Category: "Tablets"

  • [Update] Acer Iconia B1 makes debut in India; “best-in-class tablet” launched for Rs. 8,000

    Acer Iconia B1 is released on shelves of Indian retails after its first public appearance at CES expo last week. The tablet makes Acer the first global brand to enter the entry-level tablet market. At Rs. 8,000 the tablet delivers better specification  than other entry-level tablets in Indian market. It is powered by dual-core processor clocking at... 

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  • [Report] Role of IIT-B for development and distribution of Aakash 2

    Aakash 2 was at demo at IIT-Bombay during this year’s Techfest expo. We got our hands on the applications developed and ported in Aakash 2 by IIT-Bombay. Aakash Application 1.0 Aakash Application 1.0 is an application package which bears student-essential programs. Listed are the developed hubs within Aakash Application 1.0 app. Clicker: Clicker... 

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  • Microsoft Surface Pro tablet to release in January, 2013 – will start from $899

    Microsoft has announced availability of its Surface Pro tablet along with pricing, however the announcement doesn’t spill exact launch date and regional availability. The tablet will go on sale in US in two variants. 64GB version will cost $899 whereas 128GB will cost $999. Unlike Surface RT, Surface Pro is powered by Intel Core i5 and Windows... 

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  • Aakash 2 tablet showcased at United Nations; India get commended by UN General Secretary

    The new Aakash tablet for students has reached the chambers of United Nations. General Secretary Ban Ki-moon addressed praiseful words for Aakash 2 tablet as well as the manufacturing nation, India. Ban appreciated the device by its “small and handy” form factor and commented India for being a “super-power on the information highway”. Recently... 

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  • DataWind CEO responds to an HT article; claims that Aakash tablets are being made on Indian soil

    Hindustan Times on Saturday, 24th November published some words about Aakash tablet. According to HT, DataWind has purchased about 10,000 AllWinner A13 chipset based tablet units from four manufactures based in Shenzhen and Hong Kong between October 26 and November 7 – purportedly, these units are rebranded as Aakash 2 which was unveiled by Indian... 

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  • Pranab Mukherjee unveiled a new version of Aakash tab today at Delhi

    Pranab Mukherjee, President of India today unveiled a new version of Aakash tablet in the event of National Education Day and 124th birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. Sadly no media release is out yet. So we can’t bet on availability. However the new tablet is touted for better battery life and performance... 

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  • Asus brings its Windows 8 family in India – VivoTab RT comes in: reasonably priced?

    Asus has released VivoBook S400 Ultrabook, VivoBook F202E and Vivotab RT in India. All devices are powered by Windows 8 and feature touchscreen displays. The S400 Ultrabook packs in Intel Core i7 Ivy Bridge processor incorporated with Intel HD Graphics 4000, 14 inch display featuring LED backlit glare panel, 4 gigs of RAM with 500GB of hard disk storage... 

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  • An analysis report marks Microsoft Surface RT more profitable to MS than iPad to Apple

    An analysis report released by IHS iSuppli reveals hardware material and manufacturing costs of Microsoft Surface RT tablets. It’s so estimated to make a profit of 53 percent on one unit BOM (bill of material) + manufacturing cost to the company. $599 costing 32GB Surface RT tablet bills a total of $284 to Microsoft. Similarly $599 costing 32GB... 

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  • Amazon shows off Kindle Fire HD’s new ad on homepage; iPad Mini goes in comparison for features and price

    “Much More for Much Less.” – With the tagline for Kindle Fire HD surfacing on the homepage of Amazon, the company places beside Apple’s new breed of tablet, iPad Mini. On the basis of visuals, features and price tag, Amazon have drawn fire by comparing its Kindle Fire HD and iPad Mini. According to the company, Kindle Fire... 

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  • Asus PadFone 2 is set for launch on October 16

    The launch event of the successor of Asus PadFone is scheduled in Taipei and Milan on the same date – October 16. The invitation-to-event image above was published by Notebook Italia claiming to have received the invite. According to a leaked benchmark, PadFone 2 incorporates Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 series quad-cored chipset clocking at 1.5Ghz.... 

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  • Asus rolls out Jelly Bean to Transformer Pad TF300; well, only North Americans could chew it

    Asus has announced the roll out of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for its Transformer Pad TF300 (looks like a laptop, doesn’t it?)in North America. The update will include new features like power saving options and global file search along with some more additional improvements to the pre-loaded apps. Asus also confirmed that it’s going to release... 

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  • Top 10 Best Android Tablets To Buy in 2012

    About Author: Vikas Bhatt is a blogger who blogs at various technology blogs. Apart from tech blogging he loves writing about tutorials such as how to download Galaxy S3 wallpapers and comparison of mobile phones such as Galaxy Note and Samsung Galaxy S3. If you are planning to buy a new Android tablet for yourself, here goes the updated list... 

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  • Samsung invites media on ‘August 15th’ launch event – Galaxy Note 10.1 is on the cards!

    Samsung sent media an invitation to a ‘major’ Galaxy launch event to be held on 15 August at New York. Galaxy Note 10.1 is highly expected by everyone of us. The mock-up on invitation doesn’t hint much although the stroked letters tells us that this tab is supposed to support S-Pen stylus. Another reason why the tablet is highly... 

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  • [Update] Karbonn’s Jelly Bean tablet’s on its way to hit Indian retails this month

    Karbonn Mobiles’ executive director confirmed that the company’s first tablet Smart Tab 1 will start selling off in retails this month. ST1 could be India’s first Android 4.1 Jelly Bean tablet. The tablet will be available in much affordable price range… so you shouldn’t expect heavenly high-end hardware inside it. It... 

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  • 10.1 inch Micromax Funbook “Pro” stocks at Snapdeal.com

    It’s in stock of Snapdeal, being sold off for Rs. 9,999. No other online portal have joined the party of Funbook Pro yet. The successor of Funbook gets some nice add-ons although it still remains under affordable price range. It’s a 10.1 inch Android 4.0 ICS powered tablet with 1.2Ghz single-cored chipset inside. Guys at MM did take on... 

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  • Microsoft Surface tab to release in U.S. on October 26

    Statement from Microsoft’s filing of its annual report at U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission confirms Surface tablet’s release date – Surface will be available along with Windows 8 – October 26. “The next version of our operating system, Windows 8, will be generally available on October 26, 2012. At that time, we... 

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  • Apple leads Q3 2011 in top 15 manufacturers of Mobile Mix report

    Why iPhone? What was so exciting about the first iPhone? It had a great UI unlike any other smartphones in the market of that time – iOS. The experience for an end user on the first iPhone was incredible – kinetic scrolling, multi-touch (pinch-to-zoom), App Store, etc. Competitors like Microsoft and HTC started to catch up with the fancy... 

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  • [Update] HCL launched two affordable ICS tabs

    It seems Indian manufacturers are tired from cheap Froyo/Gingerbread tabs, alike the consumers. Two new tablets from HCL have launched today – both are powered by Android 4.0 ICS, and both are damn cheap ICS tabs. HCL ME U1 features 1Ghz single-cored silicon, 4GB internal storage, 512MB RAM, 7 inch capcitive touchscreen display, a full USB port,... 

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  • Watch Apple’s New iPad event – recorded webcast, complete

    A guy from Romania uploaded full event (official video) of Apple which happened on 7th March over YouTube. You do know about the New iPad (iPad 3) by now, but in case you’d like to to watch the full 1 hr 25 mins of the event, hit the video below. Everyone Digital YouTube  Read More →

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  • [Update] Apple iPad 2 price slashed, but two variants have been discontinued – 16GB now starts at Rs. 24,500

    Although we couldn’t find India in the list of countries where iPad 3 will start selling from 16th March, iPad 3 could be launching soon in India as Apple India has already slashed the price for iPad 2 16GB variant. Apple had already announced the discontinuation of iPad 2 32GB and 64GB models on the iPad 3 event last night. Going by the press... 

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