Tablets
A new Huawei MediaPad tablet gets Bluetooth certified, will most likely come with mid-range specs
March 9, 2012 | by Adrian Diaconescu
Huawei Tablets, Rumors, Tablets
I don’t know about you, but I for one keep finding myself jump up and down my room every time I spot something over the web about a new gadget from Huawei. The Chinese technology manufacturer was a no-name company in the US this time last year, but after unveiling quad-core smartphones and tablets during the past couple months, it has drawn serious attention from Android geeks all over the world.
Yet another Huawei manufactured gadget has made its way to be Bluetooth certified, but before you get overly excited, you should know that the MediaPad S7-301c tablet is only set to come with mid-range specs.
As a matter of fact, taking a look at the ‘’S7-301c’’ codename I’m willing to bet my life on the fact that the slate will be a rehashed version of the 7-inch MediaPad released last year. Don’t remember that slate? I can’t say that I blame you, as it came with decent, but average specs, including a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8260 processor and a 7-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with 1280 x 800 pixels resolution.
The MediaPad S7-301c (don’t worry, that’s clearly not a final name!) is set to run Android 3.2 Honeycomb out of the box, exactly like its first version, and to feature Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi and optional 3G.
Other than these and the fact that it will be ultra-thin, elegant and stylish, we don’t know many things about this upcoming Huawei MediaPad tablet. Of course, there’s no news about its price and availability, but if I were to speculate, I’d say that the slate will be made available in two months tops.
As far as pricing is concerned, I don’t want to start any rumors, but if this MediaPad will go for anything more than 400 bucks, it will have some serious problems in selling more than a couple of units. What do you guys think, does a 7-inch mid-range slate have any chance of performing these days or is this set to be another gadget to be quickly forgotten?
Source Ameblo.jp via Bluetooth.org
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I’m watching the ‘Who Are We’ Mediapad 7 precisely because I suspect that it is HUAWEI’s ‘sleeper’ and it is destined to give the Samsung S3 a pasting when deliveries start.
In fact … I’m hoping they’ll opt for the ultimate ‘pocketable’ format – namely, a 6 inch screen.
Add in a comprehensive ‘photographer’s specification’ … made up of a really good LENS, an instant shutter, a fully fledged hardware zoom function and the best available post-processing software they can contract for ‘out of the box’ – and they just might open up the nascent photographer sub-market too !
I’m ready to leave my conventional shoulder-breaking digital camera at home.
Ho hum … I can but dream !
Time for an update …
I believe that HUAWEI cannot be missing the action – in China – in the rising 6″ inch marketplace.
There are many contenders there for the low cost 6″ ‘phablet’ market and a couple, already, for the 1280×800 screen opportunity.
Unfortunately, the majority are offering (delivering ??) examples for very low resolution; and, in my opinion, they are sure to fail.
If HUAWEI elect to use at least the 1280×800 ‘space’ – or better, like the 1920×2000 choice – they will open up the 6″ market with a professional show that could really change the game.
‘Pocketability’ is the real name for the game and 6″ screens are the players.
HUAWEI can make that happen !!
Sorry about the typo … I could have fixed it myself with an ‘edit’ function.
I should have said 1980×1200 in my previous comment.
Aw, c’mon … I got typing fatigue !!
You know what I meant to say … !!!!