TipsAvenue 2012 Tablet PC round-up

Published in: Tablets on February 6, 2012 by Daniel Iuhasz

Let’s face it, we are going to see some amazing gadgets pop up this year and tablets will surely be the main focus on the market. With so many news, rumors and announcements every day, it’s rather hard to keep up to what’s important. This is why we have launched the TipsAvenue 2012 Tablet PC round-up, a special post in which we’ll try to give you the latest info about the best 2012 tablets.

If you have been around for some time, you probably know that we’ll write a lot of reviews and news on TipsAvenue. With things updating very fast, it’s probably a good idea for you to read this article whenever you are searching for something to get your eyes on the latest review or news instead of something which is probably old.

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Expected and launched 2012 tablets

Acer Iconia Tab A200 – there are a lot of expensive tablets on the market nowadays, but this is not the case of the A200. This budget 10.1 incher is basically the low-cost version of the A500, so if you want a tablet under $350 this is the one for you.

Acer Iconia Tab A510 – the successor of the Acer Iconia Tab A500 is the A510. Nevertheless, it was time for an upgrade, so this time you’ll get a Tegra 3 CPU instead of the Tegra 2 found on the A500.

Acer Iconia Tab A700 – the first high-resolution tablet from Acer, brings a very good 1320 x 1200 pixel resolution to the game. Overall a good 10.1 inch Tegra 3 device, but not the most impressive one you can look for

Archos 70B – a cheap 7 inch tablet with a good 1.2GHz processor and 512MB of RAM. It surely is not the most powerful tablet on the market, but if you want a tablet Honeycomb tablet under $200 and you don’t want to be tied to a mobile broadband operator as with the case of the ZTE Optik, then you really don’t want to miss the Archos 70B

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime – not a 2012 tablet, but so damn good it was impossible not to include it in this round-up. With a Tegra 3 processor and 12 hours of runtime in a single charge, it is at this moment the best-value tablet on the market

Lenovo IdeaTab S2 – is a tablet which promises to compete with the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, offering a 18 hour battery life due to its optional keyboard docking station. It comes with a dual-core CPU, 1GB of RAM and many more details you can read about in its review

Razer Project Fiona – the true gaming tablet from Razer promises a unique gaming experience under $1000. Not your average tablet, Project Fiona has been specially designed for gaming both on the go but this doesn’t meant that it can’t be transformed into a real gaming station.

Toshiba Excite X10 – probably the thinnest tablet on the market at the time of this writing, comes with a dual-core Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 CPU running at 1GHz and 1GB of RAM. Stylish, with a aluminum casing, it promises to deliver ultra-mobility to ultra-dynamic people

ZTE Optik – coming in at a price of $99 with a two-year contract from Sprint, it seems like the best deal on the market. Nevertheless, this dual-core 7 inch tablet is something to be looking at right now

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Tablets Ordered by Price (or expected price)

Archos 70B – presumed under $200

Acer Iconia Tab A200 – $329.99 for the 8GB version and $349.99 for the 16GB version

ZTE Optik – $350 or $99 with Sprint contract for 16GB

Acer Iconia Tab A510 – around $500 – $550

Toshiba Excite X10 – $529.99 for the 16GB version and $599.99 for the 32GB version

Lenovo IdeaTab S2 – no official price yet, expected to be around $600

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime – $649 with no dock included

Acer Iconia Tab A700 – $725 for the 16GB version and $985 for the 64GB version

Razer Project Fiona – around $1000

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Tablets Ordered by Battery life

Archos 70B – presumed 6 to 8 hours. Stay tuned!

Razer Project Fiona – presumed 6 to 8 hours. Stay tuned!

ZTE Optik – presumed 6 to 8 hours. Stay tuned!

Acer Iconia Tab A200 – 8 hours

Acer Iconia Tab A510 – presumed 8 hours. Stay tuned!

Acer Iconia Tab A700 – presumed 8 hours. Stay tuned!

Toshiba Excite X10 – 8 hours – not launched yet. Stay tuned!

Lenovo IdeaTab S2 – 9 hours without dock, 18 hours with dock

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime – 12 hours without dock, 18 hours with dock

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Tablets Grouped by Screen Size

7 inch tablets

Archos 70B

ZTE Optik

10 inch tablets

Acer Iconia Tab A200

Acer Iconia Tab A510

Acer Iconia Tab A700

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime

Lenovo IdeaTab S2

Razer Project Fiona

Toshiba Excite X10

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Tablets Grouped by Manufacturer

Archos

70B

Acer

Iconia Tab A200

Iconia Tab A510

Iconia Tab A700

Asus

Eee Pad Transformer Prime

Lenovo

IdeaTab S2

Razer

Project Fiona

Toshiba

Excite X10

ZTE

Optik

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Tablets Grouped by OS

Android

Acer Iconia Tab A200

Acer Iconia Tab A510

Acer Iconia Tab A700

Archos 70B

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime

Lenovo IdeaTab S2

Toshiba Excite X10

ZTE Optik

Windows

Razer Project Fiona

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Tablets Grouped by CPU

Intel

Core i7

Razer Project Fiona

NVidia

Tegra 2 – 1.0/1.2GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9, 40nm

Acer Iconia Tab A200

Tegra 3 -1.3GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A9, 40nm

Acer Iconia Tab A510

Acer Iconia Tab A700

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime

Qualcomm

Snapdragon

Archos 70B – presumed!

ZTE Optik

Snapdragon 8x60A (or 8060) – 1.5GHz dual-core 

Lenovo IdeaTab S3

Texas Instruments

OMAP 4430 – 1.0GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9

Toshiba Excite X10

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In the end, I hope you have found what you were looking for in this round-up. If not, make sure to drop a comment or contact me via the official TipsAvenue Google+ Page, where we’ll be posting the latest news and trends from tablets, netbooks, ultrabooks and laptops.

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  • Jim Pattson

    I see that you have not included a link for the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime. Will we see a review of that tablet too?

    • Daniel

      Hi Jim,

      Yes, the Asus Eee Pad Transformer review will be available soon on TipsAvenue. I have just started to write it and you’ll be able to read it in a couple of hours.

      Daniel.

      • Jim Pattson

        OK, thanks!