Google Android Tablets - April 2012 Edition

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Google Android Tablets - April 2012 Edition

Google Android Tablets - April 2012 Edition - Lenovo Tablet and Toshiba Tablet

Looking for the right Google Android Tablet? Wonder what is the best Android Tablet? Here I'll go over some of the available and upcoming Android Tablets. Let's start out with a Lenovo Tablet. Lenovo has the Thinkpad Tablet available with 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of internal memory with the option of 3G connectivity. All have Wi-Fi connectivity, a 10.1-inch Multitouch screen and running on NVIDIA Tegra 2 graphics and a dual-core ARM Cortex A9 processor.

The Thinkpad Tablet is powered by Android 3.1 Honeycomb. It has a 3-in-1 multicard reader for SD, SDHC and MMC. You can encrypt your data on your SD cards. There is also one USB 2.0 port and a mini-HDMI out port. You can use the ThinkPad Tablet Pen with this Lenovo Tablet. The ThinkPad Tablet Pen lets you hover, long press and has pressure modes. The Thinkpad Tablet is a Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR tablet and has GPS capabilities. Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet

The ThinkPad Lenovo Tablet has a fixed focus 2.0 megapixel camera on the front and an auto focus 5.0 megapixel camera on the back that captures 720p video. It is loaded with applications. Find Lenovo App shop, Adobe Flash player 10.2, Kindle for Android, Netflix, Documents To Go, Amazon MP3, McAfee Mobile Security, PrinterShare Mobile Print, Angry Birds, YouTube, Google Maps, Google Books , Slacker Radio , USB Data Transfer Utility and ooVoo Video Calls to name a few.

The ThinkPad measures 10.25 in (H) x 7.15 in (W) x 0.57 in (D). It is powered for 9 hours of Wi-Fi browsing, 8 hours 3G browsing and 8 hours video playback. It starts at $499.

Another Lenovo Tablet that is out in the market are the IdeaPad Lenovo Tablets. There is the IdeaPad A1 and the IdeaPad K1. Less expensive than the ThinkPad, the IdeaPad A1 Tablet is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread device that runs on the ARM Cortex A8 processor with a 7-inch Multi-touch screen. It has a front facing 0.3 megapixel camera and a rear facing 3.0 megapixel camera with 480p video capture. The IdeaPad is available either with 2GB or 16GB internal memory and supports microSD cards for more memory. You can connect via Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and GPS. You can get it for $199.

Toshiba Tablet

Another available Google Android Tablet is the Toshiba Tablet. Toshiba offers the Excite Tablets and the Thrive Tablets. To see if a Toshiba Tablet is right for you, lets dig a little bit deeper into the specifications. The Excite Toshiba Tablet has a 10.1 inch high-res 1280 x 800 LED backlit touch screen and is available with either 16GB or 32GB, both run on the Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating system and are upgradable to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The TI OMAP 4430 Dual-Core Processor and 1GB LP-DDR2 RAM take care of your apps. Excite Toshiba Tablet

You can connect via Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth version 2.1. It is also DLNA-compatible and has a micro-HDMI port. This Toshiba Tablet has a 2 megapixel HD webcam with microphone and a 5 megapixel camera that features LED Flash, auto-focus, digital zoom and 1080p video recording.

Other highlights include a microSD card slot, 3.5mm strereo headphone jack, docking connector and loaded with applications.

Pre-installed apps from Toshiba, Google and third party include Toshiba App Place, BookPlace, Media Player, Service Station | Android Browser, Android Market, Google Mobile Services (Google Maps, Google Maps Street View, Google Maps Navigation, Google eBooks, Google Sound Recorder, Google Music, Google Camera, Google Videos, Google Movie Studio and more), YouTube | some third party apps include Netflix SD Player, Kaspersky Tablet Security, Adobe Reader, Quickoffice, Zinio and Printer Share. There are more pre-loaded check out the Toshiba Tablet section at their website to get a complete list.

The Thrive Toshiba Tablet is available in two sizes. There is the 7-inch Thrive Toshiba Tablet with 16GB and 32GB internal memory and the 10-inch version also available with 16GB and 32GB internal memory. You can also get the 16GB 10-inch Thrive Toshiba Tablet with 4G connectivity. Both run on the NVIDIA Tegra 2 Dual-Core Processor and Android 3.2 Honeycomb. The same apps found on the Excite Toshiba Tablet are also included in the Thrive Toshiba Tablet.

The latest Toshiba Tablet, the 13-inch Excite Toshiba Tablet runs on Android 4.0 and is 0.4 inches thin. It will be powered by the quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor and have 1GB of RAM. It sports a 5 megapixel rear-facing camera. This Toshiba Tablet is equipped with 4 speakers located on the back of the tablet. It will be available in June 2012 in two versions. One 32GB internal memory and one with 64GB of internal memory.

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