In the recent CES, Asus debuted the budgetry version of 7-inch tablet with a price tag of RM499. That is almost half the price of the 8.9-inch iPad mini and Nexus 7.
MalTechPro announces recently that they will be releasing the 1st ever Malaysia made tablet called the 1Malaysia Pad. As for promotional launching, the first 5000 pcs will be sold at the introductory price of RM999. The display size is expected to be 7-inch and features 3MP camera. It was rumored to include the very own 1Malaysia Messenger application. Pre-order could be made via the MalTechPro website.
News was reported by Malaysian Insider.
DiGi is the first to launch a dataplan for the new iPad which started the sale in Malaysia last Friday. The prices in the above table are after RM5 rebate and therefore please remember to register at DiGi selected branch when you pick up the plan. Take note that only DiGi Centers are capable of registering the auto-billing and not DiGi Stores.
It starts with iPad Lite plan which costs RM25/month after auto-billing rebate. iPad Lite gives you monthly data usage of up to 500MB. Now this is slightly different from what DiGi normally does. On the iPad Lite plan, it charges 5sen/MB and with a maximum of RM90/month. Such charges is now called Pay-As-You-Use (PAYU). Nevertheless, the extra charges is only applicable to iPad Lite plan.
As for iPad Basic and iPad Pro, you will be paying RM53/month and RM83/month with a data quota of 2GB and 6GB respectively. Both the iPad Basic and iPad Pro plans do not have additional charges applicable upon exceeding the monthly data quota but the speed will be throttled to 128kbps.
Lenovo is also stepping up the game in the tablet arena by launching the Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet K1.
Price is yet to be announced but should we should expect to have the first indication of the price tomorrow (16.08.11).
Specifications:
NVIDIA Tegra 2.0 T20 1.0GHz processor
Google Android 3.1 operating system
10.1” HD (1280x800) display
Up to 1GB DDR2 memory, up to 32GB SSD storage
Integrated Bluetooth, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi connectivity, 3G (for 3G-enabled model only)
Micro SD card reader, Mini HDMI connector
Integrated front (2M) & back (5M) mounted webcam
Colours: Red & White (Wi-Fi only), Black & Brown (3G only)
It was announced sometime back in April 2011 that Sony is also trying to fit into the tablet war with Apple, HTC, Samsung and the rest of the guys.
Current naming found all over the internet are Sony S1 and S2.
It is expected that the screen size for the S1 is 9.4"with a resolution of 1280x800. There is also a front facing camera right. The design looks a little awkward as it doesn't fulfill the usual tablet design.
Few buttons are shown on the side, ON, volume up/down and perhaps a slot for memory expansion. It is also spotted with a hard reset button which we don't see normally in the tablet nowadays. Sony expecting problems with the Android Honeycomb 3.2 software? Maybe..
At the rear is the usual rear camera.
The Sony S2 spots two 5.5" display in a curvy design at the back. It looks very much like the Nintendo DS.
Sony does have a sense when designing gadgets but the usual problem with Sony is with the price. Take a look at the Sony P series so called notebook. It's sleek and nice design but the price is too costly. Hope that would not happen in this tablet case. Otherwise, it'll not stand a chance with the iPad or the Samsung Tab.
