There's also a case to be made that some of the less - expensive, detachable -
hybrid tablets offer a better mix of tablet and laptop functionality, and in those instances, the Acer Aspire Switch 11 offers a similar package for less, and an Intel Core i3 processor means better performance.
Not exact matches
HP's current (
hybrid)
tablet offerings include the ElitePad 900 and the Envy x2, both being Windows 8 based.
Overall an excellent device that
offers best - in - class performance and delivers optimum results in both standalone
tablet or
hybrid notebook mode.
The Amazon Kindle Fire HD is the brand's new ereader -
tablet hybrid but does it
offer enough to take on the Google Nexus 7 and iPad Mini?
Windows: Most Windows
tablets are a
hybrid between
tablet and laptop and run a version of Windows 10 that
offers access to some Windows
tablet only apps.
The 5.5 and 10.8 - inch devices are marketed as
tablet / e-reader
hybrids, with Sharp having inked deals with Japanese publishers to
offer books and newspapers to buyers in its home market.
However, mobile professionals searching for a
tablet that
offers a compelling mix of mobility, versatility and productivity will find the Dell Venue 11 Pro a satisfying
hybrid.
Laptops have always been portable and Windows - based
hybrids and
tablets have begun to
offer more mobility than laptops past, but even the lightest 13 - or 14 - inch system is a bit too big to really use when you're walking down the street or hopping into a car.
Of course, bundling physical and digital products together is hardly new; indeed it has been common across other media industries for some time: magazines and newspapers
offer hybrid subscriptions through which a print edition is delivered through the subscriber's letterbox and a digital edition to their smartphone or
tablet, and some DVDs now come with codes by which the buyer can download a digital version.
HP already
offers tablets and
hybrids running Windows 8, including the ElitePad 900, that are aimed primarily at business users.
Microsoft's two
hybrid tablet and laptop devices, the Surface
tablets,
offer a wealth of new features to get to grips with.
Dell has stopped selling their Streak 5
tablet / smartphone
hybrid — I guess it was a little bit too large to be used as a smartphone on a comfortable basis, while it remained too small to
offer a decent
tablet experience.
One
hybrid on the way that just may
offer direct competition to
tablets is the Lenovo Ideapad Yoga.
As well as new generation
tablets from Apple and the Android crowd, the Taiwan show featured
hybrid tablet / phones from vendors like Asus and Acer; «netvertibles», which
offer touchscreen and netbook modes; and even the first «cloudbooks», a new breed of thin client gadgets with a browser - based operating system and user interface, as pushed by Google with its Chrome OS.
Various other PC makers have attempted convertible laptop /
tablet hybrids, with Lenovo's ThinkPad Helix arguably
offering the best form factor.
With increasing competition from powerful, multifunctional and increasingly affordable Android
tablets like the Nexus 7,
hybrid eReaders like the Kobo Arc and the Kinde Fire are a tough sell since they are readers with coloured screens and
offer limited access to the Android ecosystem via a curated (albeit greatly reduced in number) app store.
The Asus Transformer Pad TF103 is a very low - cost
hybrid tablet that scrapes off all the fancy extras often seen in
tablets to
offer something cheap enough to work as a complement to a main laptop.
The Transformer Pad... Infinity is the high end
hybrid tablet from ASUS, it
offers a high end display and a powerful Tegra 3 processor.
The Nintendo Switch is a
tablet, a home console, and a multiplayer tabletop system crammed into one device, and it's poised to merge input methods Nintendo pioneered — shoulder buttons, rumble, motion control, touchscreen, etc. — and
offer an appealing
hybrid for gamers of all ages.
For instance, law firms and corporate legal departments truly seeking bottom line business value from mobility can deploy a cloud or
hybrid technology environment that
offers a seamless ecosystem for constant connection to research tools and results as users move from computer, to phone, to
tablet.
We
offer our thoughts on Acer's Iconia W510 — a laptop /
tablet hybrid that sets its sights on the premium end of the Windows 8 gadget spectrum.
It now
offers Windows 8 for desktop PCs, laptops and that weird entourage of peculiar
hybrids that transform into really ugly
tablets.
With Microsoft holding a special Windows 10 event tomorrow, we may hear that
hybrid notebook -
tablet devices will be able to run one operating system yet
offer two specific user interfaces.
The shift has been toward
offering tablets that replace your laptop, devices designed for productivity, the iPad Pro, the Pixel C and any number of Switch and other
hybrid devices.
Is it worth the high price for what the Surface Book 2
offers, or is this just another laptop /
tablet hybrid that overextends itself with gimmicks?
Its presence explains the growing number of
tablet hybrids that we've seen emerge over the past few months, with the majority of manufacturers opting to
offer a keyboard attachment for
tablet devices.
One other new Windows 8.2 O / S
tablet to be announced at CES is from Pipo Electronics and
offers the new Intel Baytrail performance processor, 64 GB Memory, a 1920 × 1200 10 - inch Display and is priced at $ 399 and compares to Surface Pro but much more competitively priced — this new model is expected to be available in March.Also new is a Windows 8.2 and Android
hybrid tablet from Ramos Electronics, with the same high end specs as the Pipo model but
offers both operating systems.