Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 1.10 seen up close: cheaper, even in parts

Today Samsung has revamped its line-up, and aside from the Galaxy Tab 7.0 has also introduced a redesign of its former "flagship". The second generation of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is cheaper, a real downgrade. This is a false move by Samsung or a good strategy?

It 's difficult to give an answer to this thorny question. Judging from the reports of those who held between his hands like Eric Franklin Crave, the new Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 is thicker, heavier, give up in front camera for a 2MP VGA, LED flash and loses its 16GB of internal space is limited (although this time expandable via microSD to 32GB).

There were no details on the CPU, you probably will not be a Tegra 2, while remaining a dual core 1GHz. The doors remain the same, that keep the IR emitter, as well as GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth 3.0. The monitor is a PLS 1280 × 800 and the "brain" of the tablet becomes (finally) Ice Cream Sandwich.

Asus PadFone: arriving from April to 725 €?

After a year of ads, presentations and demonstrations smartphone-laptop-tablet hybrid Asus is finally ready to debut on the market. Asus PadFone will be launched April 20 in Taiwan but the availability will be limited initially to Singapore, Hong Kong and strangely Germany with other European states to follow.

There is already talk of prices and as we feared for some time, are not exactly available to everyone. The localization of Engadget Chinese talking about costs $ 610 for smartphones only, $ 240 for the tablet dock and $ 100 for the extra key, which when added together become the equivalent of 700 €.

A price that can not be called cheap, but that appears relatively less exorbitant when you consider that the new 4G 16GB iPad costs € 599 and that offers little more than the tablet. For 100 € instead we find ourselves in a more powerful smartphone, a keyboard dock and a pen stylus to talk (I know it sounds strange, but it serves to call if the phone is dockato).

Acer Iconia Tab A510 Available for Pre-Order

If Acer is a parent, it is not doting child to its latest, the Iconia Tab A510. The tablet has been out for months, yet never publicly acknowledged it Acer. During the CES, the gadget was nowhere to be found in Acer's suite; instead it was spotted on NVIDIA's booth as Acer's first Tegra 3 tablet.

But Acer recently had a change of heart, as it proudly introduced the Iconia Tab A510 as its own chips and circuits. The tablet is available today for pre-order in the United States and Canada for U.S. $ 450. Customers can choose from black or white casing, but it only comes in 32GB configuration for now.

The Acer Iconia Tab A510 comes with a quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, a 10.1-inch screen with 1280 x 800 resolution, a 5-megapixel rear camera with auto-focus, and a one-megapixel shooter at the front.

Windows 8 also on the ebook reader?

From Microsoft Convergence of March 19 is one thing became clear: Microsoft wants to extend his shadow on every electronic device out there. No matter if you pc, laptops, tablets, smart phones, television sets or dispensers: its new operating system will be everywhere.

Even on a type of device that we do a bit 'hard to associate, even mentally, to Windows 8: the ebook reader. Yes, Microsoft has clearly announced its intention to put his claws even on products that are less sophisticated than a tablet, which have until now enjoyed interface completely different from everything else.

Consternation and perplexity, perhaps, because I dread to think what might happen on an ebook reader on which an operating system speed branded Microsoft, but on the other, its creators say they are convinced of its smooth functioning.

We'll see, partly because so far it seems we are talking about an ebook reader specifically designed by Microsoft to host Windows 8, but nothing prevents the future riservarcene a specimen; at which point the competition with industry giants (Kindle, Nook, Cybook ) you will inevitably hear, and see who will win the day.

Windows 8: Nokia launch partner on ARM? Builders ready for the launch of tablets and hybrids ultrabook

New data from Taiwan suggest that Windows 8 could debut as early as October, and with him the first batch of devices ready to host it as a tablet, ultrabook hybrid or traditional systems. The brands that you throw to first on the new OS will be HP, Dell, Lenovo (which we present anew a gallery of its IdeaPad Yoga) Acer and Asus.

In the early months of 2013 will be the turn of the other major release, Windows for ARM (known as WOA) and will mark the arrival of devices from Samsung, Toshiba and even Lenovo, Acer and Asus.

Digitimes suggests however that the version for ARM will have a very special launch partner, ie Nokia, which could make its debut in November tablet already, just a month since the release of Windows 8 for x86 systems.

Samsung releases Galaxy Player 70 Plus, the first media player with a dual core

Samsung Electronics unveiled their latest device, the Galaxy Player 70 Plus, which will be Samsung's first portable multimedia device with dual-core chipset on Monday (03/05/2012) in Korea. Purchase of this product launch comes as a bonus backpack giveaway is a brand ambassador and they are a group of boy band idol who is on the rise, Infinite.

Galaxy Player 70 Plus has a large 5-inch screen, 1 GHz dual core processor, 5MP camera, terrestrial DMB, 2500mAh battery and the memory can be upgraded to 16/32 GB. The selling price ranges from 3.2 million dollars for 16 GB and 3.7 million dollars to 32 GB.

Galaxy Player 70 Plus is an upgrade of the Galaxy Player 70, which was launched in March last year. Hardware repair on 5-inch screen, dual core processor and 2500mAh battery, and also includes the DMB TV tuner, which unfortunately only available in South Korea.

Nintendo 3DS sales in the U.S. reached 4.5 million units

Since its launch in March last year, Nintendo 3DS has had more than 100 game titles and has sold more than 9 million games. For Nintendo 3DS unit itself sold over 4.5 million units in its first year of launch in the U.S.. Nintendo sales figures all well enough to achieve fantastic figures of U.S. $ 1.2 billion.

President of Nintendo America, Reggie Fils-Aime, argues "With the incredible lineup of first party games and even more when a third party on the way, a new entertainment option that still is starting to grow and has a base, Nintendo 3DS has a very bright future. We even just started but the platform is built for the long term. "

This platform is ready to enter its second year with some incredible games, including the recently launched Revelation of CAPCOM Resident Evil, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games London 2012, published by Sega, 3D Tekken Prime Edition from Namco Bandai Games America Inc., METAL GEAR SOLID 3D Snake Eater from Konami Digital Entertainment and Upcoming Kid Icarus, Uprising and Spirit Camera, The Cursed Memoir of Nintendo.

CeBIT 2012: Viota M970 Tablet 9.7 "with Android 4.0 to $ 120

No one has ever heard of Viota to date, but his appearance at CeBIT has been presented a tablet, the M970, if not perfect, however, is certainly worth its $ 120.

Inside we have a Cortex A8 CPU 1.5GHz single processor, the same as the Galaxy II and the first iPad to be clear, it's not exactly recent, nor so energetic. There are 512MB of RAM (1GB should be in the final version, at least optionally), and 4GB of internal memory. The monitor is an honest 9.7 "IPS with resolution 786 × 1024, helped by a Mali 400 GPU. There's also a 2MP camera back. As you can see the features are not top of the range but the cost is very inviting.

If we think that for $ 120 you can tighten our chubby little hands on a tablet with Ice Cream Sandwich, then a little 'expectation is justified. The Viota M970 performs very well, well enduring the requirements of the latest Android. Difficult to judge how it works with games, but the Mali 400 is a graphics processor that is capable of defending, then the idea of ​​taking this tablet as a mini-console is not at all absurd.

Unfortunately, despite the presence in Hanover do not know anything about a possible introduction in our market, even if you suspect that Viota rimarchiate can come to the surface once imported.

CeBIT 2012: Smartbook 10.1, a copy of the Galaxy Tab but with Tegra 3

The CeBIT 2012 saw an object appear rather strange: there may be a German copy of the Galaxy Tab 10.1? More like a Chinese copy, rebadged by the Teutonic Smartbook, already known for similar companies. Only a near-perfect imitation of all the aesthetic features of the Samsung tablet is added to improve Invisible: Tegra CPU 3.

I must say that the work is almost perfect and that the Galaxy Tab reply all, even the depressing lack of doors, replaced by a terrible proprietary socket. And even this seems identical to the Samsung, as it can make perplexing.

The thickness is 10mm. Screen 10.1 "is an IPS with 1280 × 800, there is 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory, a 2MP camera front and a rear 5MP. It is worth noting here that the unit of Samsung, the most dated, it is outclassed (his rear camera is 3MP). The operating system in this case is Android 4.0.

The cost of this improved clone amounted to 399 euros, and the original Chinese manufacturer Malata is called (a name that does not sound very cheerful in Italian). Should be on sale in Germany within a couple of months, but no one knows yet whether it intends Smartbook export it to other Community countries. I wonder if Samsung will react to the provocation?

Tabulet Octa 2, HD Quality Screen, Affordable Price

Tabulet Indonesia introduced at the show Tabulet Octa 2 Mega Bazaar Computer (MBC) in 2012 in Jakarta. The tablet was suspected to have a variety of new features but the price is still affordable.

Octa 2 Tabulet screen measures 8 inches and 6 points multitouch capable of detecting the quality of High Definition (HD) 1024 x 768 XGA sehinggah users to enjoy HD movies with detail. Not only that, Tabulet Octa 2 use Anti Reflective screen so users can use it outside the room with minimal light reflection on the screen.

To support the performance, Tabulet Octa 2 operating system Google Android gingerbread 2.3 by Arm Cortex A8 processor 1GHz. Tabulet Octa 2 can be used for phone calls and sending sms messages.

For connectivity issues, Tabulet Octa 2 has been equipped with the technology built-in 3G, HSDPA up to 7.2 Mbps so that users can enjoy video or music online. Other features such as built-in GPS, built-in 3G and WiFi, all that is available on the Android tablet

Android tablets are available in three color choices are Pure White, Brilliant Black, and Vibrant Red. Price Tabulet Octa 2 of about Rp. 2.5 million.

Targeted tablets Pornography Industry

Booming its use of tablets and smartphones are able to shift the dominance of conventional devices to make targeted her pornography industry.

According to them, the two devices will become the dominant device in the future. So it is very reasonable adult entertainment industry is targeting that market. Moreover, its portable, making it simple and easy to carry everywhere.

This is confirmed by a survey of Xbiz in the United States, where 43.8 percent of the porn industry executives believe mobile devices will become the main option in the consumer viewing the content.

Meanwhile, 38.5 percent of executives still believe the PC will still be the main tools for day-to-day activities. While about 17.7 percent sure the television with Internet capability will be used to watch more nasty content.

Quoted by DigitalEntertaiment, Saturday (03/03/2012), tablets are considered more promising because the price is relatively cheap. And can be taken practically anywhere.

"I think the desktop and the laptop will remain the principal platform for watching over the next two years. But in five years I predict tablet and mobile devices will become the dominant," explained the industry's digital-Esek Esek.

Tablet EviGroup PadPro Pixel Qi display

Something moves by Pixel Qi, an innovative Chinese company that produces a particular panel that can operate either with a standard backlight, is taking advantage of the available light to illuminate the screen. The solution is particularly attractive because it saves a lot on energy consumption of the device, which can thus enjoy greater autonomy, but so far has had little luck commerciale.Fino today because the panel had been adopted only on the smaller tablet, as the U.S. Computer and Sol Notion Ink or Chinese Shizhu, so that ultimately, at CES in Las Vegas held in January, the CFO of Pixel Qi, John Ryan, had suggested a possible exit from the company's consumer products, pointing to contacts with a major manufacturer of industrial sector, which nevertheless has adopted the company's products to produce devices "invisible", such as those related to the automotive sector (integrated navigation systems, etc. Car TV.).
But now EviGroup French company already known for some Tablet PCs as SmartPaddle, has announced it will produce a new device that has just this panel. EviGroup is not a giant, but it is a European company and will therefore provide much more visibility at Pixel Qi, in a market that, until now, had not known any of the foregoing. The new tablet, which is called PadPro, has a 10.2 inch screen with 1024 x 600 pixels, and pressure-sensitive stylus can also be used by, and has an Intel Atom, you do not know if he belongs to a new generation Cedar Trail or less, with a 1.6 GHz dual core processor, hard drive 160 GB, WiFi, Bluetooth and Ethernet interface and operating system Microsoft Windows 7.
At the time the display Pixel Qi is only available as an option but according EviGroup autonomy would be limited to just 2 ½ hours with a normal display, which would increase to 3 if the display was turned off, while adopting the screen Pixel Qi autonomy could easily reach 5 hours. The tablet EviGroup TabPro will be available soon in France at a price of 599 euros.

Archos Child pad, the tablet ICS cheapest on the market

Archos is quite famous for its tablet cheap, and apparently has now produced what is probably the cheapest tablet on the market, especially considering that his heart is Android 4.0: the Archos Child Pad will cost only $ 129.

Designed for educational and designed to be rugged and durable, probably shares with her sisters as the classic Archos - ie it will not be anything special in terms of materials and workmanship. Related to the tablet at $ 199 that we have seen recently, this is a 7 ", but it has a 1GHz CPU and 1GB of RAM.

The operating system as has been said Ice Cream Sandwich, but the GUI has been modified for children (big icons and colors that range from the vibrant and simply awful). They should also have been implemented tool of parental control, though honestly I've never had much confidence in these automated devices.

The Child Pad should be available by March, and will convince the likely merit of some other dealer to lower the prices of their basic models - the actual quality of this unit but the doubts are many.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2: photo from 2012 of the MWC model 7 inches

Continuing updates on the new Samsung at Mobile World Congress 2012 with the Galaxy 7-inch Tab 2, younger brother of 10 inches.

The new tablet features a 1GHz dual core processor with 1 GB of RAM, dual cameras (3 megapixel rear VVGA front), 32 GB of data storage, microSD, 4000 mAh battery, 7-inch screen at 1024 x 600 and Ice Cream Sandwich handle it.

Toshiba AT270: the tablet 7.7 "hiding nVidia booth

Who's been hanging around the stand from the nVidia all'MWC will definitely been attracted by the spectacle of the games on display and then probably just concentrate on models that animated them: one was the Prime Transformer, whose gaming abilities are certainly not unknown, the 'another was the unusual rather a prototype of Toshiba 7.7-inch diagonal, we had already seen the truth for peeping at ces.

According to nVidia's men is a display at 1280 × 800 Super AMOLED screen that hides a CPU at 1.5GHz Tegra 3 whose name, according to the settings of the tablet is AT270. The operating system is a stock version of Ice Cream Sandwich.

Compared to the pattern seen in Las Vegas does not seem to have been many changes, even the tablet looks pretty definitive design and construction quality: the sides are browsing the classic headphone jack and USB and micro SD is not discounted, and two cameras (one in front and behind the other, not talking about 3D) dall'ignota resolution.

Asus officially announced Padfone

Expected, we had seen and we were curious to know the details: Today was finally revealed to the general public.
Ladies and gentlemen, here is the Asus Padfone!

We leave for the record, the technical features of the smartphone: it is a flagship Super AMOLED QHD display with 4.3 "dual-core Snapdragon processor and S4 accompanied by a GPU Ardeno 225.
Continuing with the media, we have an 8MP camera with LED flash back and f/2.2 lens and anterior chamber capable of recording video in VGA for video calls, the level of connectivity and sensors, however, we find the top of the moment: Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI port, GPS, gyro and HSDPA + (up to 42Mbps).

All powered by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (which fortunately does not seem to have no proprietary interface!) And sustained by a 1.520 mAh battery.

But a simple list of specifications does not do justice to the device, whose characteristic is not related to its characteristics, the ability to "wear" a great display from 10.1 "to turn all the effects in a convenient tablet with extended battery.
And no, not yet over here because Asus will sell a dock with a physical keyboard to turn into a sort of padfone laptop but, above all, we can not forget the other accessories that you see in the picture above.
A capacitive stylus pen? Yes, of course, but which if necessary can also be used as a headset to receive the phone calls!

Surprised by this? We are, and we look forward to having this little gem in my hands but, with regard to timing, we will have to wait until April because it is in two months that the innovative Padfone will be launched.

Asus announces the line Infinity and rename its tablet "Transformer Pad"

Asus play around 'with the proverbial three cards, mixing names and models, but without actually revealing anything new: So say hello to the words "Eee Pad Transformer" and replace it with "Transformer Pad" in addition hello to Infinity 700, which we already know the founder, or what has so far called Prime Transformer HD TF700T.

This will be the first full HD LTE tablet, powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Cortex A15 version with mobile network, and the Tegra 3 in that only Wi-Fi, in addition to these two we will have a model with 16 GB of internal memory (instead of 32/64 GB of TF700T).

The rest of the specifications remain the same: 8MP/2MP cameras, 1GB of RAM, HDMI and Display 10.1-inch Super IPS + Gorilla Glass at 1920 x 1200. In addition to this Asus offers 8 GB of WebStorage lifetime and Preinstallation Ice Cream Sandwich. Regarding the autonomy Finally, we talk about 10 hours for the tablet and only 16 when coupled to the keyboard dock.

Navigon has Google Street View, FreshMaps renovated and software

At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Navigon also brings its novelty after purchase from Garmin has focused its business strategy to develop its navigation applications for all current platforms.

First, in order to expand the user base, Navigon has also made sure to improve the experience of those who have the Select version of the software (in other words, the variant "lite") with some typical features of full version, as Lane Assistant and Active MyMaps. Navigon is present on IOS, Windows Phone 7 and Android, and brings news to each of these operating systems.

The users of iPhone and iPad will be really happy, because you can enjoy hours of IOS software navigation Navigon 2.1, which now also incorporates a function to display Google Street View.

Navigon on Android goes to version 4.1, and with it will now have the audio out via Bluetooth and a new widget service to dial the destination. It will also activated TrafficCheck, traffic jams will also indicate that in addition to ongoing work and hazards of various kinds along the way.

On Windows Phone 7 comes Navigon FreshMaps XL, the app that allows you to download for the next 2 years, the latest maps on a quarterly basis.

Besides the three above named, Navigon is also concerned with the operating system Samsung Bada, for which updates have been reported coming from the second quarter.

The price of the navigation system Navigon is set at € 50 for Europe.

Infinity Asus Transformer Pad tablet hybrid reference with display 1920x1200

The second major innovation from Asus at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the Infinity Transformer Pad, another tablet hybrid - now the house specialty of Taiwan - that the opportunity is shaking off the unpronounceable name "Eee Pad". Do not miss us.

The Infinity is basically a Transformer Prime updated with a new screen. Now we find an excellent Full HD + Super IPS panel with a resolution of 1920 × 1200 pixels concentrated in a diagonal of 10.1 inches. A very high density, which we hope soon to find soon on upcoming ultraportable notebook.

Curious about the hardware choices: Wi-Fi version will find the famous Tegra 3 (1.6GHz), but in that LTE will instead place the Snapdragon S4, the quad-core Qualcomm's cool out, which could offer a slight advantage over Nvidia SoC due to the dual-channel memories. More details after the break.

Lenovo IdeaPad IdeaTab and are the key to success

Lenovo announced the results for the third quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. For the company it was a particularly good thing that has allowed her to record a record quarterly revenue of 8.4 billion U.S. dollars with a profit attributable to shareholders amounted to 153 million U.S. dollars, approximately 54% in over the same period last year.Another important statistic is the highest market share ever in the world that is equal to 14.0% against 35.3% market share, which represents the highest ever in China.
This period was marked by record-breaking amounts in terms of quarterly revenue, income before income taxes and market share, and also represents the eleventh consecutive quarter that Lenovo has grown fastest in the industry. If it is true that most of the revenue derived from the commercialization of traditional PCs, it is also true that the company has also sold 6.5 million smartphones.
The same is convinced Lenovo, and it is difficult to blame her, that now is a time of great development for the segment of the tablet on which the giant was serious about investing. Not surprisingly, during the last edition of the Consumer Electronics Show in January, Lenovo has introduced several new models such as, for example, Lenovo IdeaTad A2, a 9-inch tablet based on Android OS Ice Cream Sandwich. Of the same line is part Lenovo IdeaPad S2 10.1 inch equipped with the powerful SoC Nvidia Tegra 3 and equipped with a special docking. Among the latest Lenovo IdeaTab K2 also has a display High Definition 1080p FullHD.
It is not yet clear when most of these models will be distributed globally but it is clear that the company has decided to go straight to success in this segment of the tablet, where he must necessarily collide with other seasoned competitors. The strategy of Lenovo seems to offer a wide range of products, differing in dimensions and characteristics, so as to satisfy a wide range of users. Will it succeed?