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There have been rumblings of a sub-$200 Nvidia tablet for several months but thus far, nothing has materialized. Nvidia teamed up with Asus at CES to showcase a $250 quad-core slate which is still MIA some four months later. That could all change in the near future as VP Rob Csonger revealed a new tablet platform during a recent annual investor meeting.
The Kai platform will enable Nvidia and its partners to deliver $199 quad-core tablets to market, perhaps as early as this summer. These new tablets will use a lot of the “secret sauce” found inside Tegra 3 in addition to using a lot of innovation to reduce display power usage and utilizing lower cost components.
Csonger didn’t delve into any additional details but its sounding like Kai could be a stripped down version of Tegra 3, perhaps similar to what Intel does with their Celeron processors. At this point we also expect nothing less than Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to come pre-loaded on a new tablet.
The idea of a mainstream $199 tablet seemed like a pipe dream not too long ago but products like the Kindle Fire have shown us that it can be a reality, and very successful to boot. Timing could work in Nvidia’s favor if they are able to get products into the hands of consumers this summer or sometime in the fall before the wave of Windows 8 tablets flood the market.
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Amazon Kindle Fire
Amazon sent a wave crashing through the mobile industry when it announced its Kindle Fire would land with a price of $199. This is likely the best value in a tablet on the market, and will make tablet computing accessible to many people that either couldn't afford an iPad or couldn't tolerate Honeycomb tablets.
Apple iPad
The Apple iPad (3rd-gen) includes a Retina Display operating at a resolution of 2,048 x 1,536. Powering the new iPad is a dual-core A5X processor with quad-core graphics, it also gets upgraded optics in the form of a 5MP backside illuminated sensor that features a 5-element lens, IR filter and ISP built into the A5X chip. Apple claims The new iPad is good for 10 hours of battery life and nine hours when using 4G LTE.
Asus Transformer Pad TF300
The Asus Transformer Pad TF300 has a 10.1-inch LED Backlight WXGA (1280x800) ISP screen with scratch-resistant glass, a 178° viewing angle, and 10-finger multitouch support. Wireless connectivity includes 802.11b/g/n@2.4GHz and Bluetooth 3.0+EDR. The TF300 uses a 22Wh Li-polymer battery that is said to provide 10 hours of operating time. It also carries various sensors including a G-Sensor, Light Sensor, Gyroscope, E-compass, and GPS.
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Kindle Fire is only 199$ because Amazon approaches it like ink-jet printers. They make their profit off of the "ink".
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No one knows that Guest. Its thought that they lose money on them but Amazon has never commented.
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I have been waiting to see what 730T would finally end up being, hopefully it is close to the original specs as it was announced at CES. Perhaps this new Kai platform will allow it to be sold for $199 price point so many have been wanting to achieve. I just hope the specs are not scrimped on to much to achieve a lower price point. Personally I am wanting a higher end 7 inch device with some good specs, the 730T tablet as announced at CES was just such a device to me, and well worth the $249 they were asking. But hey I'm not stupid, give me those same specs for $49 less I would be happy.
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better hope apple doesn't come out with a 7" tablet first
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