Category: Tablets

Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Benchmarks

Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Benchmarks

Samsung launched the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 tablet in India at Rs. 44,800 along with the Tab S 8.4. The Indian version is powered by a 1.9 GHz Exynos 5420 Octa ( A15 1.9 GHz ＋ A7 1.3 GHz) processor with ARM Mail T628 GPU, similar to the Tab S 8.4 . It has a 10.5-inch (2560×1600 pixel) WQXGA 16:10 Super AMOLED display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has 3GB RAM and comes with and voice calling capabilities via SIM card slot. Let’s find out how it performs in a range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Benchmarks”

Flipkart Digiflip Pro XT 712 Review

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Flipkart entered into Indian tablet market with the XT 712 tablet under its new Digiflip Pro brand. Priced at Rs. 9,999, the tablet comes with a 7-inch HD display, Dual SIM support with voice calling and 3G connectivity. The specifications are definitely better compared to most tablets in the price range. What about the build quality and the performance ? Let us find out in the complete review. Continue reading “Flipkart Digiflip Pro XT 712 Review”

HP Slate 7 VoiceTab Ultra and Slate 8 Plus with quad-core HiSilicon SoCs listed on official website

HP Slate 7 VoiceTab Ultra

After several rumors HP Slate 7 VoiceTab Ultra and Slate 8 Plus have appeared on the official HP website.  The HP Slate 7 VoiceTab Ultra has a 7-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display, powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core Huawei HiSilicon processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. All the specifications of the tablet are similar to the Huawei MediaPad X1 that was unveiled earlier this year at the MWC 2014. Continue reading “HP Slate 7 VoiceTab Ultra and Slate 8 Plus with quad-core HiSilicon SoCs listed on official website”

Global mobile device shipment to surpass 2.4 billion in 2015, tablets to overtake PC: Gartner

Worldwide combined shipments of devices like PCs, tablets, ultra mobiles and mobile phones are projected to reach 2.4 billion units in 2014, a 4.2 percent increase from 2013, according to Gartner. The research firm further stated that 321 million tablets and will ship worldwide, up from 256 million in 2014.

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Flipkart Digiflip Pro XT 712 Benchmarks

Flipkart Digiflip Pro XT 712 Benchmarks

Flipkart launched its first tablet Digiflip Pro XT 712 under its own brand last month. We brought you the unboxing of the tablet last week, here we have the benchmarks of the tablet. Unlike most other tablets powered by a MT6582 processor, this one has a MediaTek MT8382 SoC with 500 MHz Mali 400-MP2 GPU. It has a 7-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) multi touch IPS display. It packs 1GB RAM and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) OS. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.

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LG G Pad 10.1 global roll out begins, coming to US, Europe, Asia and more markets this month

LG G Pad 10.1

LG unveiled the G Pad 7.0, G Pad 8.0 and G Pad 10.1 in the G Pad series back in May. The LG G Pad 7.0 went on sale starting from Europe last month. Today the company has announced that the G Pad 10.1 would roll out globally starting from this month. The G Pad 10.1 has a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) WXGA IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with a new flat UI. Continue reading “LG G Pad 10.1 global roll out begins, coming to US, Europe, Asia and more markets this month”

50000 Xiaomi MiPad units sold in 3 Minutes 59 Seconds on launch day

Xiaomi MiPad

Xiaomi the famous Chinese phone maker had announced its plans to enter the tablet market with the Mi Pad back in May and looks like the tablet has gone on sale recently. A post on the official company forum says that Xiaomi sold 50000 units of the MiPad tablet on launch day thereby running out of stocks. Continue reading for some more breathtaking news. The 50,000 MiPads were sold out in just 3 minutes and 59 seconds. There is no mention about the location but we place our bets on China as it is the home market for handset maker which is now headed my Ex-Googler Hugo Barra. Priced aggressively at about 240 USD / Rs.14400 for the base 16GB version , the company is clearly taking on the Apple iPad Mini with its first tablet.

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Flipkart Digiflip Pro XT 712 Unboxing

Flipkart was rumored to be launching a smartphone, but they dropped that plan and now, have launched a tablet under Rs. 10,000. The Flipkart Digiflip Pro XT 712 comes with a MediaTek SoC and 7inch HD display along with voice calling. Flipkart has decided to do what other manufacturers have been doing for a while – get a product from China, rebrand it and sell it in India. Flipkart has a lot of reach and it hopes to sell its tablet because of its big customer network.

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NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet with LTE revealed in certification

NVIDIA TEGRA Tablet FCC

NVIDIA launched the SHIELD gaming console last year. It also launched its Tegra Note tablets manufactured by several vendors last year. Now the NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet has been certified on Global Certification Forum or GCF. Last month it surfaced on the official NVIDIA Tegra Zone and also surfaced on FCC. The SHIELD Tablet is rumored to have GameStream system for streaming PC games to a mobile device. Continue reading “NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet with LTE revealed in certification”

Microsoft seeking beta testers for Office on Android tablets

Microsoft is preparing tablet version of its Office on Android tablets, according to a report from The Verge. The company is seeking beta testers for the same and has posted a sign-up page where individuals and companies can register their interest in testing pre-release versions of Office.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and Galaxy Tab S 10.5 launched in India for Rs. 37800 and Rs. 44800

Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4-3

Samsung has launched Galaxy Tab S series in India as it promised last week. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 were announced last month and comes with a 8.4-inch and 10.5-inch Super AMOLED displays at WQXGA resolution with Adaptive Display for automatic adjustment, 90% of Adobe RGB color coverage for accurate color output, powered by Octa-Core Exynos (A15 1.9 GHz ＋ A7 1.3 GHz) processor and runs Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and Galaxy Tab S 10.5 launched in India for Rs. 37800 and Rs. 44800”

Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet now available in India for Rs. 49990

Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet MWC 2014 -7

Sony announced the Xperia Z2 Tablet, the company’s latest flagship tablet in the Z series at the MWC 2014 earlier this year. It is now available in India through online retailer Infibeam.  It packs a 10.1-inch Full HD (1920 x 1200 pixels) WUXGA Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2, scratch-resistant glass with Anti fingerprint coating, powered by a 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor with Adreno 330 GPU and runs on Android Android 4.4 (KitKat).

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Google and LG team up to bring Project Tango tablet in 2015

In addition to several announcements at the I/O developer conference, Google confirmed that Project Tango is coming to consumers next year. The company revealed that it is working on the tablet with LG and the device will be ready for consumers in 2015.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S launching in India on July 1st

Samsung Galaxy Premiere 2014 India

Samsung India has just sent out press invites for the launch of Galaxy Tab S series in India on July 1st. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 that were announced couple of weeks back comes with a 8.4-inch and 10.5-inch Super AMOLED displays at high WQXGA resolution, Android 4.4 (KitKat) and have Adaptive Display. These have 6.6mm slim profile. The Indian variant is likely to be powered by Octa-Core Exynos processor. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab S launching in India on July 1st”

Did Google accidentally reveal HTC-made Nexus 9 render?

Last week a leak suggested that HTC is making Google’s next Nexus tablet. Dubbed as HTC Volantis, the tablet will pack a 8.9″ display with a resolution of 2048×1440 pixels.

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