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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Motorola tablet spotted again

Motorola tablet spotted again

By Sovy

Google’s Andy Rubin had first offered us a glimpse of what the upcoming tablet device from Motorola running the Android 3.0 Honeycomb would be like though he had no other details of the tablet to share then. But that seems to have changed now as the Motorola tablet has popped up again from somewhere in Taiwan and fortunately, this time, we have quite a few details of the tablet of which we knew almost next to nothing.

So from the information that has now become available, we do know there is going to be two different size options with the tablet that will cater to the two most popular tablet segments right now – a 7 incher and a 10 incher with a display resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels.

The rest of the specifications of the tablet spell out a NVIDIA Tegra 2 T20 dual core processor, internal storage of 32GB which can worked up further by way of micoSD cards, integrated camera at the rear and front having resolutions of 5MP and 2MP respectively and a HDMI out port. The upcoming tablets will also feature a built-in gyroscope and will include the UMTS, CDMA, and LTE connectivity options.

However, while more on the tablet is awaited but what is needed even more is official confirmation that will lend some much needed credibility of the information in the first place. What has to be mentioned though is that the picture looks a lot similar to the Android 3.0 Honeycomb that Andy Ruin has shown off sometime ago. The UI too with its icons and widgets on display look to have been optimized to support tablet operation and is devoid of any buttons on the tablet’s bezel.

via engadget


Link: http://goodereader.com/blog/tablet-slates/motorola-tablet-spotted-again/

Source: Sovy via engadget...

Google still polishing Chrome OS, postpones debut

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It's taking longer than Google Inc. anticipated to deliver a new operating system designed to make computers run faster.

After more than a year building a much–anticipated system around its Chrome Web browser, Google announced Tuesday that the first laptops powered by the new software won't hit the stores until the middle of next year. The revised timetable is about six months behind Google's goal of having the Chrome OS completed in time for it to debut during the current holiday season.


Google's engineers decided they needed more time to fix bugs and fine tune the Chrome OS before the company launches its ambitious challenge to computers running on long–established operating systems made by larger rivals, Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc.

While Google polishes the Chrome OS, it will collect user feedback through a pilot program allowing a relatively small number of consumers and businesses to test unbranded devices running the software. Consumers will be invited to receive the test laptops through the Chrome Web browser and Google's YouTube video site. The companies getting the Chrome OS machines include AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, Kraft Foods Inc. Logitech International, and Virgin Airlines.

Acer Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. will make the first Chrome OS laptops available in stores next year. The prices of the machines will be determined by the manufacturers next year.

The postponement threatens to intensify the competitive challenges facing the Chrome OS machines. More people already are snapping up sleek, touch–screen tablets such as Apple Inc.'s iPad to surf the Web and run a variety of applications customized for the devices. Apple sold about 7.5 million iPads in the first six months after its April debut and the tablet is expected to be among the top–selling gadgets this holiday season.

The rising popularity of the iPad and an array of copycats has started to undercut sales of lightweight laptops, or "netbooks," according to industry analysts. Even the next version of Google's Android operating system for touch–screen devices is supposed to include more features tailored for tablets.

The Chrome OS computers will have a 12.1 inch display screen and standard–sized keyboard, but no hard drive. That means the Chrome OS computers will need online access to run more programs. Google is teaming up with Verizon Communications to sell Internet access over Verizon's wireless network when there is no other way to connect to the Web. Online consumption of up to 100 megabytes per month will be offered for free during the first two years of computer ownership. Larger data plans will cost as little as $9.99 per month with no long–term commitment required.

Google decided to build its own computer operating system primarily because its views the hundreds of millions of machines powered by Microsoft's dominant Windows software as plodding, cumbersome relics unable to provide speedy Web surfing. The Chrome OS machines are being designed so they're ready to navigate the Internet within a few seconds after hitting the power button, almost as quickly as a television set is ready for channel surfing .

Developing a Web–based alternative to Windows also realizes a long–held goal of Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who had previously clashed with Microsoft as an executive at Sun Microsystems and Novell Inc. during the 1990s. Google's development of the Chrome OS contributed to Schmidt's resignation from Apple's board in 2009. Schmidt stepped down because he increasingly was steering Google into the same markets as Apple, raising potential conflicts of interest.

By making it easier and more appealing for people to spend time online, Google hopes to attract more traffic to its dominant Internet search engine and boost its revenue by selling more of the ads that generate most of its income.

The push for a speedier Web experience, prompted Google to introduce the Chrome browser more than two years ago. Although it still lags behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer and the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox, Chrome has steadily been winning converts. Google says Chrome now has 120 million active users worldwide today, up from about 30 million at the beginning of the year.

Chrome will soon get even faster by pulling up websites as people type in an address, in the same manner that Google's search engine displays different results with each keystroke. For example, typing "e:" in Chrome's navigation bar display ESPN's site in the browser, if that is a destination that the user frequently visits.

To help whet consumers' appetite for the new Chrome OS machines, Google unveiled a new store that will distribute Web applications that offer more features and better graphics than the content found on standard Web pages. The Web apps store opened Monday with about 500 free and for–fee applications, meeting the end–of–the–year deadline Google established when it announced the idea in May. More than 40,000 applications already have been developed specifically for the iPad.

The New York Times Co., Time Warner Inc.'s Sports Illustrated magazine and video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. are among the major companies already offering applications in the Chrome store. Internet retailerAmazon.com Inc. also previewed an application that for the first time will allow other merchants to sell electronic books for its Kindle reader. The app enables Kindle books to be read through a Web browser.

Like programs designed for the iPad and mobile phones, the Chrome applications store could help publishers bring in more revenue from subscriptions and advertising.

Source: Associated Press

Link: http://topnews360.tmcnet.com/topics/associated-press/articles/2010/12/12/125951-google-still-polishing-chrome-os-postpones-debut.htm

Monday, December 6, 2010

Google's humbler Nexus S strategy emerges

Google's new Nexus S looks to be a nice phone, but it's not being touted as a revolutionary one the way the Nexus One was in January..

Google's new Nexus S looks to be a nice phone, but it's not being touted as a revolutionary one the way the Nexus One was in January.

(Credit: Google)

Gone was the special event, gone were the predictions of mobile market upheaval: the second iteration of Google's Nexus phone strategy was announced to the world with a simple blog post.

And that makes perfect sense; given the lessons Google's Android team learned in 2010 while trying to balance a good tech idea with real-world business needs. Like the Nexus One first unveiled in January, today's launch of the Nexus S reveals a stripped-down fast smartphone with some futuristic features and the most current edition of Android that delivers "the pure Google experience," the company said in that post.

Unlike the Nexus One, which was announced at a much-hyped press event by Google's Andy Rubin alongside HTC CEO Peter Chou and Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha, the Nexus S was unaccompanied by any promises to disrupt the mobile market with unlocked phones and Web-only sales. Best Buy, the picture of the consumer electronics establishment, will be the exclusive carrier of the Nexus S when it launches next week for $529 (unlocked) or $199 with a two-year T-Mobile contract.

There are very practical reasons for Google to produce a "pure Google experience" phone to help increase Android momentum. Software developers need to have early access to new operating system releases to make sure their apps will work well on the new release. However, Google's Android model allows wireless carriers and handset makers to dictate the pace at which their customers receive Android updates, meaning some app developers on one carrier might not be able to see new releases before customers on another carrier start running the software, which isn't good.

There are also loftier reasons for building such a phone, as Rubin espoused in January at the Nexus One event. Back then, Google was full of promises about disruption and liberation, with plans to free consumers from two-year contracts, end exclusive deals between carriers and handset makers for new phones, and relieve the drudgery of in-store shopping.

Believe it or not, the established mobile industry--the very companies that have allowed Android to be a success--wasn't necessarily on board with those ideas. Carriers withdrew promised support for the Nexus One, and without broad carrier support Google was forced to do exactly what it didn't want to do: offer a phone effectively locked to a single carrier.

And so this time around, the Nexus S is being promoted simply based on hardware and software. It's a basically a Googlized version of the Samsung Galaxy S, with the near-field communications chips that Google CEO Eric Schmidt spoke about last month and could one day let you use your phone as a credit card. Android 2.3, known as Gingerbread, will bring a new virtual keyboard and a simpler user interface when it ships with the Nexus S on December 16th, long before it reaches other Android phones.

This phone is not being billed as the key to a revolution in the smartphone industry. Judging by comments on Twitter this morning, there's likely a sizable contingent inside Google that still hopes to make that happen some day--when the "pure Google experience" goes beyond software--but that day is not today.

So what remains of Google's larger goals with its own branded smartphones? We may get a chance to find out when Rubin speaks tonight at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference in San Francisco, where he's expected to show off the Nexus S.

But it's clear that for now, Google has chosen to concentrate on its original Android promise of giving wireless carriers and handset makers around the world a free, competitive smartphone operating system to serve as a hedge against Apple and iOS. Tearing down that industry might have to wait for another day.


Link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-20024754-265.html

Source: Tom Krazit - Cnet.com

Google announces Nexus S smartphone with 'Gingerbread' Android

Google on Monday unveiled the Nexus S smartphone from Samsung, its second flagship Android device it hopes will take on Apple's iPhone, with a unique curved screen and integrated near-field communications technology.

The Nexus S features a 4-inch AMOLED screen with a 480-by-800-pixel display on a unique "contour display," with curved glass. It also has forward- and back-facing cameras, a 1GHz Cortex A8 processor, and 16GB of flash memory.
As was previously rumored, the Nexus S will also include an integrated near-field communications chip, which allows for short-range wireless data transmission for activities like an "e-wallet."

"Nexus S is the lead device for the Gingerbread/Android 2.3 release; it’s the first Android device to ship with the new version of the Android platform," said Andy Rubin, vice president of engineering at Google. "We co-developed this product with Samsung—ensuring tight integration of hardware and software to highlight the latest advancements of the Android platform.

"As part of the Nexus brand, Nexus S delivers what we call a 'pure Google' experience: unlocked, unfiltered access to the best Google mobile services and the latest and greatest Android releases and updates."

The Nexus S will be available unlocked for $529, or $199 with a two-year T-Mobile service plan in the U.S. It will be sold in Best Buy stores across America after Dec. 16, and Carphone Warehouse stores in the U.K. after Dec. 20.



Early this year, Google released the Nexus One smartphone, a device branded by Google and manufactured by HTC. The device was eventually canceled ,a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/04/26/google_cancels_verizon_nexus_one_blackberry_6_coming_q3_2010.html">in April, citing "amazing innovation" in competing smartphones that run the Android mobile operating system.

The Nexus One was also cited in Apple's lawsuit against HTC. It, along with other Android phones like the myTouch 3G and Droid Eris, were accused of violating Apple's patents related to the iPhone.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Samsung Google Nexus S Might Be More Successful Than HTC Nexus One

The Samsung Google Nexus S a new phone that is rumored to hitting the market soon might actually be way more successful than what Nexus One did. It is also likely that it will be coming up with the new Android Operating system – Gingerbread from Google.

The data from Google trends suggests that the popularity of Nexus S is now somewhat comparable to Nexus One and is likely to takeover it once the phone is released in the market.

Strangely enough Google this time chose to partner with Samsung rather than HTC for its phone device. Perhaps the reason might be because HTC failed to deliver the Nexus One very well while theHTC Desire with similar specifications was highly successful. Also because the Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab have been very succesful, it is likely the reason why Google chose Samsung over HTC to produce their new phone.

Partnering with Samsung will provide the Google phones with a lot more technological advantages over what HTC could have offered to produce their next Google phone.






Source: Rudefox.com
Link: http://rudefox.com/samsung-google-nexus-s-might-be-more-successful-than-htc-nexus-one/

Hey, look, it's the Nexus S again

Nexus S

Hey, lookie there, another shot of the not-so-mythical Samsung Nexus S. You guys have been hitting our inbox all weekend with EXIF data that points to the GT-i9020. And that in turn led to Picasa user Ben Saitz, who in turn led us to this picture of the Nexus S longside a Macbook Pro. Can't tell much else, other than it looks like it's using a standard microUSB cable, but that's hardly a surprise. Now if only the rest of us could get our hands on one. [Picasa via Engadget]

Samsung Nexus S




Source: Phil Nickinson - AndroidCentral.com
Link: http://www.androidcentral.com/hey-look-its-nexus-s-again?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+androidcentral+(Android+Central)

Acer may delay tablet PC launch for another quarter to wait for Android 3.0

Acer's ARM/Android-based tablet PC is expected to be delayed to the first quarter of 2011, from the fourth quarter of 2010, as the company plans to wait until Google launches Android 3.0, which will feature support for larger display resolutions, according to sources from notebook players.

Google is set to launch Android 3.0 in the fourth quarter. Android 3.0 is designed specially for tablet-type PCs and will have a minimal CPU frequency requirement of only 1GHz to help significantly reduce power consumption.

However, Acer is still expected to launch a Windows 7-based model before the end of 2010.

The company will also maintain the launch schedules of its 6-inch grayscale and 7-inch color e-book readers, which use Linux operating systems, at the end of 2010.

In addition news, Acer launched its Android-based Liquid E Ferrari smartphone on August 18 in Taiwan and the device will mainly be distributed by Taiwan-based Weblink.

Acer Android-based Liquid E Ferrari smartphone

Acer Android-based Liquid E Ferrari smartphone
Photo: Yen-Shyang Hwang, Digitimes, August 2010





Source: Digitimes.com
Link: http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20100819PD214.html

Chrome OS tablet from HTC reported to ship in November

An HTC tablet running Google 's Chrome operating system will be sold by Verizon Wireless in late November, according to an unnamed source cited by the blog Downloadsquad .

The blog's source specifically said the tablet will appear on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, and the traditional start of the holiday shopping season. The blog said the tablet would probably be heavily subsidized by Verizon to compete against the AppleiPad .

HTC and Verizon could not be reached to comment.

The blog also speculated that the HTC tablet would have plenty of popular features, in keeping with HTC's Nexus One smartphone tradition. Those include a 1280x 720 multitouch dislay for the tablet, 2GB of RAM, and a minimum of 32GB of storage, the blog said.

But the big interest value would be the Chrome OS, since Google has mostly made a splash with Android for smartphones and a number of Android tablets are expected in the coming months from Samsung and others. Samsung is reported to be showing a new Android 2.2 tablet at a consumer electronics show in Berlin early in September.

FierceWireless reported in July that an HTC spokesman had noted widespread interest in tablets, but said HTC would participate if it could find a way to offer "clear value and differentiate ourselves."

Chrome was introduced as an OS to power netbooks , not tablets, although some analysts have noted Chrome could work in both.

Source: arnnet.com.au

Rumored Google tablet raises Chrome vs. Android question

Well, there's little doubt that tablets running Google's Chrome operating system are coming soon--the only question is when. A new rumor courtesy of tech news site Download Squad suggests that Google is teaming up with Verizon Wireless and HTC to launch a Chrome OS tablet on November 26, which not coincidentally happens to be Black Friday.

Google will supply the OS (Chrome), HTC will build the device, and Verizon Wireless will provide the data network, the rumor goes. What's interesting here is that several Android-based tablets will allegedly arrive around the same time, including devices from Samsung, Motorola, and possibly evenSony. (Then again, we've been hearing about iPad-killing Android tablets for months now, but only a few are actually shipping.)

Assuming all of these tablets do ship, what will consumers make of the Chrome vs. Android issue? Both are Google-branded mobile operating systems. Your tablet of choice may run one or the other. The potential for end-user befuddlement is quite high. Which OS should you choose?

Sadly, Google's dual-OS strategy for the mobile market is a mess--although I'm sure it once looked great on a flowchart at Google HQ. Last summer, Google's vice president of mobile engineering platforms Andy Rubin stated that Chrome and Android will have distinct jobs, and that the two OSes won't overlap in the consumer market. Here's an excerpt from July 2009 news report by IDG News' Stephen Lawson:

"Google's emerging Chrome operating system won't squeeze out Android, according to [Rubin]...Mobile device OSes have specialized jobs that other platforms don't, such as running network protocol stacks, carefully managing battery life and handling handoffs among cell towers, Rubin said. 'There's different problems to be solved in different categories of consumer products...But that doesn't mean that ... one wins and one doesn't win. You need different technologies for different solutions.'"

From a design standpoint, Google's distinction between the two mobile OSes may make perfect sense--well, to engineers, anyway. But the finer points will be lost on consumers who simply see two types of Google tablets--Chrome and Android--running on similar devices. A store's sales staff may not provide a lot of enlightenment either. May the head-scratching begin!

If Google persists with its dual-OS strategy in the mobile market, it would be wise to undertake a massive media blitz to educate the masses on the differences between Chrome and Android. Compare Google's mess with the beautiful simplicity of the iPad: No OS overlap there. Apple gets it: Keep it simple, stupid.

Contact Jeff Bertolucci via Twitter (@jbertolucci) or atjbertolucci.blogspot.com.


Source: cio.com.au

Link: http://www.cio.com.au/article/357510/rumored_google_tablet_raises_chrome_vs_android_question/

Google TV almost shut out after Comedy Central, MTV blocks

Google TV was dealt another major blow on Sunday after viewers discovered that Viacom had blocked the platform on its networks. Websites for Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and other networks now show that the "content is unavailable for your device" rather than loading the Flash video. The restriction was expected earlier given Viacom's failed lawsuit against YouTube but comes relatively late.

It joins blocks from Fox, NBC, SyFy, ABC and CBS and now virtually leaves just Turner as one of the major networks allowing Google TV. All of the studios have blocked it out of fear of losing ad revenue from traditional TV sources such as cable and satellite. Providers have insisted that sudden drops in paid TV subscribers are due solely to the economy, but the recent offerings of ultra-basic TV plans combined with the blocks have suggested that some users may be "cord-cutters" switching to web video and services like Netflix.

While news websites and more independent sites still allow watching without a settings workaround, the lack of content from major providers has gutted much of the platform's advantage for Internet video. Although its chief rival the Apple TV is limited to ABC and Fox for direct rentals, its support for local if paid gives it access to all major networks where Google's focus on free web access has struggled.

Native apps will potentially restore some of the functionality by giving users eventual access to Hulu Plus, Netflix and other services that hold the content, but most if not all known so far will require either a subscription or pay-per-show access. [via GTVHub]


Source: electronista.com

ViewSonic to bring ViewPad tablet to Aus

US display giant ViewSonic has unveiled plans to shortly bring its 7-inch and 10-inch ViewPad tablet devices to Australia, inviting journalists to a launch event next week in Sydney.

(Credit: ViewSonic)

The tablets will be demonstrated by ViewSonic Australia country manager William Tse and are expected to be launched locally over the next few months. They were unveiled globally in early November.

The ViewPads are comparable in many ways to the current crop of tablets available in Australia - Apple's iPad, Dell's Streak and Samsung's Galaxy Tab, as well aslow-end devices from Telstra, and soon, Optus.

Like the Galaxy Tab, the 7-inch ViewPad comes with Android 2.2 installed. It features a 800x480 resolution screen and a 3-megapixel camera on the rear, with a 0.3-megapixel camera on the front for video calling.

The device comes with what ViewSonic is calling "3.5G" mobile broadband connectivity. It also supports the 802.11 b and g Wi-Fi protocols.

The 10-inch version of the ViewPad has at least one specification that gadget hounds will be unimpressed with - unlike the 7-inch model, it runs Android 1.6, a prior model of the operating system which was first released in September 2009.

Also unlike the ViewPad 7, the ViewPad 10 appears to be a pure Wi-Fi device, with no 3G connectivity.

However, unusually for an Android tablet, the device also dual-boots Windows 7 Home Premium. It comes with a 1.66GHz Intel Atom CPU, and 1GB of memory onboard, with a 16GB SSH hard disk and expandable micro SD slot. It has a 1024x600 LED backlit screen with capacitive multi-touch, and a 1.3 megapixel camera on the front.

ViewSonic has not released any Australian pricing or launch timing at this point.

Source: gen-e.com.au

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Acer Challenges IPad With Three Tablet Computers

(Updates with tablet dimensions in second paragraph.)

Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Acer Inc., the Taiwanese laptop maker, debuted its first tablet computers today, becoming the latest company to challenge Apple Inc. and its market-leading iPad.

Two of the tablets will have 7-inch and 10.1-inch screens and be based on Google Inc.’s Android software platform, Taipei- based Acer said at a press conference in New York. The third tablet, also with a 10.1-inch screen, will be based on Microsoft Corp.’s Windows software.

Acer, which also makes mobile phones, is trying to grab a piece of the market for tablets that bridge the gap between laptops and smartphones like Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry and Apple’s iPhone. Apple demonstrated the appeal of such devices by selling 3 million iPads in the first 80 days after the product debuted in April.

“This is a market that’s still not fully known, not fully satisfied,” said Jim Wong, Acer’s head of information- technology products, at the event. The company expects 40 million to 50 million tablets will be sold worldwide next year, and Acer aims to take about 10 percent of the market, he said.

Acer joins a field dominated by Apple, which had a 95 percent share of the tablet market last quarter, according to Strategy Analytics. Samsung Electronics Co. recently released its Galaxy Tab and RIM plans to release its 7-inch BlackBerry PlayBook next quarter.

“It’s a wide-open market and an opportunity for Acer to make itself better known to a North American market,” said Roger Entner, head of telecom research at Nielsen Co.

Hedging Bets

Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci may be trying to hedge his bets by releasing devices in different sizes. Apple CEO Steve Jobs said last month that devices like the PlayBook are “dead on arrival“ because they are too small to compete with the iPad, which has a 9.7-inch screen.

Acer fell 0.9 percent to NT$89.8 today on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. The stock has dropped 6.6 percent this year.

The two Android tablets will be available in April and the Microsoft device will go on sale in February. All three will offer Wi-Fi connectivity and allow users to surf the Internet using a 3G connection. Wong said the tablets would likely be in the previously stated range of $299 to $699.

Acer also today released a smartphone with a 4.8-inch screen based on Android that they touted as a phone with the “soul of a tablet.”

--Editors: Peter Elstrom, Nick Turner

To contact the reporters on this story: Hugo Miller in Toronto at hugomiller@bloomberg.net; Katie Hoffmann in New York at khoffmann4@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Peter Elstrom at pelstrom@bloomberg.net



Source: Hugo Miller and Katie Hoffmann - businessweek.com

Link: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-11-23/acer-challenges-ipad-with-three-tablet-computers.html

Google Tablet in Stores by November?


Of course, mobile devices have been a game-changer for Apple (AAPL). And perhaps the sleeper hit is its iPad, which is growing at a torrid rate. Hey, it will be in China soon.


Google (GOOG), which is trying to break out of its online advertising focus, is working aggressively to get a piece of the mobile action. As seen with its Android operating system, there has certainly been lots of traction. In fact, there are roughly 200,000 activations per day.

But Google also wants to enter the table market. For example, a new device is expected to hit Verizon (VZ) stores on the day after Thanksgiving, known as Black Friday. The handset maker will be HTC, which has already seen lots of growth from its Android offerings.

However, the Google tablet will be based on the Chrome operating system. Essentially, this is a desktop platform like Windows. However, it is not as bulky and has been built for the Web.

As for tablet's features, they will definitely be powerful. There will be 32GB of storage and 2GB of RAM. What's more, the screen will be multitouch (1280 by 720).

However, there will not be an app store (at least not now). And the Google Tablet will not have the dazzling graphics of the iPad. So, to be successful, the tablet will need to be dirt cheap.

Tom Taulli is also the author of several books, including the Complete M&A Handbook and also develops iPhone apps for finance.

Source: Tom Paulli - bloggingstocks.com
Link: http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/08/19/google-tablet-in-stores-by-november/

Friday, October 8, 2010

HTC mum on tablet plan

2010/10/08 14:02:14
Taipei, Oct. 8 (CNA) The chief executive of HTC Corp., the world's largest maker of smartphones using the Google and Microsoft operating systems, declined to confirm or deny Thursday the company's reported plan to join the global rush to launch a tablet computer early next year.

Speaking to reporters at HTC's biggest product-launch event in Asia, CEO Peter Chou said he would not comment on reports speculating that HTC will launch a Google Android-based tablet computer in the first quarter of next year.

He said an overwhelming number of companies have been trying to occupy a share of the booming market.

More than 100 companies said at this year's Consumer Electronics Show that they will launch e-readers or tablets, Chou said.

This makes the tablet computer market "less appealing," he added.

Chao also expressed belief that there is still great potential for smartphone growth and he predicted that annual sales of the devices will reach 500 to 600 million units in two or three years.

Chou confirmed that HTC sold 16 million smartphones in the first three quarters of this year, which is higher than its total sales of 11 million units last year.

At the launch event, HTC introduced its new Desire HD and Desire Z, which run on Android 2.2, the latest version of Google's operating system, and which will be available in Asia in November.

Chou forecast that more than 1 million units for each new smartphone will be sold by the end of this year, as most of the previous models launched earlier this year have seen sales of at least 1 million units each.

In the Asian market, he said, the company's sales grew 200 percent this year. The goal is to boost the Asian market's share of HTC's total revenues to 33 percent, with the U.S. and European markets accounting for the rest, he added.

HTC is now the world's fourth-largest smartphone bra

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Google's Mayer Says Tablets Are `Wave of the Future': Video


Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products for Google Inc., talks about prospects for tablet computers.
Mayer also discusses mobile search and advertising. She speaks from the TechCrunch conference in San Francisco with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television's "Taking Stock."
- Sep/29/2010 23:55 GMT

Source: Bloomberg

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

HTC Google Tablet Release date


HTC tablets that is a collaboration with Google's going to be released on November 26. tablets they are determined to use NVIDIA's Tegra processor 2 (not Qualcomm's Snapdragon).

google slate tablet HTC Google Tablet Release date

Other features in the form of multi-touch panel with a resolution of 1280 × 720 pixels, 2GB of RAM memory, 32GB solid state drive, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. Sabak-based digital will support Android and Chrome Web applications and Google's Android Market.
HTC has ordered Taiwanese notebook makers, Pegatron Technology to assemble these tablets. The price is estimated at USD $789.75.


Source: Syednetworks.com