First tablet pc with AMD processor

Now, in market, there are a lot of different processors for tablets, but non is from AMD. Recently, one tablet supplier from Taiwan, named BungBungame, launched a new tablet with AMD processor. This is the first tablet pc wit AMD processor. The model number is Photon 2.

This tablet owns one 10.1 inch screen. Screen resolution is 1920*1200 pixels. The RAM is 4GB, and flash memory is 64GB. The accessories have included one bluetooth keyboard and s-pen. It can support wifi, bluetooth 4.0 and NFC function. On the unit body, there is one micro HDMI and microSD card slot. The size of the unit is 10.4*7.2*0.4 inch. Totaly weight is 590G. There is one front camera, but resolution is unknown for now. 

Till now, no further information about this tablet is known, but as news from Ontablets, this unit will be about 550 US dollars. Though, the price is not cheap, but as the configuration is very high, the performance is very high as well. In our idea, it worth the price. 

Good sales, Surface Pro 3

Last week, we have talked about that Microsoft had some promotion for its new Surface Pro 3. The result is very good, and even better than our expectation.

News from Microsoft said, the promotion result is very good, the sales of Surface Pro 3 in this quarter is better than expectation. Now, Surface Pro 3 has already landed in 28 countries.

The sales of Surface Pro 3 is twice of Surface Pro 2, especially, some students, enterprise, are very interested in it. People buy Surface Pro 3 to replace the tablet pc or their laptop PC.

From the datasheet, the total sales of Surface is over 0.9 billion US dollar, and soon, it will reach 1 billion US dollars. If the situation keeps on, maybe next month, it will be 1 billion.

Windows 10 will support 1024*600 resolution

Usually operation system has the requirement on the screen resolution when updated. For top consumers, they want the OS supporting 4K or high resolution, and but for lower end market, users would like it supporting lower resolution.

Recently, Windows has launched the Windows 10 preview edition, this new operation system can support a very low resolution display. One news from the blog of Ontablets confirmed that new Windows 10, version number 960 can run in a 1024*600 pixels display. They tried this new OS on the Samsung N150. Its screen resolution is 1024*600. When Windows 8 OS was launched, it can only run in 1024*768 pixels at lowest.

But Microsoft warned that if running in low resolution display, Windows 10 OS may have bugs.

It seems that when Windows 10 runs in low resolution display, it does not have too much limitation. As we know Samsung N150 is quite an old model, it adopts the Intel Atom N450 processor, and owns 2GB DDR2 RAM, when running on this N150, there is no problem happened.

New Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook

In August, Samsung has already associated with B&N to launch one Galaxy Tab 4 Nook tablet. The price is 170 US dollars. That is one 7 inch tablet. But recently, Samsung has launched one 10.1 inch Galaxy Tab 4 Nook.

This new tablet pc owns one 10.1 inch e-ink display. Resolution is 1280*800 pixels. It comes with one Marvell quad core processor. Frequency is 1.2GHz. There is one 1.5GB RAM and 16GB flash memory. There is one microSD slot to extend the memory space.

The size of this unit is 9.6*6.9*0.3 inch. It can support GPS navigation. There are dual cameras built in. Front one is 1.3M pixels, and rear one is 3M pixels. It total weight is only 1.1 pounds. The battery life is over 10 hours.

In fact, this new unit is quite similar as old Galaxy Tab 4 Nook, the RAM and screen resolution is the same. But screen size is bigger, and flash memory space is doubled.

The price of new Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook is 300 US dollars, and it will be available for sale in all Barns&Nobles stores in US. But Samsung did not tell when it will be available for sale.

Download SDK of Android 5.0

Several months ago, Google launched the Android L Preview edition, and displayed many new features and changes in the new OS. Recently, in the I/O conference, Google officially launched the Android 5.0 Lollipop operation system. Today, the SDK of Android 5.0 is also downloadable.

As the news from Ontablets, this Android 5.0 OS will be available in the new Nexus 4/5/7/10 which will be available for sale in next month. If you are developer, then you can run your software in this new OS in the following two weeks, so you can know the new features of this OS well.

Following is the download link of SDK of Android 5.0. http://android-developers.blogspot.jp/2014/10/android-50-lollipop-sdk-and-nexus.html

Article Source: http://bestablet.org/download-sdk-android-5-0/

Five new tablets from Onda launched

Yesterday, the well known tablet pc supplier, Onda has launched five new tablets in China. All of them are based on Intel quad core processor and come with Windows OS.

All the five tablets adopt the 64 bits Intel quad core processor, and pre installed Windows 8.1 OS.

Except the Onda V975W, the other four are completely new products. New Onda V975W adopts the Intel Z3735F processor. The old V975 adopts the Intel Z3735D.

The first new product is the Onda V891W. It adopts one 8.9 inch IPS screen, resolution is 1920*1200 pixels. PPI is 255. It owns the Intel Z3735F quad core processor, RAM is 2GB DDR3L. Running speed is very fast. Except the high performance, this V891W is also quite cheap, the price is only 100 euros.

The other one is V961W. That is the first Onda tablets Windows which can support 3G network. Unit comes with one 9.6 inch IPS screen. It can support the WCDMA 3G network, users can surf internet easily. RAM is 2GB, and flash memory is 32GB. The rear camera is 5M pixels. Its price is also only 140 euros.

The third one is V101W. Compared with the old V101W, new V101 is more slim and lighter. There is USB host on the body, it can connect with a keyboard, mouse or hard disc. Flash memory is 32GB. Though, unit is enhanced, but price is reduced, only 125 euros.

The forth one is Onda V102W. Its features are nearly the same as V101W, but screen resolution is enhanced to 1920*1200 pixels.

Fifth one is Onda V975W. The CPU is the Intel Z3735F quad core, the battery life is longer than old V975W.

Mini PC from MeeGoPad

Last month, Ontablets has already disclosed the news that Meegopad, one well known tablet supplier in China will launch one mini PC based on Intel Bay Trail-T solution. The size of this unit is quite small, only 100*38*9.6mm. The total weight is less than 50g. Unit can run the Windows 8.1 operation system. Once connected with TV set through HDMI, it can work as a desktop PC.

Users can watch online videos on your TV set through this mini PC. Of course, it can also run office software, browse webpages, or play online games as well.


As this unit adopts the latest Intel Bay Trail-T CR solution, it can support both Android and Windows operation system.


Its CPU is the Intel Z3735G quad core processor, frequency is 1.33GHz. RAM is 1GB, and 16GB flash memory. It may have another edition with Z3735F quad core processor, 2GB RAM and 32GB flash memory. It can support bluetooth4.0 and wifi.


Regarding the price of this unit, it should be less than 70 euros. But we need to know, Windows 8.1 OS is only free for tablets less than 9 inch. This unit is not a tablet, so if it is preintalled legit Windows OS, then it will be charge 15 US dollars.


As it is quite cheap, and size is very mini, so once it is available for sale, it should be quite welcome here. Till now, Meegopad did not confirm the above news.