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Kindle Fire – Amazon’s Tablet PC at Cheap Price

Amazon release Kindle Fire

Amazon finally launched its flagship tablet, Kindle Fire. The launch took place on Wednesday (09/28/2011) and managed directly by the CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos. Kindle fire was launched at a price that makes people eager to buy, only U.S. $ 199 lower than forecast prices, ie, 250 to U.S. $ 300.

“We are trying to develop high quality products at a price not quality,” Bezos said in his presentation, quoted by CNET.

The presence of fire marks the debut of Amazon Kindle in tablet sales contest. The plan, Kindle Fire will be available in the market on 15 November. Analysts believe the fire Kindle presence at a price far below other pills, an average of $ 500 is going to be a marker for the presence of actual competitors iPad.

“We believe this launch will significantly exploit the tablet market and become important rivals of Apple iPhone,” said Adam Leach, an analyst firm Ovum.

Because the price is cheaper, the Kindle Fire also has shortcomings many other tablets. However, these pills are still dual-core processor. The downside is that these pills do not have a camera, microphone and wireless 3G. In addition, the storage capacity of compressed data is 8 GB.

Based on Android, the Kindle Ffire will use the old Android operating system designed for smartphones. However, Amazon developed a new different user interface experience. Users can access the Internet with a browser Silk Amazon. Web browser can make predictions that support faster access to the site visited.

Fire Kindle comes with a pack of 30-day free trial offer the Amazon Prime, 2 days shipping delivery services and streaming video, originally worth U.S. $ 79. Kindle Amazon Prime fire support makes the position even stronger, especially with the seriousness of the Amazon to work on digital content, from a contract with 20th Century Fox for movie content to a variety of magazines.

With low prices and support content, Amazon does a good step that many miss out by competitors. If this step is successful, perhaps other manufacturers such as Apple Tablet would be disturbed.

Fire in conjunction with the launch of Kindle, Amazon has also launched three new e-reader Kindle sales prices ranging from 79 to $ 149. Amazon also develop applications that can be used in other devices so that its contents can be accessed.

Galaxy Note and Galaxy Tab 7.7 Become a Mainstay of Samsung

Galaxy Note - New Andriod Smartphone

Samsung introduces new duo in the line of smart phones and tablets. South Korean manufacturer has launched Galaxy Note and Galaxy Tab and 7.7. Galaxy Note that the use of Android Gingerbread operating system is touted as a new type of smartphone. With a 5.3 inch screen, looked more like a cross between a smartphone with a tablet.

5.3-inch screen in Galaxy Note equipped with Super AMOLED technology for High Definition resolution of 1280×800. There’s Pen, a sort of stylus to operate some functions of the smartphone. Other features include dual-core 1.4 GHz, 1 GB RAM, HSPA and LTE connectivity behind the 8-megapixel camera with LED flash, compared with 2 megapixel camera and video capabilities of HD recording 1080.

Galaxy Tab 7-7

Apart from the Galaxy note, Samsung also introduced Galaxy 7.7. use the Android Honeycomb operating system, this gadget is the first to use the tablet computer screen Super AMOLED Plus.

Galaxy Tab 7.7 have a slim size with only 7.9 mm thick. Like the Galaxy Note, which uses a dual-core processor 1.4 GHz UX Other features like TouchWiz, HSPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.5mm headset jack, Bluetooth 3.0, 3-megapixel rear camera , front camera 2MP, 1GB of RAM, and choice of the internal memory of 16 GB / 32 GB / 64 GB.

Galaxy 7.7 marketing plans in late 2011. Similarly, as reported UnwiredView.

Security Flaw Was Found Again in MacBook

Security flaw on Macbook BatteryA security flaw was found again in Apple products. This gap means that hackers are able to move from one laptop battery, infecting them with malware and also cause the battery to overheat.

The vulnerability discovered by security researcher Charlie Miller named, quoted by Forbes magazine. Miller says he will be able to manipulate the chip is inserted into the Apple battery. This chip can control and regulate the level of temperature and battery while the computer is off.

These chips can be controlled by a hacker through a password that Miller is the creator of the site is the chip from Texas Instruments. Miller said that Apple will never change their password so the hackers can initiate action. The discovery was found by Miller after examining a number of MacBook series, ie MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. Read more »

Sony e-Book Reader will be Launched in August 2011

sony-eBook-reader-launchedSony Corp. (SNE), the largest Japanese electronics company plans to produce an updated digital book readers in the United States from August 2011. Sony Reader, which had previously been about U.S. $ 180 – $ 300 will be reviewed in hardware and software. Phil Lubell, vice president of digital reading of Sony Electronics said in an interview in San Francisco. New products from Sony, will be introduced to U.S. consumers tablet before Sony entered the market later this year.

Tokyo-based company plans to boost sales of the Sony Reader to reach the digital electronic book reader in mind the price is cheaper than the price of the tablet. Sony seems to struggle to expand its e-reader as fast as the original business plan from Sony. Operation of digital books can be low due to the presence of a number of the new tablet later this year, there was an overlap between the tablet and the electronic reader. According to the Pew Research Center survey, the number of Americans with electronic devices like the Kindle, has doubled in the last six months until last May. They are college graduates and adults who have chosen to place the device into a Tablet PC. Read more »

Dell Peju Tablet : Available in First Quarter of 2012

DELL peju launchedOne tablet rather than stoking competition in world markets. Dell says it is focused on developing Windows-based Tablet PC. This is indicated by several leaked photos and videos about Dell Windows tablet codenamed  “Peju”.

Specifications Dell Peju appeared in the form of tablets that is quite powerful. The screen size 10.1-inch high-resolution, reaching 1920 x 1080. Gorilla Glass however is also equipped with technology to increase the resistance of the screen. Quoted from TabletPCReview, processors of these tablets is the Intel Core i5. Dell also has 4 GB of RAM and  storage 64/120GB SSD. The tablets initially use the Windows 7 operating system. But apparently is also compatible with Windows 8, which is more suitable for use on a Tablet PC.

Dell Peju sent possible in the first quarter of 2012. The price is quite expensive considering the prediction of the upper class for specifications.

HP TouchPad 7-Inch Avalaible in August

HP TouchPad 7-inch coming soonGadget world increasingly with rumors that HP will deliver a shock to the 7-inch tablet market. Hewlett-Packard is reportedly launching a 7-inch tablet in August 2011 after a 9.7-inch TouchPad debut on July 1 this weekend.

HP has ordered between 400,000 and 450,000 tablets per month from a supplier TouchPad Inventec, Taiwan Economic News reported, quoted by C-Net. HP TouchPad Inventec provide 9.7 inches, and the latest 7-inch tablet.

A source was quoted as saying that people in Taiwan’s economic news that HP will say about 3 million tablets of Inventec in 2011.

Before the launch, in August, HP does not provide details TouchPad details of this product. Looks set to make a wonder of its competitors. Read more »

Call Room Service in Hotel Using iPad

iPad-hotel-room serviceGuests in the U.S. hotels are now able to play angry birds and room service not to leave their gadgets.

A growing number of hotels in the U.S. to offer a gadget like iPad popular as guests in their rooms. Its purpose is for food and beverages (food and beverages) is increasing and the needs of downsizing.

An application developed by Intelity, based in Orlando, allows guests to order food, browsing for information on accommodations and attractions of the city, book a morning call (phone awakening), time of the arrival of clean, send a message to the hotel staff or other guests and booking service hire. Flight information and time to 5 days in the future are also shown in this application.

IPad offer in luxury hotels generally have guests that often purchase many items, including the Plaza in New York, Mondrian Soho in New York, Hilton Inn at Penn, Philadelphia, and the Royalton Hotel in New York.

Hotel guests will be charged if they forget to return the iPhone to the hotel. Some hotels place a device on the counter to prevent theft. Read more »