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From CTIA 2011 - Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9, the LG G2 Slate and HTC's first foray into tablets
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Thursday March 31, 2011
Android Weekly
Thursday March 31, 2011
From CTIA 2011, not only did we get the pricing for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, which we were expecting ($499 for the 16GB Wi-Fi only and $599 for the 32GB), we also got a new Sammy tablet. Namely, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9. At the LG booth, we got hands-on with the LG G2 Slate that features 3D video recording and playback along with some impressive specs. Finally, we sneak a peek at the HTC EVO View 4G, HTC's first tablet for the North American market. The EVO View 4G stays true to HTC's design ethos and looks awesome.
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From CTIA 2011, not only did we get the pricing for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, which we were expecting ($499 for the 16GB Wi-Fi only and $599 for the 32GB), we also got a new Sammy tablet. Namely, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9. At the LG booth we got hands-on with the LG G2 Slate that features 3D video recording and playback along with some impressive specs. Finally, we sneak a peek at the HTC EVO View 4G, HTC's first tablet for the North American market. The EVO View 4G stays true to HTC's design ethos and looks awesome.
Last episode, we suggested that pricing of the Samsung Galaxy Tab was going to fall out of the stratosphere. Here at CTIA, we got confirmation in the form of pricing for the recently announced Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. This 10-inch screen tablet will retail for $499 for the 16GB version and $599 for the 32GB. In other words, on par with the wi-fi only iPad 2. This is good news.
Not stopping there though, Samsung also announced a brand new tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, and gave us pricing. $469 for the 16GB Wi-Fi only version, $569 for the 32 gig.
Samsung Mobile President, JK Shin, said the company doesn't believe in one size fits all tablets. Nor do we, so this is good news.
Now, in addition to the 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab, we have 8.9 and a 10.1-inch options. The two new additions have dual core 1.2GHz processors and run Honeycomb, Android 3.0. For now, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 is still frozen with Froyo. Expect a refresh of that model sooner rather than later, to meet the same specs as its bigger brothers.
Long story short, if you've been holding off on buying a tablet waiting for the perfect one, give these guys a look. I think I may even get off my wallet for this. That's really saying something.
Check out our hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
and our
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 hands-on
The official title on this one is lame. The T-Mobile G Slate with Google by LG.
Get past that though, and you've got a very capable dual core tablet running Honeycomb. The G Slate ... with Google... by LG runs a 1.2 Nvidia Tegra 2 processor. It's got two 5MP cameras on the back to allow you to shoot 3D images and video. Grab a pair of polarized or anaglyph glasses and you can view your 3D stuff right on the G2. Plug in an HDMI cable to your 3DTV and you can bore people with a 3D slideshow or freak out your friends with 3D video of your first child's inglorious entry into the world.
It's also blessedly free of too many LG-style OS tweaks, which means the upgrade path from Honeycomb to whatever comes next should be a relatively easy one.
This guy is going for $529 if you factor in the $100 mail-in rebate from T-Mobile. Mail in rebate? Really?
Check out our first look at the T-Mobile LG G-Slate (withgooglebylg)
HTC, makers of some of the best built smartphones, is getting into the tablet game. The EVO View 4G is the first HTC tablet available to North America.
It has the same build quality we've come to expect from HTC. It's thin, metal-clad and undeniably slick.
And, get this, it has a stylus. Seriously. A stylus.
It's not as bad as it seems though. The stylus is an entirely optional extra and we're not looking at a POS resistive touch screen. In our brief hands-on with the EVO View 4G, its capacitive touch screen performed admirably. If you do opt to buy the stylus, you get the ability to do mark-up and annotation on just screenshots (that's right, screenshots on Android. Imagine!) and real-time note taking.
Record the audio from a meeting and doodle on the screen. Later, when you realize you drifted off this plane of existence and can't recall the last half hour of your meeting, play the recording back in real time, along with any notes your mortal self may have jotted while your consciousness travelled to new and wonderful places.
Check out our first look at the HTC EVO View 4G.
While at CTIA, we grabbed a Nook Color and an 8GB micro SD card to make the best sub-$300 Honeycomb tablet going. Thanks to XDA Developer deeper-blue, it's crazy easy to do, and we'll show you how in an upcoming episode.
And that's all the news that's fit to Google from CTIA Wireless 2011 in Orlando, Florida. Check out more coverage from CTIA 2011 at butterscotch.com/CTIA 2011.
Android Weekly CTIA 2011 guests stay at the fabulous Embassy Suites in sunny Orlando. Home of the manager's special cocktail hour and all you can eat breakfast buffet... which it must be pointed out, happen at very different times of the day.
Last episode, we suggested that pricing of the Samsung Galaxy Tab was going to fall out of the stratosphere. Here at CTIA, we got confirmation in the form of pricing for the recently announced Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. This 10-inch screen tablet will retail for $499 for the 16GB version and $599 for the 32GB. In other words, on par with the wi-fi only iPad 2. This is good news.
Not stopping there though, Samsung also announced a brand new tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, and gave us pricing. $469 for the 16GB Wi-Fi only version, $569 for the 32 gig.
Samsung Mobile President, JK Shin, said the company doesn't believe in one size fits all tablets. Nor do we, so this is good news.
Now, in addition to the 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab, we have 8.9 and a 10.1-inch options. The two new additions have dual core 1.2GHz processors and run Honeycomb, Android 3.0. For now, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 is still frozen with Froyo. Expect a refresh of that model sooner rather than later, to meet the same specs as its bigger brothers.
Long story short, if you've been holding off on buying a tablet waiting for the perfect one, give these guys a look. I think I may even get off my wallet for this. That's really saying something.
Check out our hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
and our
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 hands-on
The official title on this one is lame. The T-Mobile G Slate with Google by LG.
Get past that though, and you've got a very capable dual core tablet running Honeycomb. The G Slate ... with Google... by LG runs a 1.2 Nvidia Tegra 2 processor. It's got two 5MP cameras on the back to allow you to shoot 3D images and video. Grab a pair of polarized or anaglyph glasses and you can view your 3D stuff right on the G2. Plug in an HDMI cable to your 3DTV and you can bore people with a 3D slideshow or freak out your friends with 3D video of your first child's inglorious entry into the world.
It's also blessedly free of too many LG-style OS tweaks, which means the upgrade path from Honeycomb to whatever comes next should be a relatively easy one.
This guy is going for $529 if you factor in the $100 mail-in rebate from T-Mobile. Mail in rebate? Really?
Check out our first look at the T-Mobile LG G-Slate (withgooglebylg)
HTC, makers of some of the best built smartphones, is getting into the tablet game. The EVO View 4G is the first HTC tablet available to North America.
It has the same build quality we've come to expect from HTC. It's thin, metal-clad and undeniably slick.
And, get this, it has a stylus. Seriously. A stylus.
It's not as bad as it seems though. The stylus is an entirely optional extra and we're not looking at a POS resistive touch screen. In our brief hands-on with the EVO View 4G, its capacitive touch screen performed admirably. If you do opt to buy the stylus, you get the ability to do mark-up and annotation on just screenshots (that's right, screenshots on Android. Imagine!) and real-time note taking.
Record the audio from a meeting and doodle on the screen. Later, when you realize you drifted off this plane of existence and can't recall the last half hour of your meeting, play the recording back in real time, along with any notes your mortal self may have jotted while your consciousness travelled to new and wonderful places.
Check out our first look at the HTC EVO View 4G.
While at CTIA, we grabbed a Nook Color and an 8GB micro SD card to make the best sub-$300 Honeycomb tablet going. Thanks to XDA Developer deeper-blue, it's crazy easy to do, and we'll show you how in an upcoming episode.
And that's all the news that's fit to Google from CTIA Wireless 2011 in Orlando, Florida. Check out more coverage from CTIA 2011 at butterscotch.com/CTIA 2011.
Android Weekly CTIA 2011 guests stay at the fabulous Embassy Suites in sunny Orlando. Home of the manager's special cocktail hour and all you can eat breakfast buffet... which it must be pointed out, happen at very different times of the day.
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