First 2 in 1 tablet with Intel Core M processor from Ramos

In this CES 2015, Ramos launched its first 2 in 1 tablet with Intel Core M processor, Ramos M12. This unit will be soon available for sale in suverimax.com

The keyboard of this Ramos M12 can be removable. Its screen size is 11.6 inch. It can be used in office and in journey as well.

Ramos M12 adopts the Intel Core M 5Y70. The performance is excellent, and design is also very slim. M12 has USB3.0 and Micro HDMI host.

In last Sept, Intel launched its latest Core M processor, its high performance interests many tablets suppliers in China. And in 2015, the 2 in 1 tablets with Intel Core M will be future. Now, in market, there is few units with Intel Core M. Ramos did not tell its price, and when will be available. We will follow up further news about it in following days.

Chuwi VL8 octa core tablet

We have seen some new products from big and well known companies. Following, let’s see some new tablets from China. Recently, people have disclosed a new Chuwi tablet pc, and its performance is not bad.

The model number is Chuwi VL8. Unit owns 8 inch IPS screen, and unit body adopts the tempered glasses on both sides. CPU is the MTK6752 octa core processor, RAM is 2GB, and flash memory is 16GB. Front camera is 2M pixels, and rear camera is 5M pixels. Built in battery is 5000Mah. Unit can support dual 4G SIM card, and dual standby. But we can not make sure if it can support a TF card to extend memory for now.

LG G Flex 2 smart phone with curved screen

In the CES 3015, LG launched its new generation smart phone with curved screen, LG G Flex 2. Compared with last generation, its self restore will not take 3 minutes, only within 10 seconds, it will finish the restore at soonest.

This mobile phone runs the Android 5.0 Lollipop OS, and offer new KnockCode function. And its screen is processed by special technology, and durability is about 20% enhanced than before.

G Flex 2 support the fast recharge function, its battery capacity is 3000Mah, but within 40 minutes, it can be recharged 50%.

G Flex 2 adopts the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 64 bit octa core processor, frequency is 2.0GHz. Screen size is 5.5 inch P-OLED, resolution is 1920*1080 pixels, PPI is 403. RAM is the latest 2GB DDR4, and flash memory is 16GB or 32GB eMMC. User can extend memory by TF card up to 2TB. The front camera is 2.1M pixels, and rear camera is 13M pixels. Unit can support the 4G LTE network and Gesture shot, Gesture view and Glance view function.

New ASUS MEMO Pad 7 and Fonepad 7 in CES 2015

Yesterday, ASUS launched its new products in the CES 2015. They include the smart phones, tablets, and laptop PC etc. Regarding the new tablets, ASUS launched the new MEMO Pad 7 and Fonepad 7. Especially the ASUS Memo Pad 7, its screen and CPU performance are enhanced a lot than last generation.

The new Memo Pad 7 looks similar as old generation. There are golden, pink and black colors. Obviously, it is aiming to youth. Unit owns one 7 inch IPS screen, resolution is 1920*1200 pixels. Compared with last generation, the resolution is much higher. It can support 10 touch points. CPU is the Intel Atom Z3560 which is one 64 bit chipset. RAM is 2GB. Flash memory is 32GB and 64GB. The front camera is 2M pixels, and rear camera is 5M pixels. The battery life is over 11 hours.

The new FonePad 7 does not have any surprise. Screen size is 7 inch, but resolution is only 1024*600 pixels. CPU is the Intel Atom Z2520. RAM can be 1GB or 2GB, front camera is 2M pixels, rear camera is 8M pixels. Unit can support GPS and 3G network.

ASUS did not tell the price of the two units, and when will they be available. We will have further reports in following days.

Blue Link Android Wear APP fro Hyundai

From last year, smart wearing devices become more popular. In meanwhile, the auto manufacturers are also trying to follow the trend. Last year, Hyundai, one auto manufacturer from Korea, launched its own Blue Link in car system, and demonstrated it on Google Glass to us. Several days before, Hyundai announced that it added some new features to the APP for the Android Wear OS. New Blue Link Android Wear APP will be available at early of this year.

The old APP can support car engine stop and start, HID flash, locking/unlocking doors, and position your cars. If you can not find your car, you can use the smart watch to position it, and if you like, you can send the location of your car to Google Map, So users can operate on smart phones.

If you own a smart watch with Android Wear OS, and a Hyundai auto with Blue Link, then you can experience the new features.

Till now, Hyundai did not tell what is the new feature of the Blue Link.

Intel invested 24.8 million US dollars to Vuzix

News from ontablets.es today, smart glasses developer in US, Vuzix announced last Friday that Intel has already invested 24.8 million US dollars to Vuzix, and it will help to speed up the development of its smart glasses. Now, Intel will own about 30% share of Vuzix.

Vuzix is headquartered in Rochester, New York. It is one supplier to develop network glasses and other visible glasses for consumers, enterprise etc.

As Intel is quite late in smart phone and tablet business, so it is working to develop the latest technology for tablets or smart phones, and in meanwhile, it wants to expand its business to other field, like smart glasses and other smart wearing device.

For the above news, Intel did not have any respond.

7 inch tablet Windows 8.1 is only 49 euros

One years ago, the tablet with Windows OS is about 400 euros, now, it is less than 200 euros. We should thank to Intel. And Of course, Microsoft canceling the OS charge is also one reason. In this year, the sales of small size tablet with Windows OS is reduced gradually. But recently, there is one 7 inch tablet Windows listed on ontablets.es, the price is only 49 euros.

This Hipstreet owns one 7 inch TFT screen, resolution is 1024*600 pixels. CPU is the Intel Atom quad core processor. RAM is 1GB, flash memory is 16GB. Its front camera is 0.3M pixels, and rear one is 2M pixels. There is one TF and HDMI slot. Now, this unit is also available for sale on Carphone Warehouse.

Tablets in 2015

In 2014, the sales of tablets is reduced a lot. And the situation may keep on in 2015. Many tablet suppliers may be closed. To survive in market, in 2015, suppliers will enhance the resolution, process speed and other features. The major driving force in 2015 will be octa core tablets, even 64 bit octa core.

As news from suverimax.com, in 2015, 12 inch or above commercial tablets, 8-10 inch game tablets will be more popular. Regarding 7 inch or smaller size tablets, its market will reduce since the big screen smart phone will keep on increasing in 2015.

In 2014, most flagship tablets are adopting the quad core processors. Some middle or low end tablets adopt dual core processors. Most of them are 32 bit chipset. As iOS and Google Android OS have already been upgraded to 64 bit, in 2015, the high end market will adopt the 64 bit octa core processors, middle and low end market will adopt 64 bit quad core.

Now, the high end market is shared by Apple, Samsung and Qualcomm. Middle and low end market is including Allwinner, Rockchip, Mediatek, Intel and Qualcomm. The price of the chipset will reduce further in 2015.

XiaoMi finished new financing of 1.1 billion US dollars

This afternoon, XiaoMi updated its blog, and announced that it has finished the new round of financing. The total amount is about 1.1 billion US dollars. The investors have included GIC, DST, All-stars and other well known investment corporations.

Except that, XiaoMi also told it will launch a new flagship smart phone android in Jan, 2015. It is quite possible a new generation RedMi smart phone.

After the new round financing, now, XiaoMi is evaluated about 45 billion US dollars. From the first half of 2011 when XiaoMi financed firstly, till this time, XiaoMi has made 4 times financing.

As data from ontablets.es, in 2015, the sales of XiaoMi smart phone will be several million pieces, and its smart TV will be also thousands of pieces.

Nakoo N7 tablet with projector function.

Recently, Nakoo launched a new tablet pc with projector function, Nakoo N7. In fact, this unit is more like Google Glass. But Google is a big and well known company, they can invest a lot of money in new stuff. But for Nakoo, maybe this unit is not a good tablet. Since for most people, Projector is not used very often, more important, this unit is too expensive and performance is too low.

In fact, about two years ago, another supplier in China has launched a similar product with projector function, but it is not successful. It was sold on ontablets.es. And finally, it stopped selling the unit. But Nakoo N7 is more expensive than that model. Both are adopting the RK3188 quad core processor.

This Nakoo N7 is sold at 350 euros. CPU is the RK3188 quad core from Rockchip. As we know, now the tablets with RK3188 is sold at about 60 euros. Second, the screen resolution is only 1024*600 pixels, that is too low for users. It is the model for 2012, not for 2014.

At the end, let’s talk about its projector function. Its resolution is 854*480 pixels. It is very low, even on a 4 inch display, it is not satisfying. If projected on 180 inch display, we will hardly see anything. So we are quite sure it will be a failure.