The ViewPad E70offers the ultimate in value and fun for a premium tablet experience at an affordable price, featuring Google's latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, super light weight compact design and premium apps and services.

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The Steamboat Springs castle stands 40ft high, but is more compact than the one in Minnesota, with small courtyards and ice tunnels that illuminate at night with light.

BBC: Two castles, built icicle by icicle

The 7'' Child Pad features a compact light weight design, the latest Android version, 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich", a 1GHz processor and 1GB of RAM.

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Haier keeps producing new ideas such as fridges with locks on them (to keep dormitory mates from snaffling your tofu), compact washing machines (for clothes for pampered Japanese pets) and freezers with compartments that keep ice-cream soft (for impatient gluttons).

ECONOMIST: Schumpeter