Dell announces 10-inch Windows 7 tablet

Slate outed at Dell Means Business event


Dell has revealed that it will be releasing a 10-inch Windows 7 tablet computer later this year.
The Dell Business Tablet, which will be aimed at the professional market rather than casual owners, will run on an Intel processor, but aside from that no other specs are known.
A version of the slate will also be available running Android, following on from the 5-inch Dell Streak tablet which impressed TechRadar last summer.


Dell Mean Business


The announcement came during the Dell Means Business event in San Francisco at which the company unveiled 39 new products.
Also on show was an updated version of the tablet/laptop hybrid Latitude XT3, and a host of portable and desktop options.
But it's the Dell Business Tablet that will make the headlines. The world has been itching for a Windows 7 tablet since the oft-promised, never delivered HP Slate first spoken of at CES 2010 last January.


Business booming


Dell reckon it's going to be a hit among business users who seek the extra security offered by Windows 7, while it also fits into the IT management scheme of businesses.
No official word on a price, release date or any concrete details on specs yet (the slate shown at the event was a mock-up) but we'll bring you more on the Dell Business Tablet as soon as we hear more.


Source: http://www.techradar.com/

iPad 2 now in production, says Wall Street Journal

FaceTime camera and faster processor in new Apple tablet 



The countdown to the iPad 2 launch is entering the final stages according to business bible the Wall Street Journal, which is claiming the device has now gone into full production.
The WSJ reports that "people familiar with the matter" say the manufacturing process is underway and that the new device will be thinner and lighter than the first generation iPad.
The source also revealed that the iPad 2 features, as expected, a FaceTime camera and a faster graphics processor and more memory on board.
If the reports are to be believed, rumours of the iPhone 4's Retina Screen making the step up to the tablet arena would be unfounded. The WSJ story claims that the screen resolution 'similar' to the first iPad.


No 4G


The story also suggests that there'll be no 4G mobile broadband support for the iPad 2, which is expected to become available in the next couple of months, most likely in April.
Dell today announced it's own answer to the iPad with the 10-inch Dell Business Tablet, while HP is widely expected to reveal the webOS-running 'PalmPad' tomorrow at a launch event in San Francisco.



Source: http://www.techradar.com