RedFox to release Multi-OS WizPad Tablet

@abeolandres I still can’t understand why these tablets have to be WiFI OR 3G. Why not just WiFi AND 3G? I’d actually like both in one.

This year we will see so many ‘pads’; every manufacturer, big or small, is busy building them to not miss the boat. Many didn’t see the Kindle (for ebooks) and iphone (as smartphone) coming, so when the iPad came out the didn’t want to miss it this time. Little do they know most already did; too little too late as I see the specs. Let’s hope something nice will come.

I was able to get a hold of this device and test it for 30minutes yesterday at COMDDAP at SM cebu. The weight of the device is roughly around 800gms. It has complete peripheral port, HDMI, SD card reader, USB, camera, sim card for mobile internet, and capacitive touch screen w/c is made of glass. I was able to read ebooks in chm format only, due to lack of acrobat reader on the said device. Fairly enough its a good ebook reader except for its bat life and not so perfect capacitive touch screen.I had a slight difficulty in hitting the right button on its lower left screen. I was not convinced about its price, the redfox representative told me that they will sell this device at 49k. It only has 2hrs battery, 8hrs shorter than ipad even the 16Gb ipad. This will not be a competitive price if sold at almost 50k considering very poor bat life and non user replaceable bat and the 16Gb ipad will sell at 30k. I sudgest they put linux on it either ubuntu or android and sell it for 15k-17k and make the battery user replaceable that will be the appropriate competitive price.

I would also sudgest to Redfox that to compete with the IPAD as their representative insist its better than the apple IPAD, they should used snapdragon processor, used SSD, make the RAM to DDR3 and used alternative OS aside from windows 7 (the unit yesterday at COMPDDAP is under windows 7 with 2hrs runtime)in order to make the device run at least 6hrs. If in runs at least 6hrs and sold at 15-17k, i will buy there product.

hahaha ok ahh. gaya cge gaya lang sa apple……….. atleast may competition ibang brand man yan o made in china fake gadgets…
kuna mahaba ang battery life nito ay ok lang pero:

problema talaga sa redfox ay yung after sales nila… pano yung battery o yung service after the warranty????

I think it’s ability to boot multiple OS’es makes it expensive. prang fullpledge tablet pc na sya. kyang non-replaceable battery at redfox hardware sucks. kung around 15k lng sya, it will be a good buy though.

@canizares_henry

ung na test mo ba e prototype version sir? may multi-touch ba? good news kung maganda ung hardware, kasi my experience with the brand sa mga PC nila e hinda gano Ok..

letdown lng tlaga ung battery..

Anyway I’ll also w8 for msi’s tablet which is said to be priced competitively.. :)

Will this be the PinoyPad?

Half the price of the Apple iPad? across all models

I think our fellow Pinoy Citizens will patronize this like the MyPhone branded phones

dapat si president Pnoy gagawa nang batas na magexempt nang importation tax para sa mga gizmo at gadget or slash down the tax para competitive price tayo compared sa US. If mag difer lang nang around 3k sa US price its oks na oks na. When we go to malls ang mahal nga compared to US price, the high end laptops here cost more than 20k there in the US. If ganito nalang palagi hindi masyadong aangat yung ating education in IT.

para sa akin double taxation na yung ginawa nila kasi aside from the importation tax naglalagay pa sila nang evat right? how about they slash there pork to compensate the losses in importation and just get the revenue from evat nalang. I think mag compensate naman as long as maraming tao ang bibili right?

@ sir abe

sana ma read nang taga Redfox yung mga comment nang user about there wizpad so they can modify it according to customers concern

@efren

sir efs i dont thnk they made it here they import parts from china and assemble it here or totally import from china and rebrand

@ canizares_henry

haha.. of course.. for a pc it would be a no brainer.. but multi-boot on an “ipad-like” (considering iOs is so propriety) device would make it look more capable(illusional) , hence manufacturers can demand higher price.

and technically mahal talga ang mga touch based pc, HP’s and Asus tablet Pcs nagrarange na ng 30K++, with more weight and a resistive screen pa un. pero sana they should make an effort to keep the price lower :)

Acer pa din ako. :P

@canizares_henry: I got to talk with Andy Te last week and pointed out your concerns about the P49k pricing. He explained that that’s the pricing for the highest-end model, which has Windows 7 Home Premium and a whole lot of other advanced features. I’m not sure I’m at liberty to relay the expected price range but it’ll start much lower than the near-50K.

Oh, and he gave it to me to play with for a few minutes. I also found touch iffy with the Windows 7 widgets — the Close, Minimize, and Maximize widgets in particular. From the start menu, I also kept hitting the wrong programs. And I don’t think that’s specific to the WizPad — I have to dig around but I think other touch-enabled tablets face the same “challenge” with Win 7.

“sana ma read nang taga Redfox yung mga comment nang user about there wizpad so they can modify it according to customers concern”

o baka naman:

…THEIR wizpad

amfufufu!

Not really multiple OS it seems. Bought one and the android OS stuck with airplane mode and no one here in Malaysia can solve this issue for me, for web surfing or anything need wi-fi connections, I can only use Window 7.. One nore things is the leather case for it. Can’t even find an appropriate one searching around the whole IT complex in Malaysia.. Other features are not so bad…