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...
Strong sales of 7 -
inch slates like Barnes & Noble's NOOK Tablet, along with waning Apple orders of 9.7 - inch iPad displays, has seen the smaller form - factor pull into the lead in Q4 2011 according to supply chain sources.
Not exact matches
Standard with creature comforts
like a 10 - speaker audio system and a 7 -
inch touchscreen display complete with a full
slate of connectivity options, your favorite media is crisp and clear.
Like the smaller 7 -
inch Fire HD, the 8.9 -
inch version is designed to showcase Amazon content but this
slate does full HD at 1920 x 1080 pixels.
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
At 10.13 x 7.02 x 0.4
inches and 1.25 pounds, the TF103C feels beefy compared with svelte premium
slates such as the 1 - pound iPad Air and Galaxy Tab S 10.5, but it is on a par with comparable budget tablets
like the Lenovo A10 (10.4 x 6.9 x 0.35
inches, 1.2 pounds).
The front panel of the Windows
slate is fitted with a 10.1 -
inch Super IPS + 10 - point multi-touch display powered by the Asus TruVivid technology and a 2MP camera, while the flip side sports an 8MP camera with attributes
like auto focus and LED flash.
Among them we have ZTE, a Chinese manufacturer that might prepare an Axon -
like slate with a huge 13.7
inch scratch resistant display.
Though the 11.6 -
inch tablet physically connects to this keyboard, there's no hinge for adjusting the angle and users must lay the
slate on top of the keyboard for carrying rather than folding it closed
like a clamshell.
But if a
slate with a 10 -
inch screen feels too bulky for you to hold through an entire movie or mobile gaming session, an 8.4 -
inch tablet
like Samsung's Galaxy Tab S 8.4 could be just the right fit.
Design and Features Measuring 0.27 by 10.98 by 7.64
inches (HWD), the MateBook is a slim
slate tablet that's available in either gold (
like our test unit) or gray.
The smaller version of Apple's popular
slate is powered by a dual core A5 SOC
like the new iPod touch, and it delivers visuals in a 1024 x 768p resolution through a 7.9 -
inch LED - backlit IPS display.
A new image of Nokia's rumored 10 -
inch Windows RT tablet, codenamed Sirius, has hit the Web, and it's looking
like quite the sleek
slate.
Like its predecessor, this 10 -
inch Android
slate ($ 269) has a built - in kickstand that allows you to use the tablet in multiple modes.
After spending some time abroad, it looks
like ASUS» 10 -
inch Android - Powered MeMO Pad Smart is finally heading to the U.S. Priced at a budget - friendly $ 299, the
slate will go toe - to - toe with the
likes of Amazon's $ 299 Kindle Fire HD 8.9 and the Google's $ 399 Nexus 10.
At 8.9
inches (diagonal), the T - Mobile G - Slate is the first tablet to hit the middle ground in terms of size, landing firmly between the larger
slates that resemble netbooks without keyboards and the smaller models that feel
like oversize phones.
This still runs at 1280 x 800,
like 10.1 -
inch Honeycomb
slates, so the only real difference is a slightly higher pixel density.
Like its predecessor, the Transformer 2 has a 10 -
inch screen and keyboard dock, but this
slate measures just 8.3 mm thick, and sports USB and mini-HDMI ports, an SD slot and a 14.5 - hour battery.
Reports say it's an iPod -
like device with a 10 -
inch screen, a handheld
slate that's large enough for HD movies, video gaming, and Web browsing without all the window - resizing and screen - tapping calisthenics that smartphone users endure.
For some reason, Magenta
likes its Android
slates small, currently selling only the LG G Pad F 8.0 and 7 -
inch Alcatel OneTouch Pixi 2, and gearing up to welcome the Tab A 8.0 in its midst on Wednesday.
The Viewsonic gTablet is a 10
inch slate that addresses the budget conscious user or those just getting the hang of touch screen tablets and don't need a monster of a machine,
like the iPad or Xoom tablet.
Sure, there are others 7
inch tablets launched recently,
like the Playbook, but considering that Android 3.0 is built for large
slates, it's maybe a little risky to roll out a tablet that runs on a rather obsolete version of Android.
The Slider is a 10
inch tablet, but employs a different concept than all the other devices in its class: it includes a keyboard that can be covered by a sliding display, transforming it into a regular
slate, or a mini-laptop
like machine.
But it seems
like the age of the 7
inch slate is kind of gone and it's difficult to choose this over the iPad 2, which comes at about the same price.
Users can revel in their 12 -
inch slate - slash - laptop with a real digital pen for drawing and note - taking all they
like because it looks
like the Surface Pro 3 was a last - minute replacement to an earlier conceived Surface Mini.
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.
It feels
like the iPad mini 4 is the tablet that's loved the least by Apple itself, but we still think the smaller 7.9 -
inch slate has a lot going for it, starting with that smaller size and its lower price.
As flagships
like the LG G3 andOnePlus One creep up to 5.5
inches, phablets are starting to resemble small tablets, arguably filling the roles of both a smartphone and a
slate.