Toshiba’s AT270 is a not-yet announced tablet powered by NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor. Showed at the MWC 2012, the AT270 is a 7.7-incher with a 1280×800 AMOLED touchscreen display. No details have been announced but we can see a camera at the back, a microSD card slot, built-in speaker and a connection at the bottom that looks just like Apple’s 30-pin dock connector. It runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
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Gigabyte has built a new slate PC running Windows 7 for business and professional users, the S1081. Powered by Intel’s Atom N2800 1.86GHz Cedar Trail processor, the S1081 has 2GB/4GB of RAM and integrated Intel GMA 3600 graphics. It can be equipped with up to 256GB SSD or 500GB 5400RPM hard drive. The S1081 is the follow-up to the S1080.
The S1081 comes with a 10.1-inch 1024×600 multitouch display. It supports Bluetooth 4.0, Gigabit Ethernet and WiFi 802.11b/g/n as well as optional 3.5G mobile network. Its HDMI and VGA video output allows you to connect to a TV or projector for presentation during business meetings. There are also USB 3.0 port, and 1.3 Megapixel webcam.
Gigabyte also brings the D1080 multimedia docking station for the S1081. Other than DVD SuperMulti burner and a range of connection ports, the D1080 packs an audio system with 2 sets of dual channel speakers and 2 sets of 40mm woofer speakers. The docking station provides D-sub, two USB ports, HDMI, Ethernet, headphones jack, mic-in and extended battery connection port.
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Toshiba released its Excite 10 LE, the world’s thinnest and lightest 10-inch tablet, in the US. Also known as AT200 and Excite X10, the slim and lightweight tablet measures just 0.3 inches (7.7mm) thin and weighis just 1.18 pounds (535g). The price is $529.99 for 16GB model (AT205-T16) and $599.99 for 32GB model (AT205-T32). You can get one from Amazon.com. It comes loaded with Android 3.2 Honeycomb with future upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
The Excite 10 LE is powered by 1.2GHz Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 multicore mobile processor with 1GB of RAM. It sports a 10.1-inch AutoBrite IPS 1280×800 touchscreen display with 10-finger multitouch, Gorilla Glass and LED backlight. The 5 Megapixel main camera with LED flash is capable for 1080p Full HD video recording, and the 2 Megapixel front camera is ideal for video chat. It has micro HDMI port so users can show HD content on a big screen HDTV.
The Excite 10 LE supports Bluetooth, GPS and WiFi 802.11b/g/n and is equipped with Gyroscope, Accelerometer, eCompass and Ambient Light Sensor. There are also stereo speakers with sound enhancements by Toshiba and SRS Labs. MicroSD card slot is available for expansion and micro USB for charging and PC connection. The super slim tablet has built-in 25 watt-hour rechargeable lithium ion battery that provides up to 8 hours of use.
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Archos launches its Archos 80 G9 Turbo ICS tablet. As its name tells, the 8-inch tablet runs Android 4.0 ICe Cream Sandwich. It is powered by a 1.5GHz OMAP multi-core processor. The ICS tablet has a 1024×768 touchscreen, a 720p camera with HD 720p video recording.
The Archos 80 G9 Turbo ICS supports Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, GPS, and WiFi connectivity and comes equipped with g-sensor, e-compass. It offers HDMI output and USB HOST port. There are 8GB and 16GB models that are priced at GBO199.98 and GBP239.99 respectively.
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Finally, Apple officially announced the new iPad that packs a new powerful CPU, a new ultra high resolution display and support for 4G mobile network. While keeping the screen size at 9.7-inch, the new iPad gets a Retina Display with 2048×1536 ultra high resolution IPS multitouch touchscreen with 264ppi pixel density. It is powered by a dual-core Apple A5X SoC with quad-core graphics for enhance processing power and speed. The device will be loaded with the latest iOS 5.1.
The new iPad features a 5 Megapixel iSight camera with auto focus, IR filter, video stabilization, face detection and geotagging. The camera can record Full HD 1080p video at 30fps. The third generation iPad comes in WiFi-only model and WiFi+4G model. The latter supports LTE 700/2100MHz 4G network as well as quad-band UTMS 3G, HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA and quad-band GSM/EDGE networks. There is also a world-ready/Verizon model that adds support for CDMA EVDO Rev.A 3G network. The tablet also sports Bluetooth 4.0 with Bluetooth Smart, digital compass, Accelerometer, gyroscope. The WiFi+4G model includes also GPS/AGPS as well.
Apple’s new iPad is capable of Full HD recording and Full HD video playback and is able to streaming Full HD video to the new Apple TV 3 gen using AirPlay, and 720p AirPlay Mirroring. It comes with a built-in 42.5-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery that provides up to 10 hours of web surfing on WiFi. Apple will ship the new iPad on 16 March in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Switzerland, UK and the US Virgin Islands, and is now accepting pre-orders. The new iPad comes in black and white.
At the same time, Apple has lowered the price of 16GB iPad 2 for $399 for WiFi-only model, and $529 for WiFi+3G model.
Models and Pricing:
16GB WiFi – $499
32GB WiFi – $599
64GB WiFi – $699
16GB WiFi+4G – $629
32GB WiFi+4G – $729
64GB WiFi+4G – $829
Archos announced its new Child Pad, a 7-inch kid-friendly tablet running the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Designed for children, the Child Pad features a kid-friendly user interface with colored icons, home screen folders with direct access to games, entertainment, learning and puzzles; comes with 28 pre-loaded kid apps including Angry Birds, Pig Rush and Flight Frenz. Instead of ordinary Android market, the tablet access to the Kids App Store powered by AppsLib which is filtered down to 14 friendly categories and 10,000 apps including games, entertainment, communication, multimedia, books, comics, sports…etc.
The Child Pad is powered by a 1GHz processor and 1GB of RAM. It sports a 7-inch 1024×600 touchscreen. To ensure a safe tablet environment for kids and peace of mind for parents, the tablet complies with both CIPA and COPPA regulations. Parental control and safe web browsing functions are of course included.
The Archos Child Pad will be released in late-March for $129.
Along with the powerful quad-core PF100 and T98 tablets, ZTE also introduced four dual-core Android tablets – V96, V9S, V68 and V66. Both V68 and V66 support 4G LTE and CDMA mobile networks, while the V96 supports quad-band GSM/EDGE, quad-band UMTS/HSPA+ 42Mbps and 4G LTE networks, and the V9S supports only quad-band GSM/EDGE and dual-band UMTS/HSPA 14Mbps.
The V96 is the high-end model powered by a Qualcomm MSM8960 1.7GHz dual-core processor that will be shipped with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The other three models all run Android 3.2 Honeycomb on Qualcomm’s dual-core 1.2GHz processor. All of them get 1GB of RAM and 16GB eMMC onboard storage. The V96, V9S and V68 feature a 10.1-inch WXGA touchscreen and the V66 is a smaller tablet with 7-inch touchscreen.
ZTE’s dual-core Android tablets all sport 5 Megapixel auto focus camera, 2 Megapixel front camera, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. The V96 and V9S includes support for GPS/AGPS as well.
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Other than smartphones, Huawei also revealed at the MWC 2012 the MediaPad 10 FHD, the world’s first 10-inch quad-core tablet. The new tablet is boosted by a Huawei K3 1.5GHz quad-core processor with embedded GPU, offering fast processing power, 3D graphics and the capability to drive its 10-inch 1920×1080 Full HD IPS LCD touchscreen. Huawei is planning to release the MediaPad 10 FHD in Q2. [Huawei] |
Samsung announced its tablet line-up for 2012, the Galaxy Tab 2 series that comes in 7-inch and 10.1-inch versions. In fact, the company has announced the 7-inch model two week before. Except for the screen size and dimension, the 7.0 and 10.1 are just the same. Both of them are powered by 1Ghz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM, and will be shipped with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
The Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 comes with a 7-inch 1024×600 PLS touchscreen, while the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 has a 10.1-inch 1280×800 touchscreen. They sport a 3 Megapixel main camera and a VGA front camera for video chat; and come with Bluetooth 3.0, WiFi 802.11b/g/n connectivity and support for GPS/AGPS and Glonass location technology. Both 7-inch and 10.1-inch models are available wit 8GB, 16GB and 32GB capacities. There are 3G+WiFi version and WiFi-only version available for consumers to choose from, with the former works on quad-band GSM/EDGE and quad-band HSPA networks.
The Galaxy Tab 2 devices are pre-loaded with Samsung Apps, TouchWiz Ui, ChatON messenger, and Samsung Hub. The Tab 2 7.0 measures 193.7 x 122.4 x 10.5 mm and comes with 4,000mAh battery, and the Tab 2 10.1 measures 256.6 x 175.3 x 9.7 mm and has a 7,000mAh battery.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Specs:
Network | HSPA＋ 21Mbps 850/900/1900/2100 |
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Processor | 1 GHz Dual-Core Processor |
Display | 7” WSVGA(1024×600) PLS TFT |
| OS | Android 4.0(Ice Cream Sandwich) |
Camera |
Main(Rear): 3 Megapixel Camera Sub(Front): VGA for Video Call |
Video |
Codec: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, VC-1, DivX, WMV7, WMV8, WMV9, VP8 Format: 3GP, ASF, AVI, MP4, WMV, FLV, MKV, WebM Playback/ Recording: Full HD@30fps, HD@30fps |
Audio | Codec: MP3, AAC, AC-3, AMR, FLAC, MID, WMA, WAV, OGG Music Player with SoundAlive 3.5mm Ear Jack |
Value-added Features | Samsung TouchWiz/ Samsung L!ve Panel |
Samsung Apps | |
| Samsung Hub＊ - Readers Hub/ Music Hub/ Game Hub/ Video Hub | |
| Samsung Hub Widget＊ - Music Hub/ Game Hub/ Video Hub | |
| Samsung S Suggest＊ (App recommendation service) | |
| Samsung ChatON mobile communication service | |
Samsung AllShare Play＊ | |
| Samsung Kies / Samsung Kies air | |
| GoogleTM Mobile Services - Android Market™, Gmail™, YouTube™, Google Maps™, Syncing with Google Calendar™, Google Search, Google ＋ | |
| Polaris document editor | |
| A-GPS, Glonass | |
Connectivity | Bluetooth technology v 3.0 USB 2.0 Host Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct |
Sensor | Accelerometer, Digital compass, Light Proximity(＊ Available on 3G version only) |
Memory | 8/16/32GB User memory ＋ 1GB (RAM) microSD (up to 32GB) |
Dimension | 193.7 x 122.4 x 10.5 mm, 345g |
Battery | Standard battery, Li-ion 4,000mAh |
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1
Samsung announced its tablet line-up for 2012, the Galaxy Tab 2 series that comes in 7-inch and 10.1-inch versions. In fact, the company has announced the 7-inch model two week before. Except for the screen size and dimension, the 7.0 and 10.1 are just the same. Both of them are powered by 1Ghz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM, and will be shipped with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0
The Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 comes with a 7-inch 1024×600 PLS touchscreen, while the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 has a 10.1-inch 1280×800 touchscreen. They sport a 3 Megapixel main camera and a VGA front camera for video chat; and come with Bluetooth 3.0, WiFi 802.11b/g/n connectivity and support for GPS/AGPS and Glonass location technology. Both 7-inch and 10.1-inch models are available wit 8GB, 16GB and 32GB capacities. There are 3G+WiFi version and WiFi-only version available for consumers to choose from, with the former works on quad-band GSM/EDGE and quad-band HSPA networks.
The Galaxy Tab 2 devices are pre-loaded with Samsung Apps, TouchWiz Ui, ChatON messenger, and Samsung Hub. The Tab 2 7.0 measures 193.7 x 122.4 x 10.5 mm and comes with 4,000mAh battery, and the Tab 2 10.1 measures 256.6 x 175.3 x 9.7 mm and has a 7,000mAh battery.
Samsung GALAXY Tab 2 10.1 Specs:
Network | HSPA＋ 21Mbps 850/900/1900/2100 |
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Processor | 1 GHz Dual-Core Processor |
Display | 10.1” WXGA(1280×800) PLS TFT |
| OS | Android 4.0(Ice Cream Sandwich) |
Camera |
Main(Rear): 3 Megapixel Camera Sub(Front): VGA for Video Call |
Video |
Codec: MPEG4, H.264. H.263, VC-1, DivX, WMV7, WMV8, WMV9, VP8 Format: 3GP, ASF, AVI, MP4, WMV, FLV, MKV, WebM |
Audio | Codec: MP3, AAC, AC-3, AMR, FLAC, MID, WMA, WAV, OGG Music Player with SoundAlive 3.5mm Ear Jack |
Value-added Features | Samsung TouchWiz / Samsung L!ve Panel |
Samsung Apps | |
| Samsung Hub - Readers Hub/ Music Hub/ Game Hub/ Video Hub | |
| Samsung Hub Widget＊ - Music Hub/ Game Hub/ Video Hub | |
| Samsung S Suggest＊ (App recommendation service) | |
| Samsung ChatON mobile communication servicea | |
Samsung AllShare Play | |
| Samsung Kies / Samsung Kies air | |
| GoogleTM Mobile Services - Android Market™, Gmail™, YouTube™, Google Maps™, Syncing with Google Calendar™, Google Search, Google ＋ | |
| Polaris document editor | |
| A-GPS, Glonass | |
Connectivity | Bluetooth technology v 3.0 USB 2.0 Host Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct |
Sensor | Accelerometer, Digital compass, Light |
Memory | 16/32GB User memory ＋ 1GB (RAM) microSD (up to 32GB) |
Dimension | 256.6 x 175.3 x 9.7 mm , 588g |
Battery | Standard battery, Li-ion 7,000 mAh |
Samsung announced the new Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet, which is basically a Note-ized version of the Galaxy Tab 2.0 10.1. To be a Note, the tablet comes with S Pen stylus and the S Note tool that lets combine notes or sketches together with web content, images and other digital media into your own personalized storyboards. The tablet comes with various ready-to-use templates such as meeting minutes, recipe, cards, diary, magazine and more, and is able to digitize hand-drawn geometric shapes using the Shape Match function, which helps users to create more organized idea sketches and storyboards.
The Galaxy Note 10.1 is powered by a 1.4GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM. Like the Tab 2.0 10.1, the Note 10.1 has a 10.1-inch PLS 1280×800 touchscreen and a 3 Megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and Full HD video recording. It gets a 2 Megapixel front camera for video chat, instead of VGA camera on the Tab 2.0. The tablet runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with TouchWiz UI. In addition to Samsung Apps, Hubs, and S Pen Experience apps, the Note also comes pre-loaded with Adobe Photoshop Touch and Adobe Ideas.
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 comes in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models. It supports Bluetooth 3.0 and WiFi 802.11b/g/n connectivity and has a microSD/SDHC card slot. There are 3G+WiFi and WiFi-only version models. The 3G version supports GPS/AGPS and quad-band GSM/EDGE and quad-band 21Mbps HSPA networks.
Samsung reveals the latest member of its Galaxy Tab line, the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus N 7-inch tablet. Powered by a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, the new 7.0 Plus N model runs Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating system with Samsung’s TouchWiz. The new tablet is available in 3G+WiFi model and WiFi-only version.
Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus N comes with a 7-inch 1024×600 PLS touchscreen display, a 3.2 Megapixel rear auto focus camera with 720p HD video recording, a 2 Megapixel front-facing camera and 16GB of internal storage capacity. It supports Bluetooth 3.0 and WiFi 802.11b/g/n and the 3G model will support quad-band GSM/EDGE and dual-band UMTS/HSDPA+ up to 21Mbps.
The Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus N will be available in pure white and metallic gray. 3G version costs Euro 569 and the WiFi only model ask as for Euro 499.
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Samsung introduces its latest addition to its tablet line, the Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) that serves as the successor to the original 7-inch Galaxy Tab model. Powered by a 1GHz dual core processor with 1GB of RAM, the Galaxy Tab 2 is the company’s first Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0-powered tablet. It comes with a 1024×600 PLS touchscreen, a 3 Megapixel main camera, and a VGA front-facing camera for video chat.
Samsung’s new tablet supporting Full HD video recording at 30fps. It comes with 8GB, 16GB or 32GB of onboard memory and supports microSD/SDHC up to 32GB. The Galaxy Tab 2 is available in WiFi-only model and WiFi+3G model. It supports Bluetooth 3.0, WiFi 802.11b/g/n with support for WiFi Direct and the 3G version adds A-GPS and Glonass. The 3G model supports HSPA＋ 21Mbps 850/900/1900/2100 mobile network.
The ICS tablet will be pre-loaded with a bunch of Samsung apps and tools including TouchWiz UI, Samsung Readers Hub/ Music Hub/ Game Hub/ Video Hub, Samsung ChatON. The Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) will be available in global market from March, starting from UK.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) Specs:
Network | HSPA+ 21Mbps 850/900/1900/2100 |
|---|---|
Processor | 1 GHz Dual-Core Processor |
Display | 7” WSVGA(1024×600) PLS TFT |
OS | Android 4.0(Ice Cream Sandwich) |
Camera | Main(Rear): 3 Megapixel Fixed Focus Camera Sub(Front): VGA for Video Call |
Video | Codec: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, VC-1, DivX, WMV7, WMV8, VP8 Format: 3GP, ASF, AVI, MP4, WMV, FLV, MKV, WebM Playback/ Recording: Full HD@30fps, HD@30fps |
Audio | Codec: MP3, AAC, AC-3, AMR, FLAC, MID, WMA, WAV, VorbisMusic Player with SoundAlive 3.5mm Ear Jack |
Value-added Features | Samsung TouchWiz/ Samsung L!ve Panel UX |
| Samsung Apps | |
| Samsung Kies / Samsung Kies air | |
Samsung Hub＊ - Readers Hub/ Music Hub/ Game Hub/ Video Hub | |
Samsung Hub Widget＊ - Music Hub/ Game Hub/ Video Hub | |
| Samsung S Suggest＊ (App recommendation service) | |
Samsung ChatON mobile communication service | |
| AllShare Play＊ | |
| GoogleTM Mobile Services- Android Market™, Gmail™, Google Earth™, YouTube™, Google Maps™, Syncing with Google Calendar™ | |
| Polaris | |
| A-GPS, Glonass (＊ Available on 3G version only) | |
Connectivity | Bluetooth® technology v 3.0USB 2.0 HostWi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct |
Sensor | Accelerometer, Digital compass, Light Proximity(＊ Available on 3G version only) |
Memory | 8/16/32GB User memory ＋ 1GB (RAM) |
Dimension | 193.7 x 122.4 x 10.5 mm, 344g |
Battery | Standard battery, Li-ion 4,000mAh |
E Ink published their January financial results, and the revenue was about $48 million - which is a 63% drop compared to last year (and 11% drop compared to December). Despite this the company is still expected to post revenues of over NT$40 billion in 2012 - a 5% increase over 2011. Some web sites are reporting that this marks the "end of the e-reader" - with tablets clearly winning the race. This is an interesting debate. Most people agree that a dedicated e-paper reader is far better as a reading device (because of the screen quality, sunlight readability, weight, cost and battery life) - but Tablets are obviously much more versatile.
Meanwhile, Pacific Crest analyst Chad Bartley has published his 2012 forecasts for the Kindle. He sees Amazon selling just 24 million e-reader Kindles - his previous estimate was 28.6 million. He also expects Amazon to sell 14.9 million Kindle Fires (up from 12.7 million in his earlier estimates). Interestingly, by the way, E Ink is supplying the display for the Fire as well.
Personally I love my Kindle e-reader - much better than the Kindle Fire. I find reading on an LCD to be quite annoying, and it's also too heavy for me to hold for long periods (it's more than double the weight of the Kindle Touch). I think that most people who actually want to read will prefer the e-reader, and 24 million devices in 2012 is still a very large market for Amazon.
source: UberGizmo, DailyFinance
Fujitsu releases in Japan its new STYLISTIC M350/CA2 Android tablet for the enterprise market. The 7-inch tablet is powered by a Freescale i.MX 53 Cortex A8 1GHz processor with 512MB of RAM. It has a 7-inch 1024×600 touchscreen and offers mini HDMI output allowing business users to bring their presentations on a bigger screen easily.
The STYLISTIC M350/CA2 comes with the NX! input powered by ATOK to boast high speed and high accuracy in recognizing kanji characters. It supports Bluetooth 2.1 and WiFi 802.11b/g/n connectivity. Its Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS may disappoint you though.
The Fujitsu tablet weighs approximately 420g and has been designed with different character input modes: numeric keypad, QWERTY, and hand-writing recognition if required. Its also equipped with Fujitsu’s unique “NX! Input powered by ATOK” character input technology, especially designed for high speed and high accuracy kanji character recognition.
The Stylistic M350/CA2 tablet will be supplied running Android Gingerbread as its operatingsystem, and has bend assigned to be used in a multitude of different scenarios including: a mobile sales terminal, as a handset for displaying digital catalogs within retail stores, and as an e-book reader in a classrooms.
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Sprint is launching the ZTE Optik, a 3G tablet running Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating system. The Optik is powered by a Qualcomm SnapDragon 1.2GHz dual-core processor and 1GB RAM and comes with 16GB internal storage. It has a 7-inch 1280×800 touchscreen and dual cameras – 5 Megapixel rear and 2 Megapixel front.
The ZTE Optik has integrated GPS and supports Bluetooth 2.1 and WiFi 802.11b/g connectivity and of course Sprint’s 3G mobile network. It has built-in stereo speakers and a 3.5mm jack. In addition to Google mobile services such as Gmail, Search, Google Maps with Navigation, the 7-inch tablet also comes with Swype keyboard and Sprint Zone, Sprint TV, Sprint Music Plus, Sprint Navigation..etc services. It has a microSD/SDHC card slot for expansion and has a 4,000mAh li-ion battery.
The ZTE Optik is available from Sprint for just $99.99 with a new line or eligible upgrade and two-year service agreement, or $349.99 without a contract.
Toshiba introduced in Japan its new BookPlace DB50 (model DB50/25E/PDB5025ENAW) color e-book reader, joining the company’s Excite X10, Thrive and AT200 tablets. The 7-inch e-reader offers direct access to Toshiba’s BookPlace e-book store for thousands of books. The DB50 comes with a 7-inch 600×1024 color LCD display with LED-backlight
Toshiba’s BookPlace reader is powered by a 1GHz Freescale i.MX535 processor with 1GB of RAM, and comes with 8GB internal memory for storing your e-book collection. The device supports Bluetooth 2.1 and WiFi 802.11b/g/n connectivity and has microSD/SDHC card slot for expansion and a micro USB 2.0 for PC connection and charging. There is a built-in mono speaker as well and its battery provides up to 7.5 hours of use.
The Toshiba BookPlace DB50 color e-reader runs on modified version of Android 2.3.5 and a special version of Linux. The reader will be available on 10 February.
ZTE releases the Light Tab 2 (model V9A) tablet in the UK. The new tablet runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS on a Qualcomm SnapDragon MSM8255 1.4GHz processor and 512MB of RAM. It supports quad-band GSM/EDGE and dual-band HSPA 3G mobile networks, in addition to WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1. GPS is also included for navigation on a large screen.
The Light Tab 2 comes with a 7-inch capacitive touchscreen, 3.2 Megapixel rear facing camera, 0.3 Megapixel front-facing camera for video chat. It has 4GB internal memory for installing apps and storing music, video and documents, and there is a microSD/SDHC card slot for expansion. Other features include micro USB port, G-sensor, proximity sensor, light sensor and a 3400mAh battery.
To be shipped in late February, the ZTE Light Tab 2 is available for order for GBP195.83.
Other than the 7-inch Eee Pad MeMO, Asus also brings the Eee Pad Transfomer (EP101) and the Eee Pad Slider (EP102) to the CES 2011. Both of them feature a 10.1-inch 1280×800 IPS touchscreen and are powered by NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor. They will be loaded with Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet-oriented OS.
The Eee Pad Transformer will come with a docking option That incorporates a full QWERTY keyboard and serves as a battery extension station for up-to 16 hours of non-stop computing; while the Slider is equipped with a sliding keyboard. Both of them will have a 5 Megapixel camera with LED flash and a 1.2 Megapixel front camera.
Asus is expected to release the Eee Pad Transformer in April with price ranging from $400 to $700, and the Slider in May for $500-$800.
Brookstone launches the iConvert Scanner, a device that transforms your iPad or iPad 2 into a portable scanner.The iConvert scans hard copies to JPEG files which are automatically stored in the picture folder, giving you instant e-copies of your documents.
The iConvert scans documents in high resolution 300dpi for clear JPEG images. After docking the iPad/iPad 2 into the iConvert, the free downloadable app will provide step-by-step prompts from “scan” (with real-time preview) to “save” or “delete”. The scanner’s front feeder adjusts from 2 inches to 8½ inches wide to fit many size photos and important documents.
You can get the iConvert for $149.99.
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