Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced its 7-inch Android tablet Slate 7 in February at MWC 2013. Last Tuesday, HP announced that it is going to bring two new Android tablets, SlateBook x2 and Split x2. The two hybrid tablets/notebooks will join HP’s 11.6-inch ENVY x2 to make a new x2 family.
Aakash tablet maker DataWind Ltd announced last Thursday that the company has completed the Aakash 2 project by supplying 100,000 Aakash low-cost computing devices for IIT-Bombay (under the Indian Government’s Ministry of Human Resources Development’s National Mission for Education through Information Communication Technology).
Yesterday, Acer held a press event in New York City and unveiled a number of new products, including Aspire R7 Windows 8 laptop-tablet convertible whose display can be moved in any side and a $800 Windows 8 Ultrabook convertible Aspire P3 which will be coming to consumers shortly. At that event Acer also unveiled Iconia A1, the company’s first full-featured 7.9-inch tablet targeted at modern day explorers, adventurers, digital freaks and mobile executives requiring an all-day mobile companion.
Three months ago, Sony announced that it will release a 10.1-inch Xperia Tablet Z this spring. At MWC 2013, it lifted the wraps off its Xperia Tablet Z, which it claimed to be the world’s thinnest tablet. Earlier last month, Sony started taking pre-order for Xperia Tablet Z in UK. Finally the tab made its way to the U.S. Sony has started taking pre-order for the tablet in the States.
HP first showed its 7-inch Slate Tablet in MWC 2013. At that time the company announced that the device would be arriving in the market in April. Later, it was reported that HP delayed the release to June. Surprisingly, the HP Slate 7 is available now.
From the high stake patent battles between electronic giants lately, one thing is certain – these companies are not in for a healthy competitive market. Software giant Microsoft seems to have taken a lesson from these battles. The recent proof of this is a patent deal with ZTE announced on Tuesday.
Lots of rumors are going around the unveiling of Android Key Lime Pie at Google I/O conference, scheduled for next month. We have already heard that Google may unveil revamped Nexus 7 tablet and Nexus 4 smartphone at the conference. Rumors about devices pre-loaded with Android 5.0 (Key Lime Pie) were also abuzz. According to new reports, Google might not launch Android Key Lime Pie at the I/O conference.
Google is expected to unveil Android’s next version – Key Lime Pie – at its I/O conference next month. The company may make a few more announcements at the I/O conference, including an upgraded Nexus 7. As per speculations, Nexus 7’s next iteration will be the first Android device per-loaded with Key Lime Pie. It is expected to release on July, and retain the $199 price tag of the first generation.