cryostatic]

07:08 AM on 11/03/2010

Yeah, but those are usually TFT touchscreens, not multitouch capacitive, and support is nil.

[planetmango]

06:21 PM on 11/03/2010

yeah, but they're CHEAP. that's what's important, right? ... right?

[Ian Matthews]

04:58 AM on 11/03/2010

There are just these two different approaches. You get the Apple approach which is "we will a cool, well-designed and easy-to-use device - all you need to do is take it out the box and use it. However, to make sure it happens we will control what software you can install". Then you get the other approach "we will give you the options of what you want. There will be a variety of manufacturers, a few different ways the software works, and you have to decide if an app is ok to install. It is all in your control. BUT don't blame us if it is hard to use, you need to call support to get it going etc."

Both are valid. You pay your money ...

[minneapolismn]

05:11 AM on 11/03/2010

And Apple's approach of telling you which carrier you can use it on.

[NHBill]

04:54 PM on 11/03/2010

for now.

it seems Verizon is coming to terms with Apple.

[tenderlung]

02:28 AM on 11/04/2010

i don't really understand why they did that in the US, it was available on almost every carrier in Australia pretty much right away...

[cccoyote]

04:47 AM on 11/03/2010

Looks like an Android took a dip in Miracle-Gro