Velocity launches Micro Cruz Tablet and Velocity Cruz Reader for the “New PC experience”
The slate and tablet market in the US is the most prospering in the modern day scenario and most of the companies in the world are making the maximum use of it. We have recently seen a lot of tablet computers leak out in the wild and we are not sure it (more and more companies entering the market) will last? Maybe until the market does not get saturated.
However, Velocity (Velocity Micro is a privately held computer manufacturer located in Richmond, VA (USA), specializing in custom high-end computers. Its high-performance product line includes gaming systems, notebooks, netbooks, home servers, digital media creation workstations, home and home office PCs, home entertainment media centers, Tesla based supercomputers, and business solutions.) today has decided to re dip into the market (mind you! they are not new into this one) this time with the Velocity Cruz Android 2.1 tablet and a Cruz reader. Both the devices have been blessed with some really cool features and it looks as if the company has decided to give the market a real shake this time round. Though we are not saying that the iPad or the Kindle has any threat but the people of the Sates have definitely got more options to choose from now onwards.
The Micro Cruz Reader and Micro Cruz Tablet from Velocity have come available for pre-order. As of now the devices are available on the Velocity website as well as with Borders. The Micro Cruz Reader is priced at $199.99 and expected to ship September 30th and the Micro Cruz Tablet is priced at $299.99 and showing a shipping date of October 15th. Now we need to present the device’s features- on the features front the devices are not really boasty but they are definitely worth underestimating.
Cruz Reader features a 7 inch 4:3 (800 x 600) touchscreen display with accelerometer, SD card slot, 256MB internal storage, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and ships with a 4GB SD card. Other features include access to the Cruz Market, pre-loaded apps to include a dictionary, notepad, calendar, alarm clock, contacts and games. As for battery life, that was noted as being up to 10 hours of reading time and 24 hours on standby time.
The Cruz Tablet comes with a sporting 7 inch 16:9 (800 x 480) capacitive touchscreen display (which indeed is larger than the Kindle), Android 2.1, 512MB RAM, 4GB internal storage, an 8GB SD card, Wi-Fi 802.11n, built-in speakers, miniUSB(unlike microUSB in the Kindle) and a battery life of up to 10 hours of run time and 24 hours of standby time. Besides, both the Cruz Reader and Cruz Tablet support ePUB, PDF, TXT, PDB and HTML files as well as MP3, WMA, AAC and WAV audio files, MPEG-4 video files and JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP image files.
So, there it is guys the people at Velocity seem to believe in giving more than expected that is why they have released both the Tablet computer and the e-Reader at the same time. Do not forget to let us know of your views in the comments section below.
I have a Cruz Tablet and like it..I have kindle and alkido files on it. ( kindle came from Freeware Lovers .com) It plays some non 3-d games and is exellent at movies..Build quality is above the generic imports Battery life is about 6 hrs with movies and 7 reading.I downloaded a market application called slideme from cnet..like googles’s market.
The operating system is android, and controlled by google..google is limiting who can get acess to the google market..not the manufacture..the market place and android ops were designed for telephones..Many applications willo not work on a tablet..Sorry to say Angry birds is one of them..requires 3-d processing.
To me this is a travelers companion.. read books and wach movies on the place…
Android requires a person with some computer knowledge….maybe more than some..The manual is downloadable from Microvelocity or found on the cruz applications..
4 out of 5 stars….
5 stars would play live wallpapers and 3-d games
Please note that the Cruz reader plays movies very poorly. The tablet excells there..You can buy movies in ipod format from Moviedir.com about 600mb ber movie
First things first, DO NOT BUY THE CRUZ! My Dad & I have spent the last 3 hourscalling tech support, looking for new software, anything to make it run the least bit faster or (& we have super fast internet!) ANYTHING to make it seem a little better. On the front of the book it says, “100 Free eBooks for download! Sign in Borders online bookstaore on Cruz tablet now.” We are still trying to figure how to get those free 100 books, & if they have to be “free” (cuz whats the point of that!?!?)
or cost, I’m gonna say they have to cost, but, nothing on the Borders catalog/eReader thingy, or actual website!!!!! UUUUGGGGHHHH! So please people, save your time & money, & DO NOT BUY The stupid Cruz tablet!!! I hope I just got a bad one, but not from the reviews up there, I would say not! :’(