The Tablet PC war warming in on Black Friday, with its rolling Samsung Galaxy tab is based on Android wireless companies next week, ViewSonic unveiling two new devices — including one of the two running Google Android OS and Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium.
After its debut in Europe last month, T-Mobile USA will be the first to get a tab, which is essentially a larger version of the phones Samsung Galaxy 5 available variations on all four top wireless companies. Price for a T-Mobile, at the beginning of November 10, 399 with contract two a year.Sprint Nextel at the same rate and the price, even with a 2 year contract at the beginning of November 14, whereas with Verizon Wireless 11 month to sell the tab for the 908 without a contract, even though the data plan is available. consumers can also move the tab on the Best Buy in their shops.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs, earnings call, October 18, took a calculated all the jab and others like him, saying, "a seven inch tablets are tweeners: too big to compete with the smart and too small to compete with iPad."He also says that Google was advising recipients a 2.2 current version of Android is suitable also for tablets, that the reason given by Motorola and-CEO Sanjay Jha for company's slow computer market.
Dual boot
But, Calif-based walnut, ViewSonic best-known for computer displays, apparently, a book about Android is a copy of seven-inch, ViewPad-10.1. But it seems larger model be bdilr gambling by allowing users to be able to run in Windows 7.
ViewPad, equipped with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3.5 G data will be available later this year for the front and back $ 479 and cameras ', even though the front facing camera is only 0.3 megapixels compared three megapixels has the monitor on the back. WVGA 800 x 480 LCD, ViewSonic says, it is only a seven inch Android Tablet applications running on mobile services, including Gmail, Google feature, image-based maps, search, voice search, and more.
ViewPad larger has 1024 x 600 and led ciboli multi-touch screen, but works only on Android 1.6 instead of its sister 2.2. There is also a 1.3-megapixel camera-pixel is selling for only $ airliins in Q1 next year. distributors were not announced.
"Leveraging our view 20-year heritage, these solutions provide users with new ViewPad anytime anywhere connectivity," said Jeff Volpe, Vice President and General Manager of ViewSonic America."With access to a universe of Android applications, our new ViewPads they are a perfect for enjoying digital entertainment and media.Office productivity with the functionality is also a strong Web surfing. "
The threat is still not iPad
"Here there is no shortage of media messages, calendar," said Jeff light, main analyst of mobile devices ABI Research. "But it was the lack of commercially available competitor to the Apple iPad introduced in April and suppliers the least familiar media products that offers Panel since mid-2009 ".
Light said that because the form is still new, remains to see businesses bring them.
"Rumors of people ditching laptops and Smartphones with a single converged device are exactly that – rumors," said light. "Until more friendly-IT's available, organizations are just toy with the options of tablets media. If this considering the growing of the tablet pc for industrial applications, kiosks reconsidered. "
"...Dual boot capabilities are not new, "he added."There are laptops netbooks with this capability today, but usually offer the user a very sophisticated wants to get the best from a different operating system platforms. some models are available with two operating systems, while users have the ability to format the drives in this way. "
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