Enso whips up two smartphones and three new slates, but we wouldn’t order any of ‘em

Oh, Enso — should you really give us a reason to wish? After handling what felt like a case of the vaporwares, and then being epically disappointed with the zenPad (that’s now out of stock, curiously) that you just finally shipped, we just can\’t muster up the courage to see fondly upon the five new products which can be gracing your webstore. That said, folks that don\’t mind risk taking and really enjoy the concept of fighting for money back have three new MIDs / slates to ponder together with a pair of Android-based smartphones to think about. Let\’s break \’em down real quick, we could?

zenPad 2 ($219; shipping now): Here you have got a 5-inch, Android 1.5-based MID with an 800 x 480 resolution resistive touchscreen, a bundled stylus, inbuilt 3G, 802.11a/b/g WiFi, microSD slot (8GB included), 128MB of RAM, 256MB NAND Flash, a 624MHz Marvell PXA303 Xscale CPU, integrated accelerometer, onboard GPS, micro-USB port, 3.5mm headphone jack and a battery good for 4.5 hours of use. We\’re told that an Android 2.1 update is \” imminent,\” but we believe that about as much as we believe BP\’s promise to \” make it right.\”
zenPad 3 ($249; pre-order): This here tablet boasts the exact same specifications as the zenPad 2 (down to the battery life and determination), but it surely rocks a 7-inch design that\’ll aid people who can\’t squint hard enough to work out fonts on the 5-inch sibling.
zenPad 4 ($199; shipping now): We hate to state the plain, but that is quite obviously an iPad KIRF — all the way down to the Home button. You\’ll find a 10.2-inch resistive touchpanel with a 1,024 x 600 resolution (one who Enso swears up and down \” has a fast response and works o.k.\” ), together with Android 2.1, 802.11a/b/g WiFi, 256MB of RAM, 2GB of storage, a microSD slot (8GB included), a 1GHz Cortex A8 CPU, built-in accelerometer and a 2,400mAh battery that\’s good for 5 to 7 hours of life.
zenPhone ($349; shipping now): So… it feels like a Nexus One KIRF, it\’s called a zenPhone, yet it says it\’s a MID. Oh, and it\’s not this ZenPhone. Whatever the case, it\’s got a 4.3-inch resistive touchscreen (800 x 480), 3G HSDPA radio, 802.11a/b/g WiFi, Bluetooth, 256MB of NAND Flash, a microSD slot (8GB included), a 3.2 megapixel rear camera, 0.3 megapixel front-facing camera, a 2,600mAh battery, onboard GPS, 3.5mm headphone jack and — look ahead to it — Maemo 5 running the show. Yeah, seriously.
zenDroid ($319; pre-order): Available in the market for a Droid KIRF, are you? You\’ve come to the ideal place, with this one offering a 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen (800 x 480), 3G HSDPA, 802.11a/b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, an FM radio tuner, Android 2.1 (\” upgradable to 2.2,\” we\’re told), a microSD slot (8GB bundled in), 512MB of NAND Flash, a 624MHz Marvell PXA935 processor, 5 megapixel rear camera, 0.3 megapixel front-facing camera, a 1,500mAh battery, onboard GPS, 3.5mm headphone jack and a micro-USB connector.

[Thanks, Neil]

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