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Verizon’s joint tablet offering with Google may include a multitouch display from N-Trig, a highly-regarded Israeli company known for producing top-notch TabletPC displays. N-Trig has produced two- and four-fingered multitouch displays for HP, Dell, and Lenovo. While N-Trig is focused on Windows 7, Lenny Engelhardt, VP of Business Development, has hinted that the company is eyeing the mobile space; looking closely at Android as an alternative venue for its display technology.
Supposedly codenamed the gPad, this Verizon and Google tablet is shaping up to a powerhouse device. Thought to be powered by Tegra2 processor running on top of Google’s Chrome OS, the Verizon gPad is rumored to be manufactured by HTC with N-Trig technology. You have Verizon, the nation’s #1 wireless carrier with a large potential pool of users, HTC, the premier mobile handset manufacturer for Google’s Android OS, a dual-core processor from NVIDIA, and now a multitouch screen from a top touchscreen display manufacturer. What more could you want?
If this product pans out and is as good as these rumors suggest, then this Verizon-branded device may be the “must-have” tablet when it launches on Black Friday. While I normally eschew in-store shopping on that crazy day of retail madness, I may have to don some combat gear and fight the masses to get my hands on this exciting new Verizon tablet. Anyone going to join me?
About The Author
Kelly Hodgkins
Kelly spent the last four years covering mobile technology at places like BGR, Gizmodo and The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Before writing, she spent a few years working with and teaching others how to use Adobe Flash and Macromedia Director. Even earlier than that, she spent several years as a Ph.D student in Microbiology. When she's not writing, she can be found fishing the lakes and hiking the mountains of Western Maine with her husband and tribe of children. You can follow her on Twitter @kellyhodgkins.
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