Besides the upcoming iPad 2, which is one of the most expected tablets of 2011 and then get launched in the following months in various markets. Sure the iPad and the iPad 2 will probably still get an impressive mind-share again, but it’s not 2010 anymore, and this time around we’ll have plenty of other tablets in stores to choose from.
Android seems to be, just like in the smartphone business, the main adversary of Apple in this new tablet PC niche. But we’re waiting for Android 3.0 (or is it 2.4) Honeycomb to hit, an Android version custom-made for tablets, and a more appropriate iOS rival. According to Digitimes Android 3.0 will be launched in March 2011 which means all those Android tablets that will be shown at CES 2011, will only hit stores at some point later.
Digitimes has it that ECS, Asus and MSI are all preparing tablet PCs to be shown of at CES next year. ECS will have 7- and 10.1-inch Windows 7 and Android tablets at CES sporting multitouch displays, Intel Atom CPU or ARM-based processors from Marvell or Samsung, wireless modules and up to eight hours of battery juice.
MSI is expected to showcase a 10-inch Wintel-based tablet PC while actual sales of a NVIDIA Tegra 2-based model will start in April or May, right “after Google releases Android 3.0 in March.”
Last, but not least, Asus will have three tablet PC lines: Eee Reader, Eee Note and Eee Pad. The Eee Pad will come in various sizes, from 12-inch Windows 7 machines made for enterprise to 10-inch Windows 7 and Android models probably made for general consumers. These tablets will start selling for $499-599 at some point in March at the earliest, although everything needs to be properly confirmed first. And since we did talk about 7-inch tablets and how Steve Jobs doesn’t like them, it seems that Asus will have such Tegra 2-based Android tablets too later next year
Digitimes has it that ECS, Asus and MSI are all preparing tablet PCs to be shown of at CES next year. ECS will have 7- and 10.1-inch Windows 7 and Android tablets at CES sporting multitouch displays, Intel Atom CPU or ARM-based processors from Marvell or Samsung, wireless modules and up to eight hours of battery juice.
MSI is expected to showcase a 10-inch Wintel-based tablet PC while actual sales of a NVIDIA Tegra 2-based model will start in April or May, right “after Google releases Android 3.0 in March.”
Last, but not least, Asus will have three tablet PC lines: Eee Reader, Eee Note and Eee Pad. The Eee Pad will come in various sizes, from 12-inch Windows 7 machines made for enterprise to 10-inch Windows 7 and Android models probably made for general consumers. These tablets will start selling for $499-599 at some point in March at the earliest, although everything needs to be properly confirmed first. And since we did talk about 7-inch tablets and how Steve Jobs doesn’t like them, it seems that Asus will have such Tegra 2-based Android tablets too later next year
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