Look for the ME172V to sport a Nexus 7-like apps tray interface.
(Credit: Asus) Asus has decided to enter the sub-$200 7-inch tablet market with the announcement of its Memo Pad ME172V; a $149 tablet running Android 4.1 stated for an April release in the U.S.
A year ago, after CES 2012, I came out positively giddy about the $250 Asus Memo 370T’s prospects. That tablet eventually had its features stripped away and released as the Google Nexus 7 for $50 less.
The ME172V seems to further strip away the 370T’s features to offer a tablet that can compete with the likes of not only the $159 Kindle Fire, but the deluge of affordable tablets from Polaroid and Alcatel announced last week at CES 2013.
The Nexus 7 this is not The ME172V ships with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) with a 7-inch 1,024x600 resolution screen and a 140 degree viewing angle. That’s an angle not up to IPS standards so expect a less capable panel. Maxing out at about 350 candelas per square meters, the ME172V’s brightness does get fairly high, however.
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by Eric Franklin via CNET
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