Ultra, yet another Tegra tablet
December 22, 2009 by Bernd Kling
2010 is going to be the year of the tablet, with or without an Apple tablet. Following its Vega tablet ICD announces a more compact 7-inch-model running Googles Android OS.
The bigger Vega tablet with display sizes up to 15″ was first shown off by Nvidia boss Jen-Hsun Huang and led to speculations about being the mystical Apple tablet. But it was soon to be unmasked as a tablet running Android 2.0 “Éclair”.
The more compact Ultra is also based on Nvidia’s Tegra platform including 1 GHz chip Tegra T20, fast graphics, 256 MB DDR and 512 MB NAND Flash. Mass storage is 4 GB and can be expanded with Micro SD cards. 
The tablet also includes FM radio, dual digital microphones, 3.5 mm audio jack, USB, Bluetooth, WLAN, 1.3 MB video camera, accelerometer and ambient light sensor. Cellular, 2g/3g Data and GPS are optional.
The resistive touchscreen (optionally capacitive) has a resolution of 800×480 (optionally 1024×600). Its Mini HDMI port reveals the Ultra is not only meant to be a surf tablet but also a media tablet able to display HD video on any HDMI TV or anywhere on its own display. ICD promises a minimum 4 hours of battery life and 2 hours to charge.
With its size of 186mm x 158mm x 18mm the Ultra tablet weighs about 600g. It could be sold for about $250, there may even be a subsidized version for free from mobile carriers.
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Innovative Converged Devices (ICD)
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