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Wikipad is a Los Angeles, US based tablet and tablet peripherals manufacturer specializing in gaming products marketed to gamers. Their debut product was the Wikipad 7, a proprietary Android tablet hardware engineered for mobile gaming. Marketed as a video gaming tablet it features an attachable gamepad, and is powered by a quad core Nvidia Tegra. The tablet uses the Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) operating system, shipping as a Google certified product which allows access to the Google Play marketplace for applications and media.
The tablet is one of two Sony PlayStation certified tablets. Wikipad is marketed for playing games designed for the Android platform, as well for utilizing game streaming services such as Onlive, PlayStation Now, and Steam for PC games. The tablet itself also functions as a standard tablet and in specification is markedly similar in all aspects to the Google Nexus 7, the specification difference is that the Wikipad has upgradeable side loading storage, and HDMI out.
Wikipad was founded by James Bower, Brendan Iribe (CEO of Oculus VR) and Matthew Joynes to bring console fidelity gaming control to the tablet market.