Tablet & Ereader Reviews

It is a battle between iOS and Android and this fight has evolved tremendously from Smartphones to Tablets. Strategy Analytics, a market research company, reports that on quarter four of 2010, Android Tablets sold in the market has tremendously increased to 22% of the market share. This increase in the market share in Q4 is a tenfold increase as compared to that of Q3 of the same year.

The Samsung Galaxy Tablet contributed to the large jump in the market share for the last quarter of last year. Apple iPad distributed around 7.3 million iPad units in Q4 of 2010. On the other hand, Android Tablets accounted for 75% of the shipments made worldwide. The strong sale of Android Tablets is seen as continuously emerging despite the fact that Honeycomb or Android 3.0 has not yet been released in the tablet market. Android 3.0 is expected to rise as the main competitor of Apple iPad once this is made available to the public. As the battle continues, Apple iPad is scheduled to release Apple iPad 2 this year. For now, let us try to understand why customers prefer to buy Android Tablets over Apple iPad.

iPad has amazing graphics, clear videos, touch screen sensitivity, 3G connectivity, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 10 hours battery life, games and other applications that can be installed in this unit. An Android Tablet, on the other hand, has an open source for Operating System. This means users can still improve on the applications and coding. There are more games and applications developed with Android Tablet. It has GPS, 3G and allows users to read e-books. It also has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth similar to iPad. Android Tablet has a camera and flash support while iPad does not have this feature. You can do multi-tasking just like iPad and it is relatively cheaper in terms of cost.

As for the disadvantages of the two products, iPad does not have a camera and lacks USB port. It does not support flash. Likewise, YouTube, CBS and Huku are reportedly to be problematic with iPad. It does not have GPS too. For Android Tablet, its battery life is not the same as that of an iPad.

What Apple iPad does not have right now, it may have in the near future especially with iPad 2 coming out in the market soon. The same goes with Android Tablets. This is seen as an unending battle between the two. What these two are undergoing right now is similar to how it was before in the cellular phone market. As one or two features become basic, additional and more sophisticated features are incorporated in cell phones. The Tablet market is no different from this.

Laptop users and cell phone users have identified their need for tablets. The tablet market is relatively new and is still unsaturated so users will have to scrutinize between the two to meet their tablet needs and observe on who will still lead the race. Read the rest of this entry »

The Entourage Edge Android Tablet is an ereader tablet that is basically designed for students. It has a 9.7 inch screen on one of the sides and 10.1 inch color LCD which is on the other side. In fact, the company variously refers to this device as a dual book. This android tablet ereader can be used to download and read ebooks as well as take notes and lectures on a stylus. The device also comes with many application features that can be of great help and offer moments of fun as you are immersed in your academic work. Some people say that the plastic cover chassis lacks style and elegance although this is a matter of opinion. The manufacturers probably wanted something that would really depict the serious nature of academics.

When this device is opened, the first thing that one notices is the profound hinge that enables one to easily see the content of the materials in 180 degrees. It is possible for you to fold the hinge so that you can just see one display at a time. You can also customize the screen to whichever degree you like so long as it suits you. There are rubber strips on the inside and outside of the plastic chassis to keep the tablet strong and not to slide.

Some people may find the edge quite weighty and so it advisable that you hold the tablet as a book rather than with only one arm. Holding the device with only one arm will strain your hands after about only half an hour. There are Edge ports which are located just outside the electronic paper display. There are also slots for SIM cards and SD cards which are located next to the USB PC port.On the top of the edge sits a Wi-Fi switch which enables you to be connected to the internet should you want to browse the web. There is a rechargeable lithium battery which powers the device.

The screen of this device can be used to watch videos and for browsing the internet. It also allows users to send and receive emails and to also use the Microsoft office documents and to be able to manipulate them to their specifications. There are many important applications that have been inbuilt into this tablet. For instance, you can easily monitor and mark important dates using the inbuilt calendar application.This will help you keep track of your appointments. This device operates on the android operating system and as such, there is unrestricted access to thousands of applications.

The two screens of this ereader are able to interact effectively. For instance, users can easily search for ebooks in Google, a dictionary or enter a search term into Wikipedia on the LCD side of the screen. As information gets more digitized by the day, the demand for such devices will keep on increasing and such increase will obviously lead to widespread use of these devices. Books, newspapers and magazines companies have all started adapting their content to suit this trend so that they are not rendered obsolete by this latest trend. Some have however complained of increasing plagiarism of their works.

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Hanvon just announced a new Super multimedia e-Reader namely Hanvon HPad A112. The HPad A112 tablet is super-slim e-Reader with fashionable design with measures in 192 x 136 x 10.8mm. the device is made from aluminum-magnesium allow frame with glass front cover and acrylic back cover. Hanvon HPad A112 e-Reader is expected will be available in H2 201 with starting price at around €399 ($545).

Hanvon A112 is powered by a 720 MHz ARM11 processor, 256M / 512M DDR2, 2GB of flash storage, a Micro SD card up to 32GB for memory expansion, a 7-inch (capacitive or resistive) touchscreen display with resolution of 800 x 600 pixels, a rear-facing 3-megapixel camera (along with a front-facing camera for video calls), and running on Android 2.2 Froyo for Operating System.

Other specifications of the Hanvon HPad A112 are optional GPS, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB port, Micro-USB, Mini-HDMI port, 3.5mm ear jack and a 3300 mAh battery provide up to 8 hours of reading with 6 hours for video playing. Hanvon HPad A112 e-Reader also support Hanvon business application, such as Hanvon Office Editer, Hanvon Handwriting Mail and Notes, and support Audio: MP3, WAV, WMA with Video:MP4, MOV, AVI, ASF, MKV, RM, RMVB, MPEG4, WMV9, H.264 up to 1080P. Unfortunately, the HPad A112 e-reader is not Google certified, so ypu can acces to Android market, but you can access to over 160,000 books and magazines on Hanvon online bookstore and download and upgrade over 5,000 special Hanvon-Apps.

Hanvon HPad A112 Specifications

CPU: ARM11 CPU 720MHz
Memory: 256M / 512M DDR2
Display: 7-inch TFT touchscreen display with 800 x 600 pixels resolution
Flash: 2G MLC-Nand
Memory Expansion: Micro SD card, up to 32GB
OS: Android 2.2 Froyo
Camera: Rear 3MP webcam
WiFi: Yes
Bluetooth: Yes
3G: Optional built-in, USB data card extension
GPS: Option
G-Sensor: Yes
Battery: 3.7V Li-Polymer 3300mAh for 6 hours video playing, 8 hours reading
I/O interface: USB, Micro-USB, Mini-HDMI, 3.5mm ear jack
Dimension: 192 x 136 x 10.8mm

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The newly revealed Motorola Xoom is in a league of its own in the tablet marketplace. It undoubtedly has the aesthetic and technical qualities that everyone has been craving for, especially in an Android tablet. For those tech savvy and trendy, the Motorola Xoom has more power than any tablet on the market today, and for the foreseeable future. Motorola Xoom has just win the 2011 International CES ‘Best in the show’ award. It’s easy to see why. Let’s take a look at why Motorola Xoom is making everyone excited. Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity of tablets is on the rise and to meet the growing demand more and more companies are coming with this new piece of gadget. It is not that all of them are outstanding. In fact, some of them are better to ignore while some are truly magnificent. This will not be irrelevant to say that Apple sold 15 million iPads in 2010 and the company has projected to sell as many as 45 million in the year 2011. So it certainly gives an idea how the demand of the tables will be in the coming year. In this article we will discuss about 5 hottest tablets of this year. Read the rest of this entry »