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Jun 03

Viewsonic to showcase 22 inch Android 4.0 tablet ...

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Viewsonic will unveil the biggest tablet of the world next month. The US based company has sent out invites to journalists for the function in which it is likely to showcase its 22 inch screen based tablet which will come with the Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.

While it can also be used at home, this tablet is designed with boardrooms in mind, where it will be used large and clear presentations etc.

Though there is no word on pricing and specifications, this tablet could well be the costliest tablet so far with such a large screen.

Currently, Viewsonic sells 7 inch and 10 inch tablets under its ViewPad brand, and almost all its tablets are based on Android operating system except one with dual boot option of Android and Windows 7.

Though company is marketing it as a tablet, many argue that it is at best an all-in-one PC based on Android and not a tablet. We find the argument credible enough, as this tablet definitely is not a very mobile device which is one of the key features of current crop of tablets.

Viewsonic to showcase 22 inch Android 4.0 tablet next month

Apr 29

Alleged Samsung Galaxy Tab 11.6 Spotted In Exynos ...

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The guys at Android and Me were curious enough to visit Samsung’s official webpage and they came across a very interesting ad. the ad for the Exynos 5250 chipset hides an interesting tablet. It’s a tablet that can’t be found in Samsung’s line up, and some believe we are looking at Samsung Galaxy Tab 11.6.

A couple of months-old rumors were speaking about this 11.6-inch mode, and the journalists at BGR were the first to mention the new Samsung slate back in December 2011. then some journalists who went backstage at CES 2012 were able to see a prototype of the 11.6-inch tablet, but they were not allowed to take any pictures or talk about the device everyone expect the mysterious Samsung Galaxy Tab 11.6 tablet to be a rival for the new iPad and it is rumored that it will have a resolution of 2500 x 1600.

We can’t guarantee that the tablet you see in the picture above is the 11.6-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab, because it looks a lot like the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 device, presented at MWC 2012, only that the speaker grille and the color are different.

Of course, the picture can be just a prototype or a concept tablet. Thus, the rumors were reporting that Galaxy Tab 11.6 will use this Exynos 5250 chipset, thus it’s a big coincidence thinking that the tablet was spotted exactly on the page dedicated to the aforementioned processor.

It will be interesting to see a tablet that can fight against iPad 3 and its incredible Retina Display, especially coming from Samsung, Apple’s biggest rival both on the smartphone and tablet markets. we just hope that the South Korea-based tablet maker will be able to launch it earlier than it was rumored. When we first heard about Samsung’s Android-powered 11.6-inch tablet, it was speculated that the device will hit the market sometime in the fall of 2012.

Alleged Samsung Galaxy Tab 11.6 Spotted In Exynos 5 Ad

Mar 11

Dell Crafting Windows 8 Business Tablets

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Dell apparently has its eye on crafting a business-centric Windows 8 tablet.

"having a secure Windows tablet that works with all the Windows applications–we’re hearing a lot of demand for that, and we think that will be quite attractive," Michael Dell, CEO of his eponymous company, said on the Bloomberg West television show.

That’s unsurprising, considering Dell’s past comments on the matter. Speaking to analysts and journalists on an August 2011 conference call, he said, "Our early work on Windows 8 on the tablet side looks to be pretty encouraging." At the time, he also suggested the company was "quite interested" in Google Android.

Dell originally loaded Android into its line of Streak tablets, which failed to excite the marketplace in the same way as Apple’s iPad. The original 5-inch Streak suffered something of an identity crisis, with many reviewers asking whether it was a large smartphone or a small tablet. Dell then issued the 7-inch Streak, only to stop selling it (along with the 5-inch edition) by December 2011.

Dell viewed Android as a way to break into the consumer tablet market. Windows 8 tablets, however, offer the prospect of a sustained enterprise play. this dovetails with Microsoft’s intentions for its next-generation operating system, which it will aim at not only consumers, but also the wide variety of businesses that rely on Microsoft infrastructure for everyday business processes. Windows 8 is scheduled to hit the market later in 2012.

For Dell, the rise of tablets presents a particular conundrum. For several quarters, analysts have debated over whether the popularity of mobile touch screens correlates directly with slowing PC sales worldwide. Whatever the actual answer, it’s unequivocal that PCs are experiencing a soft patch, sales-wise, which in turn could affect a PC manufacturer like Dell in negative ways.

Hence the continued focus on tablets, despite the failure of the Streak experiment. on a macro level, Dell might also position itself as less a PC-manufacturing concern and more a purveyor of IT services. "We’re no longer a PC company, we’re an IT company," Brad Anderson, president of Dell’s Enterprise Solutions, told PC Pro during a February event in London. "It’s no longer about shiny boxes, it’s about IT solutions."   

But that path also carries significant risks. In 2011, Hewlett-Packard attempted a similar repositioning, acquiring U.K.-based IT services provider Autonomy and announcing that it would spin off its PC-manufacturing Personal Systems Group (PSG). it later walked back that PSG decision, but not before the markets punished the company’s stock.  

Dell hasn’t embarked on anything on the scale of HP’s Autonomy acquisition, but the recent comments about tablets suggest the company is nonetheless trying to adapt with the times. and given how Android tablets have failed to break the iPad’s majority hold on the tablet market, Windows 8 tablets may represent the best bet for manufacturers other than Apple to seize a bit more of that mobility dollar.

to read the original eWeek article, click here: Dell Crafting Windows 8 Tablets for Business

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Jan 08

10 Rumored Gadgets for CES 2012

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I hate rumors. hate ‘em, hate ‘em, hate ‘em. I hate ‘em because they raise unreasonable expectations based on inadequate information, and because I feel like our job, as journalists, is to tell you what’s true, not just to parrot random things we found on the Internet.

I also feel the rumor mill is unfair to the companies making the products. take the recent rumor that RIM has “cancelled” two phones which it never announced. It hasn’t cancelled them. It never announced them. Should companies be forced to go forward with every idea they spitball because some employee leaked pictures onto the Internet? No. but the rumors and leaks raise that expectation.

Since next week’s CES trade show will be full of new products, it has also generated a ton of rumors. I have no idea whether any of these products will really hit shelves, or will really come out during CES. but they’re out there. if they don’t crop up at CES, try not to hold it against the manufacturers.

Also, I must insist: I don’t know whether anything I’m writing here is true. Feel free to abuse me in the comments.

Acer Iconia Tab A700Acer just announced a low-cost Android tablet, the Iconia Tab A200, and suggested there are more tablets to come at CES. The Verge claims Acer’s real flagship at the show will be the Iconia Tab A700, which would have a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor and an incredibly high-resolution 1920-by-1200 display. Acer and Nvidia are both having press conferences at the show, so it’s likely that they’re holding something back to surprise us.  

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Asus Transformer Prime MiniAlso from the “Android tablets beginning with A” department, Android Authority claims Asus will have a 7-inch, Tegra 3-powered Transformer Prime Mini tablet at the show. Asus isn’t having a press conference, but that doesn’t mean it won’t introduce anything. but if this tablet doesn’t show up, remember: Mobile World Congress is just six weeks away.

Fujifilm X-Pro1Fujifilm just announced a bunch of cameras, but it may be saving one more for the show: the X-Pro1. According to Engadget, the X-Pro1 is a 16-megapixel camera with a hybrid viewfinder and three interchangeable lenses. We’ll find out next week.

LG Intel PhoneIntel plans to make a big move into mobile at CES, and CEO Paul Otellini is anticipated to wave around tablet and phone reference designs at the show. According to the Korea Times, LG will show off an Intel-based phone at CES. It has done this before: in 2010 LG showed the GW990, an Intel-based phone running the Moblin Linux OS that never made it to market.

Nikon D800Nikon’s German Web site put up a picture of the D800 DSLR yesterday, and then took the image down very quickly. That may portend a launch at PMA @ CES, the trade show’s photography component. According to SlashGear, “The D800 is expected to have three times the sensor resolution and a bigger display than the D700 it will replace, as well as 1080p/30/25/24 video recording and the same autofocus system as in the D3.” 

Nokia 900Many people have been speculating that this phone will be Nokia’s first LTE Windows phone, and it will be part of AT&T’s press announcements on Monday. Also called the “Ace”—but that’s a codename, not a sale name—the 900 is supposed to look a lot like Nokia’s celebrated 800, but with LTE, of course. We’ll see. you can take a look at more info at PocketNow.com.

Pantech Element Waterproof AT&T TabletBGR claims that Pantech and AT&T will debut the Element, a waterproof 8-inch Android tablet that will run on AT&T’s LTE network and sell for $299. The waterproof aspect is certainly new; while there are a few waterproof phones on the market, I can’t think of any tablets that can be submerged. 

Samsung Galaxy Nexus for SprintThe LTE-packing Galaxy Nexus smartphone appeared in an ad on CNET, obviously part of a CES ad buy where someone forgot to put a start time on the advertisement’s appearance. if you believe the ad—and in this case, why not?—Sprint’s press conference on Tuesday will include the Galaxy Nexus as its first LTE phone, to go with the company’s first LTE markets: Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. 

Samsung Galaxy Note for AT&TKorean case maker Anymode sent out an email yesterday (to me, among other people) claiming that “AT&T recently named Anymode as OEM vendor for many of its Galaxy Note accessories … The Note is expected to be available in the United States in early 2012 through AT&T.” The company then retracted everything it said, but you can’t put that cat back into the bag. You’ll have trouble fitting the Note in your bag, too: it’s a “phablet,” a phone/tablet with a 5.3-inch screen. It will be very interesting to see how AT&T spins this thing, if the company does indeed consider it to be a viable product. we have a full preview of the Galaxy Note on PCMag.com.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc HDSony Ericsson has said it will announce a new smartphone at CES, and the blog IT Pro Portal seems to think that will be the Xperia Arc HD, a 1.5-Ghz, dual-core phone with a 720p display and 12-megapixel camera. if it’s real, that will be a blockbuster—or it would be if it ever comes to a U.S. carrier. Sony Ericsson has a really awful track record of bringing phones to U.S. carrier shelves, meaning that the Xperia Arc HD could potentially be another exotic import.

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