It seems that each and every major gadget maker out there has its sights set on tablets… the best proof of that coming from CES 2012. Panasonic now has a Skype tablet apparently, that was taken for a hands-on spin by the guys of Engadget. Don’t expect much here, aside from your average slate with chatting capabilities (video call included).
This device features a 7 inch LCD, a 3.5mm audio jack, an SD card slot and front webcam for the those videocalls. The guys of CES didn’t disclose any extra info here, so I have no idea if this is an Android device or if it runs Windows. It appears that the unit also has Facebook integration, with a special Facebook widget, so the word “widget” makes me think about Android here. I guess that you don’t need much of a CPU to only run Skype and FB, so even a 1GHz single core unit could do the trick…
Speculating even more, I wonder if there are any special Skype offers bundled with this service, and if the price is affordable for such a model, that looks like a niche product. As far as the pics show, this is a pretty bulky Panasonic tablet, so it may be a fixed gadget rather than a portable one, after all…
