OpenTablet 7 from OpenPeak Announced by AT&T at CTIA 2010 [AT&T Ready for Non-Apple, Multipurpose Tablet; OpenTablet Coming in Late 2010]

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Back in February I was showing you the OpenTablet 7, a device made by OpenPeak and announced officially at MWC 2010. Naturally you can expect even more tablets to appear this year but the OpenTablet 7 has caught our attention again as it’s ready to meet U.S. customers.

It’s now March and the CTIA 2010 is well underway in Las Vegas. Unexpectedly, AT&T has decided it needs exactly this particular tablet in its stores. The OpenTablet 7 will be available later this year for an undisclosed price. In case you won’t buy Apple’s iPad, which also happens to be related to AT&T when it comes to data plans, then the alternative can be the OpenTablet 7.

The device is a multipurpose tablet which AT&T sees as a perfect solution for your communication needs. It does social networking, instant messaging, email but it can also offer eBook reading support and video and picture sharing. In other words the OpenTablet is going to get you most of the features you would expect from any other tablet.

The OpenPeak tablet will come bundled with AT&T data plans which you will definitely require in order to perform all the activities mentioned above.

In case you forgot, the OpenTablet 7 is based on Intel’s “next generation handheld platform” codenamed “Moorestown” and it will offer you a 7-inch LED-backlit touchscreen display, 3G support via AT&T, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, HDMI and USB connectivity, microSD slot and an Intel Atom processor running the show.

Glenn Lurie, President of Emerging Devices, Resale and partnerships at AT&T had this to say about the new gadget:

OpenTablet is an exciting multipurpose device with all the benefits and flexibility of a wirelessly connected personal computing and entertainment device. When you combine the capabilities of OpenTablet with AT&T’s 3G mobile broadband service and AT&T Wi-Fi service, we’re able to provide consumers wireless access to content they most desire, right at their fingertips.

So what do you say, AT&T customers? Will you get the OpenTablet 7 or will you choose Apple’s iPad instead?