Samsung's Galaxy Tab Is iPad's Rival

Samsung Galaxy Tab Image

After seven months of unchallenged prominence, Apple’s hot-selling iPad now has its first credible competitor in the nascent market for multitouch consumer tablet computers: the Samsung Galaxy Tab.The Tab is being introduced over the next week by three major U.S. wireless phone carriers at $400 with a cellular data contract, or at $600 with cellular capability but no contract. The iPad starts at $499 for a Wi-Fi model with no cellular-data capability or contract, and is $629 for the least expensive model with cellular data capability but no contract.

Like the iPad, the Tab, which uses Google’s Android operating system, is a good-looking slate with a vivid color screen that can handle many of the tasks typically performed on a laptop. These include email, social networking, Web browsing, photo viewing, and music and video playback. It also can run a wide variety of third-party apps. But it has major differences, most notably in size.

Handroid Pad CSL MI700|Specification

Handroid Pad CSL MI700|Specification

The era of tablet PCs with the Android OS is really inevitable. Saturday (30.10.2010) ago, Samsung Tablet Galaxy and get a tremendous response. Monday (1/11/2010), CSL as we know carries a sub-brand Blueberry tablets was released called Android MI700 Handroid Pad series. This also ordain CSL as a local brand (although its Headquarter in Malaysia) first Android release tablet. Unmitigated, 7-inch tablet has to offer. This is equivalent to the size of the Galaxy Tablet.

"Android Market applications show encouraging growth. Tim Android developers claim to have passed the 100,000 application. Also, the tablet PC market growth prospects as well as mobile phones increasingly positive. This is what lies behind the launch MI700 Handroid Pad CSL," said Leonard Edmundus, GM Sales & CSL Blueberry Marketing.

To make sales, together with the operator CSL Blueberry 3 (Tri) as partners bundling with the device. "We warmly welcome cooperation with Tri and CSL Blueberry that combine data from the Tri service with high-tech tablet phone from CSL Blueberry," said Surresh Reddy, Chief Marketing Officer of Tri. Leonard added that the tablet is the same class with other Android tablet in the range of USD 6 million. In terms of design is very interesting. Dimensions 179.4 x 11.5 mm X110 is wrapped by stainless steel material combine two colors, namely black and white. A 3.2 MP camera sticking on the back for shooting needs.

Tablet that uses the Qualcomm MSM 7227 series has been wearing Android OS version 2.2 aka Froyo. While memory 512 MB ROM and 512 MB of RAM, plus microSD external memory backup that is claimed capable of swallowing up to 16 GB of data.

Using GSM and UMTS at 900/1900/2100 MHz frequencies. Also alternative uses Wi-Fi network for wireless connections. As well as the screen on the tablet type, MI700 been using capacitive technology with a resolution of 400 x 800 pixels. However, still wearing the color density of 65,000 colors. Audio facilities capable of reading a variety of formats such as "His role is not only to the needs of Internet access (browsing, download applications, chat, social networking, etc.), but also telephony (of course advised to use hands-free), even as Wi-Fi router like the Mi-Fi we never wrote a few weeks ago. That way, the tablet that has a G-Sensor facilities can function properly a hotspot, but of course with a limited number of devices connected. CSL Handroid Pad MI700 seems to be the challenger of its own. Leonardo said the US 3.999 million as the price. "We want to bring telematics solution that is integrated in one device, of course with a very affordable price for the Indonesian people," he concluded.

HTC Wildfire SmartPhone Details

HTC Wildfire

Recognizing the importance of friendship in the virtual world activity through social networking sites that exist, the HTC smartphone based product release for beginners class. Variant cell phone that is named Wildfire is already carrying the operating system Android 2.1 Eclair.

Mentioned targeting the beginner class users and young people because, despite using a similar form factor design by Desire-HTC HTC Wildfire add special features that is more focused on the integration of social networks most popular.

One feature that is not, or not, owned any other Android-based HTC is the HTC Caller ID. This feature displays the current status of the caller is on Facebook complete with date of birth. This makes the user can know or guess the reason he was called up so that talks can be more 'disconnected'.

Other features such as Friend Stream displays the status of a friend Facebook, and Twitter on the same screen. Similar to the existing Timescape features on Sony Ericsson phones Android output.

In terms of specifications, HTC Wildfire is equipped with an internal GPS for navigation, Accelerometer for motion-based gaming, Digital Compass, Proximity Sensor that automatically turn off the screen when brought near to the face while dialing, and Ambient Light Sensor which adjusts the intensity of light-dim the screen when used indoors or outdoors.

While for the purposes of connectivity, the phone also provides Bluetooth v2.1 A2DP, WiFi b / g, and standard 3.5 mm audio jack.

For those who love taking pictures, the resulting picture quality is good enough because of the flash and auto focus system. Results photographs or video footage can simply be enjoyed comfortably on scratch-resistant screen measuring 3.2 inches.

Although officially circulated in Indonesia, unfortunately HTC new Wildfire available in mid August 2010. Prices in the market is estimated to USD 3.7 million per unit, or half the price of HTC Desire.

LG Release Pad tablet In Q1

LG will launch an Android-based tablet device in the first quarter of 2011, one that comes with a bigger screen and a faster processor compared to the newly released Samsung Galaxy Tab.

According to Korean website MK News (which cited a senior LG Electronics official), the device will have a 8.9-inch touchscreen and will be called the LG Pad, one powered by the next version of Google Android, not Gingerbread but Honeycomb.

The anonymous source also said that the LG Pad will be launched in domestic and overseas markets. This could well mean that Android OS v2.3 (AKA Gingerbread) will have a very short lifespan.

The other titbit is the presence of a dual core Tegra 2 processor from Nvidia which is based on an ARM Cortex A9 design and should easily best current tablets on the market.

Plans for a Froyo based tablet from LG, the Optimus Pad, appeared to have been canned prematurely and the one picture of the device that came to us shows a rather elegant design, not unlike the iPhone 4.

iPad is cannibalizing Netbook sales

Microsoft has officially stated the fact that the iPad is eating into the Windows-powered netbook sales, according to Graviella Schuster, GM of Windows We think it’s more like the funeral of the Windows-powered netbook. With other interesting OS’s coming out for low-end netbooks and tablets – such as Android,Chrome OS and Blackberry’s own proprietary system expect to see this market get very competitive, very quickly.

Graviella Schuster of Microsoft says:

But the success of the Apple iPad, and the impending Google Android tablets, are beginning to threaten Windows’ hold on the “and” PC market. These [Netbooks] are definitely getting cannibalized. These are really a second device. But they are getting cannibalized.

Currently the iPad is holding a 90%-95% of the tablet market and reportedly 20% of all consumers in the US plan on purchasing an iPad in the near future. Is this going to be the funeral of the netbook?