The 7 -
inch tablet segment is certainly one tough and competitive cookie, and things are to get even more crowded soon.
To begin with, the tablet has been christened Brasser MID 7 and is one more to join the 7
inch tablet segment that is getting increasingly crowded by the day and is one more to run the by now famous Android operating system, though its the slightly older 2.1 version and not the latest Android Froyo.
Huawei is all set to add a brand new contender in the 10
inch tablet segment in the form of the MediaPad 10.
Till then, the Kindle Fire may be to the 7
inch tablet segment what the iPad is in the 10 inch genre.
Here is one more contender in the 7
inch tablet segment in Europe.
After having seen what HTC's next offering in the 10
inch tablet segment, the Puccini, will be like, here are some more images providing us with a greater insight on the upcoming tablet.
For the tablet costs a quite affordable $ 179.99 which is quite a few hundred bucks less than the current king in the 7
inch tablet segment from both a price and performance point of view — the Samsung Galaxy Tab.
Coming back to the MediaPad, the tablet can well turn out to be game changer in the 7
inch tablet segment.
The Nexus 7 is making a splash in the 7
inch tablet segment, though its main competitor, the Kindle Fire, is not dead yet.
The Apple iPad Mini was the company's first foray into the highly competitive seven
inch tablet segment, though it has a larger screen than the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Google Nexus 7.
Meanwhile, in other pre-CES news, Toshiba also has something for the bigger 10
inch tablet segment.
The new smaller iPad will also enable Apple to have a product in the burgeoning 7
inch tablet segment, that is characterized by low initial costs even if it means less on features.
Samsung's contribution to the 8
inch tablet segment, the Galaxy Note 8.0, will finally be making its market debut in the US on April 11th.
The Nexus 7 may be ruling the roost in the 7
inch tablet segment, though it still is lacking a crucial aspect: it relies on its Wi - Fi capability to connect to the internet.
This has led to the rise of the 8
inch tablet segment which is fast getting populated.
With Nexus 7 ruling the roost in the 7
inch tablet segment, what do other players in the segment do to make their products noticeable?
The 7
inch tablet segment has been making a lot of noise lately, enough for Apple to field a competitor of its own in the form of a mini iPad.
Manufacturers have been devoted almost entirely in the 7 and 10
inch tablet segments, with very few venturing beyond 10 inch display size.
Not exact matches
AT&T has just announced that it'll be bringing the 5.3 -
inch Galaxy Note to the United States, a beastly half - phone, half -
tablet that spans the divide between two white - hot product
segments.
Toshiba hasn't enjoyed much success in the
tablet segment, a fact it is looking to change with the launch of its latest offering, the 7 -
inch Excite Go.
Often being the butt of many a joke during the initial days, phablets have not only grown in size and scope but have also started posing a serious challenge to the entry level
tablet segment comprising of 7
inch devices.
It's 7 and 10
inch sized
tablet devices making all the noise right now, though Archos has opened a whole new
segment with the FamilyPad
tablet device that features a bigger 13.3
inch display.
The 10.5 -
inch Android 8.0
tablet Samsung SM - T835 also has a 12.8 MP rear camera and 8MP front camera, and I'm noticing no NFC, so it could be that Samsung is focused with this
tablet, with a particular
segment in mind, instead of trying to attract everyone.
The Folio 100 will also perhaps be the first serious
tablet effort in the 10
inch segment running the Android operating system.
HTC's earlier attempt at the
tablet segment comprised of the 7
inch HTC Flyer and the Jetstream that offered a 10
inch display.
The
tablet this time is the ThinkPad K1, another
tablet in the 10
inch segment but has quite some similarity with the IdeaPad P1.
One more Honeycomb
tablet coming our way in the 10
inch segment, the most popular
tablet size of the last few months.
The company is targeting both the two most happening
segments in the
tablet sphere — that of 7 and 10
inch tablet devices.
They are intending to offer multiple devices in the 7
inch segment, though the
tablet PCs from Philips should not be expected to be any thing new or different than what we have seen in the last 2 years.
So while an upgrade to the current 7
inch Kindle Fire is in the cards, Amazon is also keen to enter a whole new
segment with a 9
inch sized Kindle Fire
tablet.
The Google Nexus 7 is the best thing to have happened in the 7
inch tablet category ever since the Amazon Kindle Fire had first lit up the
segment at the end of last year.
The 7
inch segment is currently ruled by the Nexus 7 and though its just a Wi - Fi only model, consumers aren't complaining and the
tablet is being picked up in droves.
The 7
inch tablets are making greater headway into the
segment that till now has been dominated by 9
inch or larger sized displays.
When Steve Jobs had ruled out a 7
inch sized iPad, there were plenty of
tablets in the 7
inch segment.
The smaller 8.9
inch sized device has been Apple's bestseller in the
tablet segment ever since its launch and the Cupertino company will lose out millions if it does not have enough of the device during launch.
However, the good thing is, the CES isn't too far off and we won't have to wait for a lot of time before we get to see what Asus has to offer for the 7
inch segment of
tablet devices.
Amazon Kindle Fire HD Kids Edition
Tablet The Kindle Fire HD Kids Edition marks Amazon's first move into the children's tablet segment, and the tablet comes in two dimensions; 6 - inch and 7 -
Tablet The Kindle Fire HD Kids Edition marks Amazon's first move into the children's
tablet segment, and the tablet comes in two dimensions; 6 - inch and 7 -
tablet segment, and the
tablet comes in two dimensions; 6 - inch and 7 -
tablet comes in two dimensions; 6 -
inch and 7 -
inch.
Amazon Kindle Fire HD, announced in September 2012 and released later the same month, is the successor of the popular Kindle Fire, the 7 -
inch tablet that held the sales supremacy on the Android - powered
tablets segment.
The WinTab 10 will retail for just under $ 200 in Germany, representing a new affordable 10
inch Windows
tablet segment that packs some extreme value into a solidly built device.
LG has announced that it will unveil the 10.1 -
inch version in the G Pad II series next month at the IFA conference in Berlin, with the
tablet targeted at the mid-range
segment.
The Galaxy Pad is already creating ripples in the 7
inch tablet PC
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Coming back to the SmartPad, the
tablet will be with us as early as October and will be available in both the 7
inch and 10
inch size
segments.
Almost every other Pixel Qi based
tablet that has seen the sun light has been in the bigger 10
inch segment.
However, the
tablet won't be in the popular 7 or 10
inch categories but will open up a new
segment with an 8
inch capacitive touchscreen display.
The price cuts shouldn't come as a surprise though, since there has been heightened activity in the 7
inch segment of
tablets.
So while the Identity Tab E201 sporting a 7
inch display and running Android 2.2 made for a credible alternative to the Samsung Galaxy Tab incidentally also running Android Froyo, the new Identity Tab E401 has grown in both scope, size and functionality to start a whole new chapter for the company in the hotly contested
tablet segment.
It all started with the news that Apple was engaged in the development of smaller sized
tablets — 5 and 7
inch iPads to be specific — to take on the rising
segment among
tablets made more famous by a string of high profile launches like those of the 5
inch Streak from Dell or the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the PlayBook from Research in Motion, both of which are in the 7
inch category.
This since it's the first
tablet to come with an 8.9
inch sized display, and with that, it has broken the convention in that there are two distinct
tablet segments that has evolved over time — a 7 and a 10
inch category.
We have already have a lot of
tablet devices in both the 7 and 10
inch segments, most of which can't be called cheap but usually have all the features loaded.
This will be in addition to the original 7
inch Galaxy Tab, which had marked Samsung's first foray in the
tablet segment.