Fujitsu's Android tablet
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siliconindia | Friday, 20 May 2011, 11:23 IST
Bangalore: Fujitsu releases its first Android based tablet LifeBook TH40 tablet, which is a 7 inch Android tablet.
Fujitsu has designed the Android tablet sporting a 7 inch touchscreen and a 1.5 GHz processor with Qualcomm and Nvidia. Although the company has not yet declared officially about the device's hardware. The tablet will be produced by yet-unnamed Taiwan-based ODMs, to keep the price down. Consumers had a glimpse of the tablet at the "Visit" an IT conference, held in Europe 2011.
The features of the 7 inch Android tablet include mobile communications connectivity with a frontal camera for video conferencing. The tablet will also feature the latest Android operating system versions and the Honeycomb 3.1. The price of the tablet is assumed to be around
25,000.
The company is working towards the launch of the Android tablet, and will be launching it in the month of August 2011. Fujitsu is not new into the tablet world as it ranks its place back in late 1980's. It has launched touchscreen computers categorized as tablet PCs throughout the 1990's and 2000's.
Fujitsu further is targeting the corporate environments through the new products, making them "blend in to corporate IT infrastructures".
Meinolf Althaus, Director, Mobile Product Strategy and Business Development at Fujitsu said, "We thought, let's do a device with a 6-7in screen, running Android, with hardware from Nvidia or Qualcomm, Snapdragon or Tegra."
With Fujitsu's Android based tablet coming up in the market, it also has competitors along, like the Apple iPad. With its sleek body structure and dual core A5 chip, the tablet has gained acceptance on a greater basis among the consumers. It also has super fast graphics, two cameras and a smart cover. The tablet has been officially launched in India and is priced at
27,900.
Other competitor for the Fujitsu tablet would be the Acer Iconia tablet. The 10.1 inch tablet has both Android and Windows versions with the dual screen. The prices of the tablets range from 27,990 to 32,990.
25,000.
The company is working towards the launch of the Android tablet, and will be launching it in the month of August 2011. Fujitsu is not new into the tablet world as it ranks its place back in late 1980's. It has launched touchscreen computers categorized as tablet PCs throughout the 1990's and 2000's.
Fujitsu further is targeting the corporate environments through the new products, making them "blend in to corporate IT infrastructures".
Meinolf Althaus, Director, Mobile Product Strategy and Business Development at Fujitsu said, "We thought, let's do a device with a 6-7in screen, running Android, with hardware from Nvidia or Qualcomm, Snapdragon or Tegra."
With Fujitsu's Android based tablet coming up in the market, it also has competitors along, like the Apple iPad. With its sleek body structure and dual core A5 chip, the tablet has gained acceptance on a greater basis among the consumers. It also has super fast graphics, two cameras and a smart cover. The tablet has been officially launched in India and is priced at
27,900.
Other competitor for the Fujitsu tablet would be the Acer Iconia tablet. The 10.1 inch tablet has both Android and Windows versions with the dual screen. The prices of the tablets range from 27,990 to 32,990.
