E Fun, a tablet manufacture has churned out a slew of new Android tablets - Nextbook 7, Nextbook 8, and Nextbook 10 tablets. Prices start at about USD 100 for the Nextbook 7, and go up to USD 150 for the top-end model.
Acer TA272 Android All-in-one Desktop Specs Price
Acer is the only company that is offering Android operating system in their all-in-one desktops. Meet the Acer TA272, a 27 inch all in one that doubles as computer display.
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CUBE Talk 7X Review Specs Price
Chinese tablet company, Cube has been on fire lately. Just last month, it released Talk 79S, and few days back, it released the Talk 7X, which we will be reviewing today, courtesy of imp3. The Talk 7X is more portable, thanks to smaller 7 inch display. This screen is identical to the one being used in Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (PLS type).
CUBE Talk 7X Specs include 7 inch Samsung PLS display, 1024×600 pixel resolution, Mediatek MT8312 processor, 1 gigabyte RAM, 4 gigabytes of flash storage (expandable via micro SD card slot) , Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, FM and a phone radio (WCDMA, GSM). There are two cameras on the unit – 2 megapixel rear and 0.3 MP front. The CUBE Talk 7X has 2700 mAh battery and it runs Android 4.2.2 jelly bean operating system.
CUBE Talk 7X Price. It is being sold for 399 Yuan (USD 65) and you can buy it in black or white colors. The body is made of plastic.
Design wise, the CUBE Talk 7X is excellent. Power button and volume control keys are arranged correctly on the right side, allowing one handed operation. On the top, you will find a headphone jack and USB port.
Samsung’s PLS screen is at par with the standard IPS display – it has decent color reproduction and viewing angles are excellent too.
There are two micro SD card slots, both of which can easily expand the mediocre internal flash storage. There is a SIM card slot too, allowing the user to make phone calls.
While using the CUBE Talk 7X, you experience no lag. Entire operation is very smooth and there are no significant delays. This is chiefly due to powerful Mediatek MT8312 processor, which is based on low powered ARM Cortex A7 architecture. It is manufactured using 28 nm processing and runs at 1.3 GHz. The CPU is backed by dual core Mali 400 GPU.
The CUBE Talk 7X is equipped with a gig of RAM and out of box, 600 MB is taken by OS’ services and background apps. Out of 4 GB flash storage, you get paltry 1.5 GB.
We are not into benchmarks, but you get 12541 in the AnTuTu benchmark test.
Call quality and signal performance are satisfactory. The radio also supports 3G, and we were able to enjoy fast Internet speeds in no time.
Web browsing experience is excellent. Chinese sites use a lot of flash content, and this tablet does not come with pre installed flash plugin. If lack of flash does not bother you, you will do just fine.
CUBE Talk 7X Review Summary. The performance of this tablet is very satisfactory, especially when you take its low USD 65 price tag into consideration. Its display is very bright. Thanks to good optimization by CUBE, the 7x runs like a butter, even though it has a dual core processor.
Chinese review by imp3.
Ainol BW1 Tablet has Dual SIM Slots
Not a lot of times you see a tablet with calling capability and dual SIM slots. Ainol is now offering one for an unbelievable price. Ainol calls it BW1 and it packs 7.85 inch display and a quad core processor by MediaTek.
Full specs include 7.85 inch IPS display, 1024×768 pixel resolution, Mediatek 4-core processor (based on ARM Cortex A7 architecture), 1 gigabyte RAM, 8 GB flash storage, 802.11n Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, FM radio, and micro SD card.
There are two cameras – a front 0.3 MP and 2 MP rear camera. Release date and concrete price details are not available, but it is being speculated that it should not exceed EUR 150. [via imp3 (Chinese)]
Big Screen iPhone Release Date
So you think Apple iPhone screen is too small? Well, Apple is indeed testing an iPhone with a much bigger display that is slated to be released in the month of May 2014. If rumors are to be believed, Apple may not call this iPhone the iPhone 6, and it would be a part of an entirely new product line.
Screen size will reach 5 inches
According to reports, Apple’s big-screen version of the iPhone is likely to reach 5 inches. It is unclear how Apple will be calling this big-screen iPhone.
Apple A8 processor with 20nm manufacturing technology
Taiwan media, Digitimes cites that Apple will be releasing this big screen iPhone in May, and iPhone 6 will be unveiled in October. The next generation iPhone with the larger screen will be using the "TSMC’s 20-nanometer processor", and Apple will be calling it Apple A8. [pconline Chinese]
Apple Starts 2014 With a Micro SIM Smart Card Patent
On December 31, 2013, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published series of 43 new patents to Apple. Among those patents, the most noteworthy was the one for micro SIM smart card, which reveals Apple’s plans to get this SIM card standard even after winning permissions for a different standard despite protests by Nokia.
More than a year-and-a-half has passed since Nokia and Apple battle over the future SIM cards for mobile phones. Despite Apple winning this war, thanks to European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s approval, Cupertino giant is all set make changes.
Patently Apple states,
In one variant, the first substrate is compliant with a Mini-SIM physical specification. In other variants, the first substrate is compliant with a Micro-SIM physical specification.
They say that Apple is changing the dimensions once again for its micro SIM 3GG card for which it just won a patent. Apple credits Tang Tan, Jason Sloey, Jared Kole, and Naushad Zaveri as the investors of its patent which was originally filed in Q2 2012.
Asus TD300LA Specs Price
Asus is working on yet another laptop tablet hybrid computer called TD300LA. While concrete specs are not available yet, we do know that it will be powered by Intel Haswell Core i3 4020Y or i7 4610Y CPU.
MSI R9 290 290X Specs Price
MSI has introduced R9 290 and R9 290X with twin frozr cooler. The computer manufacture will first launch R9 290 Gaming 4G and R9 290X Gaming 4G, both of which use Twin Frozr IV Advanced cooler that allow lower temperatures at lesser sound production.
Atom Merifield Benchmarks Leaked
Benchmarks of a prototype Intel Atom Merifield processor has surfaced on NenaMark’s website. Slated to be used in phones, this Salt Bay phone runs Android 4.3 operating system; has 4.3 inch display with a resolution of 1280×800 (720p) and Power VR SGX 6 GPU.
The Atom Merifield is successor to the Atom Z2610 chip. Latter was not as efficient as top of the line ARM CPUs (think Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 / 800) and missed built in LTE support.
Atom Merifield promises to solve these problems by offering a chip with built in LTE, thanks to integrated XMM1760 modem.
Specs of this device include a dual core / quad core processor, 2.1 GHz clock frequency. In the Nenamark 2 benchmark test, the CPU got scores between 56.7 – 58.3 FPS (frames per second). [via tuttoandroid]
MODECOM FreeTAB 1010 IPS IC Windows 8 Tablet Specs Price
MODECOM has rolled out a Windows 8 tablet called FreeTAB 1010 IPS IC that boasts the new dual core Intel Celeron N2805 1.46 GHz processor. Suggest retail price is a bit steep though – USD 999.
Other specs include Intel HD graphics, 2 gigabytes of DDR3 RAM, 10.1 inch display with IPS technology with a resolution of 1280×800 pixels. Storage is provided by its 32 GB SSD which is expandable via micro SD card slot.
Rest of its specs include 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, digital compass, micro USB port with OTG support, HDMI 1.4, 2 megapixel rear camera, 2 megapixel front webcam, and a battery of 7000 mAh.
MODECOM FreeTAB 1010 IPS IC Windows 8 Tablet measures 259 x 173 x 9.9 mm. The box includes a keyboard as well.