Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts

21 March 2013

Android Tablet To Bypass iPad Shipment In 2013

It looks like the iPad domination is about to end in 2013. Analyst is predicting that Android Tablet shipment will overwhelm iPad shipment in late 2013.

A growing variety of smaller and cheaper Android tablets from Google to Amazon.com Inc will catch on this year with more consumers and chip away at Apple's dominance since the first iPad launched in 2010, International Data Corp said. 
Source: Yahoo Finance
There is no denial that price plays a major factor. Perhaps we will see cheap iPad soon ?

19 January 2013

Archos Titanium and Platinum series from CES 2013

During CES 2013, Archos introduces its Titanium and Platinum tablets. Can Archos brings together cheap and good in a tablet PC ? Check out K.T. Bradford coverage of those tablets over at Digital Trends :


Overall, the entire Titanium family looks solid. The two largest tablets felt the best in our hands. We like how light all of them are and the designs that make them comfortable to hold, even over long periods. All of them are Google certified and will run Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with no skin. The 70 and 101 Titaniums will be in direct competition with Google’s two Nexus tablets at a significantly lower price. It will be interesting to see if Android lovers will make a choice solely based on price. 
If you like the look of the Titanium series but want tablets with more power, step up to the Platinum series. Both of these tablets boast aluminum cases and solid construction, no creaks or bending. Aside from the aluminum design, the Platinum tablets are about the same as the Titanium on the outside. Neither tablet is significantly heavier and the design is still comfortable and holdable. They have the same ports, same IPS displays, same resolutions (1024 x 768 on the 8-inch, 2048 x 1536 on the 9.7-inch). The big difference is inside. Platinum tablets have quad-core chips and 2GB of RAM, so performance should be even better. 
Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/archos-titanium-platinum-tablets-hands-on/



18 January 2013

Archos Gamepad visits US in February

It is no secret that tablets are used for playing games. A lot of manufacturers are building specific gamepad into tablets, especially Android tablets. Archos, a French company is bringing its GamePad Android Tablet to the US in February. The price ? $169.

The Gamepad has been available in Europe for quite some time now. So, it is not new. However, it was never released for the US market. Now, you will be able to buy it in US stores, starting February 2013.

What is so special about this gamepad ? Here is a great description and specs from ARMDevices via Liliputing :

While most Android games are designed for touchscreen displays, Archos offers a button-mapping tool that lets you move the action to the sides of the screen. 
Those buttons can also come in handy if you’re running emulators to play classic Nintendo, PlayStation, or other games. I’ll just go ahead and assume that you’ve legally purchased those games and ripped them yourself rather than downloading them from the internet. 
The GamePad features a 1.6 GHz Rockchip RK3066 dual core processor, Mali 400 graphics, a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, 8GB of storage, and Android 4.1 software.
 Look for Archos Gamepad in February 2013!

Image Credit : Liliputing

17 January 2013

ME172V is Asus MemoPad

The rumored ME172V finally was shown to the public during CES 2013 as Asus MemoPad. It is a 7-inch tablet running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The price ? $149, not $99 as rumored. But it is still a great price. Here are the specs :
The MeMO Pad’s key features include a 1024 x 600, 350-nit screen 7-inch screen with 10-point multi-touch, a single-core 1-GHz VIA WM8950 CPU, 1GB of RAM, 8 or 16GB of storage, 802.11n Wi-Fi, a 1-MP front-facing webcam and a microSD card slot that lets you expand the storage up to 32GB. The tablet comes preloaded with a number of ASUS applications, including MyPainter for image capture, MyBitCast for memo taking and 5GB of free cloud storage from ASUS WebStorage.  
Source and Image Credit: Laptop Mag
The company plans to make this tablet available in three colour options - Sugar White, Titanium Grey and Cherry Pink. It will also have apps such as SuperNote Lite, ASUS WebStorage, ASUS WebStorage Online Office, ASUS Studio, BuddyBuzz, MyPainter and MyBitCast pre-installed on it. 
Source: NDTV
Look for it in April 2013!

01 January 2013

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