T-Mobile will soon launch a new affordable 7″ Android tablet called the Springboard. Made by Huawei, this new device is said to drop sometime in November and will come in at under $200. The Springboard tablet felt pretty solid in hand, almost heavy, but gave me the feeling of good build quality. With such a reasonable price point for a Honeycomb tablet, I am sure this will be a hit in the coming months.
We were at CTIA this year and got a quick demo of the Springboard tablet by a rep from Huawei. Although he seems a little unsure of himself on video, I can attest to the quality of this device. The picture was surprisingly good and had great color reproduction. The dual-core processor was very snappy and made transitioning between homepages a breeze. The opening of apps was almost instantaneous, I hardly noticed any lag at all. It appears that the bloatwear was kept to a minimum although this was Huawei’s demo unit, meaning the final build may slightly differ.
The Huawei Springboard is going to be a T-Mobile exclusive and no word on the release of a Wi-Fi only version. Although we can’t report an exact price right now, we are confident that it will be under $200. As soon as we get a specific price we will let you know.
Join us after the break for a list of features, pictures, and a short demo video.
Features:
- Dimensions: 7.48″ x 4.88″ x 0.41″
- Weight: 13 ounces
- Android 3.2 Honeycomb
- 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8260 dual-core processor
- 7″ HD multi-touch display
- High speed browsing with support for Adobe Flash
- 5mp front-facing camera
- SD card slot that accommodates up to 32GB of expandable memory
