Posts Tagged ‘Google’

Newsmy’s 8-inch NewPad P9 is one of the two world’s first tablets running Android 4.0 ICS.

Many posts have been published on the internet over the last few days, about the world’s first Ice Cream Sandwich tablet – the Rockchip Android 4.0 PAD, which is powered by a Rockchip RK2918 processor (Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics Co.,Ltd.).

So, is it possible a tablet, which just a few weeks ago was capable of running only Android 2.3 Gingerbread, to run ICS? The answer is – Yes.

Yesterday, Engadget posted some photos (at Engadget China) of two Fuzhou Rockchip prototype tablets, running Android 4.0 ICS.

On one of those photos (the above one), our eyes spotted the name of the tablet – NewPad P9. Although a prototype, it is clearly that this is the 8-incher – the NewPad P9 tablet (below) with its front facing camera situated on a specific and unique place.

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A few hours ago, Engadget was tipped anonymously (again), about another future tablet from Lenovo.

The tablet has a 5-inch display, and is likely to run Google’s Android OS. From the photos (on Engadget’s site) can be spotted an HDMI port, micro USB port and a front-facing camera.

There are no hardware specifications available yet, but as we can see the device looks a bit like a smartphone, and comes in Black and Clementine Orange – Lenovo’s favorite color.

Via Engadget

What will Nvidia offer, so as to keep the lead?

Watch, Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO and Co-Founder of Nvidia Corp., speaking with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television, about the future of tablet devices, Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich, Windows 8 on ARM powered devices, technology, and how Nvidia will manage to keep the lead against Qualcomm and Texas Instruments.

Source Bloomberg

Two days ago, AT&T introduced its Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 4G LTE tablet.

The AT&T’s 4G LTE Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is an ultra-thin tablet with a slim and lightweight design, running Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) and packed with optimized services from Google, AT&T and Samsung. The new tablet comes with a vivid 8.9-inch (1280×800) high-resolution screen, powerful 1.5GHz Snapdragon dual core processor, and support for HTML 5 and Adobe Flash Player.

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Two days ago (November 3rd, 2011), Motorola launched its Motorola XOOM 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition Wi-Fi tablets in UK and Ireland.

Motorola’s new Wi-Fi tablets XOOM 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition are loaded with Android 3.2 Honeycomb and are powered by 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, 1GB memory and 16GB of storage space. The tablets’ display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass and a splashguard coating (protection against spills). Both devices have 1.3 MP front and 5 MP rear-facing HD cameras with digital zoom, auto focus and LED flash.

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Less than an hour ago, Lenovo announced that will postpone the launch of its 7-inch IdeaPad Tablet A1 for the Japanese market.

On October 13^th, Lenovo (Tokyo) announced that its 7-inch IdeaPad Tablet A1 will be available in Japan from October 28^th, but today – due to significantly higher market demand – the IdeaPad tablet launch date was moved (by Lenovo) to November 9^th, 2011. 

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Two days ago, ASUS announced the launch of its Eee Pad Slider in Portugal.

Asus will offer its 32GB model of its Eee Pad Slider for the Portuguese market. The Slider device is available in Pearl White or Metallic Brown, has a sliding keyboard and is loaded with Google’s Android 3.2 Honeycomb. 

We all know that the Slider device is powered by NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor and 1GB LPDDR2 memory. It also comes with a 10.1-inch IPS (16:10) display (with a viewing angle of 178 °) scratch protected by Corning Gorilla Glass, two cameras (1.2MP front and 5MP rear), integrated USB port, micro SD and a mini HDMI port. 

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