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Viewsonic to release giant 24-inch underpowered Android serving tray that doubles as a PC monitor

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 29 Oct 2013 3:02 pm
ViewSonic VSD240
Yo dawg, I heard you liked Android so we put Android in your computer monitor If you are looking for a 24-inch Jelly Bean tablet with last years internals, Viewsonic has just the thing for you. The VSD241, a concept which we first saw last January at CES with the VSD240, is what Viewsonic calls a "smart display." This means it can double as a monitor through its HDMI input, or act as a stand-...

Viewsonic VSD240 Smart Display eyes-on

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 8 Jan 2013 3:30 pm
Viewsonic VSD240
Best known for making displays for computers, Viewsonic is showing off the new version of its "Smart Display" line, the VSD240, at CES 2013. You'll here Phil say it at the start of the video -- you really can't call this a tablet. Viewsonic is positioning this as a display that you can use for your computer or other device, but just have Android available for when you want it. It's a 24-inch...

Viewsonic set to laugh at tablet sizes by introducing 22-inch behemoth?

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Posted by Richard Devine on 28 May 2012 6:54 pm
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Yes, you did read that right. 22-inches. Putting Toshiba's 13-inch effort in the shade, Viewsonic could be about to go where no Android OEM has gone before by introducing a tablet the size of a PC monitor.  Touted as a "smart business tablet monitor," the colossal Ice Cream Sandwich device could be set for it's first public viewing at the forthcoming Computex show in Taipei.  What the average...

Hands-on with ViewSonic's 4e and 4s dual-SIM Android phones

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Posted by Simon Sage on 6 Mar 2012 12:51 pm
ViewPhone 4e
  Another fringe smartphone manufacturer, ViewSonic, continued their attack on the dual-SIM market at this year's Mobile World Congress in addition to showing off some new tablets. The ViewPhone 4e and 4s are both disctinctly mid-range phones, while the higher-end model, the 5e, wasn't on display. The 4e runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread with plans of an update to ICS shortly, and is powered...

ViewSonic intros affordable ICS tablets at Mobile World Congress

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Posted by Simon Sage on 28 Feb 2012 4:55 pm
ViewSonic E70
Just in case you haven't had enough Android hardware from Mobile Conference 2012, even little ol' ViewSonic had some stuff to show off. Along with demonstrating some of their stuff announced at CES, ViewSonic had a new tablet called the E100. Beyond its 9.1 mm profile and a decent 9.1-inch 1024 x 768 display, there's a single core 1 GHz processor under the hood. So, a bit underwhelming, yeah?...

ViewSonic to bring 3 dual-SIM phones and a new ViewPad tablet to MWC

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 24 Feb 2012 1:43 pm
ViewPad G70
ViewSonic doesn't want to be left out of all the fun at Mobile World Congress, and today we heard about three new dual-SIM phones, and we're hearing rumors about the ViewPad G70 tablet (pictured). All four devices will ship with ViewSonic's custom version of Ice Cream Sandwich, and are decidedly entry-level. The ViewPad G70 is said to have a 7-inch, 1024 x 600 display, 4 GB of internal storage,...

Viewsonic announces $170 ViewPad E70 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 10 Jan 2012 12:48 pm
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Viewsonic has announced the ViewPad E70, a 7-inch tablet running Ice Cream Sandwich with an interesting price-point -- $169.99.  For under 200 bucks, you'll get a 1GHz CPU, 4GB internal storage, micro SD card slot, HDMI out and a front facing camera.  Viewsonic hasn't given out the full set of specifications just yet, so we're only sure of the above. What you won't be getting is the Android...

Viewsonic heading to CES looking to enter the U.S. smartphone market

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Posted by Richard Devine on 6 Jan 2012 4:34 pm
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Count Viewsonic in for CES, this year bringing what they aim to be their first smartphone to enter the U.S. market, the Viewphone 3.  According to product manager Mike Holstein, Viewsonic is doing well enough in their tablet ventures to warrant a move into smartphone sales in the states. They're not going bleeding edge here though, instead aiming squarely at the 'value market.'  Specs on the...

Viewsonic throws its hat into the sub-$200 tablet ring with the ViewPad 7e

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 24 Oct 2011 3:06 pm
Viewsonic ViewPad 7e
Viewsonic has announced the ViewPad 7e (check out our hands-on) -- a Gingerbread running tablet that checks in just under $200.  With a 7-inch 800x600 screen, a 1GHz ARM A8 CPU, front and rear cameras (.3MP and 3MP respectively) and the ViewScene 3D interface on top of Android 2.3, this looks to be a player in the same market space as the Kindle Fire.  Much like the Fire, the ViewPad 7e comes...

Hands-on with the Viewsonic Viewpad 7x

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Posted by Jared DiPane on 14 Sep 2011 7:45 pm
Viewsonic Browser
  As we all remember Viewsonic wants us to know that they make Android tablets, and tonight we were able to get our hands on their upcoming Viewsonic Viewpad 7x, a 7-inch Honeycomb tablet. The 7x is the bigger brother to the 7e, which runs Gingerbread, and will be powered by a NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core 1GHx processor, and sports a 1024x600 capacitive touch screen. The tablet will have full Google...

Hands-on with the Viewsonic Viewpad 7e

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Posted by Jared DiPane on 14 Sep 2011 7:46 pm
Viewsonic Viewpad 7e
We have seen some Viewsonic tablets in the past, and heard they had some new ones in the works, and we were able to get some time with the Viewsonic Viewpad 7e ahead of its launch. The Viewsonic Viewpad 7e is the entry level 7-inch tablet that they are launching in October, it will run Android 2.3 Gingerbread, instead of Android 3.2 Honeycomb, like its big brother, the 7x. The device has a...

Microsoft announces licensing deals with Acer, Viewsonic over Android devices

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 8 Sep 2011 8:55 am
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Microsoft this morning announced it has reached licensing agreements with Acer and Viewsonic over the companies' Android devices. Terms of either agreement were not announced, but Viewsonic will pay royalties to Microsoft. No royalties were mentioned in Acer's deal, which could point to some sort of reciprocal licensing.Microsoft VP of IP and general counsel Horacio Gutierrez issued the following...

Viewsonic takes a moment to kick webOS while it's down, reminds us it makes Android and Windows tablets

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 19 Aug 2011 9:35 pm
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And those three little birds looked so innocent. ... Viewsonic this afternoon penned a few paragraphs to remind us all that it still makes Windows and Android tablets amid the demise of webOS hardware, saying "From our business-focused Windows solutions with Android integration to our multimedia-optimized consumer offerings, ViewSonic has delivered a diverse tablet portfolio that addresses a...

ViewPad 10Pro by Viewsonic whets both Windows 7 and Froyo appetites

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Posted by Anndrew Vacca on 16 Aug 2011 1:41 pm
Viewsonic ViewPad 10Pro
Viewsonic has unveiled its latest tablet, the dual-OS ViewPad 10Pro. Under the hood you’ll find Android 2.3 Gingerbread Android 2.2 Froyo along with Windows 7, both powered by the brand new 1.5 GHz Intel Atom Z670 processor and 2 GB RAM. The ViewPad 10Pro comes equipped with 10.1 inch screen at 1024x600 resolution, 1.3 MP front camera (nothing in the back), full HDMI out, and docking station...

Viewsonic announces 7-inch ViewBook 730 Android tablet

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 6 Jun 2011 12:27 pm
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Viewsonic has announced the release of their budget friendly 7 inch ViewBook 730 Android tablet today.  While their tagline of "changing the face of tablets" may be stretching things a bit, this one looks to be a great new product in the multi-purpose eReader category, and appears to have the market currently dominated by the Nook Color  directly in its sights.The ViewBook runs Android 2.2 on a...

Amazon 'Deal of the Day': ViewSonic gTablet for $279.99

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Posted by Andrew Melnizek on 14 Apr 2011 10:28 am
Motorola Xoom's pricing got you down? Does the Samsung Galaxy Tab not tickle your fancy? Or maybe you just can't wait any longer for that G-Slate pricing? Well, do not fret my good friend -- Amazon has your back! Today, and today only, Amazon's "Deal of the Day" is the ViewSonic gTablet for $279.99. It's regularly $499.99. That's 44 percent off, folks!For those of you unfamiliar with the device,...

Dual-booting Android / Windows 7 ViewPad 10 from Viewsonic now shipping

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Posted by Bla1ze on 8 Mar 2011 12:02 pm
Back in November we were told the dual-booting Windows 7 / Android tablet would be shipping come Q1 2011 and Viewsonic today has made that happen. Just in case you need a refresher on specs, what you'll be getting yourself into with the ViewPad 10 is:1.66GHz Intel Atom processor2GB of memoryWi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n,Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR1.3 megapixel built-in front cameraMicroSD card slotAndroid 1.6 and...

Viewsonic ViewPad 4 Hands-on [MWC]

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Posted by Dieter Bohn on 16 Feb 2011 7:09 am
  While we've been following Viewsonic's tablets for some time now, we haven't yet paid much attention to what, if any, phone efforts they've made in the past. We can't really promise that will change in the future now that we've had some hands-on time with the decidedly utilitarian ViewPad 4. It's not that there's anything wrong with a blocky, squarish, bare-bones Android phone, it's just that...

Viewsonic reportedly spills the beans on Android 2.4

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 7 Feb 2011 4:42 pm
 Android 2.4 will retain the "Gingerbread" codename and bridge compatibility with "dual-core" apps written for Android 3.0 Honeycomb, according to rumors attributed to a source at Viewsonic. The reports from Pocket-Lint also suggest that version 2.4 will debut in April on Viewsonic's ViewPad 4."According to our source, the release date of version 2.4 has been brought forward to ensure that dual-...

Viewsonic Tablets Hands-on. Hands-ons. Just a bunch of tablets, really

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Posted by Dieter Bohn on 7 Jan 2011 6:22 pm
  Feeling burned by that Viewsonic gTablet you bought at Staples despite our review's best efforts to warn you? Perhaps if it was called the Viewpad 10s you'd feel better about the fact that the 10.1" inch screen is fronting a mere 1024x600 set of pixels. Or perhaps our look at the 7-inch version at IFA wasn't enough and you'd like another peek at that running Android 2.2. Or maybe you'd like to...

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