UGoos UG-LMW70 – 72 USD Android 4.0 7″ Touchscreen Tablet Powered By VIA WM8850 (Cortex A9) Processor

Back in January, VIA announced the WonderMedia Prizm WM8950 processor featuring a Cortex A9 processor @ 800 Mhz with a Mali-400 GPU, but recently I have seen a few tablets with the WM8850, the little (or rather the big) brother of WM8950, with the same Cortex A9 but cadenced at 1.2 GHz and Mali-400 GPU.

VIA has apparently not officially announced this new processor, and details are not available on Wondermedia website yet, but the WM8850 targets the same markets as AllWinner A10/A13 Cortex A8 processors and is said to be competitive in price.

Via WM8850 Android Tablet
Ugoos UG-LMW70

And it must be competitive, because I just found an Android ICS tablet based on WM8850 for $72 US (including shipping) on aliexpress (UGoos UG-LMW70) with the following specifications:

  • CPU –  Via Wondermedia WM8850 Cortex A9 @ 1.2GHz + Mali-400 GPU
  • Memory –  512MB RAM
  • Storage –  4GB NAND FLASH + microSD card slot (Up to 16 GB?)
  • Display – 7″ capacitive touch screen (800 x 480 pixels, 16:9)
  • USB – 1x USB 2.0 port
  • Video output –  HDMI mini with 3D video output support
  • Video containers –  AVI/WMV/RM/RMVB/ 3GP/MKV/MP4/ASF/VOB/MPG/MOV up to 1080P HD-Definition
  • Audio formats –  MP3/WMA/OGG/FLAC/WAV/ACC
  • Audio I/F – 3.5mm stereo headphone jack, built-in speaker
  • Connectivity – 802.11 b/g/n  Wi-Fi and 3G via an external USB 3G dongle
  • Camera – 1.3M front camera (or 0.3MP depending where you read…)
  • Battery – 2300mAH Li-Polymer rechargeable battery, 5 hours working time
  • G-sensor: Yes

The memory (512 MB) and screen resolution (800×480) are on the low side, but a tablet with a 7″ capacitive touchscreen featuring a Cortex A9 / Mali-400 SoC and running Android 4.0 selling for that price is quite a bargain, almost too good to be true. It’s not the cheapest, as there are sub-50 USD tablets around but they usually run Android 2.2 with a resistive touchscreen and an ARM11 CPU.

micdigi has a video of another tablet also based on WM8850 which you can watch to give you an idea of the performance. (Warning: the background music can be annoying…)

I finally decided to purchase it (for 76 USD before the 5% discount…). Even it turns out to just be a crappy Chinese tablet, I’ll always be able to use it for hacking on WM8850. That is if VIA releases the kernel source, thanks in advance VIA…

You may find a bit more information and pictures on the manufacturer website, and if you want to purchase it you can do so on Aliexpress. The 5% discount for 72.19 USD including international shipping apparently lasts 4 more days.

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sammy24elx
sammy24elx
12 years ago


hi.
it´s the same tablet that EKEN W70??

can it play 1080 movies?
does it works 1080 and hdmi?

sorry about my english.
i’m thinking buy the EKEN W70 but i want it to play movies and some are in full hd and i don´t want to recompress it again to be able to play in that tablet.
could you tell me something?.
thanks.

Aleksandr
Aleksandr
11 years ago

Hi all , I need to buy a touch screen on wm8850 . Where can I find my order? I live in Russia

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