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Displays are vital to the success of tablets and displaymate does a great job comparing the displays of the Apple iPad 2, ASUS transformer, and Motorola Xoom. Which tablets have the best displays?

For the current set of Tablets the iPad is the clear winner in every category, which is somewhat surprising considering it was the first Tablet to launch and the one that later competitors knew they had to beat – but as of yet none have succeeded.

The Motorola Xoom continues to be beat up by reviewers. The company is having trouble with the MicroSD and now display comparisons put it at dead last – far behind the competitors.

If you were the CEO of Motorola, what would you do to stop the embarrassment?

tabletcrunch.com

Digitimes is a great source for OEM information. The site is also wonderful because the people behind the site work hard to dig into news about some great future products. For example, Amazon is going to enter into the tablet market. Yes, Amazon.

Even though a price or even OS is not in the story, Amazon is estimating “global sales of four million units for 2011.” — Now that’s pretty powerful sales.

According to the source:

“Amazon will provide streaming movie services for users of its tablet PCs”

Put this story together with the June 15 PC Magazine story and the earlier May 3 story from Digitimes -  and we still have very little specifications:

• 7 and 10-in color screen
• Touch panel
• NVIDIA Tegra 2 and quad core
• Code names Coyote and Hollywood
• Android OS

I suspect we’ll see some images start leaking just before launch.

(PRNewsFoto/VIZIO)

I started seeing video reviews Vizio video after Robert Scoble’s tweet and video. Yeah – I ignored the basketball player YouTube video with the setup. Anyway, today, I watched the video by LaptopMag. OK. It’s android gingerbread but Vizio was smart enough to put their own interface called the Vizio’s Internet Apps Plus ecosystem. This ecosystem allows you to use the tablet as a television remote and connect to the Vizio home theater.

Robert Scoble

Laptop Magazine

Specifications

• 8-inch tablet
• 1024 x 768
• HDMI port
• IR blaster
• Gingerbread 2.3
• Vizio’s Internet Apps Plus

Based on the Walmart leak – we expect the product closer to the end of July.

Today’s launch in Singapore has sites and visitors taking in a nice surprise for Android-based tablet lovers: the Huawei MediaPad. Android Honeycomb 3.2 is an optimized OS for the 7-inch screen tablets.

• No price details were released.
• No WI-Fi only version
• No RAM details
• US Shipment in fall
• Battery life continues to be a struggle for these tablets (6 hours).

Huawei Unveils MediaPad –World’s first 7-inch Android 3.2 Honeycomb Dual-Core Tablet
MediaPad set to transform consumers’ entertainment experience

Singapore, 20 June 2011: Huawei, a leading telecom solutions provider, today launched the Huawei MediaPad, the world’s first 7-inch Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet. The MediaPad is a complete entertainment powerhouse driven by Qualcomm’s dual-core 1.2GHz processor and supported by Huawei Device’s Hispace cloud solution. The MediaPad provides the fabulous user experience in a stylish, high-performing and ultra-portable package.

The MediaPad is Huawei Device’s smartest, slimmest and lightest tablet yet, measuring just 10.5mm (0.4 inches) deep and weighing around 390g (0.86 pounds). It supports 1080P full HD video playback and features a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera and 5 megapixel auto focus rear facing camera with HD video recording capabilities. With HSPA+ 14.4Mbps and high-speed WiFi 11n Internet connectivity, the MediaPad doesn’t just entertain – it keeps you connected.

“With the Huawei MediaPad, we are demonstrating yet again that design, functionality and performance is within anyone’s reach,” said Victor Xu, Chief Marketing Officer of Huawei Device. “The MediaPad opens up new worlds of entertainment for consumers by removing the barriers to tablet ownership, increasing access to a truly high-quality mobile entertainment experience fully integrated with cloud-based internet content.”

An Out-of-this-World Entertainment ExperienceThe MediaPad supports HSPA+ data services, Flash 10.3 videos and comes preinstalled with applications such as Facebook, Twitter, Let’s Golf and Documents to Go. With the 7-inch IPS touch screen, the MediaPad offers a standout visual experience for photos, movies and applications. Entertainment and gaming experience are taken to the next level with the MediaPad’s 1.2GHz Dual-Core processor, high definition playback and HDMI port.
Expansion of Huawei Device’s Smart OfferingsThe MediaPad builds on the global success of the IDEOS S7 Slim tablet and cements Huawei Device’s ability to cater to the explosive demand for tablets. According to the International Data Corporation, sales in the tablet market are expected to increase more than fourfold in the next two years. The MediaPad will be showcased at Huawei’s “Smart for Transformation” booth at CommunicAsia 2011 in Singapore. Along with Huawei’s latest range of smart devices, the MediaPad is a prime example of Huawei Device’s focus on the power of practical innovation.

About HuaweiHuawei Device is a global leader in providing smart devices that connect you with the world, simply. Huawei Device partners with 500 operators, including the world’s top 50 operators, across 140 countries. Huawei’s products and solutions have been deployed in over 100 countries and support the communications needs of one third of the world’s population. The company is committed to providing innovative and customized products, services and solutions to create long-term value and growth potential for its customers.

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Technical Specs

• Android Honeycomb 3.2 OS
• 7-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
• 10.5mm (0.4 inches) slim, ~390g weight (0.86 pounds)
• 1.3 MP front-facing camera, 5 MP auto focus rear facing camera with HD video recording capabilities
• HSPA+ 14.4 Mbps, WiFi 11n
• Dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm processor
• Over 6 hours battery life
• 1080P full HD playback and HDMI port
• Flash 10.3

Pre-installed Apps

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Let’s Golf
• Document to go

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Seven years ago, I pictured a website with a question/answer area focused on Tablet PCs. I chose vBulletin – which was okay – but didn’t really provide the environment desired.

A theme by templatic was installed today. This new theme provides the question/answer arrangement. Finally. It only took 8 years.

Tomuse.com provides a nice description.

Templatic’s premium question and answer theme that features an quick and easy 1-click installation with the ability to auto-create sample questions to get your Q&A site up and running in no time. Questions are separately through large tabs marked as recent, most responses, unanswered, and recently answered. The header offers two menus with drop down capabilities, login and registration links, and a search bar. Users have the ability to vote answers up or down and the individual that asked the question can assign the best answer.

Sometimes the obvious needs to be clarified with good data. A post found on All Things Digital, states “Of the 4.5 million “media tablets” shipped in the third quarter of 2010, a staggering 4.2 million were iPads, according to ABI Research.”

Yes, that means in 2010 Apple had 93% of the market share.

ABI Research’s “Netbooks, MIDs, Media Tablets, and Mobile CE Market Data” includes forecasts for all Ultra-mobile Devices (UMDs) including media tablets, netbooks, UMPCs, mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and mobile broadband-enabled consumer electronics (CE) devices. Shipments, ASPs, and revenue for these devices are provided, including shipments and revenues for each type of UMD by region, platform, operating system, and connectivity attach rates. It forms part of the Netbooks, MIDs and Mobile CE Research Service which also includes another Market Data product, Research Reports, Research Briefs, ABI Insights, ABI Vendor Matrices, and analyst inquiry support.

NPD Group’s DisplaySearch and iSuppli predict an increase in Tablet sales for the next five years. NPD Group’s DisplaySearch predicts an increase from 19 million (2010) to 172.4 million by 2014 and iSuppli predicts 242.3 million sold in 2015.

It’s been a long time since Microsoft pushed the Tablet PC, why are so many people just now getting interested?

There are three major factors. Internet activity is much greater now than years ago. Plus, most new tablets are not linked to a Windows OS, and people are no longer hung up on the OS brand names. Finally, in contrast to the original Tablet PC owners and in terms of productivity, people rely on a connection to the Internet.

PC World provides five reasons for owning a Tablet PC. All of these were possible years ago, however,  battery life has improved over the original models.

When are you going to purchase a Tablet?

The domain name tabletquestions.com was registered on September 21, 2003. The site merged with several others and all of the content, posts, and forum posts were transfered to technologyquestions.com. After operating under the same domains for several years, tabletquestions was separated out again.

This is version 8.0: one increment for each year the site was online.