Kodak Android devices at CES 2015... Tablets, smartphones

Kodak, more popular with its photography aids, will unveil a range of Android mobile devices in the next few days. The first smartphone from the new product family will be unveiled in during CES 2015. The smartphones and tablets will be aimed at customers looking for high-end.

That's the Kodak smartphones and tablets will be feature rich and towards the higher price band. Although they will be simple to use. According to various rumors circulating online, the Kodak android devices will come pre-loaded with bespoke image capture and efficient sharing.

According to some reports, Kodak has collaborated with the England-based Bullitt Group, the one behind the rugged CAT smartphones.

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Kodak Android devices at CES 2015... Tablets, smartphones

Anil Singh Saturday, December 27, 2014

Samsung Galaxy Tab Active Tablet : $700 for this Rugged Hunk?

Samsung took design advice from Fortune 500 Companies in 12 sectors, to create Samsung Galaxy Tab Active water resistant, robust tablet with features every enterprise customer will want.

What type of users want a robust device? The enterprise customers.To lure that target customers, Samsung has opened pre-orders for the new eight-inch Galaxy Tab Active. The Galaxy Tab Active is a rugged, water-resistant slate designed with input from Fortune 500 companies.

The Samsung Tab Active Water proof tablet is now up for pre orders in the US. The World's biggest and most buying eager enterprise market. The Samsung Tab Active tablet, which comes with anti-shock casing and is designed for field-use, has been built with IP67 dust and water resistant certification that Samsung first included in the Galaxy S5. Although the Tab Active tablet's chunky protective casing , which aims at protecting the device against up to 1.2 metres falls, will never have come with that casing, if Samsung were Apple. The Tab has been certified for Citrix and SAP applications with more ISV certifications in the pipeline, according to Samsung.

Both Samsung and Apple are eyeing the massive enterprise market for their tablets. Compared to Samsung, Apple is far less upfront in asking design inputs. may be that will make things different fro Samsung. China manufactured low cost tablets, which have reached a level of decent user experience, have cut on the tablet markets of the two Giants as well.

Only recently, Samsung indicated to a weak quarter due to a slump in smartphone profits.

Galaxy Tab Active Specs and Features

-- Sports an LCD WXGA display offering a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels
-- powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm processor
-- 1.5GB RAM
-- 16GB inbuilt storage
-- A 3.1 megapixel camera
-- A 4450 mAh removable battery

-- Includes a pogo charging connector
-- Includes Samsung's C-Pen stylus
-- Runs on Android 4.4 KitKat OS
-- Obviously, comes with Samsung's Knox security set, which for an additional license fee, offers hardware level encryption and a secure container for work apps.

What Galaxy Tab Active Tablet Lacks ?

The Galaxy Active Tab lacks the fingerprint reader for authentication. Which is a kind of a surprise. But Samsung has designed Tab Active as an entrant to the enterprise market. Notably, Samsung brought across the fingerprint reader for authentication from the Galaxy S5 to the Tab S range — again, aimed at the enterprise.

Availability of Samsung Galaxy Tab Active

The tablet will cost $700. Colour option is one: Black. Samsung expects to ship the device at the end of October.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab Active Tablet : $700 for this Rugged Hunk?

Anil Singh Friday, October 10, 2014

Is it Easy to accidently drop an iPad? ... Will it survive such a Fall?

iPad Air Fails the Drop Test

Every time I handle an iPad 3, it feels fragile. As if, if accidently dropped it will shatter into pieces. Don't know, whether it's the delicate aesthetics of the iPad is that fragile. That's why I always wanted to know how strong is ipad. Obviously, for a small blogger like me, it's unimaginable to do the drop test.

I believe, many other iPad owners may also feel the same about their Apple tablet.

Apple iPad Air is the latest tablet from Cupertino company.

Apple iPad Air is thinner and lighter, than its predecessors. Is it durable too ?

Richard Ryan who puts products to the durability test” by performing drop tests and firing guns at them on his YouTube channel, RatedRR; performed the same tests on the iPad Air. The shooting test is unnecessary for us, as we're not going to shoot a bullet at our iPads; but sadly ipad Air didn't even survive the drop test. When dropped from the height of few feet, on relatively soft dirt as opposed to a hard concrete floor, the  iPad Air shattered.


How easy it's to accidently drop an iPad ?

Fortunately I never dropped my iPad. But then, I usually don't drop my gadgets. That apart, I find my iPad 3 easy to hold in my left hand. I mean, the design seems to be assisting the secure holding. What do you feel about Apple devices, are they fragile? and how easy it's to accidentally drop them? ---------

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Is it Easy to accidently drop an iPad? ... Will it survive such a Fall?

Anil Singh Saturday, April 12, 2014

Foxconn sets up JV to Market Education-Use Tablets

World's top Computer Components maker Foxconn Partners with its Subsidiaries to Market Education-Use Tablets. To establish joint venture with Foxteq Holdings, NetDragon Websoft and Vision Knight Capital.

Foxconn, world's leading manufacturer of computer components and systems, has announced its plan to set up a joint venture to market education-use tablets.

For the purpose, Foxconn is establishing joint venture with Foxteq Holdings, NetDragon Websoft and Vision Knight Capital with respective stake ratios of 45%, 49% and 6% specifically for marketing education-use tablets in the China market initially followed by markets in Asia.

The joint venture will combine Foxconn's hardware manufacturing capability with NetDragon's software development competence. The joint venture will have registered capital of US$20 million and initial paid-in capital of US$8 million. In addition to ODM/OEM production for international vendors, Foxconn has offered education-use tablets its affiliate YongLin Education Foundation. ---------

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Foxconn sets up JV to Market Education-Use Tablets

Anil Singh Friday, February 14, 2014

Foxconn To Develop Tablets for Education Sector

Foxconn Ties-up with China-based Games Developer to Develop Tablets in Education Sector. Foxconn has inked a joint venture with China-based games developer Netdragon Websoft and investment firm Vision Knight Capital (China) Fund through its subsidiary Foxteq Holding (Foxconn's subsidiary Foxteq will inject a total of US$33 million).  

Foxconn seems to be expanding everywhere. Earlier we heard Foxconn creating big display TVs, assembly line robots. Now the latest news is, Foxconn is to Develop Tablets for Education Sector.

Foxconn, world's leading manufacturer of computer components and systems, has announced their joint venture with China-based games developer Netdragon Websoft and investment firm Vision Knight Capital (China) Fund through its subsidiary Foxteq Holding. Foxconn will invest a total of US$33 million.

The new joint venture will focus on developing education tablets. The products will initially target China and gradually expand to other countries in Asia.

Foxteq will have a 45% stake in the joint venture, Netdragon 49% and Vision Knight 6%. ---------

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Foxconn To Develop Tablets for Education Sector

Anil Singh Thursday, November 14, 2013

Apple ipad Mini 2 Launched: Faster, Retina Display, Unfortunately Bulkier

In the Apple event concluded just hours ago, among other exciting announcements, Apple launched the much anticipated Apple tablet, the new 7.9" model, the iPad mini 2. What makes the launch exciting is the Retina display. Yes, iPad Mini 2 has Retina Display.

Apple iPad Mini 2

Apple iPad mini 2 Specs

• Apple iPad mini 2 runs iOS 7 (which is the most latest iOS, hence a great news).
• A 7.9" screen with a 4:3 aspect ratio but the resolution has quadrupled to 1536 x 2048 pixels and the pixel density has doubled to 324ppi (pixels per inch). Notably since displays are measured diagonally hence, the 7.9 inches iPad Mini 2 display will be nearly twice as bigger than a 7 inch tablet.
• iPad Mini 2 is powered by an Apple A7 chipset with ARMv8-based Cyclone cores, a couple of generations ahead of A9. The chipset on iPad mini lagged behind with a lowly dual-core Cortex-A9 processor.
• Apple iPad Mini 2 has a regular Home button.
• Apple iPad Mini 2 has gained some bulk: It's 0.3mm thicker (7.5mm) and 23g heavier (331g).

just like iPad Air, the iPad Mini 2 too didn't get the much anticipated TouchID sensor.

Storage in Apple iPad Mini 2

16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB and 128GB

Color Options for Apple iPad Mini 2

Just Silver, White and Space Grey & Black

Price of Apple iPad Mini 2

Starts at $399, more than hundred dollars more than iPad Mini ($339) launched last year. May be this is Apple's way of saving iPad Air (9.7 inch) tablet from being cannibalized by iPad Mini 2. Interestingly, the  iPad mini will be kept alive at $299.

Price of Apple iPad Air Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi+Cellular (or Wi-Fi and 3G/LTE versions) for 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB and 128GB

WiFi Only: $399, $499, $599 and $699

Wi-Fi + Cellular: $529, $629, $729and $829

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Apple ipad Mini 2 Launched: Faster, Retina Display, Unfortunately Bulkier

Anil Singh Wednesday, October 23, 2013

iPad 5 launched: With the Name iPad Air

The much anticipated Apple October 22 event concludes just hours back. Among the products launched was the new 9.7" model, iPad Air (not 5).

Apple iPad Air

Some of the rumors regarding the ipad Air, proved true. Apple iPad Air has an A7 Processor, narrower Bezel (border around the display). Have a look at the Specs below and know the Apple ipad Air better:

Apple iPad Air Specs

• Has a 9.7" IPS LCD screen with 1536 x 2048 pixels (as before). 
• New and powerful Apple A7 chipset along with the M7 motion co-processor
• Narrower bezels (43% smaller). Since displays are measured diagonally, hence a narrower bezel means more area for display, and a more display area compared to earlier iPads.
• Apple iPad Air Tablet is 20% thinner and now measures just 7.5mm, thinner than the iPad 2.
• Apple iPad Air has gone lighter as well: from 653g to 469g.

The iPad Air didn't get the much anticipated TouchID sensor.

Storage in Apple iPad Air

16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB and 128GB

Color Options for Apple iPad Air

Silver & white and Space gray

Price of Apple iPad Air

Starts at $499

Price of Apple iPad Air Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi+Cellular (16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB and 128GB)

WiFi Only: $499, $599, $699 and $799

Wi-Fi + Cellular: $629, $729, $829 and $929 ---------

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iPad 5 launched: With the Name iPad Air

Anil Singh