Author Archive: Gareth

Asus reveals Tranformer Prime TF700T

Asus certainly isn’t slowing down with their Android tablets. Not only have they been hard at work to bring ICS to their line-up, they are also going to be adding more to their line-up. They just revealed at CES that they will offer a higher-end version of the new Transformer Prime, called the Tranformer Prime TF700T. (The illustration picture is simply the regular Transformer Prime since Asus has not provide any different pics for this new version.) Many of the specs are similar, but their are some notable exceptions detailed below:

• A higher resolution (1920×1200) display
• An improved front facing camera (2MP)
• A new back panel design

Toshiba tablets for the year ahead

Toshiba has pre-announced plans to release two new tablets at CES this year. One is going to be the exact opposite of their previous outing. The Toshiba Thrive is super-packed with tons of features, but those extra features came at the price of making the tablet notoriously thick. One of the new Toshiba tablets debuting at CES this year will go the opposite route. We have shared a few rumour articles previously about the Excite AT200, but now we have a few more interesting details about the device. Here’s a breakdown:

• Initially Honeycomb OS
• Ultra-thin 7.7mm thick
• 10.1-inch 1280×800 resolution display
• 1.2GHz dual-core OMAP 4430 processor
• 5MP rear/2MP front facing cameras
• micro HDMI out and either 16GB or 32GB storage options

Supposedly, they will also be unveiling a second tablet that is even more mysterious. This other tab will reportedly be waterproof (or water-resistant), will have a 7-inch OLED display, and use a Qualcomm processor. Above is a screenshot of the back of the super-thin Excite. Intriguing.

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A Google Nexus Tablet?

This is an interesting rumour, in which Google’s own Eric Schmidt let slip the possibility of a Google branded Nexus-style tablet. According to this latest rumour, Google really is working on some form of a Nexus-Style Google branded tablet, and it may be coming to market as early as the end of Q1 2012. The tablet will be a 7-inch product and is actually designed to offer up an alternative to the Amazon Kindle Fire instead of compete directly with Apple’s iPad series. The rumour-mill further suggests that the pricing will be competitive with Amazon’s product as well, and should retail for around $199.99 in American Dollars, from America.

Right now, this Intel is highly speculative, and in fact, Google Taiwan already released a statement indirectly refuting it. They indicated that Google Taiwan has "never heard about plans of launching an own-brand tablet PC". Of course, this isn’t an outright denial, but we should still take this "news" with extra seasoning. If Google does go this route, they will likely be selling the device at an even greater loss than Amazon, since they would probably make the specs more competitive. It’ll be interesting to see how this pans out.

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Blackberry Playbook dirt cheap

It seems the sales season is starting early! Both Carphone Warehouse and Currys are selling the Blackberry Playbook 16GB for an insane £169.00. In addition to the Sale-O-Rama Currys are giving anyone who picks it up £50 off voucher.

The 64GB version is £329 on the site, so if you were to buy the 16Gb for your granny then you could get a 64GB version for £280 and be a happy Elf.

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