Apple has clearly spent 4.6 billion dollars on chips for the iPad in 2011, is what emerges from the research of IHS. The company stands out significantly the cost of other major companies such as Samsung, with 603 million dollars, and HTC with 199 million.
The analyst Wenli Ye of IHS says that wireless devices are in use around 24% of all semiconductors sold, a figure that is around 58.6 billion dollars in 2011, approximately 14.5% more than in 2010. In parallel, the purchase of computer chips rose by 4% over the past year, reaching a figure of 53.7 billion dollars.
According to Ye, the market will continue to grow, the demand for semiconductors will increase more and more until you reach very high levels.
We have seen Android smartphone acts as a tablet controller or Android device becomes a remote control of other tech stuffs but seem like this time we have something special from Motorola. It is Motorola Smart Controller.
In short it is a Bluethooth remote control which allows you to connect and gain control of Android smartphone or tablet. It is very simple to user with a few keys to press and ability to gain access to most functions of the Android device.
There are microphone and speaker which allow you to enjoy on call without touching your phone but there is something that should be complained which is the lacking of no screen. You must always look at the display of the phone or tablet to see what you are doing.
Motorola Smart Controller is expected to come for $99.
At CES 2012, ZTE has unveiled a new Ice Cream Sandwich Tablet, the T98. This tablet has a 7-inch display with resolution of 1280 × 800 pixel. It is powered by Tegra 3 Chipset which you will find it useful for some high requirement applications and games.
Other interesting features include a 1.3GHz quad-core Nvidia, 1 GB of RAM, a 5 megapixel camera for video recording at 1080p, a 1.3 megapixel front camera for video call and 4000 mAh battery.
However there is no words on pricing or availability but it should be available before Q2 of 2012. (more…)
You should not miss any opportunity to see the new style of ultrabook or tablet. I am pretty sure that you will like it for some reasons. Presented at CES 2012, the hand on video above is good enough to proof the quality of this flavor.
The Taiwanese company Gigabyte has recently introduced the S1081 Tablet with Windows 7, and professionals dedicated to the business market with hardware that features a protagonist the new Intel Atom Cedar Trail optimized to give better performance with less energy.
The new tablet has a 10.1-inch display, 1.3MP camera and will be available in two variants: one dedicated to those who need more storage space with a 500GB HDD and a more reliable storage performance with a SSD . The HDMI ports, VGA, Ethernet and USB 3.0 ensures compatibility with the latest external devices with which you also can interface via Bluetooth 4.0.
Very interesting choice to produce a Docking Station Prime Transformer-style, equipped with DVD drives, sound system with two stereo speakers and two woofers, auxiliary battery for greater overall range and of course new doors that provide full connectivity dell’S1081.
No information has yet been received on prices and market availability, we will keep you informed!
Do you really like the 3D? If it doesn’t matter to you then you might also interested in $199 price tag tablet. How about 3D tablet with low price for $199? I guess this will be interesting to you. What I am talking about is GADMEI T863-3D. It runs on Android 2.3. It has an 8-inch display with 1280 x 768 resolutions. There is a button which you can switch to 2D mode.
Here are the main specifications of GADMEI T863-3D:
Toshiba has strong intention to join the tablet market in 2012 since we already have heard about the high-end tech 10.1-inch tablet to join CES 2012. Now we have his little brother with 7-inch to join the same event. This 7-inch tablet aims to fill the low budget market but with decent specifications.
Learning from the wild, we can assume that the 7-inch Toshiba tablet is expected to be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Its resolution is 1024 x 600 pixels. Other features is very simple including Bluetooth, WiFi, microSD card slot and microUSB ports.
ASUS has been taking its Prime Transformer very serious thanks to the tablets popularity around the World. Not to waste much time waiting, ASUS has announced on its Facebook which we can conclude that Prime Transformer will get Android 4.0 update as soon as January 12nd.
However ASUS has already alerted the users to concentrate about GPS and bootloader. In case of bootloader, it will be locked for you to keep the warranty and let you enjoy Google’s movie rental service. This is not the serious case since ASUS promised to provide bootloader unlocker soon.
Note that unlock bootloader will void your warranty.
The “battle” in the area of the tablet is getting tighter and rivals of the ‘iPad, true ruler of the market, with a view to sharpen the weapons of 2012. Among the new stars of this clash, there will also be the Acer A700 ICON TAB.
The first images of the new super tablet from Acer come from Russia and show a very nice device from the aesthetic point of view.
Among the features we have already revealed Acer ICON TAB A700 powered by quad-core processor NVIDIA Tegra 3-based platform (the same as the one on Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime) and a display with full HD resolution (1920×1200 pixels).
Other features include rear camera notes, the SIM holder, MicroUSB and output MicroHDMI.
It doesn’t take long time to reach this first milestone. Since the release in October 2011, Samsung has already celebrated the 1 million units sold around the globe already. Currently Samsung Galaxy Note is available in most of Europe and Asia. Of this half phone half tablet is one of the key products of Samsung so the company won’t go easy with this product.
However the most important market is in U.S. that Samsung hopes to bring this Galaxy Note land on this continent but no information about specific release date.
