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First Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich $99 Tablet Computer Out in the Market

by Pinoylive on 08/12/11 at 3:03 am

MIPS based Ainovo Novo7 Android 4.0 tablet is now out in the Asian market and will soon hit the  US market in the coming months. Folks at MIPS Technologies are offering the first Ice Cream Sandwich Android tablet at a cheap price of $99. The tablet is manufactured originally by Ainol Electron HK, which came to US under Ainovo branding.

the Ainovo Novo7 comes with a 1GHz single-core MIPS processor coupled with a powerful Vivante GC860 GPU chip, Wi-Fi and 3G (external) capability, front and back-facing cameras, a 7-inch capacitive multitouch touchscreen display, and of course best of all – Android’s 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. It also boasted a 300 hour stand by battery life and ability to play demanding gameloft games like Spiderman Total Mayhem which comes in bundled with the unit.

“I’m thrilled to see the entrance of MIPS-Based Android 4.0 tablets into the market,” Said Andy Rubin, Google’s senior vice president of mobile, in a statement today.

Ainol created a buzz in the Android tablet market when it introduced the Novo 7 tablets, particularly the Novo 7 Advanced version (which I ordered and will receive the unit any time soon – watch out for my review soon here in Pinoy Live). The Ainovo Novo7 was also speculated in the Android community to be a rebranded Ainol Novo 7 Basic with ICS.  The Novo7 is available now in China, and IDG reports it will hit shelves in the US and Europe over the next few months, likely under brand names such as Leader International and OMG Electronics.