Going tablet: Android is Google's shot at hitting Microsoft where it hurts — mobile devices. Windows might still dominate PC operating systems, but it has never duplicated this overwhelming presence on the small screens of mobile phones, PDAs and the like. So far, Android has shaken things up by becoming the brains of an emerging group of cell phones. But, electronics maker CJK is using the Google creation to power its new Web tablet, the Camangi Webstation. Marketed as a diverse device capable of fulfilling a user's mobile Internet needs, the Webstation sports a 7-inch touch screen with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. The screen size is adequate for portability, but not so small you'll need to squint to read.
The processing power is not so promising, running on a 624MHz Marvell CPU. However, while it only has 128 megabytes of standard DDR onboard memory it augments this with 256 megabytes of flash memory, which is dedicated to the operating system. Running the operating system off flash memory may make up for the lack of processing power, which in itself falls well short of the modest abilities of marginally larger netbooks. The very tiny onboard memory can be boosted by using MicroSD cards, and the company does have the decency to throw an 8-gigabyte card into the package.
In keeping with its Internet aspirations it comes with built-in browser and e-mail setup and connects via Wi-Fi, both b and g varieties. It can also tap into 3G networks by using a dongle, not included. The device would have been better set up if it came with built-in 3G ability, although it does have a GPS module.