With the smartphone with what’s undoubtedly the most home-baked accessories to be shown off at once here at IFA 2013, the Alcatel One Tough Hero is certainly a smartphone to behold. What we’re witnessing here is a device that’s interesting in and of itself with a 6-inch display running at Full HD – 1920 x […]
With the Alcatel ONE TOUGH IDOL ALPHA, you’ve got a smartphone with light-up edges and a 720p display over 4.7-inches of panel. It’s also got a 1.2GHz quad-core processor under the hood, and its display works with IPS LCD technology. But that’s not the best part – the best part is in the industrial design […]
In the Acer Iconia A3 sits a combination of specifications that make for a rather solid 10.1-inch tablet for basic entertainment. It’s not the biggest and the best, but it’s certainly not sitting on the low end – this is Acer’s newest venture into the tablet universe, complete with their own software suite sitting on […]
For the past few months most of the tablets we’ve seen have been running Windows 8, but at CES this week Android tablets have seen a resurgence of sorts, starting with two from Vizio and now the Iconia B1-A71 from Acer. It’s hardly a flagship tablet. Quite the opposite actually: it has a dual-core Mediatek processor, 512MB of RAM, 8GB of built-in storage, a 7-inch 1,024 x 600 display and a single 0.3-megapixel camera. Overall, the build quality and screen aren’t nearly as nice as what you’ll get on the Nexus 7. Still, for $150 it could be tempting for folks who think even $200 is a lot to spend on a tablet. We’re told this won’t go on sale in the US, so for all of our readers in the states this is nothing more than gadget tourism. For the rest of you, though, we’ve got hands-on photos and video below to help you decide if this is worth any further consideration.
Gallery: Acer Iconia B1-A71 hands-on
This week the folks at ASUS have revealed the VivoTab Smart Tablet, a full Windows 8 tablet with a 10.1-inch full touchscreen display and a unique combination of wireless keyboard and foldable cover which holds the unit upright. This machine is being shown live and in person at CES 2013 and a looks like a winner if ever a Windows 8 tablet was one.
This beast takes on a form that may remind one of the Microsoft Surface Tablet but brings on its own bit of flare with a combination of covers in one go, here being shown with a variety of different color combinations (that look surprisingly like the Moshi iGlaze Versacover – take note!) This machine is relatively light, especially for a full Windows 8 machine, and is made to take on the market that’s surprisingly short of full Windows 8 tablets right this very minute.
Have a peek at this machine that’s got NFC, an Intel Atom Z2760 dual-core processor, and the ability to take photos with both a front and a back-facing camera. Quite similar to the display on the ASUS Transformer Prime, this tablet has excellent viewing angles and will be prepped for both simple browsing and your on-the-go computing needs.
This beast will be out sooner than later, taking on the market before the end of the Summer here in 2013. Have a peek at our ASUS tag to see more ASUS action today for the next week to see what else they bring to the mean hallways of CES 2013. Also make sure to keep your eyes on our giant CES hub for the hands-on or otherwise up to the minute action over the next week as well!
ASUS VivoTab Smart Tablet: hands-on with fold-cover magic is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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In the land of tweets and tell-alls, keeping privileged information on the down-low is next to impossible. Oddly enough, pricing and release details for the ThinkPad 2 didn’t require much espionage. At last night’s PepCom event, Lenovo reps told WP Central that the Windows 8-powered slab will be available on October 26th for $799. This price point might be a tad on the high side for some, but it does include the tablet’s optional keyboard. As a refresher, the ThinkPad 2 sports a 10.1-inch IPS display, an Intel Atom processor and NFC, all powered by an alleged 10 hour battery. For the data gluttons out there, AT&T’s LTE is on the menu stateside. Whether or not this pricing and release information holds true, we’ll still have to see what else surfaces before making a final decision this holiday season.
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Lenovo ThinkPad 2 pegged for October 26th release, with a $799 price tag originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Metro PCS’ first American LTE phone may be fast when it comes to download speeds, but not so much when it comes to basic functionality. The ZTE-built Anthem arrives next week at MetroPCS providers for $249.99 ($219.99 after a mail-in rebate), and it comes with an aging OS — Gingerbread. Yes, when we got our hands on the device this evening, the very first thing we noticed was the decidedly elderly operating system that ships with it — so, it’s not the freshest Android device on the block.
The Anthem’s touch functionality didn’t give a good first impression either, not responding on the first try for a handful of basic functions, and slowly dragging from pane to pane. The phone sports a 4.3-inch WVGA display that’s decent enough, especially when compared with other recently introduced mid-range smartphones and runs on a dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon CPU (the company wouldn’t specify which precisely). The phone itself is on the excessively chunky side, but given its off-contract berth and $249 pricing, that lack of design finesse is to be expected. MetroPCS reps wouldn’t confirm whether an upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich is on the books for the Anthem, but if you’re plunking down for this clunker, it’s probably not much of a concern. Check out the gallery below for additional shots and head on past the break for a brief video tour.
Gallery: ZTE Anthem 4G for MetroPCS hands-on
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ZTE Anthem 4G hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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