The words “gaming tablet” don’t come together very often, but when they do, man, watch out, because that’s when things like the Ocosmos OCS-1 show up. And that’s the kind of thing you don’t see every day. Seriously–when’s the last time you heard about a handheld PC that could run Starcraft II? And that’s what the folks at Ocosmos have to say about the OCS-1.
This little tablet is packing a whole lot of power in its tiny frame, boasting a 1.5 GHz Atom Oak Trail processor, a 32 gig solid state drive with expandable memory from there, a 4.8 inch touch screen with WSVGA resolution, GPS, a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera, a second rear facing camera with three megapixel resolution, Wi-Fi (with 3G expected later) and micro-HDMI capability.
The computer looks like a phone or a handheld gaming system, with direction-pad buttons on the sides, and a slide-up screen that reveals a QWERTY keyboard underneat.
Spec-wise,we’re looking at a 1.5GHz or 1.9GHz single core Atom Oak trail chip, a 400MHz graphics processor with support for HD video decoding, and 720p HD video encoding. It runs Windows 7.
The handheld has 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, and 3G connectivity and a 5 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel capacitive touchscreen display. The computer has 32GB of stroage, a microSD card for expansion and a USB 2.0 port. It also has 2wo cameras – a rear-facing 5MP camera and a 1.3MP front-facing webcam.
But the best part about it, other than the awesome form factor and specs for such a small device, is the gaming aspect. The D-pads slide and click in eight directions, can be used and pressed down like analog sticks, and act as the mouse throughout Windows. There are right and left triggers on the top of the device. It’s like a PSP computer, with a real keyboard.
It’s got a pretty hefty feel, which is expected since it’s stuffed an entire Windows system into a 4.8” device form factor, and it fits nicely in your hand. The rear of the device is shaped such that the device is easy to hold when gaming and won’t tire out one’s hands. Unfortunately, due to the early Oak Trail silicon, the prototype was a barely functioning unit that made for a good industrial design/mechanical engineering sample, but things like the touchscreen and d-pads were not working. So the Ocosmos team has a bit of work ahead of them, but the OCS1 isn’t slated to ship until early next year, and we eagerly await the day we can get our hands on a finished product.
