Cisco Cius Full Specs Released

by Aditya on July 4, 2010 · 0 Comments

Cisco has just announced its new tablet Cius which is expected to arrive early next year. The tablet would be running Android 2.2 and has 7″ SVGA display with camera facing both towards and away from the user. You can download Cisco-Cius brochure. Also some key features of Cius are:

• Campus mobility with IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n, and broad mobility with 3G (4G planned) cellular support

• High-resolution multi-touch color display with an intuitive user interface

• High-definition (HD) video with Cisco TelePresence^™ solution interoperability

• Virtual desktop client integration (VDI) and cloud computing

• Full range of Cisco Collaboration and Unified Communication applications

• Open access to the Google Android Market with appropriate IT controls

• Expanded Android applications for business, linking Cisco Collaboration APIs through a software developer kit (SDK)

• Accessories, sold separately, which include base stations for enhanced capabilities and carrying cases for stylish yet functional protection while mobile

And here we present the full specs of Cisco’s tablet Cius:

Features and Benefits

Feature		Benefit
Tablet Hardware
Industrial design		7-inch multi-touch tablet form factor that allows device mobility while providing an ideal viewing experience for documents, web pages, and video conferencing
Display		• Backlit, WSVGA capacitive touchscreen LCD with 1024 x 600-pixel effective resolution • Supports various multi-touch gesture commands to interact with contacts, collaboration applications, voice and video calling, and third-party applications
Video through forward-facing camera		• HD video communication with Cisco TelePresence interoperability for immersive video communication • Capable of 720p 30-fps HD video encoding and decoding
Rear-facing camera		Captures 5-megapixel still pictures or VGA-quality video for vertical market applications
Buttons		• Power • Volume control • Mute • Home • Menu • Back
Connectivity
Wi-Fi Ethernet	As an alternative to wired Ethernet and to allow mobility, supports an onboard Wi-Fi radio and antenna that enables connectivity to Wi-Fi networks
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 3.0 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR), providing accessory flexibility and convenience by allowing un-tethered headset and keyboard connections
Accessories
HD media station	Expanded capabilities through: • 3 USB ports • 3.5-mm headset jack • 10/100/1000-Gbps switch ports for wired connections and Power over Ethernet (PoE) • Additional speaker for wideband hands-free communications • DisplayPort^™ to connect to a larger display for an immersive video experience and for a virtualized desktop experience • Two handset options: standard and slimline
Charging dock	Elegant charging dock to recharge the replaceable battery
Carrying case	Provides LCD protection while transporting the Cisco Cius^™ business tablet
Firmware
New user experience	Multi-touch user interface with a contact-centric focus
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling	SIP interoperation with call-control and partner applications, enabling a rich unified communications experience
Application support	Android-enabled applications provided by Cisco application development partners, customer’s development staff, and the Android developer community through the Android Marketplace

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Support

• Cisco Unified Communications Manager targeted for release in Q4 CY2010

Licensing

Software licensing requirements will be communicated at a later date.

Product Specifications

Table 2 summarizes Cisco Cius product specifications.

Table 2. Product Specifications

Specification	Description
Dimensions (height x width x depth)	8.85 x 5.5 x 0.59 in. (225 x 140 x 15 mm)
Weight	1.15 lb (0.52 kg)
Display	Thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display with backlight system
Display area	7-in. diagonal (153.6 H x 90.0 V)
Display Resolution	1024 H x 600 V WSVGA
Front camera	• Video capture at 720 x 480 pixels at 30 fps • Autofocus with 2X digital zoom • LED indicator to show video status
Rear camera	5 megapixels with 8X digital zoom
Processor	Intel Atom 1.6 GHz
Ports and slots	• Micro SD slot • Micro USB • HDMI • 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack
Connectivity	IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi
Memory	1 GB RAM and 32 GB eMMC flash memory
Sensors	• 3-axis accelerometer • Ambient light sensor
Microphone	Dual-array microphone system
Speakers	2 speakers
Battery	• Removable 5200 mAh battery • Battery estimated use times will be provided at a later date (battery is expected to last up to 8 hours for typical business use)
Power	Support for IEEE 802.3at PoE, class 4
Protocols	• SIP for signaling • H.264/AVC
Audio codecs	• AAC-LD, AAC-LC, HE-AAC, MP3, WAV, G.711, G.722, G.729, iSAC, and iLBC
Operating system	Android 2.2 (Froyo)
Options	Two SKU options that support Wi-Fi only and 3G and 4G to allow always-on connectivity
Language support	• Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, and English-plus localized prompts for the United Kingdom, Estonian, French, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish (Spain), Slovak, Swedish, Serbian (Republic of Serbia and Republic of Montenegro), and Slovenian