This year a lot of great things have happened, Droid X, iPhone 4, Galaxy S smartphones, the iPad - speaking of, 2010 has been marked at the year of the tablet. So far this year, the only notable tablet worth speaking of is the iPad. There are a lot of Blackberry, Android, and webOS-powered tablets to come out sometime before the the end of this year and into 2011.
Well I have here for you the Top “5 Most Anticipated Tablets” that will either hit this year or next year or already have.
Note: some of these are still in the making or just rumors waiting to be happening.
Number 5: BlackPadExpected to run the new OS 6, the BlackPad is number five on our list. This tablet right here is supposed to take the entire world of BlackBerry and mix it with a little touch screen technology. Apparently the BlackPad is rumored to have a 1GHz processor, a rear and front-facing camera, a screen about the size of either 7 to 9 inches.
You would want to carry around your BlackBerry Torch with this baby. I really would like to get this device. I am a huge fan of BlackBerry and the BlackPad just sounds like something epic and something that needs to be on my desk! But without getting all bias here, I can honestly say this would be a pretty sweet tablet.
Our Rank: Number 4Number 4: Samsung Tab
In the Android world, Samsung certainly has made a name for themselves and they have no intention of stopping while they’re ahead of the game. The Tab is to have a 7 inch display, 1.2 GHz Cortex A8 CPU and Android 2.2 with TouchWiz 3.0 skin running.
I don’t have very many expectations for this tablet. It’s specs are rather boring, but none of the less, it still is a interesting tablet. It looks basically like a stretched out Galaxy S. Maybe if Samsung added Super AMOLED and a couple other cool features like maybe a camera they might make it a bit more interesting.
Our Rank: Number 5
Number 3: iPad 2Even though, Apple has been ticking us off lately with the whole iPhone 4 mess, it doesn’t exclude them from this list. The iPad 2 will come with iOS 4 pre-installed. If Apple worked hard not to mess this one up, I’m sure that we will find the iPad 2 to be a unique and sexy tablet for everyone.
We really would like to see a camera on the back and the front on the next iPad. And maybe FaceTime allowed on the iPad 2. I’m sure you’ve all notice the rather large margins, maybe it cut in half would be better? It would allow a bigger screen which would help us all. If we could see Retina Display on the iPad 2, I’m sure so many people would be speechless. All in all, this could make it’s way to number one with there were a few modifications added.
Our Rank: Number 2
Number 2: PalmPad/HurricaneWith the PalmPad, many are sure that it will ship with WebOS already fully loaded. Codenamed Hurricane, we’ve been waiting and wishing on a tablet that was WebOS-based since we first got word that Palm had been acquired by HP.
Rumored to hit stores sometime in early 2011, the PalmPad just be the tablet to beat out the iPad. As far as specs go, there really isn’t anything out there for us to share. We would like to see to see a new unique design, all the designs for this pad, look beyond similar to the iPad, let’s come up with some creavity people!
Our Rank: Number 3
And Finally the one you’ve been waiting for…
Number 1: Notion Ink AdamThe Adam from Notion Ink is the tablet everyones been waiting for. Don’t get me wrong, I love my iPad and the BlackPad is looking pretty hot, but the Adam? No this would be the one I would stand in line for days. It has style and class, the Adam may not have the sexiness the others do but there seems to be something about it that makes you want to touch it. It’s screen looks rather large, but it looks very durable compared to the iPad or the Samsung Tab.
This tablet, is the only tablet on this list that we have finalized specs on. This tablet has reccently been delayed until the beginning of 2011, but that won’t stop me from waiting for this baby. It has said to be “cheaper than the most basic iPad model.” THAT sounds like something everyone will just THRILLED over. Android 2.2, 3.2 megapixel camera that swivels 90 degrees, USB, HDMI, SIM card slot, MicroSD slot, docking port, 3G connectivity, WiFi (b/g/n), and the number-crunching powerhouse that is the NVIDA Tegra 2 Dual core Cortex A9 processor – that’s two applications processing cores that each run at 1Ghz!
http://www.androidtrek.com/index.php/top-five-tablets
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