| Argos MyTablet announced, to compete in growing UK tablet market Oct 15th 2013, 05:02, by Juan Carlos Torres The gloves are off as two of UK’s largest retailers face off in an already very competitive UK tablet market. Argos has just announced the MyTablet, its sub-100 pound offering that is set to rival fellow UK retailer Tesco’s popular Hudl tablet. 
The Hudl tablet arrived in the UK late last month and sported some rather decent hardware for a 119 GBP tablet, or roughly $190. It sported a 7.0 inch screen that had a resolution of 1440×900 pixels and ran on a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor, a Mali 400 quad-core graphics processor, and 1 GB of RAM. It also had 16 GB of internal storage and was equipped with the usual connectivity features such as WiFi, Bluetooth, micro-USB, and HDMI. Apparently, the Hudl was quite a hit and Tesco reported sales of up to 35,000 tablets in just two days since it launched. Argos, whose parent company Home Retail has had its profits sink for five years in a row, wants a bite out of that pie as well. However, Argos’ MyTablet sacrifices a few pieces for a lower price point. While it also comes with a 7.0-inch display, the MyTablet sports a much lower 1024×600 resolution. Storage capacity has also been halved to 8 GB. Battery life is also said to be quite dismal. The light at the end of the tunnel comes in the form of the MyTablet’s price tag of 99 GBP, around $160. Perhaps Argos is hoping the very low price will entice enough buyers away from Apple’s iPad, but it will be facing some stiff competition even without Tesco’s Hudl, as the Amazon Kindle Fire is also price at 99 GBP and Google’s Nexus 7 offers a more expensive but better alternative at 199 GBP, or $320. SOURCE: Reuters |  | Samsung HomeSync Android TV box finally lands in the US Oct 15th 2013, 04:22, by Juan Carlos Torres Early this year, Samsung teased the world with HomeSync, combining the power of a media center with the versatility and convenience of a personal cloud, all in one small package that sits prettily in your living room. As promised, that device is now finally available worlwide, starting with the US. 
As an Android device, the Samsung HomeSync is quite formidable, sporting a 1.7 GHz dual-core processor, 2 GB of RAM, 8 GB of flash memory and a whooping 1 TB hard drive. But, of course, the device is meant to be well connected and is thus gifted with a bevy of connectivity ports and features such as WiFi, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0 ports, HDMI out, micro USB, and NFC for easing pairing with devices. Running Android, HomeSync has access to hundreds of apps via Google Play Store and Samsung Apps store. But specs alone don’t make the HomeSync special. As a personal or home cloud solution, HomeSync allows for easy uploading of media such as photos from registered devices. And viewing those photos, music, and files from any mobile device is just as easy via the Samsung Link app. As a media center, HomeSync allows streaming of media to and from mobile devices or mirroring content from a mobile device to a TV. Samsung Galaxy devices can also act as remote controls for HomeSync, which, as mentioned earlier, can act as an Android device on its own. The device allows for up to 8 users, each of which can can link up to 6 devices. Samsung has released a video explaining HomeSync’s various features, which you can watch below. The Samsung HomeSync comes in only one color configuration, sporting a black body with a silver front plate. Samsung has not announced pricing details yet, but our last information puts the price tag at $299. VIA: SlashGear | |
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