ViewSonic has unveiled many new tablets including their dual-boot ViewPad 10 Pro this year at Computex. The company unveiled their 10-inch, dual-booting Windows 7/Android 2.2 ViewPad 10Pro along with their 7-inch, dual-core ViewPad 7x with Honeycomb. We would like to see the other tablet manufacturers make it in the market with big names like Motorola and Samsung and this seems to be a device that could make a name for ViewSonic in this market.
While being called dual-boot the ViewPad 10 Pro is really a Windows 7 tablet that runs a virtual Android Environment beside it. This makes it easy to switch between the two as required. If this is done correctly it could prove to be a great device. With this there is also a lot of room for compatibility errors as well as bugs from having to run and OS on top of another. Hopefully they have figured out how to keep the resources from being completely depleted by the amount of resources that Windows will require causing Android to run very slow.
Viewsonic ViewPad 10 Pro features:
- 1.5GHz Intel Oak Trail Processor
- 32GB of storage
- 1080p playback
- 3500mAh battery (up to 4.5 hours of 1080p playback)
Personally I am a huge fan of Android (obviously) but do have a need for Windows when doing presentations and other business related tasks that are sent between myself and others. If the device has the hardware to support the “dual boot” capabilities we will love this device. This being said I am really looking forward to playing with one of these ViewPads.
If you decide to get one of these ViewPad’s please let us know how you like it and how it runs. If you run into any bugs, speed issues, or compatibility problems that weren’t foreseen I would like to know about that as well. Only time will tell so lets hold tight and see where this thing goes.