The next tablet is a Next tablet

We’re shocked, nay stunned. Retailers Next have released their own-branded Android tablet device.

The ten-inch tablet advertised on their website for £180 includes a touch screen, wifi, has 8Gb RAM and runs on Google’s Android OS. It’s not clear if this will be in-store as well. The tablet is currently not available next day but quotes  stock delivery “within  3-4 days.” The tablet isn’t the only tablet device on the Next site it shares space with the Archos range of tablets.

Who’s next? Any guesses?

UPDATE – A nice press officer from Next gets in touch and updates us on the tablet. The Media Tablet was launched in the Next Christmas brochure last Thursday (September 23) and at present the Media Tablet is only available to buy via next.co.uk and the directory.

The full very impressive feature list includes;

10″ LED TOUCHSCREEN.
10.1″ DIAGONAL – 1024 x 600 PIXELS.
WIDESCREEN LED BACKLIT LCD.
1.0GHz LNX CODE 11 PROCESSOR.
256MB RAM DDRII DOUBLE RATE RAM.
8GB STORAGE.
SOFTWARE GOOGLE ANDROIDT 2.1 MOBILE OS.
ANDROID 2.1 DOES NOT CURRENTLY SUPPORT FLASH.
TOUCH OPTIMISED.
INTERNET & EMAIL READY.
802.11 B/G WI-FI WIRELESS CONNECTION.
10/100Mbps RJ45 ETHERNET (VIA OPTIONAL ADAPTOR).
LI-ION RE-CHARGEABLE BATTERY OFFERS 3 HOURS BATTERY LIFE (DEPENDING ON USAGE).
9V ~ 2100mA DC / 110~240V AC.
1 x USB 2.0 PORT.
3.5mm HEADPHONE PORT.
STEREO SPEAKERS.
VOLUME CONTROL.
MICRO SD CARD SLOT.
RESISTIVE TOUCH PANEL FOR FINGERTIP NAVIGATION.
PHYSICAL BACK BUTTON
G-SENSOR (AUTO LANDSCAPE/PORTRAIT ROTATION)
VIRTUAL ONBOARD KEYBOARD.
DIMENSIONS: 270mm x 179mm x 16mm.
WEIGHT – 695G.

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