In an interesting twist, ViewSonic wants to try again at the tablet market. Rather than running Honeycomb or waiting for the next installation of Android, they’ve decided to use Bluestack’s Android virtualisation built in so Android can run as an application in Windows 7. Essentially, touch an icon to switch between Android and Windows. The tablet also features a 1.5 GHz Intel-powered processor, and the four Android buttons we all love. No price has been released for this US only (at launch) device. I can’t imagine that a tablet running Windows with the ability to essentially simulate Android will sell too well outside of the hacker world. Especially when you consider that the predecessors for Android 2.3 and Windows 7 appear to be just around the corner. But who am I to say what the market wants? At least it’s something different. What do you guys think? Failed before launch, or getting some kind of dedicated developer following ala Nexus One? ViewSonic is marketing it for business users so who knows.
[via marketwire]