The Galaxy Note 8.0 — the newest device in Samsung's many - sized range of tablets, unveiled today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona — has just managed to trump Apple's iPad Mini in
the small tablet category with one - tenth of an inch more of screen space (more on the device in our hands - on).
It's a great entry in the cheap - and -
small tablet category, even if it's not perfect.
Not exact matches
It does not replace
smaller tablets or bigger desktops; I think these are in a
category all of their own.
It's worth mentioning here that Acer CEO, Gianfranco Lanci, had allowed us a glimpse of a 7 inch Android
tablet during an event held in Beijing in May and had then revealed they have plans to launch both a 7 inch and a 10 inch
tablet, while there might also be a
smaller tablet offering in the 5 inch
category.
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.
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.
There are three main size
categories to pick from — 7 - inch, 8 - inch and 10 - inch — though
smaller and larger
tablets do exist.
Both will be launched by the Taiwan based manufacturer Acer and will be in two size
categories and running two different operating systems — a 10 inch device running Windows 7 with an Intel core and a
smaller 7 inch
tablet running Android 2.2.
Both will be launched by the Taiwan based manufacturer Acer and will be in two size
categories and running two different operating systems - a 10 inch device running Windows 7 with an Intel core and a
smaller 7 inch
tablet running Android 2.2.
ABI's data reinforces the importance of the
small slate
category, noting that circa 7 - inch
tablets finally became the
category majority in Q2.
The
tablet is loud enough to fill a
small room, measuring 87 decibels on the Laptop Mag Volume Test, well above the 78.9 - dB
category average.
The
tablet - focused processor, the Atom Z3000 range of parts, will enable products under the «
small screen»
category; up to 11.6 - inch Windows 8.1 or Android based
tablets and 2 - in - 1's.
Tablets may be the most exciting product
category that doesn't exist, but the concept is already on display in
small handheld devices, multi-touch PCs, and via applications that meld the best of the burgeoning e-Reader world with the power and flexibility of a traditional convertible
tablet PC.
The Iconia Tab A1 - 810 comes complete with an 8 - inch screen which places it firmly in the
smaller - scale
tablets category.
A
smaller tablet has yet to prove itself in a
category dominated by bigger screens, but if anyone can make it happen, Google can.
The screen is absolutely unsurpassed in the
small -
tablet category (or arguably any
tablet category), and that's a big deal.
Product design life cycles dictate that Apple was likely to already be working on the iPad mini as jobs panned the nascent
category of
small tablets.
Huawei unveiled a couple of
tablets this week at MWC 2014, and while the MediaPad X1 is facing an identity crisis as to whether it's a
small tablet or a smartphone, the other
tablet announced, the MediaPad M1, with its 8 - inch display, falls squarely in the
tablet category, albeit also with voice - calling and text messaging capabilities.