T-Mobile Springboard Tablet Should Come In Under $200 (Video Demo)

October 16, 2011

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T-Mobile Springboard Tablet Should Come In Under $200 (Video Demo) 4

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDW5lHem0nU

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Stacy Bruce was born and raised in Spokane Washington. He attended the University of Washington to study pre-med only to change his course study a year later to forensic science. Although currently not a doctor or a scientist, some believe he posseses the knowledge of both. He was a resident of San Diego California for ten years, lived beachside and sometimes wonders why the hell he moved back to Spokane. A multi-talented man, Stacy is a fabricator, an artist, a gear head, a tech junkie and at most, the disciple of Casanova. Growing up, he was always enthralled with electronics, gadgets and gizmos. Throughout his life he has had one, if not two, of every cool and new electronic device available. He began his smartphone experience with the original iPhone. After realizing it was more like theirPhone, he decided he wanted the ability to customize, so Stacy moved to the OG Droid and has been a loyal Android fanatic ever since. Moving through all of the top tier Verizon phones, he recently retired his Droid Charge in favor of the Galaxy Nexus, only to wonder what great device Samsung will come out with next. Stacy is a busy new homeowner in where he lives with his beautiful girlfriend and two dogs.

1 comment

RLee says:

October 21, 2011 at 3:12 PM

Under $200? Sold!

Or did you forget to add “… with a 2-year contract”? Any speculation on the real price?

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