Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Lenovo IdeaPad K1
Lenovo has announced Today three new tablets - two with Android Honeycomb operating system and one with Microsoft Windows 7. The first of Androids is IdeaPad K1 which, as you probably suspect correctly from the name, is made for entertainment, multimedia, home users. It is known that Lenovo`s laptops for home users are named as Idea and the ones for business start with Think. The K1 comes with Netflix video streaming application preloaded among other 40 applications.
The most important technical specification are:
-- DISPLAY: TFT capacitive, multi-touch screen, HD 1280 x 800 pixels, 10.1 inches.
-- CPU: nVidia Tegra T20 1 GHz dual-core processor.
-- MEMORY: 1 GB DDR2 RAM
-- STORAGE: 16/32/64 GB SSD flash for internal, microSD card slot up to 32GB.
-- CAMERA: Primary - front 2 MP.
Secondary - back 5 MP.
-- CONNECTIVITY: Wi-Fi 802.11, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, 3.5 mm headphone jack, mini-HDMI.
-- SENSORS: Gyroscope, Accelerometer, Compass, Proximity.
-- BATTERY: up to 10 Hours.
-- OS: Android Honeycomb 3.1, Adobe Flash.
-- APPLICATIONS: Google Apps, SocialTouch, mSpot, Slacker Radio, Amazon MP3, DrawingPad, Netflix, ArcSoft, Amazon Kindle, Zinio, eBuddy, ooVoo, PokeTALK, Documents To Go, PrinterShare, Connectify, Norton Mobile Security, AccuWeather, Galaxy on Fire 2, Vendetta Online, Need for Speed Shift, Andry Birds HD, Harwood Solitaire, Harwood Euchre, Harwood Hearts, Harwood Spades, Harwood Backgammon, Kongragate Arcade, Warships, Talking Tom Cat.
So I am thinking that Lenovo did not want to show just another Android tablet. This is why they loaded so many games and applications for music playing and download (including radio), painting and photo editing, watching, rent and edit videos (including TV shows), ebook reading (including magazines), social networking, messengers, video calls, documents editing and printing, data synchronizing and protection. Also the tablet offers cloud storage up to 2 GB for free which is not to ignore. The SocialTouch integrates Facebook, Twitter and email in one news feed place.
With so many applications the K1 promises a lot but all 40 apps will not have an important impact regarding the price - you can buy it now on web for 499 USD.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Motorola XT316
Motorola has made public their new XT316 smartphone which is a QWERTY keyboard and touch screen Android. They say is fashion, fun, functional and budget friendly. I agree with all except the fashion part as the design makes me think of people who are working in construction field or engineers. The most important technical details are:
-- DISPLAY: 2.8 inches QVGA capacitive multitouch, 16M colors
-- CPU: ARM 11 600 MHz.
-- GPU: Adreno 200.
-- MEMORY: 256 MB RAM.
-- STORAGE: 521 MB for ROM, microSD card slot up to 32GB.
-- CAMERA: 3MP.
-- CONNECTIVITY: 3G, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, micro-USB port, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS.
-- SENSORS: Accelerometer, Proximity, Digital Compass.
-- MULTIMEDIA: QWERTY keyboard.
-- BATTERY: Li-Po 1420 mAh.
-- OS: Android 2.2 Froyo upgradable to Gingerbread.
-- APPLICATIONS: Google apps, social networking.
The announcement mentions an amazing battery life with performance of 27 days for stand-by - that is if it`s a reality. The XT316 is a main competitor for those other QWERTY smartphones from BlackBerry, Nokia, Samsung and HTC. Of course is great for users who like touch screen devices but prefer a physical keyboard to type quickly and simple.
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