T-Mobile, Huawei Tag Team Magenta's Next Mini Tab

One of the fastest-growing areas of Android hardware these days, aside from the breakneck pace of handsets and 10″ tablets, is 7″ tablets. Tmo’s next volley in the siege on consumers is the SpringBoard by Huawei. Officially announced at CTIA this week, we’ve scoured the interwebz to find these photos and first-look videos for you, our loyal readers.

With all the hullabaloo over the Amazon Kindle Fire and its magical sub-$200 price point, this could be a potential deal: sure, you’ve got to sign a contract and pony up the dough for a monthly contract, but HSPA+ (almost) anywhere and a couple of cameras, to boot? For possibly the same money? For some, this will be a no-brainer.

Here’s what we can glean from the videos, T-Mobile‘s site, and other leaked specs:

T-Mobile SpringBoard by Huawei

– 1.2GHz dual core SnapDragon processor
– Android 3.2 Honeycomb
– 7″ 1280×800 (16:10) IPS LCD (@217ppi)
– 16GB onboard storage
– 5MP rear camera (720p video)
– 1.3MP FFC
– Stereo SRS sound
– Aluminum unibody
– 4100mAh battery
– 13 ounces
– HSPA+ radio (14.4Mb/s max)
– 3.5mm miniplug with SRS
– MicroUSB
– MicroSD up to 32GB
– MicroHDMI out

– First Honeycomb tabby with Netflix preloaded
-“Ultra” affordable (~$200?)
– “Much sooner than” Xmas availability

Check your volume levels, we know everyone loves having their ears/speakers blown out by the “super-high-background-noise-levels” of trade show vids!