Tapping the 'Tab' with Toshiba

Toshiba has officially announced its Folio 100 tablet  -- a 10.1-inch device running Android 2.2 (Froyo).

It's a very intriguing device and the specs sounds great:

• 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen
• 1024 x 600
• Android 2.2 (Froyo)
• NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor
• 16 GB internal storage (32 GB available SD expansion)
• Adobe Flash 10.1
• 1.3 MP front-facing camera
• Mini-HDMI 
• USB 2.0
• Bluetooth 2.1
• WLAN (802.11)
• Mobile broadband (available Q1 2011)

Apple-- Samsung-- Toshiba-- Acer (2011, Q1) -- ________ --- THE TABLET BOOM HAS ARRIVED

**And not surprising, all are Android based Platforms

Good Luck Apple !

The "G" Tab

Samsung's latest baby, the Galaxy tablet, is finally official. And it come straight after the massive succes of the Galaxy 'S' Phone. 

Hardware Specs:

- Android 2.2 with TouchWiz 3.0

- 7 inch TFT (1024*600)-- WSVGA     ( No 'AMOLED'-- Why Samsung?? ??)

- 1Ghz Coretex A8

- Front facing 1.3 Megapixel, and rear 3 MegaPixel 

- 4,000 mAh Battery

- Full- HD Playback

- 5Ghz Dual Band 802.11 Wi-Fi

- 30 Pin Doc Connector for accessories

Software : 'Android' 2.2 Frozen Yoghurt. Should positively receive an update-- Honeycomb/GingerBread in the near future.

We'll have to see if a non-Apple company can convince consumers to buy something once viewed so frivolous as a tablet, and the true usefulness of Android in this form factor will require more time with the Tab to really discern. A lot rests on the shoulders of developers, as usual, to make or break this quasi-new platform, but for Samsung's part we think the company has set the gold standard for Android tablets, and might have just enough differentiation, quality, and moxy to set its 7-inch contender up against Apple's 9.7-inch juggernaut.


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Google Nexus One: End of an Era

Google has finally decided, that it has no plans for a Google Nexus Two. After the massive response that the Android Platform has been receiving, Google wants to focus on the software, doing away with the hardware. The reason Google can afford to do this is because of the demand for Android as a platform. With Motorolla,HTC, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and all the biggies focussing on Android, Google could not  have been happier.

This was confirmed by Google's Eric Schmidt himself, in an online interview :

" The idea a year and a half ago was to do the Nexus One to try to move the phone platform hardware business forward.It clearly did. It was so successful.,we didn't have to do a second one.

I called up the board and said :OK, it worked. Congratulations - we're stopping. "

The Nexus One Advantage

Without a doubt, with the recent success of the Samsung Galaxy S, and the HTC Desire, there certainly are better alternatives to the Google Nexus One. However, one major advantage with the original Google Phone, is that all the major system updates ( which has become Android's habit of improvising every 6 months), can be installed on the Nexus One, on the same day itself, which in the case of other manufacturers ( HTC, Samsung etc..), one has to wait for ages, till they can be fortunate to "officially" update their hand-helds.

Finally, a tribute to "the legend" by showing it launch video