Leadtek AMOR 8218 DECT phone with Tegra 2 Android tablet hands-on

While combing throughout the show floor at Computex , our fortunate selves stumbled upon a brand new phone-tablet duo at Leadtek’s booth. Oh, don’t be concerned, this is not yet another phone-in-pad design; but actually a VoIP / home phone docked next to an Android tablet. Dubbed AMOR Multimedia Phone 8218, the premise this is that the docking station acts as both a DECT base and a WiFi router, but additionally packs ZigBee radio to relay data from compatible devices (for healthcare, home surveillance, home automation, etc.) to the net.

Alas, there is no direct interaction between the telephone and the tablet, but we were still intrigued by the latter’s specs: Android 2.3 (although this demo unit had 2.2), Tegra 2, 7-inch 1,280 x 720 LCD, HDMI-out, and a front-facing camera for video calls. For a house device, here’s actually a fairly powerful package and positively an important upgrade from the AMOR 8210 announced earlier this year. No word on US availability, but Taiwanese buyers shall be ready to grab hold of an 8218 starting in September.

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