Karel Roos's List: Tablets

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• Analisten verwachten dat er komende week meer dan zeventig nieuwe tablets worden getoond.
• dit jaar verdrievoudigen van 18 miljoen stuks naar 61 miljoen.
• Voor 2013 verwacht iSupply zelfs dat er meer tablets verkocht gaan worden dan desktop PCs.
• in 2013 zullen volgens de marktvorsers meer smartphones worden verkocht dan desktops en laptops bij elkaar. Tablets en smartphones worden platforms waar bedrijven niet meer om heen kunnen
• 95 procent van de markt
• Android is gratis (open source)
• aangepaste Android- versies
• Honeycomb
• RIM, de maker van Blackberry, zet zijn eigen QNX-besturingssysteem in.
• 3 dominante systemen: Apple, Android en Windows

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• LG
• dankzij de lancering van Googles besturingssysteem voor tablets (Honeycomb) begint het aantal alternatieven voor de iPad zich op te stapele
• Google Android, Windows en Blackberry
• Motorola (de Xoom), Toshiba (naam nog niet bekend) en Acer (de Iconia) laten hun eerste tablets draaien op Android, versie 3.0 welteverstaan (Honeycomb).
• lanceerde tegelijkertijd drie Android-tablets
• Asus
• Honeycomb-tablet
• Zo draait de Dell Streak 7 voorlopig op Android-versie 2.2, evenals de tablet  van het relatief onbekende merk Velocity Micro (de Cruz). NEC lijkt met zijn  'Cloud Communicator' nog verder achter te lopen op softwaregebied

• Microsoft heeft in tegenstelling tot Apple, Google en RIM geen apart  tablet-besturingssysteem, waardoor de meeste tabletfabrikanten zich genoodzaakt  zien om bestaande Windows-versies te voorzien van een extra 'vingervriendelijke'  softwarelaag.
• Asus wedt daarom op twee paarden; naast Android zag tijdens CES ook een  Windows-tablet van het Taiwanese merk het daglicht
• Een van de zwaarst bewerkte Windows-versies komt uit de stal van ExoPC

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  It fits in your  pocket
• sub-par
• 7 inch
• It fits in your pocke
• Cortex A8 1Ghz processor
• reasonably smooth and responsive
• run flash
• html5
• sub-par
• unreadable
• “low-quality mode
• They also stated that scrolling and overall smoothness isn’t as accomplished as  on the iPad
• Overall, this device is well-spec’d, but lacking in certain aspects of the  interface.
• visuals
• Sliding, swiping, tapping, and zooming are all pleasurable tasks
•  Another big plus for the iPad is the immense ecosystem of games, songs, videos, and apps that the slate has access to
• Many of the shortcomings regarding the iPad are a result of its low ram.  All versions of the iPad come with 256MB, whereas the Galaxy Tab comes with 512, and some of the upcoming slates are equipped with 1GB.  Because of this, the iPad cannot multitask very well (multitasking at all requires jailbreaking, and a special app), and the device also has trouble running high-powered editing software, both of which are ram-intensive tasks
• many users need the power and features offered by programs, such as Microsoft Word, which have no equal equivalent on the device

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• dual core 1Ghz processo
• 7 inch capacitive screen with multitouch
• Adobe Air built in, which gives it several advantages.
• First, it’s extremely easy to port existing applications to the PlayBook
• That means it may be easier to get developers on board with the platform.
• easily beating the iPad and Galaxy Tab in terms of browsing performance.
• flash plays very well
• output 1080p video to a TV through a mini HDMI port
• QNX operating system
• symmetric multi-processing
• initially
• size of the BlackBerry app store, known as “App World
• doesn’t need an app for that

• The G tablet is an eclectic device, which seems to fit into the “bargain” and  “high end” categories at the same time.  The slate features a 10.1”  capacitive display, NVIDIA’s high-end Tegra 2 processor, and 1 Gigabyte of  RAM.  The G tablet also features a slightly skinned version of Android 2.2,  with 16 Gigabytes of storage. 1080P video output via HDMI is also included, and  all at a price of $399 (from Office Depot).
• Most customers find that the modifications made to Android for the device have  made it sluggish and unresponsive
• This can be fixed by rooting the device and installing the un-altered version of  Android, but that will void the warranty, and risk turning the device into a  $399 brick
• screen resolution of 1024 x 600 is the same as the Galaxy Tab, but comes on a 10  inch screen, as opposed to a 7 inch one.
• not come equipped with the Android Market
• play just about any file type, including those that Android cannot, even though  the tablet runs a modified version of Android 2.2.
• 10.1 inch
• 33% lighter than the iPad
• An HDMI out and USB come standard
• HDTV
• Gigahertz Cortex A8 processor handles apps and transitions smoothly
• capacitive touchscreen is reasonably responsive, though not as responsive as  the iPad
• Archos 101 soundly defeats the iPad in the price department at $299,  making it the best tablet bargain available
•  By far the most interesting feature of the “101” is that Archos will  actually volunteer to replace the operating system
• Linux
• approach to the idea of openness
• lack of access to the Android Market
• provides the user with AppsLib, which is much smaller
• the lack of 1080p video
• is limited to 720p. 
• annoying habit of shutting off the screen when connected

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• Samsung
• Apple

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