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Jul 19

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 lands, officially priced

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We reported earlier this week that we spotted Samsung’s two new Galaxy Tabs, both the 7-inch and the 10-inch versions. looks like Samsung Mobile Philippines has confirmed the arrival of the Galaxy Tab 2 series yesterday.

Three variants are now being sold in stores — one WiFi-only model and two with 3G and WiFi.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0″ WiFi – Php12,990 {details here}

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0″ 3G – Php16,990 {details here}

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.0″ 3G – Php22,990 {details here}

The retail prices looked very affordable, right?

This will definitely bring down the prices of the original Galaxy Tab 8.9, 10.1 and the Tab 7.0 plus.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 lands, officially priced

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Jun 09

The hottest new tech of 2012, from massive ...

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On the cusp of this fall’s Windows 8 launch — and in sync with Intel’s new line of Ivy Bridge CPUs — this year’s Computex tech convention in Taiwan was brimming with devices that blur the line between tablet and notebook.

Yes, the clamshell and slate are this year’s royal newlyweds, the tech world’s answer to William and Kate. it seemed like everywhere we went, someone was showing off a Windows tablet that connects to a keyboard and folds into a laptop or a notebook with a screen that bends backwards to make it a tablet or even a desktop with a screen that detaches.

But convertible computers were not the only exciting new products we saw at Computex 2012. there were plenty of other innovations, from tiny phone projectors to giant Android screens. here are the six best products of the show.

Best Notebook: Acer Aspire S7

If the PC industry wants to get consumers excited about buying laptops again, more of them are going to have to look like the Acer Aspire S7. both the 11.6-inch and 13-inch versions packs Intel Ivy Bridge processors and SSDs inside metal bodies that are only .5-inches thick. but the full HD touch-enabled screens are the real stars of the show. even better, the lids are extremely rigid, allowing them to stay still even when you’re poking at it with your finger. the screens even go back a full 180 degrees, allowing you to use the notebook flat against a surface.

Read Our Acer Aspire S7 Hands-On

Best Innovation: Viewsonic VCD22 Android Smart Display

When powered off, Viewsonic’s VCD22 Smart display might be mistaken for a 22-inch LED monitor, but turn it on and your transported into a world of Google goodness. Running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, this touch-enabled device can serve as an all-in-one Android desktop for schools and families that want to run educational software. it can also be used as a kiosk for retailers that want users to, for example, find the right size dress in their stores. whatever you do with it, the Viewsonic VCD22 brings all the versatility of Android to its large, full HD screen. That’s an innovation whose time has come.

Read Our Viewsonic VCD22 Android Smart display Hands-On

Best Accessory: Genius BV 150 iPhone Projector

Whether you’re showing a PowerPoint to a small group of employees or showing a movie to the kids, a projector isn’t bad to have handy. in the past few years, we’ve seen a number of tiny pico projectors hit the market, but few are as portable as Genius Tech’s BV 150, a tiny device that snaps directly into your iPhone docking port and projects images on any flat surface at a brightness of 20 effective lumens. Not only is the BV 150 small enough to fit into your shirt pocket, but it also does double duty as a 2,200 mAh iPhone charger.

Read Our Genius BV 150 Hands-On

Best of show: ASUS Taichi

When it comes to bringing tablets and notebooks together, ASUS is the ultimate matchmaker. the company practically pioneered the hybrid category with the Android-based ASUS Eee Pad Transformer in 2011 and dominated Computex by rolling out half a dozen new devices based on Windows 8.

The ASUS Taichi is the best of this new generation of convergence computers, offering not only a compelling way to switch between tablet and notebook modes, but a revolutionary technical solution to a common business problem. With a second, full HD touchscreen on the back of its lid, the Taichi easily turns into a Windows 8 tablet when closed.

The greatest benefit of the Taichi’s second screen is that it allows you to show content – a presentation, a sales proposal or even a movie – to someone who’s sitting across from you. better still, the content you show on the lid doesn’t have to mirror the primary screen. so when your wife instant messages you in the middle of your presentation, your client will only see the PowerPoint.

Read Our ASUS Taichi Hands-On

Best Tablet: ASUS Tablet 600

The first Windows 8 tablet powered by Nvidia’s quad-core Tegra 3 CPU, the ASUS Tablet 600 promises over 10 hours of endurance by itself and 18 hours when attached to its keyboard dock. but with the combination of Tegra 3 and Microsoft’s ARM-enabled Windows 8 RT OS, long endurance is just the beginning. in a brief demonstration, this elegantly designed hybrid zoomed through Windows 8′s Metro UI, flipping through photos and apps like a Vegas dealer shuffling cards. plus, the 10.1-inch, 600-nit display is one of the brightest and most colorful we’ve seen.

Read Our ASUS Tablet 600 Hands-On

Best Enabling Technology: Intel Ivy Bridge

This year’s Computex was all about Intel’s new 3rd Generation Core Series CPUs for Ultrabooks. Code named “Ivy Bridge” the 22-nanometer chips first started appearing in larger laptops back in April, but just this week, the company launched Ultrabook versions of the processor, issuing in a flood of new and exciting products.

Because Ivy Bridge is so powerful and yet so power efficient, PC vendors are able to create the thinnest, lightest notebooks ever, without compromising performance. At Computex, we saw a slew of groundbreaking new notebook designs, including the 2.16-pound Gigabyte X11, the versatile MSI Slider S20 and the hybrid Samsung Series 5 Ultra Convertible, all made possible by Ivy Bridge.

Read Our Ivy Bridge Benchmarked on an Ultrabook: faster than Ever

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Apr 13

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 tablets delayed till late ...

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Raise your hand if you’re uber excited for the Galaxy Tab 2, in either its 10.1-inch or 7-inch incarnations. anyone? Well, if you’ve just been dying to get your hands on some warmed-over hardware, you’ll have to wait a little longer: Samsung said that the international release of both tablets has been delayed slightly. They’ll now appear at the end of this month, though specific dates and markets weren’t given. Try to contain your disappointment, Android fans.

Samsung says that both they and Google need the extra time to work on Ice Cream Sandwich for the upcoming tablets… which seems unlikely, since Android 4.0 has been available for nearly five months. What’s more likely is that Samsung’s software engineers need the time to get the latest version of TouchWiz working to their satisfaction. After all, both devices are running on current-generation hardware, and they’ve already released ICS updates for the Galaxy S II. how hard could it be?

The Galaxy Tab 2 10.1-inch and 7-inch versions have met with a resounding “meh” from Android enthusiasts. The 10.1-inch version gets a mild design refresh (probably to get Apple off of Samsung’s back) with specifications virtually identical to the year-old Galaxy Tab 10.1 with the addition of a MicroSD card slot. The Galaxy Tab 2 7-inch improves on the Galaxy Tab 7.0 plus with up to 32GB of space plus a MicroSD card slot, but its 1024×600 LCD screen is bested by the Galaxy Tab 7.7′s 720p Super AMOLED display.

Both tablets have cleared the FCC, with the 10.1 spec’d for AT&T’s HSPA+ network. There’s been no formal announcement of availability for either in the US, but they should show up here eventually.

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Mar 20

Toshiba Thrive 7 Review, Honeycomb at 7 Inches

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If 2011 was the year of the tablet, then Q4 2011 had to be the quarter of 7-inch versions.  With a late-in-the-year burst of releases from various manufacturers spurring break-out products like the Kindle Fire and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, it’s as if manufacturers made a concerted effort to target lower price points in an move to capture opportunity upsides during the holiday season.  There’s little question Amazon’s product, with its $199 price tag and an entire platform of media services and brand recognition behind it, made a big splash and now the competitive offerings are ramping up.

Meanwhile, Toshiba was a shade on the late side to the 10-inch tablet party with the original Thrive released early this year, but they’re ready to strike while the proverbial iron is hot now in this late seasonal market buzz for 7-inch devices.  we called the 10-inch Toshiba Thrive the “Swiss Army Knife” of tablets back when we reviewed it, with its copious amounts of connectivity options and full-sized ports.  It’s a large-than-most tablet but the sort of device that differentiates itself in a crowd of too similar designs. 

The second coming of the Thrive, the Toshiba Thrive 7 that we’re going to take a look at today, however, has to squeeze features and functionality into a decidedly smaller form factor.  Though Toshiba once again does there level best here, to offer as much openness to connectivity as they can in this smaller version of the Thrive.  We’d almost call this version the “Thrive Mini.”  At the internal component level, the Thrive 7 shares a lot of similarities with the original 10-inch Thrive, it’s just packed into a petite frame with a slightly trimmed down price tag of $379.

Before we delve into the particulars, let’s give you a quick, hands-on nickle tour of the new Toshiba Thrive 7″.

Toshiba Thrive Android 3.1 Tablet Specifications & Features Display:  7.0″ high-resolution (1280×800) widescreen, 16:10 aspect ratio, Capacitive Touch, Multi-Touch, scratch resistant glass Platform:  Android 3.2, Honeycomb; 5 customizable Home screens CPU:   NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2 @ 1GHz Memory:     1GB Storage:   16GB/32GB Models Wireless Data Network: WLAN 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth V2.1 Camera: 2MP Pixel Front Camera, 5MP Pixel Rear Camera, 720P HD Video Audio: Toshiba Sound Enhancements, SRS Premium Sound Stereo Speakers, High Quality Mic Interfaces: 1 x 3.5mm Audio Jack (Headphone) 1 x micro HDMI 1.3a 1 x micro SD Card Slot 1 x mini USB 2.0 Port 1 x Docking Connector Sensors: Ambient Light Sensor Gyroscope Accelerometer Multi-Task Support : Yes Flash Support : Yes Software : – Android 3.1 (Honeycomb) Operating System – TOSHIBA App Place, TOSHIBA BookPlace™, TOSHIBA Media Player, TOSHIBA Service Station, TOSHIBA File Manager – Adobe® AIR® Runtime, Adobe® Flash, Kaspersky Tablet Security, LogMeIn Ignition, Hardwood Backgammon by SilverCreek Games, Hardwood Euchre by SilverCreek Games, Hardwood Solitaire IV by SilverCreek Games, Hardwood Hearts by Silvercreek Games, Hardwood Spades by Silvercreek Games, MOG Music, Printer Share™, Quickoffice®, need for Speed™ Shift by EA Battery: Up to 6 hours: 15Wh Li-Polymer Battery Finish/Color: Easy Grip back Cover in Black Tie Dimension: 7.44″ x 0.48″ x 5.04″ Weight: .83lbs. Warranty: 1 Year Limited Warranty MSRP:  $379

  the specs list above really says it all.  the Toshiba Thrive 7 is, for all intents and purposes, a 7-inch version of the original 10-inch Thrive, including the NVIDIA Tegra 2 SoC platform its built upon.  which of course is not a bad thing at all.  Tegra 2 Android Honeycomb-based tablets are solid solutions. in addition, the one thing the Thrive 7 has going that the Kindle Fire can’t claim, is a wide open Honeycomb OS, complete with the Android Market.  Though many power users might point to the fact that the Fire can be rooted, the average mainstream consumer is likely not willing to go that route.  it is within this mainstream customer base that the Thrive 7 can, dare we say, “thrive.”  

Toshiba Thrive 7 Review, Honeycomb at 7 Inches

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Jan 16

CES: Toshiba Engineers Commit to Android 4.0 ICS ...

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Requesting anonmimity, Toshiba engineers confirmed to PhoneNews.com that both the seven-inch and ten-inch versions of the Toshiba Thrive would be upgraded to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich (or ICS for short).

This contradicts unconfirmed reports from Toshiba technical support that the Thrive line would not be upgraded to Android 4.0.

Toshiba has not yet offered an official statement regarding if the Thrive family of devices would be upgraded to ICS. The tablet line has faced an embattled launch, with Toshiba struggling alongside other Android tablet manufacturers to provide competitive advantage over Apple’s iPad.

The key differentiator for Thrive, at launch, was its built-in USB host ports. This enabled Thrive to be the first mass-production Android tablet to allow users to connect USB keyboards, game pads, and mass storage devices with ease. Toshiba accomplished this using newer Honeycomb features that were made official in Android 3.2.

However, shortly after launch Motorola embraced the same functionality via an adapter cable. in addition, hackers had already unlocked the functionality in Xoom prior to the release of Thrive. This subdued hackers to Thrive’s otherwise-attractive innovation.

More recently, Toshiba announced the seven-inch Thrive, which is more in-line with other current-generation seven-inch Tablets.

The lack of official commitment to Android 4.0 isn’t helping Thrive sales, either. Motorola recently committed to upgrading all of its Android tablets to Android 4.0, including the failed Motorola XOOM. Samsung has also committed to Android 4.0 for its lineup of second-generation Galaxy Tab devices.

Toshiba representatives at CES declined to provide an official comment to PhoneNews.com related to the Thrive and Android 4.0. we received no clarification or corrections regarding the comments from our discussions with Toshiba engineers..

CES: Toshiba Engineers Commit to Android 4.0 ICS Update for 7, 10-inch Thrive

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Dec 12

Motorola announces new 4G tablets in hopes of ...

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The Apple iPad is still the number one selling tablet on the market and the Amazon Kindle Fire is doing just as well.  Earlier this week, Motorola announced the release of two new tablets with 4G support.  Recently, Dell has announced they will be stopping the sale of the 7-inch Dell Streak tablet and Motorola decided it was a good time to announce the replacement for its “wishy-washy” Xoom tablet.  the Xyboard is the new tablet from Motorola and it will come in two sizes, much like many other tablets these days and like start with a price around $429.99.

The Xyboard will be available in the 10.1-inch and 8.2-inch versions.  the price points are set at $429.99 for the smaller one and another $100 for the 10-inch version and those prices include a new two-year contract.  For about $30 more than the iPad or $230 more than the Kindle Fire, you can hook up with the next version of Xoom from Motorola.  if you want more internal storage for the Xyboard, you will pay more, up to $629.99 for the 32GB model.  both of the models are rumored to be ready for the holidays and on the shelf in your local Verizon Wireless store.  neither of the two companies has made an official “on sale” date at this time.

With a new version of the Xoom tablet coming, you can expect some changes.  One major change that will be noticed is the support for the 4G LTE network from Verizon.  the tablets will sport a 1.2 Ghz processor, 1GB of RAM and they will both be powered by Android 2.3, or Honeycomb.  the stats are quite comparable to the iPad for the most part, but the 1GB of RAM is double what you get with the iPad.  other specs include the 5MP camera with flash on the back side and the 1.3MP camera on the front for video chatting and more.  Quickoffice HD comes pre-installed on the Xyboard and an app called Dijit turns your Xyboard into a remote control for any TV, DVR or Blu Ray player.

With the Xoom being a disappointment to some, it looks like the tablet market might just wait to see how this one fares before getting all excited.  the price point is good, but comparable to the iPad 2, but the iPad 3 is right around the corner.

Motorola announces new 4G tablets in hopes of competing with the iPad and Kindle Fire