Apple Creating Smaller iPad To Compete With Google Nexus
Apple plans produce a smaller, cheaper non-retina iPad by end of 2012. The new smaller model will have a 7-8 inch screen. This is in direct competition with Google, Microsoft and Amazon.com tablets.
Nintendo Confirms Wii U Logo
Nintendo‘s has confirmed the Wii U name and logo. Fans might not like it but it is here to stay.
Here is the latest leaked photo of the redesigned Nintendo Wii U tablet controller.
Nintendo has modified the controller’s thumb sticks from small nubs to actual analog sticks. “Wii U” logo is now stamped on the bottom portion of the controller’s front side. The “select” and “start” buttons previously sandwiching the controller’s “home” button have been relocated to just underneath the cluster of “A,” B,” “X,” and “Y” buttons on the controller’s right-hand side.
New buttons in the form of square-shaped button on the controller’s left-hand side, right underneath the directional pad which is not on the original controller.
Compare what is on the photo with the original video from Nintendo.
Redesigned Wii U Tablet Controller
This is what appears to be a leaked photo of the redesigned Nintendo Wii U tablet controller.
Nintendo has modified the controller’s thumb sticks from small nubs to actual analog sticks. “Wii U” logo is now stamped on the bottom portion of the controller’s front side. The “select” and “start” buttons previously sandwiching the controller’s “home” button have been relocated to just underneath the cluster of “A,” B,” “X,” and “Y” buttons on the controller’s right-hand side.
New buttons in the form of square-shaped button on the controller’s left-hand side, right underneath the directional pad which is not on the original controller.
Compare what is on the photo with the original video from Nintendo.
HP Slate 500 Tablet Cost $800
HP Slate 500 tablet is now official and running Windows 7. The tablet will feature an 8.9-inch (1024×600) display, a 1.86GHz Atom Z540 CPU, 2GB of RAM, a 64 GB SSD, a Broadcom Crystal HD chip for playing 1080p video, a front-facing camera for video conferencing, a rear-facing camera (3-megapixels), and one USB port. The external dock that comes bundled with the tablet packs two more USB ports and HDMI out $800 by the end of this year.
Cheap $35 Indian Tablet Is Not Ready For The World
Kapil Sibal, India’s Minister for Human Resource Development, reveals a prototype tablet that will sell for $35. The low-cost computing device that is designed for students features a Linux-based operating system, a USB port, a 2 GB memory card, a web browser, multimedia player, PDF reader, Wi-Fi, and video conferencing ability.
This is a good initiative as poorer students will have a chance to obtain this tablet in India. But why would manufacturer want to deal with thinner profit margins?
Microsoft Steve Ballmer Says Windows 7 Tablet Is Only Months Away
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that Windows 7 Slate tablets and smart phones will be out in the next few months. Ballmer made the announcement during his keynote speech at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, D.C.
The tablets will be built by Dell, Samsung, and Toshiba.
Apple Tablet Is Called iSlate?
MacRumours has dug up new info that points out Apple has registered iSlate.com domain name since 2004. Will Apple call their tablet iSlate?
There is 50% chance, Apple will show off their tablet some time in January 2010.
From Computerworld: We expect the tablet hardware to be similar to an iPod touch but larger (about 10″); we expect the key differentiator of the device to be its software. Our connect [sic] said there is 100% [chance] a 73 Apple tablet, to be announced in January
AppleInsider has indicated that Apple has asked developers to prepare ‘full screen’ apps for January demo rather than the fixed 320×480 pixel size of the iPhone and iPod touch screen.
Apple To Show Off Tablet In January 2010
There is 50% chance, Apple will show off their tablet some time in January 2010.
From Computerworld: We expect the tablet hardware to be similar to an iPod touch but larger (about 10″); we expect the key differentiator of the device to be its software. Our connect [sic] said there is 100% [chance] a 73 Apple tablet, to be announced in January
AppleInsider has indicated that Apple has asked developers to prepare ‘full screen’ apps for January demo rather than the fixed 320×480 pixel size of the iPhone and iPod touch screen.
Apple Tablet Arriving In March 2010?
This latest projection by an analyst with Oppenheimer, suggests that the Apple tablet will go in production in February and launched in March 2010.
Other suggestions are:
- Apple has settled on a 10.1-inch multi-touch display using the iPhone’s LTPS LCD technology, not the considerably more expensive OLED technology suggested in earlier reports.
- Apple has been approaching U.S. book publishers with what Reiner describes as “a very attractive proposal” for distributing their content: an App Store-type 30/70 split (30% for Apple) with no exclusivity requirement. [See UPDATE below.]
- According to Reiner, publishers are disgruntled by Amazon’s terms, which force exclusivity, disallow advertising and demand a “wolfish cut” of revenue. The typical Kindle/publisher split, he says, is 50/50, rising to 30/70 if Amazon gets exclusivity.
- Apple’s tablet would make ebooks more attractive for the education market by simplifying functions such as scribbling marginalia.
Source: Apple tablet set for spring launch?
Camangi WebStation Tablet
The Crunchpad is dead but at least you can now look forward for the Camangi WebStation tablet since Apple is so slow in getting out their tablet.
The Camangi WebStation Tablet features 7-inch glass, a 624MHz Marvell PXA303 CPU, 128MB of RAM, 256MB of flash storage, 3G connectivity, WiFi, and GPS, and it comes in white, pink or black. The tablet runs Google Android 1.5 and you can now pre-order for $389.
The website design looks very similar to Apple’s product pages.
Source: Camangi WebStation
