Not exact matches
This week, the Canada - born, Japanese - owned e-book retailer, e-book and
tablet manufacturer unveiled its newest line - up of tech toys, including a 10 - inch
HD tablet — the company's largest to date — to compete with the full -
sized likes of the iPad, Nexus 10, Nook
HD and Kindle Fire.
The Nook
HD + is heavier as well as larger, but it still is the smallest and lightest
tablet for its
size class.
Then Amazon switched to the main event: the Kindle Fire
HD, a high - resolution
tablet that comes in two
sizes: 7 and 8.9 inches ($ 199 and $ 299, respectively).
I needed a new
tablet and wasn't sure what make or
size to order but my Amazon Fire
HD 10.1 inch
tablet is just what I needed and it is so quick to find things on and easy to use I am really happy I decided to purchase it and delivery from Argos was excellent
The overall weight happens to be identical between the two
tablets at 11 ounces even though the Fire
HD 8 is larger in
size.
The most distinctive design element on the Nook
HD + is its circular notch at the lower left corner; it almost feels as if it's there to slip a carabiner or a lanyard through, but, really, its presence defies logic given the
tablet's
size.
The Fire
HD Kids Edition is a 6» or 7» color
tablet, just the right
size for kids to hold.
While I will welcome
tablets of this
size falling even closer to the 1 - pound mark, the Nook
HD + strikes a satisfying balance.
It has two fewer font -
size options than Kindle Fire
HD, but it offers line spacing and three additional background colors beyond what Amazon's
tablet provides, including a light gray textured background that mimics paper and preserves the paperlike theme running through other native app screens.
Engineered by Amazon — Designed for Reading One of Amazon's thinnest
tablets ever (7.7 mm), Fire
HD features an 8» screen and is comparable in
size to a book, making it easy to hold in one hand while reading.
Kindle Fire
HD features a stunning custom high - definition display, exclusive Dolby audio with dual stereo speakers, high - end, laptop - grade Wi - Fi with dual - band support and dual - antennas / MIMO for 40 % faster throughput than other
tablets, enough storage for
HD content, and the latest generation processor and graphics engine - and it is available in two display
sizes - 7» and 8.9».
Customers want to enjoy
HD content if they have an
HD tablet - and 8 GB of on - device storage isn't enough for the larger
HD file
sizes.
With Kindle Fire
HD 8.9» and soon our full line of new
tablets, we are continuing our efforts to provide a range of accessibility features — Voice Guide, Explore by Touch, text - to - speech, optional text coloring and adjustable font
sizes — for our vision - impaired customers,» said Dave Limp, Vice President, Amazon Kindle.
The screen resolution and ppi are also increasing, with high - end Android
Tablets moving up to 2560x1600 or Quad
HD at 2560x1440 with 300 - 340 ppi based on screen
size, and current Apple iPads at 2048x1536 with 264 - 326 ppi.
The Amazon Fire
HD 6 and
HD 7 (at right in the photo below, along with the new Fire HDX) are the same
tablet in two
sizes.
A zippy dual - core processor and dual cameras that capture full
HD video make the PlayBook a pint -
size powerhouse on paper.This
tablet is also affordable.The Wi - Fi only version starts at $ 499 (for 16 GB), and 4G versions of the PlayBook will start rolling out this summer.So how well do the software and hardware work together?
Amazon also makes
tablets: the Kindle Fire
HD and the Kindle Fire HDX, which are Wi - Fi only and / or Wi - Fi and 4G LCD color devices for music, boks, movies, games, and more, and come in a choice of two screen
sizes and more (see
tablets).
It's IPS
HD 8.9 inch
size fits just right for typing when holding the
tablet vertically.
For additional background and information see the iPad Display Technology Shoot - Out article that compares the iPad 2 and the new iPad 3, the 10 Inch
Tablet Display Technology Shoot - Out that compares 5 «popular» full
size Tablets, and the 7 Inch
Tablet Display Technology Shoot - Out that compares the Amazon Kindle Fire
HD and the Google Nexus 7.
At a more than $ 100 savings over other
size - comparable
tablets, the 16 GB (upgradeable to 128 GB through a microSD slot) $ 229.99 Fire
HD 10 is a decent deal.
Amazon Kindle Fire
HD 6 The Kindle Fire
HD 6 is new to the Kindle Fire
tablet family lineup, and while
tablets of this
size are normally referred to as phablets and often are smartphones instead, we'll refer to the Kindle Fire
HD 6 as a
tablet anyway.
The final Samsung
tablet on sale for Amazon Prime Day today is the Samsung Galaxy Tab E 9.6 with travel bundle, an Android
tablet with a new screen
size that was introduced last year with
HD display, long 12 hour battery life, and optional Kids Mode, should you want your kids to play around with the
tablet.
Another excellent
tablet from Amazon is Kindle Fire
HD that comes in two screen
sizes 7 inch and 8.9 inch.
One of the initial headaches for publishers of
tablet - based books and magazines, especially where the Android platform was concerned, was publishers were having to adapt their content to the various screen
sizes, a fact that can only be exacerbated with the smaller Kindle Fire
tablet, iPad Mini, and Nook
HD, as well as the growing numbers of people who are comfortably reading magazines and newspapers on their smartphones.
Amazon is still regularly updating its line of Fire
tablets, though, with the $ 79 Fire
HD 8 offering up the best balance of price,
size, and performance.
It has two fewer font
size options than Kindle Fire
HD, but it offers line spacing and three additional background colors beyond what Amazon's
tablet provides.
With access to the Android Market and the 100,000 plus apps that sit on it, Google is hoping that many of the developers will start making
tablet sized versions of their software to use the whole screen of Honeycomb devices, much in the same way as you find
HD versions of apps on the App Store made specially for the iPad.
Describing the Windows 8 Surface
tablet as a «full PC,» Microsoft has paired its Pro model iPad competitor with an impressive 1920 x 1080p Full
HD ClearType screen with the metal backed
tablet playing host to a full
size USB 3.0 connector and the option of 64 GB or 128 GB storage capacities.
One other impressive new
tablet is the Icoo 8 ($ 185) which launched this week and is the first 8 - inch Android
tablet with an
HD 1280x800 screen — previously, all 8 - inch
tablets have been sporting a low resolution 1024 x 768 display — the first to offer the new Icoo 8 model is T ab l e t S p r i n t — and the 8»
size is almost as compact as a 7»
tablet but offers 40 % more screen space to play with, which makes quite a difference in user experience and the key reason Apple choose this
size format.
Essentially, the Kids Edition is a standard Kindle Fire
HD tablet — at either the 6 - inch or 7 - inch
size — with a pile of add - on features that are designed for kids and the havoc they tend to wreak.
I've been testing the new Fire
HD 6 extensively since it got released last week, and I wanted to do a comparison review between it and the 7 - inch Kindle Fire HDX, mainly to show the difference in
size between a 6 - inch and 7 - inch
tablet.
If you'd like to see the packaging and all that comes with the Kindle Fire
HD 8.9»
tablet, just see my page about the Kindle Fire
HD 7» since everything is the same except the
size of the
tablet and thus the box it comes in.
The new Amazon Fire
HD tablets come in 6 - and 7 - inch screen
sizes and five different colour choices - perhaps to tackle the rise of the bright and cheery... Read more
As for the smaller
tablet, the Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition features were reported on 24 September promising an 8.2 - inch,
HD capable, screen with IPS for a better viewing angle, puting it in virgin territory as far as
tablet sizes go.
The Kindle Fire
HD 8.9's larger
size might exaggerate some of the flaws of its 7 - inch sibling, but that doesn't change the fact that it's the best value for your dollar of any
tablet on the market.
Users will be reading eBooks on a myriad of different devices, including but not limited to; cell phones,
tablet devices,
HD Tvs and desktop computers, all with varying screen resolutions and dpi (dot per inch)
sizes.
We saw Amazon release an updated Kindle Fire 7 ″
HD along with a full
size Kindle Fire 8.9 ″
HD tablet.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1is a
Tablet Powered by Windows 10, Auto Focus Rear camera with
HD Front - facing camera and with a optional Productivity Module that adds 5 hours of battery life, full
size HDMI port, OneLink + docking connector, and full
size USB 3.0.
The Kindle Fire
HD 8.9 swells Amazon's UK
tablet offering to three devices, with the 8.9 sitting at the top of the pile, at least, in terms of
size.
Since different customers will read the eBook on a variety of screen
sizes and aspect ratios, from cell phones to
HD tablets, and since the customer can adjust the type face, font
size, background color, and internal margins, you can't predict which information or how much information will show on any given screen.
Also launched recently by the same manufacturer is the Novo 10 Hero II — a Full
Size, 10.1 inch
tablet for only $ 219 that also features a Quad Core processor and a 1280 × 800 IPS screen, along with 16 GB memory, a strong battery (8000 mAH), front and rear cameras, a MicroSD memory card slot, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS, Google Play installed — with access to 400K + software Apps, a MicroUSB port for connection to printers and other electronic devices, HDMI — to view personal videos and download movies to watch in full 1080p (
HD) on to a large screen TV, WiFi, and an option for 3G / 4G connection.
Lenovo IdeaPad K1
tablet comes with the
tablet optimized operating system Android 3.1 Honeycomb OS, packed with Nvidia Tegra 2 processor clocked at 1 GHz speed, sporting a 10.1 - inch 1280 X 800 resolution screen, boosted with 1 GB DDR2 RAM, equipped with a 5 megapixel camera at back side, paired up with an additional front - facing 2 megapixel camera, 64 GB memory storage, integrated 2 GB cloud storage, Bluetooth, Wi - Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Netflix video streaming service support along with HDMI out, full -
size USB port, full -
size SD card, mini HDMI, 1080p
HD video out, optional docking port, pre-installed Lenovo SocialTouch app, Rovio, Zinio, Dataviz, Need for Speed Shift & Angry Birds games, Kindle reading app, Documents to Go, Adobe Flash Player 10.3, Android Market, a powerful battery providing 10 hours of usage time, and all the regular features of an Android
tablet.
With the Aura
HD, Kobo is going big, extending things to 6.8 inches, putting it closer to
tablet size.
Crisp and vivid
HD display with over 1 million pixels; with a 16:10 widescreen aspect ratio, Fire
HD 8 offers 15 % more
HD video viewing area and Fire
HD 10 offers 22 % more
HD video viewing area than similarly -
sized tablets with a 4:3 aspect ratio.
Acer Windows 7
Tablet also has features Wi - Fi, 3G connectivity, with a dock that sports a full -
size keyboard, HDMI port capable of outputting 720p
HD video and ability to playback Flash 10.1 content.
The big -
size tablets are priced at $ 269 for the 16 GB model and $ 299 for 32 GB, so Barnes & Noble is deeply undercutting Apple on price and even beating the recently launched Kindle Fire
HD line.
If you are looking for the lowest cost and the smallest
size Fire
tablet, then you should go for the Fire 7 and the Fire
HD 6 respectively.
There is a good variety of
tablets on the market of different
sizes: Kindle Fire HDX 7 ″ and 8.9 ″ Fire 7 ″, Fire
HD 8 (8 ″) and Fire
HD 10 (10 ″) iPad Mini 2 (7.9 ″) Nexus
Tablet (7 ″) Galaxy Tab 4 7 ″ Galaxy Note 10.1 ″ Here is a spec comparison on Amazon, between some popular
tablets in
Alas, that screen is a 1600x1200 number, so while it's close to
HD, it's still a disappointment compared to comparably -
sized tablets out there.
Both
tablets are having a kickstand on the back side of the unit, running on 1.5 GHz dual - core OMAP 4 processor (ARM Cortex A9) from Texas instruments, both devices are equipped with Seagate's 7 mm Momentus Thin 250 GB hard drive, an HDMI output support for 1080p
HD playback, a full
sized USB connector for a 3G modem — G9 3G WWAN stick (costs $ 49) that gets you a Pay as you Go plan.