Sharp’s first Windows 8 tablet has 10.1-inch, 2,560 x 1,600 IGZO display and water resistance (hands-on)

Sharp's first Windows 8 tablet has 101inch, 2,560 x 1,600 IGZO display and water resistance

Kicking off this week’s CEATEC show in Japan, Sharp has played to its strengths with its new Windows 8 tablet, the Mebius Pad, factoring in a 2,560 x 1,600 resolution display. That puts it pretty far ahead of the current crowd of 1080p Windows 8 tablets, including Microsoft’s incoming Surface 2, although we admit, we’d have loved to have seen another incredible 4K tablet. Regardless, that’s the highest resolution Windows 8 tablet we’ve seen yet. Alongside the company’s 10.1-inch IGZO panel (known for their low-power credentials), the Mebius Pad runs on a slightly less-exciting Intel quad-core Atom processor (the Z3370), which we’ve had mixed feelings on when it comes to the Windows tablets its powered in the past. The basic Windows 8.1 model will arrive with Office for free, although you’ll have to pay extra if you want it for the Pro edition. Also, following Japanese trends for practically any device, the slab is both water and dust-proof (it’s in the midst of being certified for IPX5, IPX7, IP5X), while you’ll be able to buy it with LTE radios on board, at least for Nippon, as the device is unlikely to leave Japanese shores once it launches in early 2014.

Unsurprisingly, in the flesh the screen looked good — Sharp even provided a magnifying glass so we could get up close to those pixels. The 10.1-inch display is also satisfyingly bright — if we’re honest, it’s unusual to see such a capable screen powered by an Atom processor. The tablet is headed towards business use (which explains the optional stylus) and the extra resolution found on Sharp’s first Windows 8 tablet means there’s more space for your spreadsheets and documents. The hardware itself is suitably thin and light, with the rear of the device bearing a passing resemblance to recent Sony hardware — possibly due to the understated camera lens in the corner. We’ll let you know if Sharp has plans to offer the tablet to global business types. %Gallery-slideshow99502%

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Toshiba – REGZA Tablet AT703 – Take notes with the very comfortable handwriting feel of the accompanying touch-pen

Toshiba - REGZA Tablet AT703 - Take notes with the very comfortable handwriting feel of the accompanying touch-pen

Toshiba is going to release tablet “REGZA Tablet AT703″ on June 21.

“REGZA Tablet AT703″ features Toshiba’s original handwriting notebook application “TruNote”, that enables you to take a maximum of 1 million pages of notes, using any colors or kinds of lines you like, categorize them and keep them in order. Also, those notes can be convertible to the text for emails and Microsoft Office files, etc. easily.

Toshiba says users will definitely enjoy the feel of writing and says that it feels as if you were writing on paper.

With the “TruCapture” app, you can take a photo of a note on a whiteboard with “REGZA Tablet AT703″ after the meeting and digitize the note.

It features a high-resolution WQXGA (2560×1600 dot) 10.1 inch LC display, and famous European audio manufacturer harman/kardon’s stereo speaker to bring powerful sounds.

Price: Open price
Size: 260.7 x 178.9 x 10.5 mm
Weight: 671 g
Platform: Android 4.2
CPU: NVIDIA Tegra 4 mobile processor
Memory: 2GB
Communications: IEEE802.11a/b/g/n, IEEE802.11ac (Wi-Fi, WPA/WPA2, WEP, AES, TKIP), Bluetooth Ver.4.0
Interface: USB2.0, HDMI output terminal. 3.5mm mini jack
Charging time: 4.5 hours
Battery life: 9.5h
Accessories: Bluetooth keyboard, Digitizer pen, micro USB cable, AC adapter, Power cord

13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display reportedly seen with 2,560 x 1,600 LCD, dual Thunderbolt ports

13inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display reportedly caught with 2,560 x 1,600 resolution, dual Thunderbolt ports in clear view

We hope you didn’t want Apple’s little event next week to be a complete surprise. After promises of extra details for a prior leak, a WeiPhone forum goer has returned with photos of what’s supposed to be the active screen and ports of the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display that might be on stage come October 23rd. If this is what we get alongside the similarly unofficial miniature iPad, we’ll take it. The possible leak shows a 2,560 x 1,600 LCD (four times higher in resolution than the existing MacBook Pro) and, importantly, no sacrifices in expansion versus the 15-inch Retina model — there’s still the dual Thunderbolt ports and HDMI video that shipped with this system’s bigger brother. Vital details like the performance and price are left out, so there’s a few cards left off Apple’s table, but the images hint at what could be a tempting balance between the 15-inch MacBook Pro’s grunt and the MacBook Air’s grace.

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