Sentences with phrase «standalone tablet»

Much more a simple multimedia accessory and much less a full blown standalone tablet.

Tablets: After tremendous adoption in recent years, some tablet sales have been cannibalised by convertible, 2 - in - 1 laptops as standalone tablet adoption has levelled off and replacement cycles have slowed.

The game - changing Asus Eee Pad Transformer combined a great standalone tablet with a keyboard dock that not only let you type properly but also doubled the device's battery life and gave you such connectivity gems as full - size USB ports and a regular SD card slot, essentially turning the tablet into a mini laptop that had a better screen and lasted longer on the go than any netbook.

Google's Chrome OS, which supports Android apps, can be found powering several laptops, but until now, it had yet to power standalone tablet devices.

Windows 8 has been present on standalone tablets so far, without much love for dual booting devices with Android, for example.

Like the Surface Pro, it worked as a true standalone tablet, but it had the all - important stiff hinge, making it...

More convertible tablets were there to be seen from the bigwigs than standalone tablet PCs, which perhaps is an indication of the shape of things to come in the not too distant future.

They weren't standalone tablets in the way we know of them now, but HP made the effort to use Android in alternative ways years before the current wave of tablets.

Some manufacturers have produced standalone tablets, which can be paired with a separate Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, while other 2 in 1 laptops or hybrid models include the keyboard and trackpad.

That said, I almost wish Samsung also offered this 12 - inch device as a slightly cheaper standalone tablet because it's that good.

Before you get too excited, apparently the screen can't be taken out as standalone tablet...

Something with a 10 - or 11 - inch display feels like the most natural size floor for effective use by Windows 8, and we've seen a good number of products hit that mark, either as standard clamshell laptops, standalone tablets with optional keyboards, or hybrids that straddle the line between the two.

Google's Chrome OS can be found powering several Chromebook laptops, but it has yet to come to standalone tablet devices.

Like the Surface Pro, it worked as a true standalone tablet, but it had the all - important stiff hinge, making it suitable for use on your lap in a way that the Surface Pro's kickstand and Type Covers never really supported.

Overall an excellent device that offers best - in - class performance and delivers optimum results in both standalone tablet or hybrid notebook mode.

As a standalone tablet the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is by far and away the best Honeycomb tablet out there, offering style, speed and substance at a price that doesn't make your eyes water.

Otherwise, it could have been a standalone tablet device with the inner display remaining dormant when used as a tablet.

As far as the software tweaks from B&N are concerned they're mostly geared towards folks who like reading content like books and magazines, so its like having the best of both worlds, a standalone tablet with e-reader like functionality.

It's half the size of Apple Inc.'s iPad, and it's designed to work both as a standalone tablet and as an accessory for a BlackBerry phone.

Design The Acer Iconia W510 is a detachable tablet laptop, similar to the HP Envy X2, meaning that it can be used either as a standalone tablet, or docked to a keyboard for use as an ultrabook, with the familiar clamshell form factor.

In one respect, the device can work as a standalone tablet, the specs suggest, but in another, its keyboard cover can be attached and work as a tablet.

Well, the Dell Streak 7 being an Android 2.2 - powered tablet with an NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, is actually a large smartphone device that can hook up via 3G and make phone calls, although there is no official support for phone functionality since it is currently being offered by Dell and T - Mobile as a standalone tablet with 3G and Wi - Fi connectivity.

What remains to be seen is whether a standalone tablet is a device looking for a market.

I find the combination of keyboard and touch screen outstanding and, of course, you can always disconnect the keyboard if you want a standalone tablet.

For the duration of our review we've been using the Toshiba Encore 2 as a standalone tablet.

When the hybrid ran the Laptop Mag Audio Test (measuring a constant tone from 23 inches for laptops, 13 inches for tablets), the Switch 11 hit 77 decibels as a laptop and 70 dB as a standalone tablet.

Detach the screen and it functions as a standalone tablet.

As a standalone tablet the Eee Pad held its own against the competition, but when docked it became virtually indistinguishable from a low end PC.

There's enough power on board to handle those day to day tasks, the 590g weight is easily transportable, and even if it's a bit chubby as a standalone tablet, Acer has locked in on what many budget buyers will be looking for.

Designed from the ground up to serve as either a standalone tablet or in tandem with the Keyboard accessory (which makes it into a fully functional notebook replacement), the Transformer Prime seems geared towards productivity, business users and for text input.

As a standalone tablet, it features a rounded spine that makes it ergonomic to hold in one hand.

Out of the box and the PlayBook comes with some apps to get you going, but not all the apps that you would expect to have on a standalone tablet.

As a standalone tablet, its stylish build is elevated by an ergonomic quirk — a chunky rounded spine that makes holding it in one hand naturally comfortable — and when attached to the keyboard, it feels like a small and sturdy laptop.

Instead RIM is pitching the PlayBook as a standalone tablet or a device that you can pair with a BlackBerry smartphone to share a mobile broadband connection.Eventually the company is also expected to offer 4G capable versions of the tablet.

It'll weigh 2.4 pounds as a standalone tablet and 4.2 pounds when all hooked together.

I'd argue that the BlackBerry PlayBook functions nicely as a standalone tablet capable of remote PC access, full web browsing, editing documents on the go and delivering HD multimedia, among other things.

Like the Surface Pro 3, this machine's guts are stashed behind the screen, which lifts away from a Bluetooth keyboard base to be a standalone tablet.

As a standalone tablet, the Venue 11 Pro delivered, with good on - screen typing, an accelerometer that wasn't too sensitive.

The Transformer Book's HD IPS multi-touch display detaches from the lightweight keyboard dock to be a standalone tablet and comes with wide 178 - degree viewing angles for super crisp - looking images.

The new Surface Pro is more viable as a laptop replacement, but it hasn't made much progress as a standalone tablet.

Also unlike the Asus, HP's Envy x2 is a detachable, which means the display separates entirely from the keyboard to become a standalone tablet — and that later half seems to be what HP wants to focus on.

What remains to be seen is whether a standalone tablet is a device looking for a market.

The world's first dual - OS (Windows 8 and Android 4.1) All - in - One PC with a detachable display can also be used as a standalone tablet.

Last week Samsung was granted a design patent for a notebook with a slide - out display that could be used as a standalone tablet.

Its design borrows from the gorgeous Chromebook Pixel, then builds upon it with versatility to allow easy switching between a standalone tablet or a laptop.

With integrated stereo speakers and a powerful quad - core processor, the Android tablet also serves as a premium, standalone tablet that users can download all of their favorite apps from the Google Play store to play games, chat, email and more.

A standalone tablet device seems to be the only thing that's missing from its line of Chrome OS devices.

As a standalone tablet, the Pixel C is superb.

Chrome OS is mostly known for Chromebook laptops, but now it looks like Acer has made a standalone tablet running Google's operating system as well.

The versatile Microsoft Surface Pro tablet, able to be used as a laptop, standalone tablet or in «studio» mode, is a powerful device which could be an appreciated gift for those in business.