Velocity Micro has a solid reputation for making decent, affordable, but not particularly spectacular Android tablets. Now the company is unveiling two new tablets which will feature faster processors and newer software than previous models. The biggest problem with the company’s tablets so far has been that they have shipped with Google Android 2.3 or earlier rather than later versions…
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The Velocity Micro Cruz T410 is a tablet with a 10 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel capacitive touchscreen display, a 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 single core processor, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of storage. It runs Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread and ships with the Amazon Appstore instead of the official Google Android Market. I posted a review of the $300…
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The Velocity Micro T408 tablet which I reviewed recently is a solid entry into the budget 7 inch Android tablet space. The company might not have the name recognition of Amazon or Barnes & Noble, or the custom software that you get with a tablet from those companies — but that’s exactly why the T408 might appeal to some users….
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Velocity Micro has been making Android tablets since 2010 — which in this fast-moving space makes the company one of the older players in the consumer tablet space. While Velocity Micro may not be a household name, the company has shipped over 500,000 tablets under its Cruz brand so far thanks to distributors including Best Buy, Radio Shack, and Amazon….
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Velocity Micro has been producing low cost Android tablets for the last year or so, but the company’s latest tablets are some of the best yet. They feature capacitive multitouch displays and Samsung 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processors. Most important, they’re actually reasonably fun to interact with. The company loaned me a Velocity Micro Cruz T408 tablet and a Cruz…
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Velocity Micro recently started selling off its older tablets at rock bottom prices to make way for new models. Now the new models have arrived… or almost arrived, anyway. The company formally introduced two new tablets today, but it looks like there are actually four new models. Amazon is taking pre-orders for each. Here’s a quick rundown of each new…
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That 10 Velocity Micro Cruz T410 tablet that hit the FCC website last week isn’t available for purchase yet, but its little sibling the Cruz T408 just showed up at both the FCC website and Amazon.com, where you can pre-order the 8 inch tablet for $240. The new tablet has an 8 inch capacitive touchscreen display, 4GB of storage, and…
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Recently Velocity Micro started liquidating several of its low cost Android tablets to make room for new products. Now we have a first glimpse at one of those new devices: The Velocity Micro Cruz T410 Android tablet showed up at the FCC website this week. The user manual doesn’t list any specifications, but the photos show a 10 inch tablet…
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Update: I just received a note from Velocity Micro confirming that the company is trying to sell through “last year’s product,” but it doesn’t mean Velocity Micro is exiting the tablet space. Instead, the company plans to announce new products in the next few weeks. Velocity Micro may be exiting the Android tablet market… or at least clearing out stock to…
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The Velocity Micro R101 Cruz Reader isn’t a speed demon. It doesn’t have a super high resolution display. It doesn’t run the latest version of Android. Let’s face it, as Android tablets go, it’ snot all that impressive. But here’s the thing: It’s cheap. The Cruz R101 has a list price of $150, but you can usually find it for…
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Velocity Micro has released a software update for the Cruz Micro T301 Android tablet which updates the operating system to Google Android 2.2 Froyo. All new models will ship with Froyo, and existing users can download software that will update their tablets from Android 2.0 to 2.2. Sure, Android 2.3 or 3.0 would have been nice, but the Froyo update…
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The folks at Velocity Micro already have a couple Android tablets under their hat, but the company has decided not to stop with the Cruz Reader and Cruz Tablets T301 and T103. This week Velocity Micro announced three new tablets, with screen sizes ranging from 7 to 10 inches. The first is a 7 inch model called the Cruz Tablet…
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