Acer Iconia Tab 2012 Full HD Tablet Announced

Acer has shown off a new Android tablet at CES, the Acer Iconia Tab 2012, which is probably one of the first Android tablets to feature a full HD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels.

The Acer Iconia Tab 2012 will come with the latest version of Google’s mobile OS, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and it is powered by NVIDIA’s new quad core Tegra 3 processor.

The Iconia Tab 2012 comes with a 10 inch touchscreen display that is capable of displaying full HD video And content, it is expected to go on sale in the second half of 2012.

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Gigabyte Announces S1081 Windows 7 Tablet Announced

We have already seen a couple of new Android tablets this morning and now we have a new Windows 7 tablet from Gigabyte, the Gigabyte S1081, which comes with a 10.1 inch touchscreen display.

The Gigabyte S1081 tablet features Intel’s new Cedar Trail platform, and there will be two different models, one with a 500GB hard drive and one with a solid state drive (SSD).

Other specifications on the Gigabyte S1081 Windows 7 tablet include an optical trackpad, HDMI, VGA, USB 3.0, Bluetooth and a 1.3 megapixel web camera, plus a built in Ethernet port.

There are no details as yet on when the Gigabyte S1081 tablet will be available and also no details on pricing.

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Lenovo IdeaTab S2 10.1 Inch Android Tablet Announced

As well as announcing their new Android 4.0 powered TV, Lenovo also added another Android tablet to their range with the launch of the Lenovo IdeaTab S2, and it looks like they may have taken some of their inspiration from the Asus Transformer Prime, as it comes with a keyboard dock.

The Lenovo IdeaTab S2 comes with a 10.1 inch touchscreen IPS display, with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, plus a dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 processor and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, plus Lenovo’s Mondrain UI.

Other specifications include a front facing 1.3 megapixel camera plus a rear 5 megapixel camera, 1GB of RAM up to 64GB of SSD storage, two USB 2.0 ports, and an SDHC card reader.

As yet we don’t have any details on when the Lenovo IdeaTab S2 will be available and also no details on how much it will cost, as soon as we get some more information we will let you guys know.

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Toshiba Shows Off 14 Inch Ultrabook Prototype At CES 2012

We have already seen a new tablet from Toshiba this morning, the Toshiba Excite X10, and now we have a new 14 inch ultrabook prototype which Toshiba has unveiled at CES 2012.

The Toshiba 14 ultrabook is apparently still a prototype at the moment, and it features a similar design to Toshiba’s business notebooks with a brushed metal casing, and rounded corners.

Unfortunately as yet we don’t have any specifications on this new 14 inch ultrabook from Toshiba, as soon as we get some more information we will let you guys know.

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Motorola Starts Pre-Orders For Wi-Fi Xyboard

Itching to get your hands on Motorola’s Xyboard? The Wi-Fi-only version is now available for pre-orders for those in the US.

An 8.2 inch model costs $400 and $500 for the 16GB and 32GB versions, respectively. The 10.1 version will set you back $500 and $600 for the 16GB and 32GB versions.

The prices on all models are around $200 less than what Verizon will be charging if you will get the LTE version. Getting the Wi-fi only version also means you don’t get that Droid branding found on Verizon’s units.

Xyboard comes with an IPS display at 1280×800, 5MP rear camera with LED flash, 1.3 MP front-facing camera and powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor.

The tablet runs on Android 3.2 and may be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich once available.

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Toshiba Excite X10 Android Tablet Gets Official

Toshiba announced last week that they would be unveiling what they called the worlds thinnest tablet at CES, the device is now official and it is called the Toshiba Excite X10.

The tablet measures just 0.3 inches thick and weighs in at 1.18 lbs, it will come with Android 3.2 Honeycomb, it features a 10.1 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels.

The Toshiba Excite X10 is powered by a dual core 1.2GHz TI OMAP4430 processor, there is also 1GB of RAM, plus a rear facing 5 megapixel camera and a front facing 1.3 megapixel camera.

It will come with a choice of 16GB or 32GB of built in storage, the 16GB version will retail for $529.99 and the 32GB version for $699.99, there are no details on an exact release date as yet.

It look pretty interesting from the photos, and certainly looks thin, although it costs around $130 more than the iPad, we wonder if people will pay the extra, especially considering all the tablet price drops we have seen recently.

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