Borders taking orders for two Android tablets

“Borders is now taking pre-orders for two seven-inch Android
tablets, the $200 Cruz Reader and the $300 Cruz Tablet, and says
the first of the devices will ship by the end of this month. Both
tablets offer conventional backlit color touchscreens, but the
Reader is resistive while the Tablet is capacitive, the reseller
says.

“Velocity Micro’s Cruz Reader and Cruz Tablet were announced
last month along with a child-oriented, $150 Cruz StoryPad that
Borders doesn’t appear to be carrying. The device are positioned as
vehicles for e-books, but they both use backlit color screens, run
Android, and include Wi-Fi, web browsers, and a variety of other
software.

“Borders opened its website to pre-orders of the Cruz Reader and
Cruz Tablet today, and says the devices will ship on Sept. 30 and
Oct. 15 respectively. There is still no information on what version
of Android they’ll use, however, nor have the tablets’ CPUs been
named.”

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