The new OS is designed specifically for the tablet size computer and will avoid the difficulties that come from adjusting a smartphone OS to the tablet platform.
Research found that Japanese consumers prefer a smaller tablet size of seven inches, in part because they want to be able to hold the device in one hand on the subway.
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This will allow the company to build a thinner, lighter and more attractive full-size tablet.
Gemstar sells a paperback-size device with an 11.5cm-by-7.5cm screen and a magazine-size tablet with a 15cm-by-20cm screen.
Even the size of tablet computers is increasing, this year we will see shipments of 128 GB tablets to serve folks that just need more local storage.
The Galaxy Tab 10.1 features a 10.1 inch crystal clear WXGA TFT LCD screen, weighs only 565 grams and is the world's thinnest mobile tablet of its screen size measuring just 8.6 millimetres.
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For Steve Jobs insisted that 10in (25.4cm) was the minimum size for a tablet.
As you see in our photo gallery, the tablet is roughly the same size and thickness of a netbook when combined with the keyboard dock, and we never felt like the slate was about to tumble out of its cradle.
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It has a detachable inner pocket, which is partitioned to enable storage of other items in addition to the camera and lenses, such as a smartphone, while the outer pocket is large enough to accommodate a tablet PC or A4-size file folders.
At only 3-pounds and with ergonomic hand straps, the T7Q tablet is the perfect solution and size for a number of mobile professionals in any environment.
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The iPhone inspired creative new features from companies, starting with useful applications such as Bank of America's online banking app and FedEx's package tracker, but the bigger size of the Apple tablet will allow marketers to introduce more browser and video functions.
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It's too hefty and costly and power-hungry to best the leading tablet, Apple's full-size iPad.
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"We think the 10-inch screen size is the minimum screen size required to make great tablet apps, " he added.
This is one of the key reasons we think the 10-inch screen size is the minimum size required to create great tablet apps.
BusinessInsider has obtained the first image of the case, which could reveal the look, size and shape of the new tablet.
The ePad will be more of a legal-size, freehand version of the tablet PC, Brass said, noting it would be using the same technologies.
Compared to a similar case made for the two latest generations of the bigger iPad, this case again suggests a slimmer and narrower iPad is in the works, which would mean that this mysterious tablet is likely to have the same screen size but thinner left and right-side bezels -- just like the iPad mini.
In fact, Google's tablet responds as quickly and scrolls as smoothly as just about any tablet I've seen, no matter the size.
Tablets, similarly, are beginning to converge on features, size and form factors, although the tablet category lags smartphones by a couple years.
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Because it folds up, the Tablet P is much more portable than iPad-size tablets, or even 7-inch tablets like the Amazon Kindle Fire.
This one is the Xoom 2, the (almost) same-size successor to Moto's first Android tablet.
"This size isn't sufficient to create great tablet apps in our opinion, " he said of 7-inch tablets in October 2010, during Apple's quarterly earnings report.
AllThingsD added that the topic originated with an email from a reporter, who shared that they had switched to a 7-inch Samsung tablet from the iPad, because they found the smaller size of the Tab more appealing.
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The tablet phenomenon in the world today is bigger than the size of its memory chip, more awe-inspiring than the speed of its processor it is a wonder of our time, and in an ever more connected and computerized world, it may be the perfect tool for the industrious, creative, modern human.
The iPad will likely continue to deliver a better overall tablet app experience because iPad apps are optimized for its screen size.
This report has a detailed breakdown of 22 applications (with tablet PCs application) with 11 touch technology categories and nine size categories.
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Each of them crossed over well to the iPhone platform, but the amount of graphical detail and the sheer size of their item management systems have made the tablet platform a natural home for them.
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"If a small group of people is trying to use the tablet together, sitting on the couch and consuming content, this size makes sense, " Nielsen told Wired.
As our team began development on the tablet, feedback from the restaurants has dictated every detail, from the size and color of confirmation buttons to the very stand that houses the device.
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