Designed for children ages 3 and up, the $ 149 Kurio 7s is an update of Techno Source's 7 -
inch slate from last year and could almost pass for a grown - up tablet.
The Acer Iconia W700, a beautiful 11 -
inch slate from Acer, crams the components you'd expect out of Ultrabook into an all - aluminum slate.
But it's also far less than other 7 -
inch slates from Samsung, Acer, and HTC, even after some of those tablets saw a big price drop once Amazon introduced the Kindle.
Not exact matches
Aside
from the chimed Lenovo logo staring you in the face at the top of the screen, there's really not much to visually distinguish this tablet
from any other 7 -
inch slate made in the last two years.
The folio - style case that will give your 7 -
inch Android tablet a unique hardback look, hides a magnet in the cover to awaken the Nexus 7
from its sleepy state, with three strips of industrial grade adhesive to keep the
slate firmly in place.
With Xoom 2 rumours still fresh
from the speculation oven it looks like things are about to get even more exciting in the Motorola tablet camp.Fudzilla is reporting a 10
inch slate with a 2048x536 resolution, something likely only Nvidia's quad - core Kal - el... Read more
Following on
from the Venue 8, Dell's new 10 -
inch Android
slate boasts high - end specs, depth - sensing cameras and a unique form factor.
Quanta Computing is also
slated to deliver a 7 -
inch tablet, but even less is known about that at this point, aside
from it likely rocking a Tegra 2 chipset.
The update for the
slate will be released in Q1 2012 and
from the video demo below, we can gather the platform runs smoothly n the 10
inch slate.
And I suspect the pricing should be competitive with other comparable 7 -
inch slates, such as those
from Samsung, HTC and others.
From benchmarks to everyday use, Google's 7 -
inch slate simply proved faster and more responsive.
The 10.1 -
inch slate uses a 1.2 GHz dual - core process
from Texas Instruments (s txn) and has a micro HDMI port to share media with a high - definition television.
Windows RT, on the other hand, could shine on 7 - to 8 -
inch slates — but only if Microsoft manages to fix the mistakes in the modern UI, enhance its app selection, and shake the death stench that's beginning to emanate
from all things RT - related.
Samsung pulled the wraps off the 7 -
inch Galaxy Tab 3 on Monday, but aside
from a few slight tweaks, the
slate doesn't appear to bring much more to the table than its predecessor.
On the Laptop Audio Test, in which we measure the volume of a single tone
from a distance of 13
inches, this
slate pumped out 91 decibels.
A 10.0 10.1 -
inch slate with optional pen input, a bundled case and software scaled up
from Huawei's smartphones.
While the company's stab at a Windows 7
slate flopped, the company has developed a range of Android tablets,
from 2.8
inches (really, a tablet in name only) all the way up to 10
inches.
Aside
from Toshiba Encore 7
slate PC, the dirt cheap 8 -
inch Windows 8 tablet is also on the way.
In recent news, the 7 -
inch tablet
from Apple was
slated to receive a late 2012 release.
Now before we go on to spill the beans on what features this 10 -
inch slate packs in, a report
from BGR based on details provided by BriefMobile, states that the device indeed runs on the Android 4.2 platform.
The 8 -
inch slate comes with a rubber bumper that protects it
from falls, so junior can't break it.
Priced at $ 199.99 for the 8 GB version of the 7 -
inch Android - based
slate, Amazon say we can expect it
from May 17th.
Aside
from the rumored new 10.5 -
inch sized tablet and another new 9.7 -
inch variant iPad, sources say the Apple iPad Pro 2 will be
slated for release later this year, around the same time.
Google is essentially missing out on this segment of small
slates as tablet makers have focused on larger devices ranging
from 8.9 - to 10.1 -
inches in an effort to compete with the iPad.
I can't really say if there's a market out there for such phablets and if we should call them phablets at all, since they're only half an
inch away
from being 7
inch slates... Even Samsung's Galaxy Note III is rumored to be 5.9
inch in diagonal, not 6.45
inch.
Born
from a successful Kickstarter campaign, the PopSlate is an iPhone case that features a mono 4 -
inch E-Ink display that allows you to connect to your iPhone and «pop» pictures
from the dedicated app to the
slate on the back.Like a poor man's YotaPhone but... Read more
According to a new report
from DigiTimes, Amazon has introduced a third tablet into its roadmap and it is now scheduled to launch ahead of the 10 -
inch model, or even in place of the large - form
slate.
Aside
from filling a gap in Acer's product lineup, the tablet is also notable for being the first 7 -
inch slate to ship with Honeycomb on board, Android 3.2.
The 110w is a 10
inch Windows 7 tablet
from MSI, one of the two
slates that the company introduced during CeBIT and running on the same OS.
As one can see
from its name, this
slate covers a full 12.2
inches in length, which puts it at par with some of the 11 -
inch and 13 -
inch laptop - tablet hybrids that are gaining ground on both the tablet and PC markets.
The new
slates, revealed yesterday, will hit the UK on October 25, with the 7 -
inch Kindle Fire priced at # 129 for the single 8 GB model, while the more advanced Kindle Fire HD will be
from # 159.
The tablet
from Sony is
slated to have a 12.9 -
inch display with a pixel resolution of 3840 x 2400.
Horizonal oval shaped ceramic
slates mounted and protruding a few
inches from the walls are installed around the sculptures and alternate
from dark vibrant earth tones to creamy light gradations that connote pristine marble surfaces.
It's also big enough to enjoyably browse the net or watch videos on when you're away
from home and bigger screens, but it's obviously not quite as strong an experience for most visual media as Apple's larger 9.7, 10.5 and 12.9 -
inch slates.
The 8 -
inch slate comes with a rubber bumper that protects it
from falls, so junior can't break it.
However, as Wired noted in its piece
from January, devices with these screens will take at least four years to become widely available; if they arrive in stores before that, like Samsung's 146 -
inch The Wall TV that's
slated to launch this year, they'll be ridiculously expensive.
Following on
from the Venue 8, Dell's new 10 -
inch Android
slate boasts high - end specs, depth - sensing cameras and a unique form factor.
A 10.0 10.1 -
inch slate with optional pen input, a bundled case and software scaled up
from Huawei's smartphones.
The touch - optimized Office for Windows 10 is
slated to be the future of the company as it seeks to create universal apps that can work on anything
from 84 -
inch displays to phones.
A year on
from its last tablet effort, Sony presents another compelling large form factor
slate Sony has so far resisted the move to smaller, cheaper tablets, instead focusing its efforts on 10.1 -
inch slates like the Xperia Tablet Z, and before that the Tablet S. Sony's offering tablet for 2013 was a solid 10.1 -
inch Android
slate — a thin, light, waterproof device packing plenty of...
Born
from a successful Kickstarter campaign, the PopSlate is an iPhone case that features a mono 4 -
inch E-Ink display that allows you to connect to your iPhone and «pop» pictures
from the dedicated app to the
slate on the back.Like a poor man's YotaPhone but... Read more
The latest report suggesting Microsoft is on the verge of announcing a «Surface mini» comes
from IHS iSuppli analyst Rhoda Alexander, who told CNET that the upcoming Windows RT
slate will feature a 7.5 -
inch display with a 4:3 aspect ratio and 1,400 x 1,050 - pixel resolution.
Motorola is planning on releasing a TV connected Android tablet which beams images straight
from the device to your television.The 6 -
inch slate is powered by Android 2.3, or Gingerbread and is said to be currently in testing with cable companies.