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CES 2012 brings with it new tablets

I'm just wondering what this is going to do to the pricing. I can't see them keep increasing the price on the tablets as they are going to start knocking on the door of the ultrabooks that are coming out. I understand that they are different segments, but I just can't see spending decent laptop money on a consumption device.
 
That link is for the Lenovo K2. And sadly they say it's going to be released in China first and world wide later. So it sounds like it'll be quite a while.

Hopefully the Acer will be arriving a bit sooner. Disappointed Acer didn't really announce squat yesterday other than confirming it's quad core and "native 1080p". But the teaser looks promising so far.

The Toshiba Excite 10 doesn't excite me. Only a TI OMAP 4430 processor and 1280x800 display.
 
Ravynmagi said:
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The Toshiba Excite 10 doesn't excite me. Only a TI OMAP 4430 processor and 1280x800 display.
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I'm digging that thin/light Toshiba unit running plain Android... hopefully shipping with ICS. IMO 10" is too small to make really good use of 1080p

It's exactly what I want from a tablet, no bloat, light and thin.
 
sgrinavi said:
I'm digging that thin/light Toshiba unit running plain Android... hopefully shipping with ICS. IMO 10" is too small to make really good use of 1080p

It's exactly what I want from a tablet, no bloat, light and thin.
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10 inches is perfect for 1080. Its all about pixel density, especially when you're looking at it within two feet. I love the retina display on the Iphone 4/4s.
 
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If you didn't get the memo, 'Retina' is the new buzz word this year. Much like GPU UI acceleration was the market buzzword last year.


Ravynmagi said:
The Toshiba Excite 10 doesn't excite me. Only a TI OMAP 4430 processor and 1280x800 display.
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Unless its priced accordingly, ~250 tops, fail before arrival.
 
Bateluer said:
If you didn't get the memo, 'Retina' is the new buzz word this year. Much like GPU UI acceleration was the market buzzword last year.
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How can it be a buzzword when it's the official name given to the display by Apple about their products? Besides, it's a pretty easy description of a display that has a pixel density too high for the human eye to distinguish pixels.
 
Lotheron said:
10 inches is perfect for 1080. Its all about pixel density, especially when you're looking at it within two feet. I love the retina display on the Iphone 4/4s.
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Ya... sure, I like mine too & would like to have it on an ICS tablet, but I'm not willing to pay through the nose for it and really don't see the need (for my use).

My tablet will never replace my laptop, my TV or my phones. It's a toy that sits around the house or office and get used for browsing or an occasional game. I don't even check mail on it.
 
Lotheron said:
How can it be a buzzword when it's the official name given to the display by Apple about their products? Besides, it's a pretty easy description of a display that has a pixel density too high for the human eye to distinguish pixels.
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Its a marketing buzz word because it doesn't denote any technical standard, is highly subjective by the person, and since Apple has it, every other device must have it regardless of the need in order to stay 'competitive'. 😛 High PPI displays are nothing new, but its only now that Apple has one that people spout 'Retina' at every opportunity.
 
Bateluer said:
Its a marketing buzz word because it doesn't denote any technical standard, is highly subjective by the person, and since Apple has it, every other device must have it regardless of the need in order to stay 'competitive'. 😛 High PPI displays are nothing new, but its only now that Apple has one that people spout 'Retina' at every opportunity.
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I disagree. The idea of a "Retina" display does have a standard, a display in which as a DPI where the human eye cannot tell each individual pixel apart. In your logic, the word Google is just a buzzword for searching on the internet, and while it might be, it has never been called that to my knowledge.

I can tell the pixels apart on the Galaxy Nexus S's screen but I cannot on Apples display.
 
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As I said, it depends on needs. My Prime does the main things I use a laptop for- basic documents, web browsing with Flash, portable gaming, and allowing me to play my HD mkv files on random hotel TVs.
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Actually you said it depends on who you are. I totally agree with needs.

All that aside a tablet is less than adequate for any sort of production work - assuming you can do your work on a crippled version of excel or word any decent sized spread sheet or word document is damn near impossible to do without a keyboard and mouse.

I suppose you can drag a kbd & mouse around to plug into your tablet but then you might as well have a laptop with Window 7 and be that much more productive.
 
I don't think I'll get a tablet unless it has a retina (300+ppi) screen. I guarantee when that comes out, everyones' going to be in awe of it. Retina on a phone is one thing, but having it on a 10" screen will be drool worthy.
 
MrX8503 said:
I don't think I'll get a tablet unless it has a retina (300+ppi) S-AMOLED screen. I guarantee when that comes out, everyones' going to be in awe of it. Retina on a phone is one thing, but having it on a 10" S-AMOLED screen will be drool worthy.
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Fixed.
 
ponyo said:
I don't think I'll get a tablet unless it has a retina (300+ppi) non-pentile S-AMOLED screen. I guarantee when that comes out, everyones' going to be in awe of it. Retina on a phone is one thing, but having it on a 10" non-pentile S-AMOLED screen will be drool worthy.
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FIFY FIFY

I suppose you can drag a kbd & mouse around to plug into your tablet but then you might as well have a laptop with Window 7 and be that much more productive.
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My tablet actually has a keyboard dock that is meant to be used with it. That plus a bluetooth mouse is part of the reason it can replace my laptop. With an Internet connection and Splashtop I can do any work that a "real" laptop can do.

The advantage over a Windows laptop (other than thinness and insane battery life) is the fact that when I just want "the screen" I can leave the keyboard behind. Coach surfing with a laptop sucks once you get used to a tablet.
 
So there's going to be an updated Transformer with a 1920x1200 resolution display. For $100 more. I love the increased resolution, but not at that price. $500 should be the new 1920x1200, $400 the recently launched one, and make the original $300 officially.
 
Lotheron said:
I'm just wondering what this is going to do to the pricing.
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Probably nothing. Computer components have a tendency to improve in terms of performance or other aspects while remaining at a relatively fixed cost, if not gradually decreasing over time.

There may be a small premium for early adopters, especially if the yields for the newer, higher resolution displays are low, but over time they're going to become the new standard.
 
MrX8503 said:
I don't think I'll get a tablet unless it has a retina (300+ppi) screen. I guarantee when that comes out, everyones' going to be in awe of it. Retina on a phone is one thing, but having it on a 10" screen will be drool worthy.
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You go ahead and wait, the rest of us will be enjoying our tablets. 🙂
 
Lotheron said:
I disagree. The idea of a "Retina" display does have a standard, a display in which as a DPI where the human eye cannot tell each individual pixel apart. In your logic, the word Google is just a buzzword for searching on the internet, and while it might be, it has never been called that to my knowledge.

I can tell the pixels apart on the Galaxy Nexus S's screen but I cannot on Apples display.
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You can see it because you know it's not a Retina display. The Galaxy Nexus has a DPI of 310, just 16 less than the Retina (designed and made by LG).
Oh and Google is a term used to tell soemone to search the internet. Just Google it, or Let me Google that for you, Googling, ect.
 
MrX8503 said:
I don't think I'll get a tablet unless it has a retina (300+ppi) screen.
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MrX8503 said:
It should come out this year, so not too bad. Tablets aren't mature enough for me anyway.
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It's unlikely that anything will have 300+ ppi. Even if Apple doubles the iPad's number of pixels, which is most likely given that's what happened with iPhone, it will only work out to around 260 ppi. Then again, "retina" is a moving target as it depends on viewing distance. The new 1920x1200 tablets shown at CES are probably good enough to qualify.
 
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