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eBuzzTechnologies launches Apple-esque low-cost tablet

By Heri Dec 2nd 2010 in Design

ebuzz 2.1

Today’s winning company is eBuzzTechnologies launching an “Electronic Quebec Tablet”, named eBuzz 2.1. The name raises heads, but the mystery ends quickly there. The ebuzz is very similar, if not identical, to the very well known iPad, from the layout, the colors, up the bezel and the home button seen on all iPhones, iPods and iPads.

Of course, it’s not as powerful as the iPad. It has half the power, has only a 7 inch screen size, and is powered by Android instead of iOS4. It also takes micro SD cards instead of a sim card.

The company presents it as the result of a 1 year effort. I understand they wanted to bring to the market a low-cost alternative, at less than half the price of an iPad, a regular touchscreen instead of a multi-touch/IPS display, perhaps for those who also want to display a tablet in conferences but can’t or don’t want to pay Apple’s prices.

I have to applaud though their keyboard extension. The ebuzz is essentially an underpowered computer, with 5 year specs, but as demonstrated, perfectly capable for web, video, text processing and other basic usages. The keyboard extension transforms the ebuzz into one of the world’s cheapest netbook. Lots of potential then… but not in Québec, but in developing countries, to be used as a “real” computer.

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