Toshiba Encore 2 tablet pc will be available in Alaska Air

At early of this year, Alaska Air announced that it will prepare tablet pc with Windows 8 OS for passengers for entertainment during journey. As our latest, the tablet Alaska chose is Toshiba Encore 2. And Alaska has increased the order quantity recently. The reason is quite simple, demand from passengers is very high. Passengers just need to pay 8 to 10 US dollars, and you can use the Toshiba Encore 2 during the whole journey. It will provide frontier technology for passengers.

But the operation system of this Toshiba Encore 2 for passengers is not running Windows 8.1 operation system, but Windows Embedded 8.1 Industrial. Skycast Solutions will provide security and update service. The other benefit is Skycast will provide the latest films which is just playing in theaters.

Except that, Alaska is also quite expecting the Windows 10 operation system, and it also make soem preparation for it. Maybe it is a new market for the tablet suppliers.

Intel Atom processor is too high power consumption

Though, Intel has invested a lot on its mobile processor for smart phones and tablets, but situation is still not good enough. Now, ARM has already occupied most market. But recently, some bad news to Intel rolled out. HP Slate tablets may abandon Intel Atom processor. The reason is quite simple, its power consumption is too high, battery life is not long enough.

As estimation, HP Slate may adopt processors of ARM framework, and add more products with Android OS. Now, HP has Android tablets and Windows tablets as well. In India, HP launched some phablets with Android OS and small size screen. But market response is not very good.

HP has acquired the operation system from Palm, and rename it WebOS. And soon it launched several products with WebOS. But the sales was not good, so HP stopped all projection about WebOS, and sold it to LG.

After that, HP chose Android and Windows OS. Now, HP has already quit the market of smart phone.

Now, in smart phone market, there is few products with Intel Atom processor, the reason is its power consumption is much higher than ARM, and performance is lower.

Samsung launched two new Galaxy Tab A tablet pc in Russia

Recently, Samsung launched two new Galaxy Tab A tablet pc in Russia. Samsung did it quietly. The two tablets own different screen size. One is 8 inch and the other is 9.7 inch.

Though screen size is quite different, but screen resolution is the same, 1280*800 pixels. Now, most of smart phones own 1080P screen resolution, so these two tablets are not so satisfying. Both units are adopting one quad core processor. The frequency is 1.2GHz, but Samsung did not tell the model of the processor. The RAM is 2GB, and flash memory is 16GB. And if you think the memory space is not enough, you can extend it by a TF card.

Basically speaking, the configuration of the two tablets is not high, but their price is not cheap. The 8 inch unit is 276 US dollars, and 9.7 inch is wifi edition is 341 US dollars, and 4G LTE edition is 406 US dollars.

Yuandao M9I dual boot tablet pc

In 2014, there were a lot of tablet pc with Windows OS launched. In meanwhile, many suppliers started to develop dual boot tablets. Till now, Yuandao has already launched 7 inch and 8 inch dual boot tablets. Recently, its 9.7 inch dual boot tablet pc is disclosed. Model number is M9I.

The design of this Yuandao M9I is quite simple. Front cover is white color, and rear side is silver color. Till now, from information we collected, this tablet owns dual cameras, and support TF card extension. Regarding its hardware, we believe it will be better than its 7 inch and 8 inch units. Of course, the dual OS is still most interesting feature. OS instant switch, OTA update, and TF card share and other function will be available.

This M9I will roll out at the end of March, and price is around 200 euros.

Cortana will land Android and iOS

In last July, Microsoft released its first personal smart assistant named Cortana. At that moment, Cortana was only compatible with Windows Phone operation system. In last Nov, Microsoft announced that Cortana will land other operation systems. Today, news from suverimax.com, this Cortana will be compatible with Android and iOS operation system.

Now, Microsoft is working on a new personal assistant APP named Einstein. Before that, Microsoft has already released Cortana for Windows Phone operation system in different countries and different languages. Following that, Microsoft will launch Cortana English version for Windows 10 Desktop operation system.

In fact, iOS and Android have their own personal assistant. iOS has Siri, and Android has Google Now.

When Windows 10 OS is launched, new assistant Einstern will be landed on Android and iOS as well. Einstern is the new edition of Cortana which can work with different operation system.

Amazon Kindle Voyage standard edition lands China

Recently, Amazon China launched its Kindle Voyage standard edition. Price is about 250 US dollars. In fact, this Amazon Kindle Voyage has already been available for sale in China last Dec. But at that moment, it included a lot of combo sales. And price was also higher, USD 340 US dollars. Now, as the standard edition is launched, it is really a great news to all E-book lovers.

This standard edition only includes a Kindle Voyage and USB cable. Regarding its configuration, the thickness is only 7.6mm, total weight is 180g. Screen is 300PPI. It is higher than the Kindle Paper White. CPU is one single core processor from Freescale, it is based on ARM Cortex A9 framework. RAM is 512MB. Battery capacity is 1320Mah.

What are the new features and improvement of Android 5.1 OS

Yesterday, we have reported that some Nexus users in America have received the Android 5.1 OS OTA package. New Android 5.1 OS has included new Wifi identification technology, No Disturb mode, default icon change, and other new functions. Today, people from suverimax.com share its reviews about this Android 5.1 OS, please following links to view the videos and know more detail about the new Android operation system

The link is http://share.vrs.sohu.com/my/v.swf&topBar=1&id=78835188&autoplay=false&from=page

Tohisba launched new 2 in 1 tablet Windows, DynaBook R82

As one well known tablet pc supplier, Toshiba launched a new 2 in 1 tablet pc Windows in Japan. Model number is R82. It has a removable keyboard, total weight is only 680g, packing includes a S Pen. Except this unit, Toshiba launched another DynaBook RT82 for enterprise users.

This tablet owns one 12.5 inch IPS screen. Resolution is 1920*1080 pixels. CPU is Intel Broadwell Core M processor, the power consumption of this CPU is quite low. RAM is 4GB. There are two editions, one is coming with 128GB flash memory and the other is 256GB. There is HDMI output, USB3.0 port, ADSL host on the keyboard. The battery life is over 10 hours.

For now, it is only available in Japan, but can not make sure if it will land in other countries. Its price is 1735 US dollars.

HTC One M9 launched

In WMC 2015, HTC launched its One M9 smart phone android. Compared with One M8, the looks is similar. The screen size is still 5 inch, and resolution is 1080P. CPU is the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 which is one 64 bit processor. RAM is 3GB, battery capacity is 2840Mah. Flash memory is starting from 32GB, and up to 128GB. And this mobile phone can support an external TF card extension. There dual BoomSound speakers built in, supporting Dolby Audio. The operation system is 7th generation HTC sense which is based on new Android Lollipop OS. There are grey, silver and golden colors for choice.

The rear camera of this M9 is 20M pixels, it can record videos in 4K resolution, the front camera is 4M pixels.

Compared with One M8, the upgrade is the cameras and CPU performance. More information, we will have further report in future.

Price of Huawei Watch

In the WMC 2015, Huawei launched its smart watch. In the fair, Huawei did not tell the price of this Huawei Watch. Recently, news from Suverimax, this HuaiWei Watch is 1000 US dollars.

This price is for the high edition of Huawei Watch. The lowest edition will be less than 200 US dollars. So we can make sure the price of Huawei Watch will be between 200 to 1000 US dollars. Compared with Samsung and Moto, this price is quite good.

This Huawei Watch will be for sale in the 2nd quarter of this year. Unit owns one 1.4 inch AMOLED screen, resolution is 400*400 pixels, PPI is 286. CPU is Qualcomm Snapdragon 400, RAM is 512MB, and flash memory is 4GB. It can support the new Bluetooth 4.1. Users can control incoming calls, emails, text, calendar and social network through this watch.

Nvidia Shield playstation, X1 processor

During the WMC 2015, Nvidia launched its new playstation in the Game Developer Conference. This new product owns the the latest Nvidia X1 processor. This is the third products following the Nvidia play box, and Nvidia tablet.

This new Nvidia Shield product has integrated the feature of TV setup box, and playstation, Its processor is the X1, which is one 64 bit octa core processor and based on 20nm process. Its RAM is 3GB and flash memory is 16GB. It has one micro SD card slot to extend memory space. There are two USB3.0 host and HDMI output, it runs the Android operation system.

Of course, except the powerful performance, the games it runs are also very important. Nvidia has offered the Grid service. Once users subscribe the Grid service, you can play big games easily through the remote computers. At beginning, there are two services, one is 720 pixels and the other is 1080 pixels. The network speed demand is 5Mbps and 15Mbps at lowest.

Reviews on first Jolla tablet pc

At the end of last year, Jolla started crowd funding for its first tablet pc. Totally, it collected more than 2 million US dollars. Today, Ontablets got one sample of this Jolla tablet, and write some reviews on this unit.

The operation system of this unit is Sailfish OS 2.0. The operation is quite simple. Though, its OS is based on Android OS, but it is not installed Google Play, if you want to download Android APP, you can go to Jolla Store or Yandex Store.

This unit owns one 8 inch IPS screen, resolution is als very good. Now, the Android and iOS is the top to operation system for tablets. Jolla want to the 3rd one. The Sailfish OS can be upgraded monthly and its high security level. The Sailfish OS will lock down the information of users, and will not collect any information of users like what Android is doing. Now, Jolla is also looking for tablet pc suppliers to install their Sailfish OS, but don't know who will be the first one.

Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge are launched

The day before yesterday, Samsung launched its flagship mobile phone, Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge which is coming with curved screen. It is just following the HTC M9. Compared with HTC M9, its design and performance are much better.

Samsung Galaxy S6 adopts the Corning IV Gorilla Glass for both front and rear. The Galaxy S6 Edge adopts the curved screen. Compared with other Galaxy mobile phones, this S6 does not adopt the removable battery, but one built in. The benefit of this new design is the thickness is more slim. The Galaxy S6 is only 6.8mm, and the S6 Edge is only 7.0mm. There are four colors available, black, white, blue and golden.



Both S6 and S6 Edge own one 5.1 inch AMOLED screen. Screen resolution is 2560*1440 pixels. Its PPI is 557. Regarding the CPU, S6 and S6 Edge do not adopt the processor from Qualcomm, but its own Exynos 7420 octa core processor. This chipset includes four Cortex A57, frequency is 2.1GHz, and four Cortex A53, frequency is 1.5GHz. Its RAM is 3GB DDR4, flash memory is starting from 32GB. There are also 64GB and 128GB editions. The flash memory is based on the UFS 2.0 technology, its running speed is 2,7 times of eMMC 5.0. But both units can not support external memory extension. The front camera is 5M pixels, and rear camera is 16M pixels. S6 and S6 Edge have the latest Touch ID function. As adopting the built in battery, the capacity of S6 is only 2600Mah, and S6 Edge is 2650Mah. But they can support the wireless recharge function.


Both unit will be available for sale on 10th April. Till now, Samsung did not announce the price of both units. But as our news from ontablets.es, S6 32GB edition is 699 euros. 64GB edition is 799 euros. 128GB edition is 899 euros. S6 Edge is more expensive, its price is 849 euros, 949 euros, and 1049 euros.