And I thought Cherry Mobile is the only local company capable of coming out with Android devices. Torque also had two Android handsets in its lineup, particularly the Droiz Tandem and Droidz Dual, but these were released months ago and the company’s silence seemed to indicate that it would be dropping its Android efforts. Fortunately, Torque appears to be back in the fight.
In its Facebook page, Torque revealed the Droiz View, a 7-inch tablet running Android 2.2 Froyo. The tablet has the following specs and features:
Torque Droidz View Specifications
• 800MHz CPU + 400MHz DSP
• Android 2.2 (froyo)
• 7” screen w/ 2-point touch for easy zoom
• WiFi
• 4-dimensional gravity sensor
• Storage: 2GB internal/32GB micro-SD slot
• VGA camera
• multi-language support
• Standby time: 10 hours, Video playback: 3 hours
The Torque Droidz View is going up against Cherry Mobile’s Cherry Pad and Cherry Pad Turbo Android tablets. The Cherry Pad has almost the same specs as Droidz View, but with a bigger 4GB internal storage. It’s unknown if the Droiz View has capacitive or resistive screen, though. If it’s resistive, then the Cherry Pad, which also has resistive screen, has better specs overall. In terms of price the Cherry Pad is cheaper at P3,899. If you have the extra cash to spend, you should consider the P6,899 Cherry Pad Turbo which has much improved specs like 1.2 GHz CPU, HDMI port, Gingerbread OS and Bluetooth.
The Droidz View seems to be a weak effort from Torque but its good that some local company is giving Cherry Mobile some competition. I hope Torque will come up with better-specced tablets in the future.
If you want to check out the Torque Droidz View tablet, you can visit Torque’e concept kiosks found in these areas:
GMA
– G/F Entrance, Ever Gotesco Manila Plaza, Recto Ave., Manila
– 2/F Isetann Recto (Near Escalator), Recto Ave., Manila
– L/G Cyberzone, SM Manila
– 2/F Cash & Carry Mall, Makati
– 4/F Cyberzone, Bldg. A, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong
– 2/F (In front of Tom’s World), Robinson’s Forum, Mandaluyong
– 4/F Cyberzone, Annex, SM North Edsa
– L/G Cyberzone, SM Cubao
– Bridgeway, SM Bicutan
– 3/L Digi shop, Festival Mall, Alabang
– 2/F Sunshine Mall, FTI, Taguig
– 3/F Cyberzone, SM Southmall, Las Pinas
– 3/F Cyberzone, SM Fairview, Q.C.
– Level 1 (Near Bench), Robinson’s Nova Market, Fairview, Q.C.
– G/F Riverbanks Centre, Marikina
– 3/F Cybertech Area, Victory Mall Monumento, Caloocan City
LUZON
– 3/F Victory Mall Park & Shop, Antipolo
– 2/F Robinson’s Junction, Cainta
– 3/F MyDomain area, Robinson’s Metro East, Cainta
– 3/F Cyberzone, SM Masinag, Cainta
– G/F Phase 3, Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall, Cainta
– G/F Baguio Center Mall, Baguio City
– 2/F CSI Mall, San Fernando, La Union
– Torque Concept Store, JP Rizal St., Poblacion North, Solano, Nueva Vizcaya
– G/F Talavera Hypermart, Cauayan City, Isabela
– 2/F Magic Star Mall, Tarlac
– G/F Cyberzone, SM Pampanga
– 2/F SM Molino, Cavite
– 3/F Cyberzone, SM Bacoor, Cavite
– G/F Plaza Carolina, Tagaytay City
– 2/F SM Batangas
– 2/F Cyberzone, SM Calamba, Laguna
– 2/F Cyberzone, SM Naga, Naga City, Camarines Sur
VISAYAS
– 2/F Cyberzone, SM Cebu
– 2/F Cyberzone, Northwing, SM Bacolod
MINDANAO
– Torque Concept Store, 3/F Spazio, Gaisano Mall Davao
– Torque Kiosk-In-Shop, Perfecom, G/F Robinson’s Gensan
– G/F Roy Plaza (in front of grocery), Valencia, Bukidnon
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SIR..PEDE KAYANG DALHIN DITO SA SAUDI YAN? MADALI KAYANG MAKA CONNCET SA INTERNET F EVER NA WIFI OR 3G DIN BA MERON SIMCARD…KALIMITAN KASI DITO SA ALKHUBAR WALANG APPLICATION PARA GUMANA SA ANG WIFI…SANA MA TESTING NATIN DITO KUNG PAPASOK AT GUMAGANA…
EMIL SAUDI ARABIA emiliano@kfupm.edu.sa
diba may tablet n kayo na pwedeng lagyan ng sim?does it release already?
may sim card bah yan???
apad tablet sana bibilhin ko sa sulit.com ..pero sabi ng friend ko torque na lang para sure daw..sa palagay niyo di agad nasisira??? pwd bang gumamit ng keyboard sa torque ablet..sa sulit kc full package na 3k lang
pnu po gmitin sa droidz flash ang globe tattoo brodband?