2011 has been dubbed "The Year of the Tablet", and rightly so because so many of these ultra-compact computing devices have been launched this year. A tablet PC was considered unviable as a computing device a few years ago, but tablets today pack in a lot of firepower to be able to handle almost any normal computing task. Here is a list of the reasons why tablets can potentially replace netbooks in the near future.
1) Ultra-portability
While netbooks have been termed ultra-portable, tablets are even more so, thanks to their structure as a single slate, rather than a hinged design like a netbook. Tablets are usually much lighter than netbooks, and their size lets you take them anywhere. Even their chargers are more portable, making it easier to carry the whole thing anywhere.2) Price
Tablets have come a long way from being too expensive to dirt-cheap, with high end exceptions such as the iPad 2 and the Galaxy Tab. Low end tablets start at around Rs 7000, and pack in a decent performance for daily computing tasks. Netbooks, on the other hand, rarely breach the Rs 12,000 mark, and most are priced above Rs 15,000.
3) Versatility
Most tablets come with Google Android operating system, which gives them access to a huge repository of apps from the Android Market, many of them being free. These apps allow the tablet to do just about anything, thanks to the creativity of the app developers. The above also applies for other tablet OSes such as iOS and BlackBerry OS. This versatility is not so easy to achieve for a netbook.
4) Battery Life
The battery life of a tablet is simply incomparableto that of the netbook. A tablet can easily last for more than half a day on a single charge, while a netbook struggles to make it past four or five hours of normal usage. The better battery life lets you take it anywhere without having to worry much about losing charge in the middle of your work.
5) Internet Connectivity Options
While Wi-Fi is the standard connectivity options on all tablets, they often come with 3G connectivity options using a mobile SIM card. Wi-Fi hotspots are hard to find in India, making 3G connectivity more feasible to stay connected no matter where you take the device. This is a major advantage of tablets over netbooks, which come with only Wi-Fi option.
6) User Interface
Being touch-screen devices, the user interface of tablets is usually refined, intuitive, and user friendly. Not only is the operating system designed to allow for efficient interaction with the user, but also the applications sport a user friendly interface. For those who miss a QWERTY keyboard of the netbook, there are inexpensive keyboards available, which can work with any tablet.
7) Virus-free
Ever heard of viruses attacking tablets? Tablets have so far remain insulated from such attacks. Although it cannot be said that it will remain so forever, it is considerably safe as of now to work on a tablet than on a netbook with Windows, which has always been a prime target of viruses.
That is not all. While this may not really be related to computing, the GPS unit built in many tablets helps use it as an inexpensive navigational tool when it is not being used as a tablet. Netbooks may have been in vogue a couple of years ago, but tablets seem to be set to rule the future.
5) Internet Connectivity Options
While Wi-Fi is the standard connectivity options on all tablets, they often come with 3G connectivity options using a mobile SIM card. Wi-Fi hotspots are hard to find in India, making 3G connectivity more feasible to stay connected no matter where you take the device. This is a major advantage of tablets over netbooks, which come with only Wi-Fi option.
6) User Interface
Being touch-screen devices, the user interface of tablets is usually refined, intuitive, and user friendly. Not only is the operating system designed to allow for efficient interaction with the user, but also the applications sport a user friendly interface. For those who miss a QWERTY keyboard of the netbook, there are inexpensive keyboards available, which can work with any tablet.
7) Virus-free
Ever heard of viruses attacking tablets? Tablets have so far remain insulated from such attacks. Although it cannot be said that it will remain so forever, it is considerably safe as of now to work on a tablet than on a netbook with Windows, which has always been a prime target of viruses.
That is not all. While this may not really be related to computing, the GPS unit built in many tablets helps use it as an inexpensive navigational tool when it is not being used as a tablet. Netbooks may have been in vogue a couple of years ago, but tablets seem to be set to rule the future.
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The tablet war is heating up like there is no tomorrow. This time it is the Taiwanese technology major- HTC, who has entered the lucarative Indian tablet market with the grand launch of “Flyer” . The tablet will be on sale starting with the price of Rs. 39,890/-The tablet has a 7inch touch screen with a powerful 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. It also comes equipped with 1GB of RAM for high memory hogging applications with a built-in memory of 16GigaBytes. The tablet also features a 5—megapixel camera.
Earlier Blackberry had launched its Playbook with a pricetag starting from Rs 27,990. The Apple iPad is selling currently at a starting price point of Rs 29,500 and the Samung Galaxy Tab for Rs 26,000.
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Long time ago when gadgets mostly computer products came into market many people were sceptical about the product which they are going to buy. The reason behind they were not able to get proper information about it. Then gradually came different sites which we say online facilities that made people educate about the products. Now here comes another good website Consumermate.com which is not only a website for consumers but also a site providing valuable information.
Consumermate.com not only provides price information of the product but gives you the latest model available in the market.Recently Consumermate.com have launched two new categories. One is MP3 Player and the other is Tablet. In MP3 Player India category you will get the latest music gadgets starting from Apple to Philips. For all the music players available they it provide Expert Rating and user rating so that you can have better idea about the product not only from the expert but also from the people like you who are using this product. In terms of price also this site is one of the most affordable site on which you can rely upon.
Next comes the Tablet category where you get a variety of Ipad product available in the market. From my personal point of view its very tough to get an idea of tablet products sitting online. Because hardly there are any site which will give you so datailed information about the product you want. This section Tablet India also caters all product available in the market from Apple, Samsung, Motorola, Viewsonic, Lenevo, Dell, MSI, Blackberry, Asus etc. So no doubt this site is going to provide you the latest information form the market. This section also has Expert rating and user rating. So just go through it and no doubt you will get the information you require and also can buy it online.
Very recently Consumermate.com has launched User Review Contest. In this online contest you just need to write reviews about certain product which will be reviewed by judges and if you win you will get amazing prizes like Digital Camera, Pen Drives and lot more. So don't wait and rapidly log on to the site to be the winner and take home wonderful prizes.
Consumermate.com not only provides price information of the product but gives you the latest model available in the market.Recently Consumermate.com have launched two new categories. One is MP3 Player and the other is Tablet. In MP3 Player India category you will get the latest music gadgets starting from Apple to Philips. For all the music players available they it provide Expert Rating and user rating so that you can have better idea about the product not only from the expert but also from the people like you who are using this product. In terms of price also this site is one of the most affordable site on which you can rely upon.
Next comes the Tablet category where you get a variety of Ipad product available in the market. From my personal point of view its very tough to get an idea of tablet products sitting online. Because hardly there are any site which will give you so datailed information about the product you want. This section Tablet India also caters all product available in the market from Apple, Samsung, Motorola, Viewsonic, Lenevo, Dell, MSI, Blackberry, Asus etc. So no doubt this site is going to provide you the latest information form the market. This section also has Expert rating and user rating. So just go through it and no doubt you will get the information you require and also can buy it online.
Very recently Consumermate.com has launched User Review Contest. In this online contest you just need to write reviews about certain product which will be reviewed by judges and if you win you will get amazing prizes like Digital Camera, Pen Drives and lot more. So don't wait and rapidly log on to the site to be the winner and take home wonderful prizes.
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Ultra-Portable computing has never been more confusing! On one hand we've got the Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC), which is essentially a smaller version of a tablet PC. Though they may be lighter to carry around, they are not necessarily light on your pocket. On the other hand, we've got the Sub-notebooks (a.k.a. Netbooks), which are shrunk laptops in terms of size and features. But Netbooks generally float in the affordable price band of 18k to 30k. Now, we witness another similar genre of devices called Mobile Internet Device (MID). MIDs mostly don't feature a hardware keyboard built-in. In the labs, I have been working on one such device from Asus; called the R2E. Let's see if this new wave of multimedia/productivity devices makes sense for the Indian market.Read d rest...
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