Four new tablets from Velocity Micro have turned up on Amazon.com for pre-order, two 7″ tablets, the PS127 and PS47, a 8″ tablet, the T408, and a 10″ model, the T410. They have capacitive touchscreens and are running Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and all come pre-installed with the Kindle for Android app, along with the Amazon […]
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Review: Cruz Reader with Kindle App and Android 2.0
Here’s the link to the Cruz Reader/Tablet review that I posted earlier today, which includes a hands-on ten minute video walkthrough. The review is also a beginners guide of sorts for getting started with apps and Android on the Cruz Reader if you need help learning how things work. Certain to cause confusion because they […]
3 New Cruz Tablets with Kindle Apps and Impressive Specs
Velocity Micro just announced 3 new Android tablets with 7″, 8″, and 10″ screens. They are expected to be released in late Q1, so probably around April – June if history is any indication. All have fairly impressive specs and come pre-installed with the Kindle Android app like the new Cruz Reader T301 that showed […]
Cruz Reader T301 by Velocity Micro – Kindle Tablet in Disguise
Velocity Micro has quietly introduced a new 7″ Cruz Reader Tablet. And get this: unlike the previous Cruz Reader that connects with the Borders ebook store, this new one ships with the Kindle app as the main ebook provider of choice. While you can get the Kindle for Android app on virtually any app-friendly Android […]
Cruz Reader Reviews
The Cruz Reader from Velocity Micro started shipping earlier this month and the preliminary Cruz Reader reviews are not good. In all fairness, though, there just aren’t very many Cruz Reader reviews to go off of yet. Borders was one of the first to start selling the Cruz Reader, but their customer review section has […]
The Android Powered Cruz Reader and Cruz Tablet Now up for Pre-Order
Thanks to a tip at MR, it looks like the Velocity Micro Cruz Reader and Cruz Tablet are now available for pre-order with an expected ship date of September 8th for the Reader and September 27th for the Tablet. The Cruz Reader is another multimedia device like the Pandigital Novel that can display movies, pictures, […]
Cruz Reader, Cruz StoryPad, and Cruz Tablet from Velocity Micro
So the big news this week is that Velocity Micro, a US-based computer and electronics company, has officially announced the upcoming release of three new Android-powered multimedia/ebook reading devices, the Cruz Reader, Cruz StoryPad, and Cruz Tablet. Each device is aimed at different markets. The StoryPad is designed for children, the Cruz Reader for reading […]