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Toshiba announces its new 13.3-inch Android Tablet

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Very soon, Toshiba will introduce its new 13.3-inch Android tablet called the Excite to us. The new android tablet comes with a 1,600 by 900 pixels capacitive display, a tad thicker than 10mm, a full size SD card slot, a microUSB port plus a microHDMI port and a battery which can run up to 13 hours.

What’s more, it includes a quad core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, 1GB RAM, 32GB or 64GB onboard storage, a 1.3-megapixel front facing camera and a five megapixel one at the back, SRS Surround functionality, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich but no 3G/4G functionality.

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Read Toshiba’s press release below.

TOSHIBA SET TO EXCITE THE TABLET MARKET WITH NEW 10-, 13- AND 7.7-INCH TABLETS

Toshiba Introduces Three New Android-powered Tablets, Giving Consumers More Choice

IRVINE, Calif. – Apr. 10, 2012 – Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced the expansion of its Excite™ family of Android™-powered tablets with three new display sizes – 13.3-inch, 10.1-inch and 7.7-inch. The new Excite tablets boast thin-and-light designs, brilliant displays, quad-core performance as well as a full range of essential ports and smart features.

“One size does not fit all, so we are carefully considering how and where people are using tablets and designing form factors to best suit various needs,” said Carl Pinto, vice president of product development, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division. “With amazingly thin and light designs, our new Excite family of tablets continues to incorporate what consumers have come to love about Toshiba tablets: essential ports for a more complete tablet computing experience plus durability that ensures they can go the distance.”

Powered to Perform, Built to Last and Designed to Excite

The three new tablets – Excite 10, Excite 13 and Excite 7.7 – feature elegant and sturdy aluminum shells and scratch-resistant Corning® Gorilla® Glass displays, making them not only stylish, but also durable. Powered by Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, which builds on the things people love most about Android – the tablets offer a simplified UI, easy multitasking, customizable home screens, resizable widgets and a full suite of familiar Google™ mobile services applications – as well as powerful new ways of communicating and sharing.
From scrolling and swiping the web, to the fast action of the latest games, the Excite tablets’ all-new NVIDIA® Tegra™ 3 processors deliver amazing multitasking, web, gaming and video. This innovative mobile processor features the world’s only 4-PLUS-1™ mobile quad-core CPU, providing users outstanding performance for even the most demanding applications. Apps run faster, games are played at console-quality, HD video is smoother, plus it features a unique 5th battery-saver core to handle everyday apps – extending battery life.

Each tablet is equipped with a 5-megapixel camera on the back, along with a 2-megapixel front-facing shooter for convenient photography, video capture and chat. The tablets also include stereo speakers with exclusive sound enhancements by Toshiba and SRS® Labs, as well as Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® connectivity.

Excite 10: Smart, Speedy, Durable

An all-around tablet designed for home and away, the Excite 10 tablet delivers an exceptional visual experience, featuring a bright, high definition 10.1-inch diagonal AutoBrite™ LED Backlit display with 1280×800 resolution and 10-finger multi-touch support, making it an ideal choice for web browsing, reading, games and apps. Measuring just 0.35 inches thin and weighing just 1.32 pounds, the Excite 10 tablet is extremely portable and delivers up to 10 hours of battery life and seven days of stand-by.

Delivering more performance than previous generation tablets, the Excite 10 tablet is powered by a quad-core NVIDIA® Tegra™ 3 processor with GeForce graphics and 1GB of RAM, opening up new possibilities for everyday multi-purpose use and next generation mobile games. Built to do more than the average tablet, users can enjoy easy syncing and sharing between all of their favorite devices, with a selection of built-in ports, including Micro USB, Micro HDMI® and a full-size SD card slot.

Excite 13: More Screen for More of Everything

Delivering more screen real estate than any other tablet on the market, the Excite 13 tablet offers a big, bright, higher resolution display, while delivering more room for everything else – from sharing photos and web browsing to playing games and watching movies with a group. Ideally suited for the home, from growing families to empty nesters, the Excite 13 tablet is only 0.4 inches thin and weighs 2.2 poundsviii, so it is still easy to carry.

With a 13.3-inch diagonal AutoBrite™ LED Backlit display with 10-finger touch support, the tablet boasts a cinematic 16:9 aspect ratio and 1600×900 native resolution, perfect for watching HD movies and videos. A four-speaker sound system with exclusive sound enhancements by Toshiba and SRS Labs delivers amazing audio and an included tablet stand makes it easy to prop up on a table, kitchen countertop or coffee table to share videos with friends and family.

Not only great for movies, the Excite 13 tablet can power through the latest games and multitask with ease. Powered by the quad-core NVIDIA Tegra™ 3 mobile processor with GeForce graphics and 1GB of memory, the large display tablet offers smooth, console-quality gaming plus the performance for high definition entertainment. Extremely power efficient, the Excite 13 tablet is targeted to deliver up to 13 hours of battery lifex and seven days of stand-by. The Excite 13 tablet includes Micro USB, Micro HDMI® ports and a full-size SD card slot for syncing and sharing content.

Excite 7.7: A Brilliant AMOLED Display

Toshiba’s first tablet to feature an AMOLED display, the Excite 7.7 tablet is ideal for consumers on the go and is perfect for the mobile gamer and movie lover alike. The tablet’s brilliant 7.7-inch diagonal display brings games, movies, books and photos to life like never before with rich colors, deep contrast and amazing sharpness. Extremely thin at just 0.3 inches and light at only 13.4 ounces, Excite 7.7 fits easily into a bag or jacket.

Exceptionally powerful and able to tackle the latest games and HD content, the Excite 7.7 tablet is powered by a quad-core NVIDIA® Tegra™ 3 processor with GeForce graphics and 1GB of memory. The tablet includes a Micro USB port and a Micro SD card slot for syncing and sharing content.

The Convenience of Android and Exclusive Toshiba Apps
The new Excite tablets include a full suite of familiar Google™ Mobile Service applications, including Google Play™, YouTube™, Gmail™ and Google Maps™. Additionally, the tablets come pre-loaded with a useful mix of Toshiba software and third-party applications, including TOSHIBA Book Place, which offers more than 3 million e-books, the TOSHIBA Media Player that supports content sharing, TOSHIBA File Manager, as well as Netflix™ and Zinio™, the ultimate app for magazine lovers and more.

Pricing and Availability
The Excite 10 tablet will be available for purchase on May 6, 2012 for $449.99 MSRP for the 16GB model, $529.99 MSRP for the 32GB model and $649.99 MSRP for the 64GB model.

The Excite 7.7 tablet will be available for purchase on June 10, 2012 for $499.99 MSRP for the 16GB model and $579.99 MSRP for the 32GB model.

The Excite 13 tablet will be available for purchase on June 10, 2012 for $649.99 MSRP for the 32GB model and $749.99 MSRP for the 64GB model.

These tablets will be available at major retailers, e-tailers and direct from Toshiba at ToshibaDirect.com.

Ice Cream Sandwich on offer for Samsung Galaxy S2

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Vodafone will update Samsung Galaxy S2 at last, users will be updating their devices on on the 12th of April. And the good news is for owners who has one on a contract with the network operator, when Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) comes out, you won’t wait long time to have the latest version of Android on cell phone.

For a start, it runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread rather than Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It is also powered by a dual core processor clocked at 1.4GHz, has 1GB RAM, 16GB onboard storage, Wi-Fi, DLNA compatibility, Bluetooth, a massive 5.3-inch 1,280 by 800 pixel display, Gorilla Glass, a S Pen Stylus and much more

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Android 4.0 update ROM is ready for Sensation and Sensation XE

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Finally, there’s a good news on the market for HTC owners who have Sensation or Sensation XE android smartphone. According to GSMArena, Android 4, (Ice Cream Sandwich) suitable for these cell phones. The new ROm is approximately 300 MB.

Now, Android 4.0 is available for a lot of area, from Germany to South East Asian. Since April 1st, HTC devices from UK, France and Netherlands have been receiving Android 4.0 too and now more and more countries are joining this list. According to the report, HTC Sensation in Pakistan are getting the latest update from HTC too.

And there is a bad news, as well. If you ask me what it’s, here’s answer. people who updated own phones have some problems about ROM.

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Complaints have started flowing in about the ROM being a tad buggy and unstable. While that doesn’t paint the real picture, you can stay tuned to this space to find out more about HTC’s ICS updates.

LG D1L vs Samsung’s Galaxy S3

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Everyone wants to know how LG D1L will be!.. According to lots of internet newspaper, LG D1L will be a new flashship for LG. LG D1L comes with a 4.7-inch display with a resolution of 1,280 x 720 pixels, a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor under the hood and will ship running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and support 4G LTE.

It’s really diffucult to predict why this particular model is a would-be killer. The D1L may become official by next month.

LG D1L

Which one should you buy? Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) vs Apple iPads

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Discussing the new iPad prices, the product was launched in the market last month with the following selling prices — 16 GB: $499, 32 GB: $599 and 64 GB: $699. Even more, the new model came with variants triggered with the LTE capability. Hence, the in that case, the price tags were $629, $729 and $829 correspondingly for the 16, 32, and 64 GB variants.

The Wi-Fi only 8GB version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) was seen at Office Depot website, priced for $399.99 together with the other advance versions are expected to be priced. Hence, no matter what kind of tablet the buyer is looking for. A 10-inch tablet with less than a $400-price tag could make a difference. Apart from all this, someone should be smart enough and fully aware of what a $200, $300 or $400 device should look like.

Since a detailed discussion of the price tags of each of these hot tablets has been done, let’s take a look at the specs and features these biggies.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

Operating-system

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) will run on Google’s latest Android 4.0 operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich. It will have a redesigned user interface with a new application gallery layout, included Google applications, a Face Unlock feature employed with a facial recognition application, and access to a wide variety of multimedia via Samsung Hub services.

On the other hand, iOS 5 is showcased on iPad 2 while Apple’s New iPad, which is the successor to the second generation iPad and has got iOS 5.1, will boast a support to all the high-end specifications in place of the prior.

Processor chip

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) would be powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor and the gadget would be loaded with its unique TouchWiz screen. However, the iPad 2 ran on a dual-core A5 processor, the same chip found inside iPhone 4S.

As an improvement, the New iPad runs on a dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 CPU and Apple A5X chipset. A PowerVR SGX543MP4 GPU has been added to give some extra boost in the performance.

Screen

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) would feature a 10.1-inch PLS TFT screen with a resolution of WSVGA (1024x600pixels) and would offer a pixel density of 149ppi.

Talking about the iPads, the New iPad 3 has the 9.7-inch display screen as that of its predecessor iPad 2, which had 1024×768 pixels of resolution.

However, a major addition which had led the device far ahead against its rival tablets is the LED backlit Retina display which comes power-packed with 2048 x 1536 pixels of resolution at 264 pixel density with 44 percent increased color saturation and an astounding 3.1 million pixels.

Digital camera

In Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1), the cameras would be limited to 3MP with LED flash, auto-focus, geo-tagging and 720P video record. İn addition, it would feature a VGA camera in the front which would offer a top quality video calling as a result.

Apple has done a fantastic job when it comes to improving the camera of the New iPad. While iPad 2 cameras (0.7 MP backside and VGA front side) have always been at the center of criticism, the latest tablet sports a 5 MP rear camera that comes with welcome features like iSight and CMOS sensor setup, auto-detection, flash, HDR and face detection and a host of other improvements and with video capabilities of 1080p at 30fps and video stabilization. A front-facing secondary VGA camera is also available.

MicroSD Card Slot:

Initially, it was informed that the Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) will be rolled out in two variants – 16GB and 32GB – which would be expandable up to 32GB using a microSD card. But now, according to the Office Depot website citing via Engadget report, it is leaked that the device would have an 8GB Wi-Fi Only version as well.

This is a feature that all iPad lovers wanted to see in the latest device, but Apple disappointed its fans once more. And whether it is iPad 2 or the new iPad, Apple doesn’t offer expandable memory choice. However, it does offer variants. Both the devices come in 16, 32, and 64 GB variants.

Connections

The latest version from Apple is not a complete redesign of iPad 2, but takes advantage of quicker 4G wireless technology. The new iPad baseband chip covers it all from EV-DO to HSPA+ and LTE.

At the same time, iPad 2 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 2(10.1) lack 4G connectivity. Both of them include 3G and Wi-Fi variants.
Life of the battery

Galaxy Tab 2(10.1) comes with a 7,000 mAh battery (up from 4,000 on the 7.0), which will hopefully ensure stamina that is similar to its predecessor.

For the new iPad, the company states to support a sufficient battery life of nine hours. Without LTE, it would run up to 10 hours. On the same lines, the iPad 2 also featured a battery life of up to 10 hours.

Sizes And Weight

With Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) has a profile of just 256.6 x 175.3 x 9.7 millimeters and it weighs around 588 grams.

The new iPad has size of 241.2 x 185.7 x 9.4 mm and weighs about 652 grams (Wi-Fi Only) and 662 grams (Wi-Fi + 4G). When it comes to iPad 2, it measures in at 241 mm x 186 mm and weighs about 600 grams and is 8.8 mm thick.

Google’s 7-inch Tablet Nexus becomes better! Just wait

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According to The Verge, Google’s first Android Tablet’s Nexus will not hit the market until July.

That before, People hope it come out in May but didn’t. “the company plans to make some design changes and hopes to lower the price from the current $249.”

7-inch Nexus which is made Asus will come with 7-inch screen and an Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor what’s more runs Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, and is Wi-Fi-only. The Tablet PC perhaps will be out in July and its price will be between $199 and $249. Two gient,Google and ASUSTek, has been working for a long time to give off their 7-inch co-branded tablet PC.

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