SmartQ announces Ten, an Android tablet packing IPS display with piezoelectric touchscreen

SmartQ announces Ten, an Android tablet packing IPS display with piezoelectric touchscreen

OK, before y'all haters state the obvious in the comments below, there's
actually something noteworthy about this familiar-looking Chinese

slate. What we have here is the SmartQ Ten (or T10, as referenced above), a forthcoming Froyo tablet that'll feature a juicy Cortex-A9 chip plus a Mali 400
GPU, as well as 512MB RAM and a 9.7-inch 1024 x 768 IPS display. This
wouldn't be the first Android device to get the IPS goodness, though, as
its predecessor R10 -- launched with Android 2.1 and a 720MHz processor
back in December -- also has the same LCD panel within a seemingly
identical form factor. In fact, we stumbled upon an R10 earlier today,
and the prettiness of the screen did surprise us.

But what really sells the Ten is its piezoelectric
touchscreen, which supports multitouch input even with non-conductive
objects like the old school styli. This means said tablet can achieve
light transmittance similar to its capacitive touchscreen counterparts
but using cheaper parts, as well as having point-input precision similar
to those with resistive touchscreens but with better screen clarity.
Alas, no date or price has been announced for the Ten just yet, nor do
we know if it'll get Honeycomb in the future, but price it right and it might still get some love.

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