The 10-inch screen tablet will run Android 3.0 or Honeycomb, while the 7-inch device will run on Android 2.2 (now quite obsolete as both Honeycomb and Android 2.3 have been around for months). Users will also have an option to boot both tablets with Microsoft's Windows 7 OS, which -- while far from perfect for tablets -- can be a nice option for many Windows users. Richard Ma, Gigabyte's senior vice president, says the idea behind a dual-boot Android-Windows device is to give business users an option to edit their documents on the go -- often a tough task on Android tablets.
Other specs for these devices are sparse: Ma says both will be powered by Intel Atom processors, but neither will include a USB port. It seems Gigabyte has determined users don't need it since the company's last tablet S1080 (pictured above) was a Windows 7-based device with three USB ports.
Gigabyte's new tablets are slated to hit the market in October 2011 at a price that has not yet been determined, but it will be less than $400, Ma says. Gigabyte also plans to start working on a Windows 8 tablet by year's end, and that device should hit the shelves in the final quarter of 2012.