Earlier reports indicated that the Mini would have been an ARM - based tablet running Windows RT, aimed
at other small tablets like the iPad Mini.
Not exact matches
The
smaller of Samsung's two NOOK
tablets — the
other clocks in
at 10.1 inches, making it a bit cumbersome to carry around everywhere — offers some fantastic multi-tasking functions, allowing students to stay productive and follow along in class
at the same time.
It remains unclear whether a boom in sales of
small - screen
tablets would come
at the expense of
other devices, including larger
tablets.
The Playbook already has a superb presentation function — allowing HDMI out while using the
tablet to control powerpoint or run
other apps or presenter to read notes (and doesn't require separate phone) This new functionality would only enable a
small presentation, eg one on one salesman to customer
at home.
The iPad, on
other hand, starts
at $ 649 for the
smaller tablet and no accessories.
That screen is also brighter and more colorful, with an sRGB rating of 104.2 percent (its
smaller siblings top out
at 79.4 percent) and a brightness max of 405 nits (the
other Fire
tablets only go up to 380 nits).
«It's impressive that this product is our biggest selling Android
tablet, and it will be really interesting to see if
other manufacturers will follow suit with
smaller tablets over the coming months to spice up the Christmas period,» said Graham Stapleton, chief commercial officer
at Carphone Warehouse in an interview with The Telegraph.
Despite, and perhaps because of, the iPad's nearly uncontested dominance in global
tablet sales, Google is cramming the Nexus 7 with features that,
at least on paper, give the
tablet markedly better performance than the iPad Mini, and pretty much every
other small tablet on the market.
«We look
at these
other ecosystems out there like mobile,
tablet and PC and we see that they have a very continuous evolution cycle in hardware, whereas between console generations most of the evolution is making it cheaper and potentially making it
smaller.
That screen is also brighter and more colorful, with an sRGB rating of 104.2 percent (its
smaller siblings top out
at 79.4 percent) and a brightness max of 405 nits (the
other Fire
tablets only go up to 380 nits).
Huawei unveiled a couple of
tablets this week
at MWC 2014, and while the MediaPad X1 is facing an identity crisis as to whether it's a
small tablet or a smartphone, the
other tablet announced, the MediaPad M1, with its 8 - inch display, falls squarely in the
tablet category, albeit also with voice - calling and text messaging capabilities.
It was on par with practically all
other medium and
small tablets at the time.
Microsoft has revealed plans to release Windows 10 for PCs in the summer, but the
other versions of the platform, including Windows 10 Mobile (for phones and
small tablets), will be ready
at a later date.