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Velocity Micro Cruz T408 Review: Cheap Price, No Android Market and Cameras

Posted on 16 October 2011 by pinoytutorial

We cannot deny the fact that the market for Android devices is getting better each day as more consumers demand for more. With all these Android devices, the tablet market is the one getting the more attention lately, and just recently Velocity Micro, the company behind the 8-inch Cruz T408 Android tablet has announced that it will be taking of another $40-off its price tag. Well, this seems to be a good strategy from the tablet maker in order to get more customers and further boost the tablet market.

velocity micro cruz t408 tablet 1 Velocity Micro Cruz T408 Review: Cheap Price, No Android Market and Cameras

As we all know, the Apple iPad is the leading tablet device that has made to date. However, the presence of cheaper tablets seems to affect the market for the iPad. Of course, consumers will always prefer to buy a tablet that is within their budget even if it means that you will not be able to enjoy some of the features present in other tablets such as cameras.

Features and Specs

At present, the Velocity Micro Cruz T408 tablet joins other Android tablets for a price of $ 199.99 or less including the recently announced Amazon Kindle Fire, the Lenovo IdeaPad A1and the ViewSonic ViewPad 7e as well. This new tablet basically targets those customers that are looking for a budget-friendly tablet and offers the following specs:

  • sports an 8-inch 800 x 600 pixel capacitive touchscreen display
  • powered by a 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor
  • runs with the Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system
  • 512MB of memory
  • 4GB of storage
  • microSD card slot
  • 802.11b/g/n WiFI
  • VGA front-facing camera

As we can see, this tablet has all the features important for it to perform well. The good thing about it is that it has a very simple interface thus, making it ideal for students and common users.

PROS and CONS

Aside from knowing its specs and features, it is also important to check some of its advantages and disadvantages as well.

Pros:

  • affordable
  • attractively designed
  • responsive capacitive touchscreen
  • long battery life

Cons:

  • weak audio
  • no rear camera
  • low resolution display
  • sluggish performance
  • absence of Android Market

This tablet may be a turn-off to many because of its sluggish performance, dated platform and absence of rear shooter, but it is certainly expected to capture the attention of students and bargain hunters who cares less about technical attributes.


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