ViewSonic Reveals ViewPad 10e with IPS Display

ViewSonic is launching yet another Android tablet in November featuring a 9.7-inch IPS display.

ZoomTuesday ViewSonic revealed the ViewPad 10e Android-based tablet featuring a 9.7-inch IPS (in-plane switching) display with a 1024 x 768 resolution. The IPS aspect should mean that the display will offer the same aspect, resolution and pixel density as the iPad 2 while also boasting 400nits, providing better viewing angles than other tablets in the value-priced market.

According to the company, the tablet will sport a 1 GHz Cortex A8 single-core processor, 512 MB of DDR3 memory, 4 GB of internal storage and a microSD card slot for adding an additional 32 GB of storage. Other features will include a 1.3MP camera, 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0 connectivity, a mini HDMI port, a 5400mAh Li-Poly battery and a 3.5-mm headphone jack.

"The ViewPad 10e does not just have impressive hardware specifications," the company said Tuesday. "Amazon Kindle is pre-installed providing immediate access to 700k+ books, magazines and papers, all displayed as they were meant to appear on the extra wide viewing angles an IPS panel brings. In addition ViewSonic includes a market place application which allows access to thousands of additional applications and games."

ViewSonic also described the tablet as "hyper-slim," as it will measure only 0.36-inches thin and weigh only 1.37 pounds. Unfortunately, the tablet will be powered by Google's Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" OS instead of the tablet-friendly "Honeycomb" build, and it won't even support Google services like the Android Market. But the tablet will offer ViewScene 3D which will provide a customizable 3D style user interface that "maximizes the IPS panel technology."

"Offering 16 customizable panels, intelligent interactive grouping, 3D style widgets and multiple time zone support, ViewScene 3D takes the ViewPad 10e to the next level," ViewSonic said Tuesday.

So far there's no word on pricing or actual availability here in the States, but James Coulson, European marketing manager of ViewSonic Europe told Pocket-lint that the tablet will be available "this side of Christmas at a value orientated price point under the ViewSonic brand." HotHardware reports that the tablet will actually launch in early November in Europe -- a North American release should be sometime thereafter.