Proof that the iPhone 4 and Galaxy Tab have had sex

I just got a very random, no-bullshit pitch from Marvel Digital (some Hong Kong company I’ve never heard of) for their TBT-10C 7″ Mercury Pad. If the iPhone 4 and 7″ Samsung Galaxy Tab had a random encounter at the Christmas party and this would be the unwanted bastard child.

The email just said the name of the product, listed its specs, listed the price, linked to the video I’ve embedded below, and said nothing else. It was actually kind of cool that there was no pitch. If that’s not exactly what most Internet geeks are looking for, I don’t know what is.

So here are the specs…

CPU : 1GHz Samsung S5PV210, ARM Cortex-A8 processor
Memory : DDR2 512MB
Storage : 4GB/8GB/16GB
OS: Android 2.3
LCD : 7″TFT, 16:9, 800 x 480
Touch Screen : Capacitive Multitouch
Camera : 0.3M forward facing 2 megapixel regular
SD Card : MicroSD up to 32GB
HDMI : 1080P HD Video Output
USB : USB Host 2.0, USB Device 2.0
Audio : Built-in Stereo Speaker, 3.5mm Stereo Headphone, Built-in Microphone
WIFI : 802.11 b/g
3G : External USB 3G Modules only (HUAWEI:E220, E1750, E156G, ZTE:MF637U)
G-Sensor : 360 Degree G-Sensor
Battery : 2250 mAH
Power : 9V/2A power adapter (100 – 240v input)
Power jack : 9V/2A power adapter (100 – 242v input)
Weight : 510 g

Here’s the price…
$259

and here’s ten minutes before this baby was conceived…

Do I smell Gingerbread?

Well, the rumors are coming in, and they’re not exactly the most positive things. As usual, people are throwing around the same tired-ass fragmentation argument.

Rumor 1.) Android 3.0 (Gingerbread) is due in mid-October, with the first handsets shipping in the Nov/Dec range for the holidays (which sounds like a revisitation of 2.0)
Rumor 2.) Minimum hardware requirements for Android 3.0 devices are: 1GHZ CPU, 512MB or RAM, displays from 3.5″ and higher.
Rumor 3.) A New 1280×760 resolution is available for the devices with displays of 4″ and higher (I keep screaming “convergence,” but I don’t know if anybody is listening…)
Rumor 4.) Completely new 3D-esque UI. This one seems almost logical. Hopefully you will be able to turn off all animations.
Rumor 5.) 3.0 will be for high end devices, and lower-end handsets will keep Android 2.1/2.2