Here’s How Much A Giant 12.2-inch Android Tablet Will Cost You

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Last night I was surfing around on the world wide web & identified this:

the tablet costs 649 (about $1,076) and is scheduled to ship on February 4. Buyers that pre-order the device now will also get a free Gamepad, which otherwise retails for 59. The LTE version of the tablet is not yet available for purchase. U.S. availability details are for the device are yet to be made official, although the 12.2-inch Android tablet is likely to be more expensive than other tablets already selling in stores.Comparatively, pricing for the iPad Air starts at 399 for the 16GB Wi-Fi version in the U.K., while the 32GB model retails for 479. The Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) that was unveiled at IFA 2013 costs 478.95 from Amazon U.K. In the U.S., the 32GB iPad Air Wi-Fi costs $599, while the Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) also sells for $599. Samsung has unveiled three other tablets part of the TabPRO line at CES, including 12.2- , 10.1- and 8.4-inch models, but these arent available for pre-order in the U.K.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 Vs. Ipad Mini With Retina Display

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Too much information could be a poor thing, making it tough for us to focus on what’s important. After looking around we did find something that might be of use. Just below, you could read it for yourself.

Think Windows 8-like permanent widgets for various apps and other topics you might be interested in. The Retina iPad mini runs the redesigned iOS 7. We enjoy the UI tweaks and new features of Apple’s latest mobile OS, but we also can’t seem to go a day without multiple crashes from Safari and third-party Webkit browsers. For a company that prides itself on its products “just working,” we think it’s a bit of a head-scratcher that Apple hasn’t fixed this major flaw four months into iOS 7’s lifecycle. The iPad mini does still have an advantage in the apps department. Google Play has made some nice strides of late with its tablet app selection, but especially in gaming the App Store is still King of the tablet realm.
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Ipad Air 2 Vs 6th Generation Redesign

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There are a good deal of times when valuable information gets drowned in a sea of press releases, in particular before significant trade shows and conventions. Cutting through all of the noise an details overload, this document offers you the scoop.

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Theres a clear demand for bigger iPad sizes, as seen within the research we published in this article since iPad Air and the iPad mini 2 launched. It is also worth pointing out that the first generation iPad mini and second generation reveal enough demand for smaller Apple tablets as well, but what about the desire for a bigger almost 13-inch iPad? You can read about the latest rumors of an iPad Pro, or so-called 12-inch iPad, in an article we published just yesterday . This takes a quick look at the possible screen resolutions, which could include a 2K and 4K iPad in different form factors. Apple iPad Air 2 vs. 6th generation redesign when it comes to just the 2nd-gen iPad Air that some might name Apples 6th generation iPad, we wonder if consumers would prefer slight improvements over a massive redesign? The just under 10-inch and 7.9-inch iPads currently sold seem to fit the need for sizes after looking at their popularity, but could a bigger almost 13-inch iPad be welcomed by enough people to warrant its launch in 2014?
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Rethinking Microsoft’s Tablet: Surface Pro 2 Succeeds

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Is this worth a read? We can only hope that it is as superb as it looks.

Surface Pro 2 connected to Apple Cinema Display.

Here’s why it works: High quality: This has become probably the single most important criterion for me in evaluating a product. A novel design can look and sound great on the product page, but if it isn’t put together well, forget it. There are too many half-baked Windows PCs, hybrids — whatever — out there. A lot falls into the throw-it-on-the-wall-and-see-if-it-sticks category. The Surface Pro 2 is precisely the opposite. It is a carefully conceived design with a very-high-quality build. To some degree the above applied to the original Surface Pro but its first-gen keyboard (Type Cover) didn’t always work, the battery life was short, the unit got hot, and Windows 8 had some usability challenges early on.
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Dell Launches Android, Windows Tablets In India

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There’s something worthwhile in this. I’m not positive if this editorial will have the details that you are trying to find.

Venue 7 sports a 7-inch display with a 1280×800 pixel resolution, while the Venue 8 sports an 8-inch display with the same resolution. The two tablets run Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. Both of the tablets feature front and rear cameras and will be available in two variants. The company has launched Wi-fi version of the tablet. Venue 7 sports a 3MP rear camera and a VGA front camera, while the Venue 8 features a 5MP rear camera and a 2MP camera in front. Venue 7 comes with 16GB internal storage while Venue 8 comes with the option of 16 or 32GB storage. Both tablets come with a microSD card slot.
The full document on which this cited segment was derived from is actually available at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/gadgets-special/Dell-launches-Android-Windows-tablets-in-India/articleshow/29107802.cms

Small Windows Tablets Deliver Big Performance

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Every day is a possible learning experience. This point is thoroughly proven by the following;

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Lenovo chose the most high-end of Intel’s quad-core Bay Trail processors for the ThinkPad Tablet 8, claiming that this chip is powerful enough for moderate multitasking without overheating or compromising battery life (two important considerations on a thin, handheld tablet). As good as Intel’s Bay Trail processor seems in short demos, can it perform well in the real world? That’s the Achille’s heel of the small Windows 8 tablet market the chips have to balance energy efficiency and power with little margin of error. If Intel or AMD can help tablet makers pull this off, then the small screen size won’t really be a limitation for Windows. You’ll either be able to connect to a big screen or use a pen for small elements, taking notes and navigating the system. The ASUS VivoTab Note 8 will be available in late March 2014 at $299 for 32GB of internal storage. Given that it runs the full Windows 8 and not RT, the best choice is to opt for the $349 64GB version. The Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 8 comes out in just a few weeks, costing $399 for 64GB of internal storage.
Noted from: http://www.techlicious.com/blog/small-windows-tablets-deliver-big-performance/

Could 2014 Be The Year Of The Windows Tablet?

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At some point we all suffer from details overload, and due to this we can miss beneficial news trends. After looking around we did find something that may be of use. You could see it right here:

January 13, 2014 11:02 AM View gallery Microsoft Surface Pro 2 Analysts seem to think so and are predicting that over the next 12 months devices like the Surface Pro could overtake the iPad in terms of popularity. The reason why Aberdeen Group analysts in particular are confident about Windows tablets taking hold this year is because of businesses. Companies are getting ready to replace their computers and, just as company desktops made way for company notebooks, company notebooks are about to make way for tablets. And of course, as with business notebooks, consumers are going to be taking their business tablets home. Apple and Android tablets are already starting to make their way into consumers’ professional lives, but most businesses still use Windows, and the benefit of being able to buy new devices that run on existing software, rather than having to develop apps or address IT security problems, will be just too good to ignore. But as well as sneaking into consumers’ homes via their jobs, Microsoft is hoping that the third generation of its Surface device will be good enough to win consumers’ hearts and minds outright.
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New Ipad Air Television Ad ‘your Verse Anthem’ Tugs On The Heartstrings

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At times the dumbest articles include crucial pieces of info that turn out to be very useful. You can test that theory out with this news piece beneath:

We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, “O me! O life!…
The full write-up on which this snippet was in fact derived from can be available at http://www.zdnet.com/new-ipad-air-television-ad-your-verse-anthem-tugs-on-the-heartstrings-7000025061/

Does A Windows Tablet For Business Have To Be Expensive?

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When a business unit does come along, it can bring more and more advanced features to such products, and those do justify some added expense. Thus, its not unusual to hear about support for Smart Cards, fingerprint scanners, improved durability features (heavier chassis, stronger materials, adherence to MIL-STD-810G specifications for drops, vibration, humidity, and outsized temperature ranges at both hot and cold ends of the spectrum), better manageability (vPro, Intels AMT), and so forth. The FZ-M1 is an incredible workhorse of a small Windows 8.1 tablet, but the price is nothing short of staggering. Heres the rub: some of these business oriented models cost a small fortune. Panasonic has just introduced a 7 Touchpad FZ-M1 ruggedized Windows 8.1 tablet, for example. It is designed to cope with modest abuse, water, and harsher-than-normal working environments, while delivering a classic thin and light Windows 8.1 tablet experience. Its fanless, and includes a Haswell i5 or Celeron ULV mobile processor, offers 1280800 resolution, supports a 128 or 256 GB SSD, with 8 GB RAM for the i5 model (and probably 4GB for the down-market Celeron model). This unit also includes 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, and 802.11 abgn-ac networking, with a USB 3.0 port, a microSDXC card slot, and a docking connector.
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Is The Lenovo Miix 2 Tablet The Microsoft Surface 2 Alternative?

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I saw this before & thought it might be worth a look. I hope you really enjoy this.

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With the Surface 2, the two models have the same screens, 10.6 inch screen size 1920 x 1080 Full HD quality . With the MIIX 2 there are differences with the high end model having a 11.6 full HD display 1920×1200 screen, and a low end model with a 10.1 full HD display 1920×1200. The memory and storage comparisons are not so easy either as the MIIX 2 series is not yet released, and some of the specs are listed in non specific terms such as “Up to 8GB DDR3L memory” or “Up to 256GB integrated fast SSD storage” No Windows confusion with MIIX 2 As the owner and creator of the Windows OS, the most confusing thing Microsoft has done is release two versions of Microsoft Surface hardware with different versions of the Windows 8 operating system. The most asked questions of the new Microsoft Surface series have been “What’s the difference between the Microsoft Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2?” and “What’s the difference between the Microsoft Surface RT and Surface Pro?” regarding the first year version of the notebook computers. With both generations of Microsoft Surface tablets, the lower cost model runs on Windows RT, the scaled down version of the Windows operating system, while the Pro version of the hardware runs the Windows Pro, or business class version of the operating system. The one feature that could make the low end Lenovo MIIX 2 very attractive is that is runs on “Genuine Windows 8.1,” not the watered down windows 8,1 RT.
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