The Archos 5 tablet a bit too small for you? Check out this C-Motech Mangrove 7 slate then, a stunning 7-inch slice of touchscreen tech running Windows Mobile that almost makes us forget about the Microsoft Courier. It’s choc-a-bloc with kit inside, so read on to find out what it does.
The Apple tablet‘s not even out yet, but it’s already getting some strong competition: not only does Microsoft have its own in-house competitor, but new tablets from the land of the rising sun, like the Mangrove 7, to take advantage of Windows Mobile 6.5 too.
Microsoft Courier takes on the Apple tablet
As well as boasting a sharp, WVGA screen, the Mangrove 7 stuffs in Qualcomm’s absurdly fast Snapdragon 1GHz processor, plus 3G, Wi-Fi and even WiMAX, and a microSD slot to bolster it up with all your media.
There’s no word on a UK release for the Mangrove 7 MID, but what’s interesting here is that Microsoft’s different operating systems are rapidly converging on tablets (the Windows 7 powered Archos 9 is only two inches bigger) – just as Google’s, Android and Chrome OS, are on portables too. If the Apple tablet runs iPhone OS rather than OS X too, as it’s rumoured to, then come next year a we’re going to see a whole new battle kick off: how smart does your tablet need to be? And what will Microsoft’s Courier wonder wafer run? We’ll let you know as and when.
Out TBC | £TBC | C-Motech (Via Akihabara News)
