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Touch Pads: new models and launches in France

Lenovo, always focusing instead for professionals in France this summer under a shelf that Android 3.0 will be a laptop with a docking station equipped with a keyboard can be converted. Equipped with a 10.1-inch screen, the tablet with a processor from Nvidia Tegra 2, two cameras (one forward, one back of the Nikon d700 battery) and an internal memory of 16 to 64 GB, can be used with the pen . The expected price is around $ 499.

Toshiba first announced during the week Regza AT300, a tablet Android 3.0 offers a 10.1-inch screen, a dual-core processor Tegra 2 to 1 GHz, with a capacity of 16 Go, a 5-megapixel photo sensor the back of the ony np-bd1 and a 2 megapixel camera in front. Compatible with 3G, WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1. The unit is equipped with a micro-USB port, an HDMI output and a slot for SD cards. The screen resolution is 1280 x 800 pixels. The advertised weight is 765 grams for a thickness of 1.6 cm. The product is expected for the month of June for a price around 500 €.

News is responsible for the touch pad: Sony, Toshiba, Lenovo and Dell just revealed their new projects in this area, while Asus, RIM, Motorola and Sony np-bg1 are out to conquer the French market. A new El Dorado, while the market is currently dominated by Apple’s iPad. According to market research firm ABI Research, the company collects 85% market share by volume for the year 2010.

Dell should start to end, as the Android Central, two shelves for professionals. The originality comes from the components, including Intel processors. Latitude has an Intel chip ST Oak Trail at 1.5 GHz, 2 GB RAM and a 10-inch screen with 1366 x 768 pixels. The Latitude XT-3 is closer to the Sony np-fc11 to 13 inch Intel Core i7 i3 energy saving (low voltage). The two shelves are equipped with Windows 7. We do not yet know the sentences.

Apart from these forecasts, the new tablets in early bloom now in stores. There are already Acer Iconia Tab A500, A100 Tab Iconia Acer,Sony np-fe1 eeePad eeePad conversion of Slate, the flyer HTC, Motorola, Xoom, the Hannspree Hannspad and Archos Arnova France. We will be watching closely to see sales volumes during the year, whether these products find their audience, already divided between the high-end smartphones and laptops to 500 € for the same price.

In a market that is still trying, Sony is trying different products. His shelves S1 and S2, for example, seek the market, the S1 and proposes a new format screen, 9.4 inch folding test, the S2 like a Nintendo DS with two screens of 5, 5 inches. They will be equipped with the Nvidia Tegra processor 2 and is compatible with the first generation of Playstation games. Apart from these models has the Sony np-fg1 Freestyle Hybrid PC, a screen of 9.4 inches, that a sliding keyboard, like an Eee pad slider. This machine is equipped with an Intel Atom and Windows 7. The price jumps to 799 $.