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The Kobo Arc Tablet for great reading experience

In Mobile Devices / By Pui Leng / 8 September 2012
Kobo, the global leader in eRading has unveiled its new Kobo family of eReading devices: the Kobo Glo, Kobo Mini, Kobo Touch and the Kobo Arc – a 7″ Android tablet. The devices are designed by booklovers for booklovers. Among the devices, the Kobo Arc caught the most attention.

The 7″ high-definition display of the Kobo Arc delivers crisp, sharp text and with 16-million colors bring photos and videos to life. With front-facing speakers with SRS TruMedia, a built-in microphone and hi-resolution 1.3 MP camera to take photos and videos, the Kobo Arc offers up to 10 hours of continuous reading or video play, and two weeks on standby. With Google® Play, Kobo Arc users have access to more than 600,000 apps and much-loved pre-loaded apps including Facebook®, Twitter®, Rdio®, Zinio® and PressReader®.

Features of Kobo Arc:

Multimedia multitasking machine
Magazines, newspapers, eBooks, movies apps and games are available on Kobo Arc. It is multitask without lag. Kobo Arc’s 1.5GHz dual core processor is gentle on the battery while providing ultra-fast web browsing, video playback and smooth transitions between functions.
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iPad Mini is about to release!

In Apple / By Pui Leng / 24 August 2012
The IT market is filled with the rumors that Apple will launch its 7.85-inch iPad in October with a thinner screen frame to allow the device to feature a bigger display area than other competing products. It is also expected to feature a resolution similar to that of iPad 2.

According to sources from the upstream supply chain, Digitimes reported that supply volume of Apple’s 7.85-inch iPad is estimated to reach four million units per month starting in September in order to prepare for demand from year-end holidays.

The sources also pointed out that the supply chain already started supplying a small volume of 7.85-inch iPad in June with a monthly volume at around several hundreds of thousand.

Though the iPad Mini is said to be priced at US$299 which is higher than Amazon and Google’s US$199 7-inch tablet PC, the Apple is still a threatening competitor in tablet market.

Reference:
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20120820PD229.html
Comparison of tablets’ battery life

In Apple, Asus, Brands, motorola, Samsung / By Pui Leng / 14 August 2012
When comes to mobile devices, everyone anticipates for a device with longer battery life. Therefore, as comparing among tablets, battery life has become one of the most important criteria.

In addressing consumers’ questions, Which? has taken initiative to test on the battery life of various tablets in order to make the comparison. To separate the best from rest, every tablet Which? tests is tested in lab conditions to see how long it lasts when browsing the web over wi-fi, over 3G (if relevant) and for video playback. To keep the tests fair the screen brightness is set to 200 nits (a reasonable daytime brightness level) using a light meter to ensure no tablet has an unfair advantage by using a low default brightness setting. How long the battery takes to fully recharge is being tested as well.
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Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD

In Mobile Devices / By Pui Leng / 22 July 2012
The Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD, which was first unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona will be released in late August. The tablet was said to be initially available in China for “less than 3,000 yuan,” which translates into $471 or 385 EUR.

The MediaPad 10 FHD is one of the highest-specced Android tablets ever made – which is why that price is especially decent. The tablet runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, packing a 10-inch 1920×1200 Full HD IPS touchscreen, 1.5GHz Huawei quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 8-megapixel rear camera, 1.3-megapixel front-facing one, Wi-Fi and HSPA+ (optional) connectivity.

In terms of battery life, Yu Chengdong, Huawei’s head of the Consumer Business Group and Senior Vice Presiden says the tablet will last for 8-9 hours of continuous 720p video playback, and 6-7 hours of 1080p content. Standby rates are quoted as 83 days on Wi-Fi, and 33 days on HSPA.

Let’s watch the Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD’s breezy demo video!

More information at:
http://www.intomobile.com/2012/07/18/huawei-mediapad-10-fhd-available-late-august-less-than-500/
21.5″ Frontier FT103 Android Tablet

In Frontier / By Pui Leng / 14 July 2012
Technology seems incredible! Have you ever thought of the size of the largest android tablet? It is 21.5 inches. Manufactured and launched by a Japanese company Frontier, the huge tablet is named Frontier FT103 Kouziro.

It’s best to think of it as an all-in-one PC that happens to have an ARM-based processor and Android operating system instead of an x86 chip and Windows or OS X.

It also has an HDMI input port, so you can make FT103 as a display for a separate computer — which is probably why some of the marketing materials refer to it as a “Smart Display.”

This whole thing comes with dimension of 512.8 x 24.8 x 353 mm & weighs 5Kgs. 24.8mm makes this tablet really thin. This tablet can be powered only by an AC adapters. So obviously this is not a portable tablet and it can only be used as 21inch television screen or TRON like table touchscreen.

Frontier FT103 Kouziro Tehnical specifications
- 1GHz TI OMAP 4428 dual core processor.
- 1GB of RAM.
- Internal storage 8GB.
- A microSD card slot.
- It also includes 2 USB 2.0 ports.
- microHDMI port.
- microUSB port along with Ethernet.
- WiFi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR as connectivity options.
- 1.2MP camera and built-in 1W+1W stereo speakers.
iPad Mini

In Apple, Brands / By Pui Leng / 3 July 2012
The late Apple boss Steve Jobs once famously slated mid-sized slates during an Apple earnings call in October 2010, saying:

“The 10in screen size is the minimum size required to create great tablet apps. 7in tablets are tweeners: too big to compete with a smartphone, and too small to compete with an iPad.”

“These are among the reasons that the current crop of 7-inch tablets are going to be DOA — dead on arrival,” he said.

However, size does matter!Some prefer the super-sized 10-inch tablets, others want a more demure model that slips easily into a purse or briefcase. The miniature devices seem to have undeniable attraction which causes Apple to face stiff competition in tablet market. Tablets like the Kindle Fire, for just $199, or the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7-inch have smaller batteries, smaller screens, fewer internal components, and are therefore cheaper to produce and more recently there is another threat posed by the Google Nexus 7.

There have been a lot of rumors which claim that Apple will enter the 7-inch tablet segment to battle the competition. An analyst with Pacific Crest, Andy Hargreaves, notes that Apple will launch a 7.85-inch tablet by October this year and it is expected to come with a price tag of $299, a report by CNET states. According to the report, the analyst states, “We anticipate an entry-level 7.85-inch iPad with 8GB of NAND capacity to price at $299 with an initial gross margin of 31%.

What are the features that consumers would like to see??

-Retina Display :

The Retina display provides outstanding resolution and is quite widely believed to be the benchmark by which all other mobile devices should be judged.

-Give it at least 3G connectivity

-A dramatically reduced price

-Ship it with iOS 6

-A fresh look

-Full Siri support

-Out-of-the-box reliability

-An ultra-thin body:

Consumers anticipate the iPad Mini to be about as thin as Apple can make it.

Let’s look forward iPad Mini!