And hey, if small scale tablets aren't your cup of tea, Microsoft also
plans bigger tablets.
Not exact matches
Such is the success of MediaTek, that the
big names such as Acer and Micromax India have announced
plans to release budget smartphones and
tablets based on this brand of processor
With more and more folks moving (by choice or otherwise) shared data
plans, adding a
tablet is not as
big a deal as it used to be.
Intel has already announced its firm intentions to make it
big in the
tablet segment and has drawn up
plans to increase its share in the ARM - dominated
tablet market.
The
big plan right now is to get the audiobook app loaded on all of the Samsung 4 Nook
tablets and then launch a
big marketing campaign in their bookstores.
«Currently there is nothing specifically
planned outside the UK, but that's not always going to be the case,» a person close to the company told TechCrunch on the occasion of its Blinkbox digital content launch earlier this year, when the company also made a
big point of hinting hard about a
tablet launch.
Digitimes is reporting that Toshiba has
big plans for 2011, including 3 new
Tablet computers running Google Android, Google Chrome and Windows 7.
Meanwhile, the company already has ambitious
plans to come up with an even
bigger Windows 7
tablet with an 11.6 inch display as well as a smaller
tablet in the 7 inch category running the Android operating system.
We've been informed by a couple of our sources that T - Mobile has something
big planned for the small LG G Pad
tablet this month, just in time for Father's Day.
This while Samsung makes room to accommodate the two
bigger Honeycomb
tablet the launch
plans of which can be expected anytime now.
The launch event has been
planned to take place in New York which shouldn't come as a surprise considering the US is perhaps the
biggest tablet market right now with the iPad ruling the roost.
Not everyone agrees that Apple are
planning to launch an iPad Pro, some can't see the point given that it would compete more directly with the MacBook range, while others object to the idea of a larger
tablet device claiming that it would simply be too
big to be usable.
This particular
tablet has been rumored quite a few times, but Apple is yet to confirm if it has
plans to launch a
tablet with this
big a screen.
It looks like the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 will be a solid mid-range
tablet for those who want a
bigger screen than the Kindle Fire and Tab 2 7.0, making it a tempting choice for those who
plan to use their slates primarily at home.
An article in the New York Times charting the new wave of
tablets from Google, Microsoft, and of course Apple and Amazon, alleges that the Kindle creator is working on a new
tablet with a
bigger touchscreen than the original Kindle Fire, citing a developer «briefed on Amazon's
plans» as the source.
Samsung is going
big with two new 12.2 - inch
tablets this year, but it also has no
plans to leave the smaller
tablet segments unchecked.
Apple appears to have
big plans for the iPad's future, and with competitors such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab, the BlackBerry Playbook and an anticipated WebOS
tablet in the pipeline, Apple needs to keep improving the iPad's feature set.
Samsung could have
big plans for an upcoming Windows - based
tablet.
It is still unclear what Amazon's
tablets plans are going forward, but we expect it to launch a
bigger screened model to compete with the likes of the new iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.
The Android 3.0 app environment remains a
big question mark, but the Transformer plus Mobile Docking Station has the potential to be a winning combination for prospective
tablet owners who
plan to use the device for both productivity and entertainment.
Earlier this week, we at Pocket - lint brought you the news that ViewSonic is
planning a
big (well, little in size but
big in attitude)
tablet launch at IFA.
Samsung apparently has more
big plans on the
tablet front, with a massive 12 - inch
tablet running Microsoft's Windows 10 expected to make its debut sometime early next year.
With these
big brands not having any immediate
plans in this space, does this mean that consumers don't care about
tablets anymore?
If Best Buy's $ 800 price for Motorola's Xoom — the company's powerful Android 3.0
tablet — seems too
big a pill to swallow, maybe you'll find it a bit easier with Verizon's 24 - month data
plan, which lowers the price of the device to $ 600.
Supply chain sources told Digitimes that Sony
plans on releasing the
bigger tablet in the first half of 2015.
Sleek, sexy design notwithstanding, the Toshiba Excite 10 LE's price (and launching a day before Apple unveils its latest
tablet plans) will be its
biggest obstacle.
It seems that Kobo has
big plans for the future and although Barnes and Noble, one of its main competitors, has decided to pull out of the custom Android
tablet / eBook reader market, the Toronto based eBook company is developing a new 10 inch Android
tablet as it tries to take on Amazon.
Although not perfect in terms of functionality (on the other hand, neither is the iPad 2), the
tablet can deliver kind of everything a
tablet has to do - video playback, some gaming, solid connectivity (you can go for different 3G data
plans from all
big carriers) and decent autonomy.
If you're
planning on buying
big ticket items like TV's, Laptops,
Tablets or Phones, you'll want to look at the Bestbuy online sales.
Microsoft is betting
big on Surface
tablets and
plan to eat into Apple's pie in
tablet marketshare.
Apple is
planning to make some
big design changes to the iPad lineup next year, based on a new report that claims the
tablet will ditch the home button.
One developer who has knowledge of Google's
plans says that Google wants games to work seamlessly between mobile devices and Android TV, which will allow Android users to play a game on a smartphone and / or
tablet and then resume it on the
big - screen TV that's hooked up to an Android TV.