Found what I need (I guess)

It’s called an Archos 70. A 7 inch tablet with capacitive screen and multitouch. Runs on a modified Android 2.1 Eclair system (but advertised as 2.2 Froyo, which still needs to come in the form of an update). It’s pocketable, it should fit in the inside pocket of my jacket and weights about 300 grams which is more than half the weight of the (bigger) iPad. Something similar could be said about the price as well. Compared to the Galaxy Tab it does not have 3G, the iPad I had here didn’t have it either and for the purposes I use I doubt if I need it. And it has less memory on board: 8Gb instead of 16Gb. It allows for tons of tinkering, so maybe more posts will follow in the near future. It should be waiting for me by the time I come back in the Netherlands. Can’t wait, but have to…. it’s ordered but it has not shipped yet and that might take a while as it’s sold out and backorder info tells me it will be halfway December before it will be shipped. On the downside, no Harbour Master……. Maybe I just have to settle for Angry Birds.

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