Barnes & Noble will announced its tablet soon

The Nook Tablet, released in recent years, low-cost devices with Android operating system and applications dedicated to the reading of digital content from the B & N Store, but have not experienced the same success of the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet. For this reason, in the month of June, the company announced it would stop production of the Nook Tablet, while still producing the ebook-reader with e-ink display. The idea was to collaborate with other device manufacturers to continue to offer tablet in stores B & W or those of partners. But it seems that the company has "intention to continue to design and develop ebook-reader and tablet Nook."

The change, is following the resignation of CEO, William Lynch, reported in the last financial report of the company , which also highlights the economic difficulties of B & W, with a decrease in turnover of 20% than last year. According to the company, the financial loss is due in part to marcanza of a series of best selling books such as The Hunger Games or 50 shades of gray, but also to the increasingly fierce competition between the supply of physical books in the stores and to ebook, which can be read on e-book readers and tablets.

It is not clear whether we will see a new Nook tablet this year, but the company ensures that before Christmas will be launched a new Nook device. Since B&N has reduced the price of almost all models Nook in recent months, it is difficult to predict which device will be replaced by the one coming. B&W is developing a new Nook Simple Touch high resolution or color ebook-reader ?

Via: CNET

Nvidia Tegra Tab 7 Tablet

After the rumors of last week, which allowed us to define the name and the design of the new Nvidia tablet, add new details about the mysterious Tegra Tab 7. Although for now the Green Team chose not to rule on the next device in production, Nvidia Tegra Tab 7 is now show the official pictures. Latest photos, published by FoneArena, we show for the first time this tablet front, after having intrigued with the close-up images of the camera and the back.

Although it was initially thought to integration of a SoC Tegra 5, it is more likely that Nvidia Tegra Tab 7 "guard" a chip Tegra 4. The Nvidia tablet, as suggested by AndroidWorld, could push the sale and distribution of the last of the SoC company, especially after the disappointing results of the last quarter with a loss of revenue and profits and the low prevalence of Tegra 4. It should be noted, that despite the timid acceptance of Tegra 4, Nvidia Shield has made ​​a full house, with excellent sales performance. Nvidia Tegra Tab 7 could have the same fate, proving "the trump card" of the company to return to growth.

Kindle Fire Low cost tablets (not HD) with Mediatek MT8135

It would be a great victory for the Taiwanese chipmaker. MediaTek is an Asian company that provides chip for mobile devices "white box" and is also one of the leading providers of smartphone/tablet the most successful Chinese. Until now, the presence of this company in the "developed world" has not done much to hear, but the situation could change soon because Sony, Acer, Lenovo and other companies have adopted the MediaTek chip in their own low-end devices. These could also join Amazon, with a massive order of SoC for the next low-cost Kindle Fire.

The SoC chosen would be a MediaTek MT8135, based on the ARM architecture big.LITTLE, just like the Samsung Exynos Octa, but with "only" four cores (2 Cortex A15 for the most demanding tasks and 2 Cortex A7 for energy saving). Unlike the design of Samsung, however, MediaTek MT8135 allows to simultaneously work the two clusters or in any suitable combination to the workload. This means that when you need to activate only the core A7, saving energy, while for maximum performance must also activate the core A15.

Amazon has chosen MediaTek for the good relationship between price and processor power.The chipmaker produces almost exclusively low-cost processors, while Amazon is trying to maintain its sales prices of the next Kindle Fire, albeit with much higher specifications than the current ones. If the SoC Mediatek MT8135 is intended only for entry-level Kindle Fire (not HD), then we can see it updated this fall along with the HD variants. Maybe Amazon will maintain the current model on sale for a couple of months, and then replace it with the MediaTek-based.

JXD S7800 console-gaming Android tablet

JXD S7800 tablet is available in two versions, but neither is as powerful as Nvidia Tegra SoC Shield which houses a4 (Cortex A15). Both have a 7-inch IPS display (1280 x 800 pixels), quad-core processor and design very similar to a PSP, with prices of around 160-170 dollars.

JXD S7800B

The top-of-range chip integrates a Rockchip RK3188 (Cortex A9), 2GB of RAM, 8GB of storage and 5000 mAh battery. The operating system is Android 4.2.2 and there are stereo speakers, two cameras (front and rear), HDMI port, buttons on the sides and edges of the tablet in order to play.

Many games are designed for Android touch controls and, if desired, you can also use the 7-inch display to play. For games that support physical controls, you can use the D-pad, analog sticks, shoulder buttons and other controls. JXD also notes that the tablet can run a series of emulators that allow you to play classic titles for the PS1, Gameboy and other consoles.

JXD S7800A

If you want to save a few euro/dollars, JXD also offers a model entry-level of the same console with a quad-core processor Allwinner A31 (Cortex A7) 1GHz and 1GB of RAM. The rest of the specifications are almost identical to the model with Rockchip, but for $10 it is advisable to purchase the S7800B. Both tablets are expected to ship by the end of August or early September.

Via: Liliputing

Moto X, A smartphone made ​​by Americans for Americans

Motorola has finally launched its new smartphone in the U.S. Moto X, the first model in a series that embodies the renewal of the company but also the first that comes under the auspices of Google, that about a year ago bought Motorola. Moto X does not try to compete with the top-of-range smartphone currently on the market (Samsung Galaxy S4, HTC One, etc), but focuses on innovations in terms of use and customization (via the configurator Motorcycle Maker fabricating 504 different variants) to justify its price.

In the dimensions of 129.3 x 65.3 x 5.6 to 10.4 mm and weighing 130 g, Moto X is not exactly what we expected. It is not a mini-smartphone 4.3 inch or an ultra-droid 5 inches. Its screen type OLED measuring 4.7 inches (12 cm) with resolution HD (1280 x 720 pixels) and is the result of a careful study by the manufacturer on the tastes and needs of the users. The display will ensure energy savings and therefore a long range, compared to traditional LCD display. The cover of the device is also curved to ensure a good grip.

Under the hood is installed a processor Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro, but it is combined with two cores in a chip called the specific Motorola Mobile X8. In addition to the two core Krait from the GPU and 1.7GHz quad-core Adreno 320, this SoC integrates a core dedicated to speech recognition and another to motion detection. This chip will allow Moto X to be constantly waiting for voice commands or gesture with an autonomy of 24 hours. For example, even when the camera is activated by shaking your smartphone to three times, then pressing anywhere on the screen. The latter has a sensor 10.5 megapixels and promises a good image quality even in low light. The front camera can record Full HD 1080p video with its 2-megapixel camera.

Moto X also features 2GB of RAM, 16GB or 32GB of storage, connectivity 4G LTE, NFC, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0 and 2200 mAh battery. The operating system is Android 4.2.2 and not Android 4.3. For its beginning, Motorola has the exclusive conditions. Assembled in Fort Worth, Texas, Moto X will be available in North America, at least initially. Only AT&T in the United States, will enable the customization of the terminal and will sell the 16GB and 32GB versions, respectively, $200 and $250 with subscription, or $570 and $630 without a contract.

These prices are not representative of the retail price of Moto X that will end up in the Google Play Store in a version of Moto X Google Edition, next to Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One. 

Kindle Fire HD 2013 is expected to debut in September

Amazon owes its success to the policy adopted on the tablet. In a market crowded with premium devices with a hardware configuration of a high standard and very affordable prices, the American company decided to focus on price. The Kindle Fire, they had a much lower cost than the competition, because Amazon had to recover a few dollars in losses with the paid services offered to the user. According to the latest straight to BGR, Amazon had decided to back off, or at least to change direction, leaving the budget end of the market to its competitors and focusing on premium tablet.

The new Kindle Fire HD will be thinner and lighter than the current one and will integrate a 7-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels), but also a Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC 800 (MSM8974) with 2GB of RAM. This processor will allow the tablet to be fast (4-core Krait from about 400 2GHz), and snappy performance in graphics (thanks to Adreno 330). Amazon has provided versions of WiFi-only and WiFi +3 G , with storage of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB , front-facing camera (but not back). A change will also be the software bundle, with the debut release of the new Kindle OS based on Android 4.2.2.

Kindle Fire HD 8.9 will feature a data sheet similar to the 7-inch model (still a Qualcomm SoC?), but the display will have a resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels enhanced by a rear camera 8 megapixel. The base model, the Kindle Fire, 2013, will cost $159, but for now there are no known hardware specifications. We'll know more in the coming weeks, for now Amazon does not want to comment on these rumors but you can check the latest news at Amazon.com.

MINIX Neo X7mini MiniPC

MINIX Neo X7mini will be equipped with 2GB of RAM, WiFi 802.11n and Bluetooth, support for 1080p HD video playback and wireless technology Miracast display. Like its big brother Neo X7, the new Mini PC Minix is designed to be connected to the TV, turning the house into a large screen Android tablet on which to run the main applications of Google. The user can also use a remote control included in the package, to navigate through the folders and play videos, or may connect a keyboard, mouse or any other device to play games, go on the Internet or run apps.

On the sides of MINIX Neo X7mini are placed two USB ports, an SD card reader, HDMI port, Ethernet port, and S / PDIF. Unlike the standard version, this Mini PC has a couple of doors less but more functions than other Android TV Box competitors. MINIX Neo X7 measures 10 x 10 x 28.2 inches and incorporates a "generic" ARM Cortex A9 quad-core processor, probably aRockchip RK3188 SoC (the same present in the larger model) with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean .

MINIX Neo X7mini is almost half of MINIX Neo X7 (which has three USB ports and audio jack 3.5 mm). The first will be available for late August/early September, while the standard version is expected to enter the market next week.

Via: Liliputing