The Asus Eee Pad Memo is one of the first 7
inch slates out there to pack Android 3.0 Honeycomb and comes with some interesting features.
Not exact matches
Not only has the online retail titan refreshed the 7 -
inch Fire, Fire HD 8 and 7 -
inch Fire Kids tablet, it's rolled
out a child - friendly version of its 8 -
inch slate.
Advertised features for the pair of 7
inch slates include mini HDMI -
out, a micro USB port, a 3.5 mm audio jack and a microSD card slot.
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.
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.
This time
out we're getting a tablet, though the Eagle is basically a rebadged Huawei 8 -
inch slate.
After so many Chuwi and Teclast tablets, we take a break and check
out an Onda device this time, a 10.1
inch dual boot
slate, that works in tandem with a keyboard.
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.
Rounding
out the group is the IdeaTab A2107, a seven -
inch slate that will run a MTK6575 Cortex A9 1.0 GHz processor.
Though the rep pointed
out that it's beta hardware, the 10.1 -
inch slate is just 8.9 - mm thick and runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
Leaks regarding Amazon's tablet plans continue to trickle
out, with the retailer's
slates tipped to be priced at $ 349 for the 7 -
inch model and $ 449 for the 10 -
inch version.
Bad news if you were holding
out for ASUS» 7 -
inch Eee Pad MeMO 3D tablet, with word that the glasses - free 3D
slate has been delayed until 2012 at the earliest and may not, in fact, launch at all.
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.
We have a surprise for you as well, an exclusive video comparison between the two 10 -
inch tablets, and we hope that after reading this article and checking
out our recording you would be able to decide which one of the
slates is the better overall choice for you.
These are the weapons of choice for virtually any 10
inch Honeycomb
slate out there and the results are very good most of the time.
With long shady verandas and a blue
slate roof, the four - story building comprised 70 rooms, each equipped with gas lights, hot and cold running water and a five -
inch mirror to allow hotel guests to primp before stepping
out for your night
out.
The new 9.7 -
inch iPad Pro is much more than just a smaller variant of the 12.9 -
inch super
slate Apple came
out with last year.