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You may remember [eviGroup's](http://www.engadget.com/tag/evigroup) range of [SmartPaddle Windows 7 tablets,](http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/evigroup-debuts-windows-based-smartpaddle-tablet/) the latest arriving back in March with the heavy-duty price of $1,800. Now it's produced a budget-model and rechristened the hefty original as the SmartPaddle Pro. The new SmartPaddle (keep up) has a 10.2-inch 1024 x 600 capacitive multitouch screen, 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, 2GB RAM, 32GB SSD and a 1.66GHz [Intel Atom N455](http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/intel-atom-n455-and-n475-mysteriously-popup-on-asus-placards/) that runs Windows 7. Battery life is rated for five hours and the only build-to-order option you have is to squeeze a 120GB HDD in there too -- but they don't recommend you do. The company has stopped talking up its [webcam-based gesture controls](http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/16/evigroup-paddle-tablet-goes-pro-gets-cursor-controlling-head-t/) (probably for the best) and has made the old-school move of including a physical scroll-wheel along one side of the device. It's available to order now, at the comparably barganacious price of €660 ($900).
[Thanks, Nicolas]
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