Announced at Computex 2014 in Taipei, the Dell Venue 7 and Dell Venue 8 take center stage for the company's round
of tablet announcements.
Amazon's cavalcade
of tablet announcements this evening includes a surprisingly good offer to parents.
Amazon today made a slew
of tablet announcements, offering devices ranging from a mere $ 69 to more than quintuple that at $ 499.
Both of the tablet announcements, plus Google's efforts with its «Nexus» branded smartphones — not to mention the possibility that Microsoft could make its own branded phone (a rumour the company has denied, but which shouldn't be discounted)-- are sharp shifts towards Apple's way of doing things.
Not exact matches
The day's
announcements included a new version
of the Android OS for the smartphone in your pocket; the new Nexus 7
tablet computer for the couch; a set - top sphere called Nexus Q to pipe music and movies to your TV; a cloud - computing platform for your business; and the ultimate in cyber nerd fantasy, Google Glass, a pair
of Android - enabled glasses to stream data directly into your eyeballs.
Wednesday's long - awaited
announcement that they are entering the
tablet game with their $ 199 Amazon Kindle Fire was an appropriate follow - up to news from earlier in the month that the world's largest Internet store (with revenue
of $ 34 billion in 2010) was testing a major redesign
of their website, in short optimizing the shopping experience for
tablet devices.
Perhaps more important for the company's future was the
announcement of a smartphone and
tablet management system for corporate and government clients that will also support Google's Android software and Apple's iPhone operating system.
The highest - paid actor on television will help develop and market Lenovo's Yoga line
of tablets, according to an
announcement released Tuesday.
We'd all love our phones and
tablets to have longer staying power, so
announcements of new battery technology are often catnip for techheads.
These included numerous Galaxy smartphone
announcements (such as the Galaxy S II), a bada device (Wave 578), and new models
of the Galaxy Tab
tablets (10.1 and 8.9).
[3] On the day
of the
announcement of Vincent Nichols» elevation to Westminster the Editor
of this magazine was in a radio discussion with John Wilkins, former editor
of The
Tablet, a journal well respected in Church establishment circles.
The best
announcement from Samsung (for me) was that
of the new Series 7 Slide PC (or
Tablet).
One day before the Apple
announcement, Google announced the release
of a new
tablet for schools that will cost the same amount as Apple's new iPad, $ 329
What should we take away from News Corp.'s recent
announcement that it is writing off losses stemming from its digital education wing Amplify, ceasing its production
of tablets for schoolchildren, and selling off its educational software and assessment services?
One day before the Apple
announcement, Google announced the release
of a new
tablet for schools that will cost the same amount as Apple's new iPad, $ 329, Lucas Matney writes in Tech Crunch.
This week's
announcement of the Asus Transformer Prime marks the start
of a new era for Android
tablets.
The news comes on the heels
of Google's
announcement of its Nexus 7
tablet, a powerful inexpensive
tablet ($ 199) that many are calling a «Kindle Fire Killer.»
A little over a week ago, ARCHOS confirmed one
of their new smartphones will be the ARCHOS 50d Oxygen and this was then followed by a further
announcement this week about the launch
of three new
tablets which will join the Oxygen line up.
At the time
of the
announcement we had correctly analyzed the move to precede the global roll out
of the Kindle Fire HD
tablet.
The world
of affordbable budget friendly
tablets continues to widen with the
announcement of the impending release
of the ViewPad 7e coming from the house
of ViewSonic Corporation.
Especially if you have an Asus
tablet or intend to procure the upcoming gaming
tablet Wikipad, since there is an
announcement by Sony stating that these will be able to run some
of the Playstation Mobile... [Read more...]
Especially if you have an Asus
tablet or intend to procure the upcoming gaming
tablet Wikipad, since there is an
announcement by Sony stating that these will be able to run some
of the Playstation Mobile games.
Given Googles relationship with HTC I would have thought we would have seen an HTC Android
tablet announcement if
tablets were a big focus
of development, but, instead, we're seeing details
of an HTC Chrome OS
tablet, which I think says a lot.
«It appears that this year competitors have waited to see what Apple would bring out — because there were very few
announcements of new media
tablets at either the Consumer Electronics Show or Mobile World Congress.
The only good thing to come out
of Apple's
announcement is the hype that built up around it got PC makers working on their own
tablet devices.
T - Mobile isn't helping either, with the
announcement that the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 is be joining its line - up
of Android
tablets available.
In the wake
of Computex and today's Microsoft Surface
announcements, June is turning out to be a hot month for new
tablets.
With the
announcement that the Kindle Fire has grabbed 54.4 %
of the Android
Tablet market, it's clear to see that Amazon's Trojan Horse strategy paid off.
Google, just a day before Apple's
announcement of possible new iPads for the education sector, has introduced the firm Chrome OS - based
tablet in the market.
Along with the Family Library
announcement, Amazon also added the ability to create user profiles for Kindle devices (building on the FreeTime feature they already released that creates kid - safe sections
of their
tablets).
Not that Google has been sitting on their mobile hands, especially considering the recent
announcement of Google Fi (a hybrid wireless carrier intended to increase competition and innovation in the carriers marketplace)... we just want more (by way
of an amazingly affordable, completely unlocked, incredibly powerful, terribly versatile, smartphone and
tablet line - up).
It didn't take long to start hearing about the hardware options headed our way that will take advantage
of Android TV — with one
of the first big
announcements coming from Razer (a company best known for high - end gaming PCs, laptops and
tablets).
Toshiba
Tablet — The Toshiba tablet announcement was confirmed by Jeff Barney, manager of digital products for Toshiba America, as the company considers a variety of «iPad slaying» attributes, including a dual screen design with a 10 inch display that runs wind
Tablet — The Toshiba
tablet announcement was confirmed by Jeff Barney, manager of digital products for Toshiba America, as the company considers a variety of «iPad slaying» attributes, including a dual screen design with a 10 inch display that runs wind
tablet announcement was confirmed by Jeff Barney, manager
of digital products for Toshiba America, as the company considers a variety
of «iPad slaying» attributes, including a dual screen design with a 10 inch display that runs windows 7.
Android 3.0 (Honeycom) for
tablets was unveiled today by Google with the official
announcement of Motorola Xoom — the first Honeycomb - based
tablet.
 This looks just in time, which is, before the expected
announcement of Apple
tablet in September / Ocotober.
Along with the
announcement of the 7 - inch Huawei Honor Play
Tablet today, Huawei also took the wraps of a new 9.6 - inch Android tablet called Huawei Honor Play
Tablet today, Huawei also took the wraps
of a new 9.6 - inch Android
tablet called Huawei Honor Play
tablet called Huawei Honor Play Note.
The second half
of 2009 seems to be great for
tablets as there are lots
of announcements expected from Apple and Archos on
tablets.
Still, the
announcement makes the G - Slate one
of the estimated 80
tablets to be shown at CES.
«AT&T recently introduced a $ 5 / day no - contract
tablet plan that provides 250 MB
of data so it stands to reason that T - Mobile will one - up Ma Bell with tomorrow's
announcement.»
The
announcement of the 7.9 - inch Iconica A1 appears to show Acer's focus towards a wider range
of slightly more advanced
tablets to cater for all users and price points and we're sure there's more to come.
The move comes as consumer electronics manufacturers are launching a slew
of new Android
tablets at this year's Consumer Electronics Show and is one
of several
announcements this week by operators bringing content to
tablets, with both Comcast and Time Warner Cable partnering with Samsung to bring TV to its smart devices.
Amazon continued it's quest to become a major force in the
tablet market yesterday with the
announcements of it's latest devices.
And the already - overheated rumour mill about Apple's forthcoming
tablet device has gone into top gear with a plethora
of stories appearing now that are picking a late January
announcement and March ship date for what's being billed as the iTablet or iSlate.
While the practice
of data coverage on a
tablet isn't «new» news for T - Mobile customers (see: Android
tablets), there is one thing that makes todays
announcement something special.
We've seen numerous
announcements of tablet computers in recent weeks, as the R&D labs
of the world push out their hastily assembled attempts at competing with Apple's game - changing iPad.
Xiaomi finally unveiled their first ever
tablet computer today, with the
announcement of Xiaomi Mi Pad.
Close on the heels
of the unveiling
of Research In Motion's first
tablet device comes the
announcement from Amazon that they too would like to have a presence on the PlayBook via an e-book reading application.
Also, while pre-orders are being accepted since the middle
of September with even a price cut
announcement in between, there is still no word as to when the
tablet can actually be seen in the retail space.
It really seems with this
announcement RIM is going to do away with one
of the largest selling points
of its
tablet and stick it to savvy owners to have more flexibility.
«The IR app has all
of the features you would expect in a great e-reader,» explained president Amy Edelman in an
announcement about the app, «including the ability to customize display settings, notes, highlights and bookmarks, and the ability to access all
of your titles in a cloud - based library for synched reading on as many platforms and devises (including the aforementioned Apple and Android), in addition to all your
tablets, smart phones and other mobile devises from a single account.