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Cisco To Challenge iPad With Cius 'Business Tablet'
GMGruman and several other readers noted Cisco's announcement of the forthcoming 7-inch Android-based iPad challenger, the Cius, which "... will offer multiple networking capabilities, keyboard and mouse support, and the ability to do videoconferencing. Cisco says it will cost less than $1,000, or about the same as an iPad. The Cius will come with a front-facing high-definition video camera that can record 720p video at 30 frames per second and a 5-megapixel camera at the back that can capture high-quality video and still images. Users will be able to engage in live video calls [most likely via WebEx] when the tablet is docked or being held. Some units will be available this fall, though general availability is not expected until early 2011."
Meh ... they just bought an existing company.
I prefer rogues to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.
I agree, it is not as if Cisco had prior history with the iphone name either.
Try to hack my 31337 firewall!
Actually, exactly the opposite is true: once Cisco completes an acquisition, they pull all development in-house. In the case of Linksys, which really was just a marketing company (everything was outsourced, from board layouts to software to case design), it was a real effort to get everything from the OEMs.
After that, all soft/hardware development is done internally. Cisco employs a vast number of engineers.
Also, they don't rename everything "IOS". IOS is very specific software that runs on certain systems. None of the Linksys stuff runs it, for example.
So I don't think you really know what you're talking about.
It's Android. The UI's already built.
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