EviGroup Paddle looks nice; sports crazy price tag

EviGroup will soon be launching their very own Atom-powered tablet into the market called the Paddle. We don’t have the full specs yet, but it looks pretty good to us for sure, almost at par with the handsome hunk, iPad. Now, here is the absurd part – they have announced that it is going to retail for 699 Euros which rounds off to around $930. Well, here is our suggestion – do something about that price, otherwise, it will be a mere footnote of history

BenQ launches MID running Windows XP

BenQ has launched an Intel-Atom based MID in Taiwan. Since the MID is based on x86 platform, it is able to run Windows XP pretty nicely. The BenQ comes with an 4.8-inch display and will retail around $424 (NT$13,990). It is also being offered by a Taiwanese telecom service “FET” at $57 with a 3 year contract in which you will be able to enjoy the 3.5G (WiMax) speeds too.

According to BenQ’s general manager (Taiwan), they also have 4.5-inch MID in the tunnel that will be released in year 2010.