Viewsonic G Tablet pulled from Staples stores, ‘manufacturing defect’ to blame

Oh boy, we’ve not been shy about our love for NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 , but the tablets that have opted to use it so far keep meeting the same miserable end: discontinuation from shop floor availability. First the Toshiba Folio 100 bit the British dust because of a bunch of quality control issues , and now Viewsonic’s G Tablet is getting its marching orders from Staples, with only a “manufacturing defect” cited as the cause. If we weren’t such charitable souls, we might suggest the defect was simply that this tablet wasn’t very good yet someone still chose to manufacture it. Let’s not be hasty, though — it’s a good idea to see what Office Depot does with its inventory before completely writing the G Tablet off. [Thanks, Rob] Continue reading Viewsonic G Tablet pulled from Staples stores, ‘manufacturing defect’ to blame Viewsonic G Tablet pulled from Staples stores, ‘manufacturing defect’ to blame originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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