Nvidia CEO's Secret Tablet is 15'' ICD Android
Back in November, Jen-Hsun Huang was spotted with a mystery tablet based on the company's Tegra chipset. Nvidia said it was a prototype from an ODM called ICD that's being "actively" shopped to carriers around the world.
Well ICD is at CES this week and the company had the tablet on hand to show off to attendees. Specs-wise you're looking at a 15-inch display, Nvidia's Tegra processor, boasts full 1080p video playback and runs on Android.
ICD is partnering up with T-Mobile UK to offer this device as a "family hub tablet" designed primarily to sit in the kitchen and offer one-touch access to calendars and the like. The tablet can make calls and will be accessible via anything web enabled, meaning the entire family can connect to it via their cell phones, work computers, PCs or laptops. It also includes a full web browser, on-demand TV, video chat and games.
It's an odd way to market such a beautiful piece of equipment. Granted, without a carrier on board to subsidize such a device, the cost would probably be too high to appeal to a broad audience so perhaps it's necessary to have the "family organizer" angle to keep T-Mobile happy.
Release is set for later this year. No word on a U.S. release.
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Sod the device, I still love that picture. I should really find the original article where we had the quotes comp!
"You're still waiting for Fermi? So?"
On a more relavent note, my Mother would love this in the kitchen to look up recipes!
Any word yet on pricing?
Wow, if Apple really are making a tablet then Steve Jobs must be apoplectic with rage that every Tom Dick and Harry has stolen his thuinder!
Maybe Apple aren't actually working on a tablet, and at the keynote speech Jobs will say "lol"
"I made you create all these weird computers to test the market, now I can decide whether to come in and take the largest market share"
As long as the screen is suitable for the kitchen (can wipe clean) then this will be on my shopping list...
...untill I see the price. Shame its not all black.