tablets

subscribe

MDM Product Roundup Vol 21 No 48

by Raverstead

The Blackberry Classic smartphone (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41) is now available for pre-order in the UK. It is listed for £290 ($455). The world’s thinnest tablet – Dell‘s Venue 8 7000 (Display …

Tags:BlackBerry| Dell| HTC| India| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| tablets| toshiba| Vol 21 - Issue 48| Wearables

MDM Product Roundup Vol 21 Issue 43

by Super User

Various firms have confirmed Android 5.0 (Lollipop) will be arriving on their devices soon. The OS will be available on HTC’s One and One M8; Motorola’s Moto G (2013 and 2014, Moto X (2013 …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Cypress’ Controller Enables Slim Huawei Tablet

by Super User

The Mediapad X1 is Huawei’s 7″ tablet: the world’s thinnest, the company claims, at 7.18mm. USA-based Cypress Semiconductor says that the thin body is partly enabled by its Truetouch Gen5 TMA568 capacitive touchscreen controller. …

Tags:Back Panel| Huawei| Large Display Monitor| tablets| Touch Controllers| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

4G Arrives on Asus’ Padfone Series

by Super User

The PF451CL is a 4.5″ addition to Asus’ Padfone line-up – a range of smartphones that can dock into a larger chassis to power a tablet. In the case of the PF451CL (aka Padfone …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Dell Goes OLED on World’s Thinnest Tablet

by Super User

The ‘world’s thinnest tablet’, the Dell Venue 8 7000, has been announced at the Intel Developer Forum- using an OLED display. The 6mm-thick product has an 8.4″ OLED screen, with 2560 x 1600 resolution …

Tags:3D Acquisition| Dell| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Asus…And Expandable Tablet Storage

by Super User

Asus’ latest Transformer Book hybrid tablet, the T200, features user-upgradable storage in the keyboard dock. Owners can undo a panel on the base of the device to add a 1TB HDD, in addition to …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Intel Highlights Android Reference and Core-M Hybrids

by Super User

At its recent Developer Forum, Intel showed off an Android reference design programme, intended to simplify the development of Intel-based Android tablets. OEMs will be able to choose from a set of components or …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

HP Minimises Storage to Lower Cost

by Super User

The HP Stream 7 and Stream 8 are new 7″ and 8″ tablet PCs with full cloud connectivity. While local storage is minimal (32GB, expandable with micro-SD), each has access to 1TB of Microsoft …

Tags:Cloud Computing| HP Inc| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Nvidia Accidentally Confirms HTC Nexus

by Super User

The Nexus 9 tablet will be built by HTC, Nvidia has accidentally revealed. HTC’s involvement was rumoured earlier this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 26). A paper filed with the US International Trade …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Lenovo’s Yoga Tablet Updates Add a Projector

by Super User

A new line of tablets, including updates to last year’s Yoga Tablet, have been shown off by Lenovo. As well as Stand, Hold and Tilt modes, the Yoga Tablet 2 adds a ‘Hang’ mode, …

Tags:Embedded Pico Projectors| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Tesco Cancels Hudl Smartphone

by Super User

Tesco’s Hudl tablet was wildly popular last year, but the company has cancelled plans for a 4G smartphone under the same brand. Since the phone, apparently capable of challenging the Galaxy S5, was first …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Tesco| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Tesco Raises Specs and Price

by Super User

Tesco’s Hudl2 tablet, successor to last year’s Hudl (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 37), features a larger screen – but correspondingly higher price. A deeper integration with Tesco services comes with Blinkbox and My …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Tesco| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21