Microsoft introduced the Tablet features on Windows 8

Microsoft has revealed in his blog some of the characteristics developed on Windows 8 tablets.

The plates are running Windows 8 will be able to play HD video for 8-13 hours without recharging. These devices would weigh from 520 to 1200 grams, the length of the gadgets will not exceed 298 mm, width - 204 mm and a height range from 8.35 to 15.6 mm, according to a blog.

The operating system will be installed also on the boards with plug-in keyboard and laptops with touch controls. Representatives of software giant write that, in addition to previously submitted Asus Tablet Lenovo ThinkPad 600 and 2, also are developing devices from Dell and Samsung.

Recall that Microsoft announced the release of its own tablet Surface on Windows 8, which angered the company Acer. The Director General of Acer, Microsoft's production will affect the "whole ecosystem" and can cause resentment from other manufacturers. Microsoft Surface to go on sale later this year, after 26 October, when the sale will go to the Windows operating system 8.

Why do Nexus 7 tablet was left without a memory card?

Before the release of the Tablet PC Google Nexus 7 in the network are discussed in full advantages and disadvantages of device. Perhaps the main argument used by critics of the device - a lack of support for memory cards. The most popular version of this decision is an attempt to impose on users of cloud services Google, such as Google Drive, or Google Music. I think that without this not done, but the reason why the Nexus 7 was left without a memory card is more complicated than it seems at first glance . Dan Morrill (Dan Morrill), Android-engineer at Google, said on this subject: "We are tired of watching, as manufacturers provide a large amount of memory for media at the time, as users do not have enough space to store applications and data. Our approach is to combine all in one, which is much more convenient. " While Google is prezhdnemu supports removable media in the operating system Android, the corporation relies on a large block of storage (in the Galaxy Nexus, for example, and now the Nexus 7), which users can use to save all information - from the media and documents to applications. This strategy has several additional benefits. The first advantage of interest, mostly tech-savvy users. It consists in the fact that the device can use the file system type ext (Extended File System, extended file system) instead of a combination of ext and FAT (File Allocation Table, File Allocation Table). The new method is faster and safer to work with data stored on the device, especially a personal nature. A journaling file system reduces the number of system errors and keep its integrity in case of trouble. Another advantage is that the hosting machine (connect to your computer ustryostva) can not change the file system, since it does not block access to files. Instead, for debugging a pseudo-SD card using a proxy FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace, the file system in user space). This means you can avoid errors due to incorrect debugging the phone and the device will be able to maintain access to all data, even when connected to a computer. Of course, Google - not a charitable organization and one of the reasons for refusal of an SD-card - a popularization of cloud services corporation. But you're still free to use third-party "cloud", for example, Dropbox or Yandeks.Disk, so that did not look too much dirty trick in the intentions of the company's Mountain View. 

Apple will sell the iPad tablet in China

As the saying goes - "in less than half of the year" and the long-awaited tablet iPad last generation as early as Friday, July 20, will be sold in China. This happened due to the fact that Apple has yet got permission to use the trademark iPad in China, paying no small amount of kickbacks.


The latest generation of tablets iPad with a "retina" screen will be sold in Chinese stores official Apple Store, or through local resellers. To buy a long-awaited tablet, the Chinese people need to start to issue an order online, because the demand is expected to iPad incredible.

China is a very important market for Apple, because its products, especially the iPhone 4S, it is sold as a "hot cakes". Due to start selling as early as this Friday, the Cupertino-based company can earn from selling well plates and finish the quarter, another record.

Announcing the official price on the iPad in China, just to get rid of the speculators who sell apple tablet at insane prices because the cost of the tablet in China will match that of the United States.

The first Microsoft Surface tablets will not support LTE

This agency Bloomberg said a source on the market. Note that the main competitor to Microsoft - a company Apple - release tablets iPad, supporting the fourth-generation network LTE, although it also has the cheaper models, working only with Wi-Fi.

The plates which can only Wi-Fi, a large part of the market. Microsoft's decision to release only such models can help companies reduce costs, said Ben Bajarin (Ben Bajarin), an analyst at consulting firm Creative Strategies. On the other hand, this solution is not too fit into the strategy of positioning as a Surface device that can be used anywhere and at any time.

However, according to research by Gartner, the majority of users still using plates in the first house, where there is Wi-Fi, and avoid the use of cellular networks due to their high cost.

Microsoft Surface Plates will be available later this year. Devices will be two: the more expensive will work on Windows 8 Pro and chips Intel, and it will be possible to use all of the programs created for PCs on Windows, the cheaper will work on Windows RT chips, and Nvidia and it will only mobile application from the Marketplace. The distinctive feature of the Tablet Microsoft - magnetic cover, which acts as a touch keyboard.

Microsoft, may be preparing its own tablet

First reported by the resource The Wrap, then in the All Things D reported that, according to their data, preparing a tablet on Windows 8 will be a direct competitor of iPad. Analyst Mary Jo Foley, ZDNet different opinion - she thinks it would be rather expensive 7-inch tablet, like the Amazon Kindle Fire, which can be engaged in the production of Nokia. This can be a serious blow to Google, which, according to recent reports, submit your tablet at the Nexus Conference I / O at the end of the month.
It is unclear from the tablet Microsoft ARM-processor or a "classic" x86-version, but analysts suggest that this is likely to be something different from devaysov other manufacturers.

If Microsoft really is preparing a new product, it's amazing how she managed to keep it a secret until now. Shrouded in secrecy and self held June 18 event - until now not known the exact location of the meeting (in the invitation to show only city - Los Angeles Time - 15:30).

AMD has shown a hybrid chip tablet with Trinity

AMD is trying not to miss out on the market, and tablets at Computex 2012 showed a prototype of such a device, based on the processor Trinity A6. The device received a 11.6 "display with 1366 × 768 pixels, running on Windows 8 and is equipped with a detachable keyboard, with which it can turn into a laptop. As noted in Engadget, is engaged in the production of a prototype contract manufacturer Compal. However, the device generally can not go into mass production, because its main purpose - to show the possibility of the chip AMD Trinity A6. According to journalists, with Windows 8 tablet running smoothly, but to assess actual performance in applications failed.

HuaYi - Android-tablet for $ 65

China has released perhaps the most budget tablet to date, which was not the most euphonic name HuaYi, and its cost is only $ 65.

Despite the name and price, this device is quite cope with the most basic tasks. The gadget, running an operating system Android 4.0, has a 7-inch multitouch display with a resolution of 800x480 pixels and is equipped with a single core processor running at 1 GHz and 512 MB of RAM.

HuaYi is equipped with a slot for memory cards microSD, microUSB port, and HDMI, as well as the front camera.

Inexpensive tablet for business

The company introduced in Russia NextPAD T907 tablet with serious features, designed primarily for business people.

New feature 9.7-inch capacitive screen with IPS-matrix and a resolution of 1024x768 pixels, the processor is powerful enough Boxchip A10 1.5 GHz, Mali-400 graphics, 1GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal memory (expandable by another 32GB for the from memory cards).

The device has two cameras - a basic 2-megapixel and 0.3 megapixel front, modules Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, outputs HDMI 1.3 (allows you to display images up to 2160p), Mini USB 2.0. Powered NextPAD T907 is running the latest OS Android 4.0.3.

The battery capacity of 8400 mAh ensures, according to the manufacturer, up to 10 hours of active work. Dimensions of the device - 245h185h9, 6 mm, weight - 610

Go to the tablet, you can easily connect the 3G-modem, as well as a very useful accessory - QWERTY-keyboard that connects via Bluetooth and is sold separately.

Incidentally, the new product looks similar to the other tablet, recently tested by us, - Prestigio MultiPad 9.7 Pro.

Waterproof tablet Meopad AQUA

The Japanese company Taxan announced its new waterproof tablet Meopad AQUA running on OS Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

This device has two cameras, a 1.3 megapixel front and rear 5 megapixel and Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, waterproof IP54, 1Seg TV tuner, 1-GHz processor, 512 MB ​​RAM and 8 GB of internal memory. Meopad AQUA comes with a stylish 7-inch (1024 × 600) display and the release of a mini HDMI. The battery lets you enjoy-play of this device up to 6 hours of battery life and weighs 580 g

On sale will be a tablet computer later this month.

Sony brought down the prices on their plates

Trying to strengthen the loyalty of their customers, Sony lowered the price of plates for $ 100 or 16-20% of the initial tseny.Sony reduced prices on Tablet PC Tablet S $ 100. Now in Tablet S version with 16 GB of memory costs $ 400 instead of $ 500 and 32GB model dropped in price from $ 600 to $ 500. Tablet Sony Tablet S equipped with 9.4-inch display, 1280x800 pixels, front and rear cameras and 1 GB of system memory. They work under Android 3.1 (Honeycomb).

Claimed by lowering prices while only affected her tablets sold in the U.S.
Interestingly, the discount on Tablet Sony is not caused by an updated lineup: as expected, a new tablet-convertible Sony Freestyle Hybrid PC, will be shown to the public no earlier than March 2012 at the Mobile World Congress. Most likely, lower prices for Sony due to the struggle for the buyer and shows the general trend in the world of android tablets, written in the early days of the 2012 market commentators gadgets in the U.S..

Reduced price - not the only way that Sony is trying to strengthen customer loyalty. Buying Sony Tablet S, buyers get a complete gadget with the option to rent-free five films in the service Sony Video Unlimited, five free downloads of games from the PlayStation Store and 180-day test account Sony Music Unlimited.

Brooke Crothers (Brooke Crothers) from CNet believes that the price drop on Sony confirms the general trend of pricing "pads, alternative iPad». For example, he notes that the 10-inch Android'y Lenovo IdeaPad Acer Iconia now cost $ 319.99 and $ 359.99 for the 16GB model, which is below their original price. Similarly, one can observe the fall in prices for Toshiba Thrive and Asus Eee Pad Transformer.

But the most striking examples of tablet showed deflation company RIM, which dropped the price of the BlackBerry PlayBook from $ 500 to $ 200, and HP, TouchPad be sold for $ 99.

Meanwhile, the analyst says CNet, hardly a simple drop in prices is possible to achieve a significant increase in demand for its product until the market has a 7-inch Tablet Android-Amazon Kindle Fire for $ 199 and Barnes & Nobles $ 249.

If the discount on the "no iPad» aims to press the Apple tablet on the market, it is a difficult task, says Brooke Crothers. In 2011, the "apple of the company" succeeded in every quarter, selling over ten million tablets in the price range, which for the tablets is becoming a premium ranging from $ 499 to $ 829.

Slim Tablet Nokia running a Windows 8

As you know, the strategic partnership Nokia and Microsoft is not just smartphones series Lumia, running a mobile platform Windows Phone 7. The Finnish manufacturer is likely to expand its scope and will force a Tablet PC segment, which will work on Windows 8. Nokia 1 The new Nokia concept one author based his innovative, distinctive and, of course, attractive design, given the two "twins» Nokia N9 and Lumia 800. Only now it's not a smartphone and tablet. Nokia boasts a thickness of 8.5 mm and weighing just 580 grams, AMOLED-display with a resolution of 1280x800, 5-megapixel camera on the rear panel, which supports video recording at 1080p at 30 frames per second. At the front of the camera is also present, but now 2 megapixel. Built-in storage is 32 or 64 GB of memory module with a 2 GB capacity of the battery is 7500 mAh. Operating system, as you might guess, is the ARM-platform version of Windows 8. Finally, the author wanted to see the concept in an active stylus Nokia Wacom, which is ideal for the representatives of creative professions

Budget tablet was released for only $ 57

7-inch tablet Ubislate 7 for Android 2.3 have started to sell in India. Its cost is $ 57 and he replaced the cheapest tablet for $ 35.

Ubislate 7 has a 7-inch touchscreen display with 800 × 480 pixels, 256 MB RAM, USB flash drive with a capacity of 2GB, slot MicroSD.

Instead of 366 MHz processor, which stood on the cheapest tablet, the new chip has received Cortex A8 at 700 MHz. Also, increased battery capacity up to 3200 mA • h. Claimed battery life away from the wall up to three hours. In addition, a slot for a SIM card, which will communicate via the cellular network

The tablet, made with his own hands

The best gift - this is one that is made by hand. Whereas before, as such gifts were personally connected things or independently created ikebana, now at home collecting radio-controlled gadgets, and even tablets.

And really, why buy expensive devices, for which the customs clearance in China and as a consequence, an additional charge was made. Is not it easier to collect the tablet with his own hands? Fortunately, the instructions on a laptop computer in reincarnation unusual tablet, and a lot of them are available in any language.

After seeing video instructions found on the web, simple Chinese student Wei Sinlun decided to please your favorite girl tablet, made by hand. The more so that the money for a prestigious new product he did not have, but on an old laptop, the battery sensor module and something was found. After spending 10 days at work, Wei Sinlun was quite workable tablet on which you can read, watch movies, fight in the electronic games and open websites. In size, the gadget is similar to the iPad, it works with Windows 7.

His creation Wei Sinlun solemnly presented the girlfriend on her birthday. According to rumors, the gift she was thrilled. And not because of its technical features, but because it is made with love and for the sake of a loved one.