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Did you actually test it ?

No but I'm aware of the manufacturer's costs for capacitive display technology, SoC, and other BOM (bill of material) parts, and the manufacturer's costs for even halfway decent parts is about $200.

Nevermind that this manufacturer is small comparatively, and thus can't sell the number of units required for the discounts the likes of Apple, Samsung, and Motorola get.

For $100? Do you really need to?

Ok I am not expecting miracles here. How usable is it? Will it play angry birds (smoke test). Bascially, is this a repeat of the previous $100 android tablet fiasco?

It looks like it has a 1Ghz MIPS CPU & a GPU that supports OpenGL ES 2.0 & operates @ 444Mhz, so I would say Angry Birds is a yes.

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