It was just a matter of time before some Chinese company jumps the tablet train. They are already producing high-tech devices for western companies, they have knowledge and they are ready: meet ZTE Light, the new tablet just launched in Beijing.
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ZTE Light weights only 403g and uses 7-inch TFT touch screen. The choice of the screen is obvious: 7-inch displays are in the mass production, they are cheap and you can build a small, lightweight device around which will don't need a battery of giant capacity. So, for the start it looks good.
ZTE Light tablet also supports voice calling on dual band UMTS 2100 MHZ/900 MHZ and internet access on HSUPA network with a download speed of up to 7.2 Mbps and an upload speed of up to 5.76 Mbps - great results!. The device packs smart processing capabilities as it features 512 Mb RAM and 512 Mb ROM and is based on the Android 2.1 Operating System. Again, very good move for ZTE. It's shame that some well-known companies decided not to allow upgrade to the Android 2.1 and that decision makes their devices almost obsolete at the very beginning.
ZTE Light provides enriched business applications through its open Android platform and guarantees easy access to thousands of third party applications and content services. It fully supports various Google Services, Multi Email account setup, desktop widget applications and online document reading and editing features.
ZTE Light can also be used as a full entertainment device since the large touch screen and G-sensor can support various multimedia and games. In addition, its GPS navigation ability can be used as the best guide on the road. Other highlighted features include Wi-Fi, 3Mpx camera, music and video player with Mp4 support, standard picture format compatibility, Bluetooth, external SD Slot with up to 32GB of external memory, a 3.5mm stereo headset and up to 10 hours of working battery time. Do you need something else? We think you don't, everything's here.
We still don't know the price but there's no doubt that it will be very affordable. When you take into account that ZTE has good connections with more than 500 operators in more than 140 countries you can see how easy it can spread its new device around the world. It will be very interesting to follow the destiny of this nice little tablet, it could be a very successful story. ■
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