ZTE V9A Light Tab 2 will tip up next month

CHINESE GADGET MAKER ZTE will launch its V9A Light Tab 2 tablet at the end of next month.

Online retailer Clove has announced the Android tablet will be available at the end of February for £234. The last we heard from ZTE, way back in March of last year, was that it would tip up in the second half of 2011. Now it has told us there is no further information than what Clove has given.

Clove said on its blog, "From one of the world's largest smartphone manufacturers, the Light Tab is a 7in tablet computing solution that offers performance and reliability at a price that we all prefer."

The specifications have improved since we first heard about the tablet last year. It will now come with a 1.4GHz processor and Google's Android 2.3 Gingerbread rather than a 1GHz chip and Android 2.2 Froyo.

It will still have a 7in capacitive touchscreen and other technology features include WiFi, 3G, 4GB of internal storage and a 3.2MP rear facing camera. It will be 12.6mm thick and be powered by a 3,400mAh battery.

ZTE also will be launching its first smartphone of the year next month, the Windows Phone 7.5 Tania. The firm is hoping to take the UK by storm this year but the handset doesn't have the backing of major mobile operators. µ