Velocity Micro Cruz T510 9.7" Android 4 Tablet

[Pardus]

This tablet will outshine the Kindle Fire, has all the cool specs anyone would want, under $250 and unlocked bootloader. No idea when its coming out.

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Technical Specs
Display 9.7" LCD Capacitive Touch
Dimensions 9.5" x 7.5" x 0.4"
Aspect Ratio 4:3
Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels
Processor 1.2 GHz Cortex A8
OS Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Flash Enabled Yes (Flash 11.1)
Bluetooth No
Camera Two (Front & Rear-Facing)
Graphics Accelerator Dual Mali-400 2D/3D Core
RAM 1GB DDR3
Built-In Storage 8GB (expandable via mSD)
Memory Card mSD
External Ports Micro USB, Host USB (micro), Mini HDMI, mSD, and a 3.5mm Headphone Jack
Audio Playback MP3, WAV*, OGG
Video Playback AVI*, MP4, H.263, H.264

 

[SunnyD]

Except where the Kindle Fire shines brightest: Kindle (book) integration and Amazon Video.

 

[Puddle Jumper]

This has significantly worse specs than the $250 Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7"

 

[vshah]

cortex A8? no thanks, that cpu is from 2009.

 

[BUTCH1]

No dual core? those are starting to appear in budget "7 tabs. No dedicated GPU,?slow in games. No Bluetooth?, huge inconvenience, pass...

 

[Puddle Jumper]

No dual core? those are starting to appear in budget "7 tabs. No dedicated GPU,?slow in games. No Bluetooth?, huge inconvenience, pass...

It does have a dual core Mali 400 gpu which is actually pretty good, I think the Mali 400 in the Galaxy s2 is a quad core so even at ~50% of that performance it's still as good as Tegra 2, Adreno 220 etc.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Ew velocity. Cheap pos

 

[Red Storm]

This has significantly worse specs than the $250 Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7"

Yeah for that price I'd go with the Galaxy Tab.

 

[Bateluer]

Not seeing anything in that tablet that warrants a purchase. Unless its 100 bucks or less, the Kindle Fire, Nook Tab, and Tab 2 7" are all better options.

 

[BUTCH1]

It does have a dual core Mali 400 gpu which is actually pretty good, I think the Mali 400 in the Galaxy s2 is a quad core so even at ~50% of that performance it's still as good as Tegra 2, Adreno 220 etc.

Yea, I checked Velocity's site, it has the MALI 400. If you don't mind the wait from China shipping Merrimobiles has the Onda VI40 for $219 shipped, ICS, IPS screen, same SOC as the T510, 1 gig memory 16gig hard drive, 6,000ma battery. With Velocity you get a US warranty that won't be a pain in the ass (like china-based where you have to pay to ship it back) if you need it but I've seen a lot of the Cruz line on Newegg as refurbs's so I'm not sold much on their quality at all..http://www.merimobiles.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MERI0746