CES 2012 Tablet Roundup
By Timothy Lim
Device Overview
- Acer Iconia Tab A700: 10" 1080p screen with a quad core CPU
- Acer Iconia Tab A510: An update to the 10" Acer Iconia A500 with quad core CPU and Android 4.0
- ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF700: An update to the 10" Transformer Prime TF201 with a new design, 1080p screen and 2MP camera
- ASUS Eee Pad MeMO ME370T: 7" quad core Android tablet for a great price of US$249
- Lenovo IdeaTab S2: 10" Android 4.0 tablet with optional keyboard dock
- Pantech Element: 8" LTE tablet with Android 3.2
- XO 3.0: The One-Laptop-Per-Child (OLPC)’s US$100 tablet targetting developing nations
Acer Iconia Tab A700
- 10" 1080p (1920 x 1200) “IPS like” screen
- Quad-core 1.3GHz Tegra 3 CPU, 1GB RAM
- Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
- HDMI-port, microSD and micro USB
- Expected in Q2 2012
- Links: Engadget, The Verge, TechRadar, Image via Engadget
Acer Iconia Tab A510
- 10" (1280 x 800) screen
- Quad-core 1.3GHz Tegra 3 CPU, 1GB RAM
- Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
- An updated Iconia Tab A500 but with quad core CPU and ICS
- Links: The Verge, PhoneArena, Android Central
ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF700
- 10" (1920 x 1200) super IPS+, Gorilla Glass screen
- Quad-core 1.3GHz Tegra 3 CPU
- 8MP rear camera, 2MP front camera
- Android 4.0
- Skyrim w/ splashtop
- Compared to older Transformer TF201: New design, higher resolution (1920x1200 vs 1280x800), better front facing camera (2MP)
- Links: ASUS press release, The Verge, Engadget, Android Police,
ASUS Eee Pad MeMO ME370T
- 7" (1280 x 800) IPS screen
- Quad core Tegra 3 CPU, 1GB RAM,
- 8 MP camera
- Android 4.0
- There is an older configuration (ME171) which is the original MeMO device with a specialized bluetooth headset and stylus that was previously in the news months back. It has a dual-core 1.2GHz CPU with 5MP rear camera and 1.2MP front camera
- US$249.
- Links: ASUS press release, The Verge, Engadget, NVIDIA blog, CNET, Image via Liliputing
Pantech Element
- 8" (1024 x 768) TFT screen
- Dual-core 1.5GHz
- 5MP rear camera, 2MP front camera
- LTE connectivity (AWS/700)
- HSPA+/UMTS (850/1900/2100MHz)
- Android 3.2 (upgrade to 4.0 is promised)
- Waterproof
- Links: Pantech Element microsite, The Verge, Engadget, Huffington Post
Lenovo IdeaTab S2
- 10.1" (1280 x 800) IPS screen
- Dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon CPU, 1GB RAM,
- 5MP rear camera, 1.3MP front camera
- Optional keyboard dock
- 3G with call support
- Android 4.0
- Links: Lenovo press release, GSM Arena, The Verge, Engadget,
OLPC’s XO 3.0
- 8" (1024 x 768) LCD / Pixel Qi display
- Marvell Armada PXA618 CPU
- 512MB RAM, 4GB storage
- Android / Sugar OS (OLPC’s own Linux OS)
- Can be powered by hand crank or solar panel
- Mainly for developing countries with a targetted price of US$100
- Links: XO 3.0 press release, The Verge, ArsTechnica, Forbes, Image from OLPC Wiki
