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Tablet wars intensify It seems like a new tablet hits the market every day. Here’s a look at a few that are vying for people’s attention.
Amazon's Kindle Fire was unveiled on Sept. 28, 2011. It costs less than half the price of the iPad.
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Barnes & Noble in early November announced the new Nook Tablet, a 7-inch $249 tablet that will compete with Amazon's Kindle Fire.
The HTC Jetstream is a 10.1-inch Honeycomb tablet that has a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor and front- and rear-facing cameras. Retail price: $699.99 with a two-year contract with AT&T.
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The 7-inch version of the Toshiba Thrive features two cameras, with a 2MP front-facing camera and a 5MP rear-facing camera with an LED flash.
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Sony's Tablet S, which has a unique wedge-shaped design, like a rolled-up newspaper or magazine, hit stores in September with a price of $499, the same as the Apple iPad 2.
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On Aug. 31, Sony launched its first two tablet computers. The Sony Tablet S is pictured at left, and the smaller, foldable Sony Tablet P is pictured at right.
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A Motorola Mobility Xoom tablet is shown at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.
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J.K. Shin, the president of Samsung Electronics' mobile-communications division, center, poses with the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer at the Samsung headquarters in Seoul.
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A new Dell Streak 7 tablet is pictured during a news conference at the Consumer Electronics Show Jan. 6 in Las Vegas. The Dell tablet, which came out in February, runs Android 2.2 and features a 7-inch display, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera and a 5 -megapixel rear camera. The Dell Streak 7 also supports Adobe Flash and has a Wi-Fi-only model and a model that is both Wi-Fi and 4G compatible. While the $199.99 price tag with a two-year contract is an attention-getter, the overall consensus of the tablet has been 'eh.' The Dell 7 has received positive reviews about its dual-core processor and design but seems to fall flat with screen quality and battery life.
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The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is displayed during its new product media event March 25 in Taiwan. The Asus Eee Pad Transformer features a 10.1-inch touch screen tablet with a detachable keyboard dock. It runs Android 3.0 Honeycomb and has rear and front cameras. The tablet went on sale April 26. Retail price: $399.99.
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The new Sony Tablet S2 is displayed by a company representative at a showing for the media in New York on July 13. AT&T has announced that it will be the exclusive U.S. mobile provider for the 4G Sony Android Tablets due out later this year.
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On April 19, Reseach in Motion took a stab at the tablet market with the release of the BlackBerry PlayBook. RIM's self-proclaimed “professional-grade tablet” has a 7-inch LCD display, a 3-megapixel front-facing camera, a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera and an HDMI hook-up. The PlayBook, which runs a QNX-based operating system, is also Adobe Flash and HTML 5 compatible. While the Wi-Fi-only tablet has garnered a lot of attention, it’s received lukewarm reviews. As Washington Post tech blogger Hayley Tsukayama reported, reviewers liked the tablet’s design but didn’t care much for its lack of big apps. Retail price: $499 to $699 depending on the storage capacity.
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An Apple iPad, back, and a Samsung Galaxy tablet device. Apple sued Samsung Electronics, alleging that the electronics maker's Galaxy phones and tablet computers infringe patents and the trademarked look of the iPhone and iPad.
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Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab is displayed with an advertising board April 22. The seven-inch device is another tablet that runs Android 2.2. The Galaxy Tab, which came out in November, has a 3-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 1.3-megapixel front camera. It supports Adobe Flash and boasts microSD expansion. The Galaxy Tab's Wi-Fi-only model became available April 10. Samsung announced that it will have an 8.9-inch model and a 10.1-inch model available in the summer. Reviews of the tablet have been mostly good. Reviewers, in general, seem to like its design, display and the fact that it's Flash compatibile, although some say that the feature needs work. The tablet, however, has been dinged on its browser and scaling of some its apps. Retail price: The Wi-Fi-only model sells at $349.99.
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T-Mobile's latest answer to the tablet mania, the G-Slate, was released April 20. The 4G Android 3.0 tablet features an 8.9-inch screen, 3-D and HD video capabilities, a 2-megapixel front-facing camera and a 5-megapixel rear camera. Retail price: $529.99 with a two-year contract and a $100 mail-in rebate.
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An Associated Press reporter demonstrates the camera on the Apple iPad 2 in San Francisco. New research released recently shows that the U.S. and European markets are shrinking as economic anxiety, market saturation and the rise of tablet computers are causing fewer people to buy PCs.
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the iPad 2 on March 2 as the successor to Apple's popular tablet, the iPad. The tablet, which has a 9.7-inch display with LED backlighting, is thinner and lighter than its predecessor. Unlike the original iPad, the second-generation tablet has two cameras, one on the back and one on the font. The cameras support the FaceTime software, which allows users to video-call one another. The tablet comes in a Wi-Fi-only version and one that has both Wi-Fi and 3G capabilities. Unlike many of the tablets out there, the iPad 2 does not support Flash. In general, reviewers have liked the tablet's fast processor, known as the A5, its video-calling features, cover and battery life. As for negatives, Tsukayama says the cameras are "lousy for still photos." Reviewers have also noted the lack of extended memory slots. Retail price: The iPad 2 starts at $499.
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In this product image provided by HTC, the HTC Flyer tablet computer that can be used either with a finger or with a battery-powered "pen" for drawing and note-taking. Price: $499.99.
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