Size, the question for Mini 5 and Apple iPad too

rohit — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:03:18 +0000

The screen size of Dell’s Mini 5 is similar to a small kindle at 90 percent larger than smartphones with 3.5-inch screens. People may mess up it between a phone device and a kindle. It can be used as a reader and also a large Android phone device. With two cameras, it can be used as video conferencing as well as small enough to be used as a camera.

If we talk about the iPad, it is too big to keep in your pocket with 10-inch screen. Yes, it can easily replace a kindle, but for this two factors are to be considered. First, a data plan and second, a power source to make it last to the duration which Kindle does. Not to forget, Kindle also comes with free lifetime data.

Dell Mini 5 has one biggest advantage over Apple iPad and that is its phone features. Moreover, even if the iPad had a camera, it would have been very big to use it as a camera.

Hence, in short it can be said, if I carry with me a smartphone, a laptop and also a Kindle then Dell Mini 5 is the perfect answer to it. It is similar to big iPhone, but more affordable. Even for many folks, larger screen on an iPhone could be a great help if one does not struggle with some small type.

Analyst feels that to hit the price points, Apple crippled the iPad. Apple can be taken to granted that it can do better with back end, but here, if we talk just hardware to hardware, then Mini 5 has an advantage.

We shall not assume that iPad will fail. The big question is that whether a small product can replace a phone, the name of which is not a kind of embarrassment. Are the name of 5-inch product named Mini or a 10-inch product named iPad is a mistake?

Mini 5 vs iPad vs JooJoo vs HP Slate vs Notion Ink Adam vs Archos 7

rohit — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:24:15 +0000

Last decade there were war of MP3 that created much of excitement and now it is the hand-held device wars. May be it will be a bit odd if I say ‘Tablet Wars’ as these products actually hit the market fully, but yes, in the digital world things are changing very fast.

Keeping the fast movement in mind, let us make our job of forecasting a front-runner, though it may be a wee bit of challenge.

Here we try to lay out the facts to our best that has been currently released to the mass so that you can come down to conclusion about what product makes the most sense.

So, before you pre-order, just read the following.

Let us first have a quick check to the differential stats.

* Both HP Slate and Apple iPad has up to 64GB storage acity up to 64GB
* The lightest among all is the Apple iPad. It is just 1.5 lbs.
* Something odd: The only hand-held not having camera or webcam is Apple iPad
* Dell Mini 5 is much talked about for its smallest screen i.e. only 5 inches
* Contrary to Mini 5, Joo Joo has 12 inches screen, the largest
* JooJoo is also the heaviest. It weigh about 2.4 lbs
* Moreover, JooJoo is the only tablet computer that does not demonstrated way to read ebooks
* The cheapest of all is Archos 7 Android
* Last but not the least comes the battery life. The longest is in Notion Ink Adam

Browser
Dell Mini 5 – Android
Apple iPad – Mobile Safari
HP Slate – Any will go
JooJoo – Webkit based
Notion Ink Adam – Android
Archos 7 Android – Android
Lenovo U1 – Firefox
Archos 9 – Any will go

Apps
Dell Mini 5 – Android Market
Apple iPad – App Store, with new iPad app
HP Slate – HP TouchSmart, Windows apps
JooJoo – Web-based, more like shortcuts
Notion Ink Adam – Android Market
Archos 7 Android – Android Market
Lenovo U1 – Future app store
Archos 9 – Windows software

Processor
Dell Mini 5 – Qualcomm 1GHz Snapdragon
Apple iPad – 1GHz Apple A4
HP Slate – Maybe: Intel z540 Atom 1.86GHz
JooJoo – 1.6GHz Atom with Nvidia Ion
Notion Ink Adam – Nvidia Tegra 2 (up to 1GHz)
Archos 7 Android – Maybe: ARM CortexTM -A8 600MHz
Lenovo U1 – Qualcomm 1GHz Snapdragon
Archos 9 – 1.1GHz Atom Z515

Storage
Dell Mini 5 – Unknown
Apple iPad – 16, 32 or 64GB
HP Slate – Maybe: 32GB
JooJoo – 4GB
Notion Ink Adam – 16 or 32GB
Archos 7 Android – 8GB
Lenovo U1 – 16GB
Archos 9 – 60GB HDD

Wireless
Dell Mini 5 – WiFi, 3G (HSPA/GSM), Blutooth
Apple iPad – WiFi, 3G (HSPA/GSM), Blutooth
HP Slate – WiFi, Blutooth
JooJoo -WiFi, Blutooth
Notion Ink Adam – WiFi, 3G (HSPA/GSM), Blutooth
Archos 7 Android – WiFi, Blutooth
Lenovo U1 – WiFi, 3G (HSPA/GSM), Blutooth
Archos 9 – WiFi, Blutooth

Price
Dell Mini 5 – Not known now
Apple iPad – $500 – $830
HP Slate – Maybe: $500 – $600
JooJoo -$500
Notion Ink Adam – Not known now
Archos 7 Android – $240
Lenovo U1 – $1000
Archos 9 – $500

Seems hard to pick a winner… Right?

Well, time will give the answer when the war of Tablet C

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Size, the question for Mini 5 and Apple iPad too

Mini 5 vs iPad vs JooJoo vs HP Slate vs Notion Ink Adam vs Archos 7