France’s eviGroup Announces 5″ Wallet MID

eviGroup revealed their first net tablet, the Android Wallet MID which will run on a 533/667MHz Samsung ARM CPU. There’s nothing about this 800 x 480 5″ iPod Touch look-a-like that will set it apart from the crowd. It has a 2 MP camera, 2 miniUSB ports, micro SD slot, 2/4/8GB of internal memory, built-in GPS, 126/256MB RAM, 3.5mm headphone jack, and a speaker of its own. It weighs 200 grams, while the iPhone 3GS is 135 grams for comparison sake.

Android France says eviGroup mentioned that they might be releasing a “possible input device”, most likely an ultra-slim portable keyboard. With regards to a release date, there is conflicting reports of either end of year release date or beginning of 2010, most likely through mistranslations.

It has yet to be seen what the perfect MID size is. With 5″ screens coming out such as the Wallet MID and the Archos 5, it might be a sign that manufacturers and designers are targeting consumers who still want to fit the device in their pocket but also have the ability to browse web pages at full width with ease. The Wallet MID does come with 3G/Wifi which might make it ideal to drag along with your mobile phone. One feature which the Archos 5 has is the ability to use the mobile phone’s 3.5 G connection to browse the web through BlueTooth. It is not clear whether the Wallet MID has this feature.

From Slashgear.