The tech world is already chock-a-bloc with tablets. Inspired by the phenomenal success of Apple’s iPad.
The tech world is already chock-a-bloc with tablets. Inspired by the phenomenal success of Apple’s iPad, many companies want a piece of this pie. Many have already come out with products, which showcase their haste more than anything else. But there are a few products, in the pipeline, which can give serious competition to the iPad.
*Motorola Xoom:
The Xoom will be the first to run on the Google Android Honeycomb OS, made especially for tablets. First impressions suggest that the interface will be livelier than the regular Android mobile OS, and will be much more interactive. Users will no longer feel like they're using a giant phone. That’s not all, the 10.1” device will pack some serious power with its 2GHz Tegra 2 chipset and 1GB of RAM. The 16GB tablet’s screen will also have a 16:10 physical aspect ratio, almost the same as Blu-ray.
The Xoom will be the first to run on the Google Android Honeycomb OS, made especially for tablets. First impressions suggest that the interface will be livelier than the regular Android mobile OS, and will be much more interactive. Users will no longer feel like they're using a giant phone. That’s not all, the 10.1” device will pack some serious power with its 2GHz Tegra 2 chipset and 1GB of RAM. The 16GB tablet’s screen will also have a 16:10 physical aspect ratio, almost the same as Blu-ray.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1:
The 7” version of the Tab has done its bit in the market. The new larger 10.1 Tab runs on the vanilla version of the Honeycomb OS. While the complaint with the smaller tab was that it was running on an OS meant for phones, this one will be a tablet in the true sense. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is powered by Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor, but doesn’t have the TouchWiz feature of its smaller brother. There is an 8-megapixel back-facing camera and a front-facing 2-megapixel camera for video calls.
The 7” version of the Tab has done its bit in the market. The new larger 10.1 Tab runs on the vanilla version of the Honeycomb OS. While the complaint with the smaller tab was that it was running on an OS meant for phones, this one will be a tablet in the true sense. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is powered by Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor, but doesn’t have the TouchWiz feature of its smaller brother. There is an 8-megapixel back-facing camera and a front-facing 2-megapixel camera for video calls.
*BlackBerry Playbook:
This 7” tablet will be the preferred option for business users due to its pedigree. It will feature the BlackBerry Tablet OS and support symmetric multiprocessing with its 1 GHz dual-core processor and 1 GB RAM. Its USP will be e-mail and multimedia features. The Playbook will be an extension of the phone, which it will pair with using a secure Bluetooth connection.
This 7” tablet will be the preferred option for business users due to its pedigree. It will feature the BlackBerry Tablet OS and support symmetric multiprocessing with its 1 GHz dual-core processor and 1 GB RAM. Its USP will be e-mail and multimedia features. The Playbook will be an extension of the phone, which it will pair with using a secure Bluetooth connection.
*HTC Flyer:
This will be the size of the smaller 7” Samsung Galaxy Tab and will run on Android's Gingerbread (2.4) OS, though paired with a special tablet version of HTC’s very own Sense UI. Reports suggest this little tweak “turns the flat-looking Gingerbread interface into a 3D environment with a lot of movement”. The Flyer will also come with a stylus. Though you will not need it for regular use, the stylus will let you draw out ideas in the Notes App.
*HP TouchPad:This will be the size of the smaller 7” Samsung Galaxy Tab and will run on Android's Gingerbread (2.4) OS, though paired with a special tablet version of HTC’s very own Sense UI. Reports suggest this little tweak “turns the flat-looking Gingerbread interface into a 3D environment with a lot of movement”. The Flyer will also come with a stylus. Though you will not need it for regular use, the stylus will let you draw out ideas in the Notes App.
The TouchPad will run on the critically acclaimed WebOS, made popular by the Palm Pre. The OS will also be the factor that sets it apart, considering that most tablets run on Android. Running on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.2GHz CPU, there is no shortage of power either. But more details of the TouchPad are awaited.
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