The Launched
The mobile market globally has been in the grips of portable pads and tablets for quite sometime now. In response to this growing frenzy, tech groups and companies all over the world are down in a contest to outbid each other in launching and re-launching of their gizmos to fast capture the growing interest of possible consumers. Not far away from this flurry of action is the French Evigroup Company who has upgraded afresh its recently launched PaddlePro into the SmartPaddle tablet. This newly launched pad is almost similar to its predecessor except for few tweaks here and there to increase its face value.

Functionality
This obviously slimmer and less weighty SmartPaddle comes with the same interesting feature of its antecedent of head-tracking capabilities. Which means that instead of the mouse, the cursor is moved by user’s head; and when you look into any link for more than a few seconds, the item gets clicked and selected. The two-piece set comes as being more than just portable as it is accompanied with a keyboard. But the keyboard being wireless makes the pad useful and more mobile. Although driven with nothing exciting but Windows7 (Home Premium 32-bit standard) operative system it gets a new 3D interface called Scale and is powered by Intel processor. The pad makes a mark in a package of accessories of a wireless keypad, speaker resorts, docking station with inbuilt charger plug, USB and Ethernet ports and packed in a fitting leather case.

What to expect?
The product with its standard Wi-Fi, Bluetooth EDR 2.1, 3G accessible via a SIM slot and A-GPS chip, assures reliability and autonomy. Furthermore, connecting to friends and colleagues were never better with the integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam and an internal microphone. Also, the jack in the dock station helps house two external speakers 1.5w each. It is capable of 1080p video playback, has a battery life of 5 hours and the screen being 1366 x 768 pixels gives a slightly superior picture experience.
What not to expect?
The tablet is however expensive at about $1,820. Also, the Windows 7 OS makes it nothing much alluring to work with.
Wrap Up
The SmartPaddle tablet has many gorgeous features, although built on similar lines to its earlier predecessor the PaddlePro. Its pricey deal however makes it a little too over-the-top for its lack of much innovative features on offer.