Hanvon TouchPad Tablet Shows Up

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Images have surfaced of a great looking tablet out of China that is actually running a full desktop OS (and Flash – what a shocking idea) and features desktop grade hardware. It’s called the Hanvon TouchPad BC10C and it offers a ton of features, that could make this product a serious iPad killer.

It features a 10-inch multi-touch screen, but unlike the iPad, it’s arranged in widescreen (16:9) which will make watching HD movies on this thing a blast. It’s running an Intel Core 2 Duo ULV processor that will have a clockspeed of 1.3GHz. It’ll have 2GB of RAM and unfortunately, Intel integrated graphics (Tegra or ION would have really been nice here).

It will have either a 250GB or 320GB hard drive, and a forward-facing webcam. For connectivity, it will have WiFi and Bluetooth. No 3G, unlike the iPad, which I’m sure will be a deal breaker for some prospective buyers. It will have a ton of ports on the side, including two USB and HDMI and VGA video out. Another thing unlike the iPad, it has 8 physical shortcut keys on the bezel of the device. It’ll be interesting to see if tablet customers cry out for these buttons on their consumer tablets, I know several enterprise graphics tablets use them.

Overall, it’s a pretty sharp looking device that I think is better than the iPad in a few areas. It’ll hit China on March 25th for $877. Reportedly, it might be coming to North America and Europe. If it does, expect Hanvon to sell the product to another manufacturer as an OEM – they aren’t exactly a a well-known brand here.