Amazon announces new Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 with Snapdragon 805

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Amazon has updated its Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 tablet. It has a that same 8.9-inch ( 2560 x 1600 pixels) display, but now it is powered by a 2.5 GHz Snapdragon 805 processor, instead of Snapdragon 800 on last year’s Fire HDX 8.9. It runs on the new Fire OS 4.0 Sangria based on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with 5P f/2.2 lens and a front-facing 720p HD camera. Continue reading “Amazon announces new Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 with Snapdragon 805”

Amazon Fire HD 6 and new Fire HD 7 announced, starts at $99

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Amazon has introduced the Fire HD 6 and has also upgraded last year’s Fire HD with a faster processor. The Fire HD 6 and H7 have 6-inch and 7-inch 1280 x 800 pixel displays, faster 1.5 GHz quad-core processors, 2MP rear and a VGA front-facing camera. These run on Fire OS 4 Sangria based on Android 4.4 KitKat. Both these have 1GB of RAM and come in 8GB and 16GB variants. These don’t have LTE support. Continue reading “Amazon Fire HD 6 and new Fire HD 7 announced, starts at $99”

Lenovo A7-30 Benchmarks

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Lenovo A7-30 tablet with voice calling went on sale in India back in June for Rs. 9,979. We brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the tablet recently, here are the benchmarks of the tablet. It is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT8382 SoC clocked at 1.3GHz with Mali 400-MP2 GPU and has 1GB RAM. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) multi touch IPS display. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Lenovo A7-30 Benchmarks”

Pre-order for Nvidia Shield Tablet with 4G LTE and 32GB storage goes live

Nvidia Shield tablet was announced in July this year with only a 16GB and 32GB variant. At that time, the company had said that it will make the 32GB variant available later this year and now it has gone live for pre-order.

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Metis Eddy G70 Android-based Kids learning tablet with Intel Atom processor launched for Rs. 9999

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Metis Learning, an education startup has launched Eddy G70, successor of Eddy that was launched earlier this year. It is an Android-based learning tablet for kids that comes with over 160 of the learning apps. It is based on Android 4.2.2 with an overlay of the proprietary Athena OS that is created specifically for children. Metis has partnered with Intel and Amazon for the tablet. Continue reading “Metis Eddy G70 Android-based Kids learning tablet with Intel Atom processor launched for Rs. 9999”

Nvidia Shield Tablet Photo Gallery

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Nvidia unveiled the Shield tablet in July which is specifically aimed at gamers. The tablet comes with a wireless gaming controller which is sold separately. We have already unboxed the device, and here is a photo gallery. Continue reading “Nvidia Shield Tablet Photo Gallery”

Nvidia accidentally confirms HTC Nexus 9 in legal docs

Reports and leaks about the HTC Nexus 9 have been looming the online world for a long time now. Today, NVIDIA may have inadvertently revealed and confirmed the existence of the Nexus 9 tablet. A leaked court documents from NVIDIA in which they claim Qualcomm and Samsung are infringing on their GPU patents not only makes mention of a Nexus 9, but reveals the manufacturer Google will be partnering with HTC for the same.

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Acer Iconia One 7 B1 730HD Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Acer announced the Iconia One 7 tablet in April and it launched in India in August. We got our hands on the tablet at IFA, Berlin and here is the quick look at the tablet. The low end tablet from Acer sports a 7 inch (1280 × 800 pixels) HD display. Continue reading “Acer Iconia One 7 B1 730HD Hands On and Photo Gallery”

Acer Iconia Tab 7 A1 713 HD Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Acer launched the Tab 7 earlier in April this year and we got our hands on the device at the IFA, Berlin event. The budget tablet is 8.95mm thin and weighing 330g. The entire tablet is made of plastic but has a brushed aluminum like matte finish at the back. Continue reading “Acer Iconia Tab 7 A1 713 HD Hands On and Photo Gallery”

Acer Iconia Tab 8 Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Acer announced the Iconia Tab 8 earlier in May but we recently got our hands of it at the IFA, Berlin, 2014. Similar to other Acer tablets, this one is also equipped with zero gap technology. It measures 8.5 mm thick and weighs 360 grams.

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Acer Iconia Tab 10 A3-A20 Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Acer launched Acer Iconia Tab 10 A3-A20 at IFA, Berlin 2014. The tablet has a 10.1 inch Full HD screen and is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor. One of the unique features of the tablet is its zero glass panel which keeps no gap between the front panel and the digitizer. Continue reading “Acer Iconia Tab 10 A3-A20 Hands On and Photo Gallery”

Acer Iconia One 8 Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Acer announced the Iconia One 8 tablet at IFA, Berlin 2014.  The budget tablet has 8-inch (1280×800 pixels) HD IPS display . We got our hands on the tablet at the event so lets take a quick look. It measures 8.5mm thick and weighs 340 grams. Continue reading “Acer Iconia One 8 Hands On and Photo Gallery”

Samsung Galaxy Tab Active Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Samsung announced the rugged Tab Active IFA, Berlin which is company’s strong tablet that has anti-shock covering which can withstand a 1.2-meter drop, with the protective cover on.  We got our hands on the tablet that is aimed at business users, at the event and here is a quick look at the hardware and software of the device. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab Active Hands On and Photo Gallery”