Like Samsung, Huawei has also slowly migrated its tablet portfolio from an Android
slate tablet lineup to now include a mix of Windows - based detachable devices.
Not exact matches
Amazon, too, is
slated to refresh its
tablet lineup with new devices around the same time, while Google's New Nexus 7 has already reached markets.
We don't talk much about Amazon's Fire
tablet lineup, because Android
tablets in general are not particularly successful nowadays, but when one (or several) of these affordable
slates does pop up on our radar, you can bet that's due to a game - changing software update or irresistible deal.
Amazon's current heap of Kindle
slates have been out on the market for quite some time now, begging the question of when the company will release its second - generation
lineup of Kindle
tablets.
Aside from filling a gap in Acer's product
lineup, the
tablet is also notable for being the first 7 - inch
slate to ship with Honeycomb on board, Android 3.2.
The Microsoft Surface Pro
lineup has some of the best
tablets on the market, perhaps the only ones that can give Apple's iPad
lineup some real competition in the
slates business.
Today, LG began pushing the update to all of the
slates in its G Pad
tablet lineup.
Kindle
slates are still the second most desired
tablet series behind Apple's iPad
lineup according to one study, and while Samsung passed Amazon last year to steal the No. 2 spot in terms of global
tablet shipment volume, Samsung is stumbling right now and its new
tablets are anything but impressive.