Tegra 2 users can now obtain a version of Adobe’s famous Flash Player compatibility with your devices. The leaked beta APK comes courtesy of XDA user rothnic, who received it “from the Malata Zpad owners.” As always, proceed with caution – and be sure to let us know how it works for you!
Download the Flash Player from here.
The smartphone roadmap for 2011 of Dell- was leaked today, and displayed the company’s sales target for Android and Windows based tablets. In the roadmap, we see that, just like with smartphones, Dell will focus on operating systems made by Google and Microsoft for its tablets.
Microsoft is clearly against Windows Phone 7 running on anything other than the phones, Dell’s Windows tablets – Rosemount, will get the desktop version of Windows. It will be released in June and will run Windows 7. Its touchscreen’s resolution is 1366×768. In January 2012, Peju that will run will run Windows 8, will join it.
On the Android side, the first new tablet from Dell this year- Gallo. It will run Honeycomb aka Android 3.0 and due for release in April. The Dell Sterling, also running Honeycomb, will join the Gallo in October. The Dell Opus One and Dell Silver Oak will join Dell’s Android tablet party in January 2012, and they’re also slated to run Honeycomb, although that’s rather unlikely by that time, since an even newer version of Android should become available before that.
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Dell will launch a 10-inch Windows 7-based tablet for business users later this year, aimed at vertical markets like health care, education, and the financial sector. The company will also offer 10-inch tablets based on Google’s Android OS.
The new products launched by Dell include Latitude XT3, an update to Dell’s existing XT2 convertible tablet. It’s a laptop with a touchscreen that swivels around and folds over the keyboard. And, the new model boasts of 13-inch screen and a newer Intel processor. The Windows 7 tablet launching in 2011, is a true tablet, unlike its predecessors.
Tim Bajarin, president of Creative Strategies comments: “Windows 7 has got off to a slow start in tablets, and some are skeptical it can succeed in that type of device. Windows 7 wasn’t designed primarily with tablets in mind. I don’t expect to see any serious Windows tablets until next year,” when Windows 8 is expected. Still, some enterprise customers are interested. And a Windows tablet could be attractive because it will integrate more easily with existing management and security tools.”
We do not know much about the specs, except, the new tablet will use the next version of Intel’s Atom processor, aka Oak Trail, and that Dell will differentiate it from existing Windows 7 tablets by aiming it at specific vertical markets – manufacturing, health care, finance and education. The company will also offer “general purpose” model as well.
“Android-based tablets could also find a home in the enterprise. In fact, with the tablet and smartphone markets still evolving, Dell is betting on all the horses — Android, Windows, x86, and ARM-based processors.” Said Steve Lalla, Head Business Client division
Dell already sells the Streak 5 and the Streak 7, which are Android based devices. The 5 has a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and the 7 has a dual-core Tegra chip. Dell also sells a smartphone called the Venue Pro based on Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 software. It has a 4.1-inch touch display and a mini-keyboard that slides out of the bottom.
Consumers have purchased Dell tablets as primary device, but Steve Lalla expects the tablets to be used as complimentary device in the business, and therefore expects the sales to be additive.
The announcement at the Dell’s press conference said, that Windows 7 tablet will begin to ship in about a month. They use Intel’s new Sandy Bridge chips, and it appears Dell was lucky with its timing, as the Intel correspondent responded that the chip will be shipped to Dell over few weeks.
There are a few common themes running on the updated Dell’s laptops, desktops and workstations, and these include better support for communications tools like Skype, made possible by better cameras, microphones and sound cards.
Undoubtedly, you’ll have your first chance at Honeycomb with Motorola’s Xoom in February, but LG’s G-Slate for T-Mobile, a 3D-enabled tablet shouldn’t be too far behind. News from TmoNews today pegs the G-Slate for a March 23rd launch with an unknown price tag, preceded by the Dell Streak 7 on February 2nd at $299.99 on contract after rebate.
Turning to non-tablet news, the Galaxy S 4G is a vibrant remixed with HSPA+ and will be launching on February 23rd.
I guess we all will be busy emptying out our wallets in these couple of months, starting from February.
We spotted the Dell Venue listed on the Dell India website and have been awaiting its arrival, and were glad to spot it at CES 2011. The company has formally announced the Venue handset running Google Android 2.2 aka Froyo. The smartphone flaunts a 4.1-inch AMOLED touch-screen display with Gorilla Glass and packs a 1GHz Qualcomm processor. This handset would be sold unlocked directly from Dell, however the pricing is still behind the curtains.
Features of Dell Venue:
4.1-inch WVGA (800×480) capacitive AMOLED display backed with Gorilla Glass technology and offers 24-bit color graphics. It houses 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD 8250 processor with 512MB RAM and 1GB ROM. It runs the Google Android 2.2 with Dell Stage UI layered over it. Stage UI comes with widgets meant to help you organize music, videos and photos. With 1GB storage offered on-board, you can always add up to 32GB microSD card to it.
Venue offers an 8- megapixel camera with LED Flash, autofocus, 4x Digital Zoom, and geo-tagging. The back panel camera will let you record 720p HD video with the 8 megapixel camera and no recording of 1080p HD, since the 1GHz Scorpion core doesn’t support it. Other features include Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, Wi-Fi, ActiveSync, Microsoft Exchange support, Web 2.0 HTML supporting mobile browser, microUSB port and 3.5mm audio port. Stereo FM Radio is currently not being offered on the phone. Packing 1400mAh battery, we can expect a decent battery life from this Android device.
Dell Venue expected to be available in the US in Q1, 2011.
At T-Mobile’s press session this evening, a few HSPA+ devices were available for the bloggers to clench in their hands. One in particular that we were keen to try was the Dell Streak 7, boasting 7-inch tablet with Tegra II dual-core processing unit, but we were disappointed the performance fell short of the hype and anticipation that many of us felt with this CES’s dual-core bonanza.
It might be slightly hard to detect with the frame rate of the video recording, but scrolling still felt choppy despite the power contained within. This was exacerbated by very spotty touchscreen responsiveness.
Further adding to the Streak 7′s woes were its paltry WVGA resolution and disappointing viewing angles. On the software side, the Streak 7 runs Android 2.2 with Dell’s Stage UI, a combination we suspect may not be taking full advantage of the power available to it. Hopefully, some of these issues will be addressed before launch, or we can see this device stumbling even with its powerhouse internals.