By Chris Chang, posted Jun 11, 2010 at 11:33 PM, 1,785 views,

Aigo’s new tablet PCs pack Android 2.1 and Maemo

Aigo the MID manufacturer has introduced a new series of tablets, Aigopad, which made us take a second glance. According to the new details from Aigo, the best model is a 7-inch tablet which will hum along on a 800MHz ARM Cortex A8 processor and a 4:3 aspect ratio display! A total of five models were surfaced and one of them is Maemo-based. What’s more, every single one of them cost less than $439.

Aigo launched a total five tablet PCs while four of them are Android-based. Unfortunately, none of them supports multitouch…

This is Aigopad E500 which is only running Android 1.5. Featuring a 600MHz ARM Cortex A9 processor, it includes a 5-inch 800 x 480 pixel touchscreen display, 128MB of memory, 4-16GB of inbuilt storage, a mini-USB socket, microSD slot, WiFi, audio in / out and a 3,200mAh battery. It supports up to 720p HD videos and it doesn’t come with HDMI-output. Not sure when it’s available.

This is Aigopad E501 which comes with Android 2.1. Rocking a 720MHz ARM11 processor, it includes a 5-inch 800 x 480 pixel touchscreen display, 256MB of DDR memory, 4-16GB of inbuilt storage, a mini-USB socket, microSD slot, WiFi, audio in / out and a 3,200mAh battery. What catches our attention is that it supports up to 1080p Full HD videos through HDMI-output. Looks pretty cool.

This is Aigopad E700 which comes with Android 1.5. Bringing us a 600MHz ARM A9 processor, it also includes a 5-inch 800 x 480 pixel touchscreen display, 128MB of SDRAM memory, 4-16GB of inbuilt storage, a mini-USB socket, microSD slot, WiFi, audio in / out and a 4,000mAh battery. So I can see there’s a better battery life for this model…

This is Aigopad N520 which is the only model coming with Maemo. Featuring a 806MHz Marvell PXA310+ processor, it includes a 4.1-inch 800 x 480 pixel touchscreen display, 256MB of DDR memory, 2-32GB of inbuilt storage, QWERTY keyboard, a mini-USB socket, microSD slot, built-in WiFi, 3G and GPS, bluetooth, 2 megapixel camera, audio in / out and a 1,800mAh battery. This is probably the only model featuring so much stuff in one small tablet device. Awesome.

This is Aigopad N701 which is the only model coming with a 7-inch display. Featuring a 800MHz Cortex A8 processor, it includes a 7-inch 800 x 600 pixel touchscreen display, Android 2.1, 256MB of DDR2 memory, 2GB of inbuilt storage, a mini-USB socket, SD slot, built-in WiFi, 3G and GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, 0.3 megapixel front-facing camera, audio in / out and a 5,000mAh battery. It’s the most gorgeous one among all.

These Aigopads are available for sale starting from August, and according to the CEO of Aigo, he mentioned that these tablets will not cost more than $3000 Chinese Yuan (about $349 USD). Also, he said that this is the first time for Aigo to release tablets with Android OS. Nice work Aigo! We’ll sure be keeping an eye out for these Android tablets.

Source: it.com.cn via eNet

P.S. Here’s a photo of Aigo’s CEO.