It is pretty much accepted now that 2011 will be the year of tablets. Last year, after the iPad kick-started the revolution, we only saw a handful of devices that could challenge the giant. This year at CES, we saw over 100, most of them running - you guessed it - Android. The competition is on, and soon we'll see who makes it out a winner in the tablet war and who will head straight to the junk yard.
Shawn DuBravac, the official Chief Economist and Director of Research for the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) that runs CES, attempted to tally up all the newbies and provided his results in a handy table that I've reformatted below, highlighting Android devices. The table lists 76 of over 100 tablets, as Shawn is still working on adding everything in.
Of course, we're definitely not guaranteed to see all of the tablets listed below make it to market, and until we do, I propose a new column for you, Shawn - Vaporware.
OEM | Name | New | Tablet or e-Reader | Screen size | OS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acer | iconia tab a500 | New | tablet | 10 | Android | |
Acer | Iconia W7 tablet | New | tablet | 10.1 | Windows | |
Aluratek | Cinepad | New | e-Reader | 10 | Android | |
AOC | Breeze | New | tablet | 8 | Android | |
Archos | 101 | New | tablet | 10 | Android | |
Asus | Eee Slate EP121 | New | tablet | 12 | Windows | |
Asus | Eee Pad Slider | New | tablet | 10 | Android | |
Asus | Eee Pad MeMo | New | tablet | 7 | Android | |
Asus | Eee Pad Transformer | New | tablet | 10 | Android | |
Augen | Doppio | New | tablet | 10.1 | Android | |
Augen | Espresso | New | tablet | 7 | Android | |
Augen | Latte | New | tablet | 7 | Android | |
Augen | Latte Grand | New | tablet | 7 | Android | |
Azpen | tablet | New | tablet | 7 | Android | |
Azpen | tablet | New | tablet | 7 | Windows | |
BlackBerry | PlayBook | New | tablet | 7 | QNX | |
Dell | Streak 10 | New | tablet | 10 | Android | |
Dell | Streak 7 | New | tablet | 7 | Android | |
eFun | Nextbook Next4 | New | tablet | 10 | Android | |
eFun | Nextbook Next6 | New | tablet | 7 | Android | |
Enspert | Identity Tab E201 | New | tablet | 7 | Android | |
Enspert | Identity Tab E301 | New | tablet | 7 | Android | |
Entourage | Pocket eDGe | New | e-Reader | 6 | Android | |
Freescale | 24 different models | varied | tablet | varied | varied | |
Fujitsu | unnamed Windows 7 tablet | New | tablet | 7 | Windows | |
Fujitsu | Lifebook T901 | New | tablet | 13.1 | Windows | |
Gajah International | multiple e-Readers | New | e-Reader | 7 | unknown | |
Hanvon | WISEreader N500 | New | e-Reader | 5 | WinCE | |
Hanvon | WISEreader N618 | New | e-Reader | 6 | WinCE | |
Hanvon | WISEreader N628 | New | e-Reader | 6 | WinCE | |
Hanvon | WISEreader N638 | New | e-Reader | 6 | WinCE | |
Hanvon | WISEreader N800 | New | e-Reader | 8 | WinCE | |
iRiver | StoryHD | New | e-Reader | 6 | unknown | |
Key Ingredient | Demy | Previously Released | e-Reader | unknown | unknown | |
Kno | single screen | New | tablet | 14 | Linux | |
Kno | dual-screen | New | tablet | 14x2 | Linux | |
Lenovo | LePad | New | tablet | 10 | Android | |
Lenovo | Windows7 slate | New | tablet | 10 | Windows | |
LG | Optimus tablet | New | tablet | 8.9 | Android | |
LG T-mobile | G-Slate | New | tablet | 10 | Android | |
Motion Computing | CL900 | New | tablet | 10 | Windows | |
Motorola | Xoom | New | tablet | 10 | Android | |
MSI | WindPad 100A | New | tablet | 10 | Android | |
MSI | WindPad 100W | New | tablet | 10 | Windows | |
MSI | Kid Pad | prototype | tablet | 10 | Android | |
NEC | Cloud Communicator LT-W | New | tablet | 7 | Android | |
Netbook Navigator | Nav7 | New | tablet | 7 | Windows | |
Netbook Navigator | Nav9 | New | tablet | 8.9 | Windows | |
Netbook Navigator | Nav10i | New | tablet | 10.1 | Windows | |
notion ink adam | tablet | New | tablet | 10 | Android | |
OpenPeak | OpenTablet 10 | New | tablet | 10 | Android | |
Panasonic | VieraTablet | New | tablet | 4 | Android | |
Panasonic | VieraTablet | New | tablet | 7 | Android | |
Panasonic | VieraTablet | New | tablet | 10 | Android | |
Pandigital | Multimedia Novel | New | e-Reader | 9 | Android | |
Pandigital | Multimedia Novel | New | e-Reader | 7 | Android | |
PocketBook-USA, Inc. | 902/903 | New | e-Reader | 9.7 | Linux | |
PocketBook-USA, Inc. | 602/603 | New | e-Reader | 6 | Linux | |
PocketBook-USA, Inc. | 701 IQ | New | e-Reader | 7 | Android | |
Razer | Switchblade | New | tablet | 7 | Windows | |
Rullingnet | Vinci | prototype | tablet | 7 | Android | |
Samsung | Galaxy Tab WiFi | Previously Released | tablet | 7 | Android | |
Samsung | TX100 | New | tablet | 10 | Windows | |
Samsung | Galaxy Tab 4G | New | tablet | 7 | Android | |
Sharp | Galapogas E-media Tablet | New | e-Reader | 5.5 | Linux | |
Sharp | Galapogas E-media Tablet | New | e-Reader | 10.8 | Linux | |
toshiba | Toshiba Tablet | New | tablet | 10 | Android | |
Velocity Micro | Cruz tablet | New | tablet | 7 | Android | |
Velocity Micro | Cruz tablet | New | tablet | 8 | Android | |
Velocity Micro | Cruz tablet | New | tablet | 10 | Android | |
Viewsonic | ViewPad 10 | New | tablet | 10.1 | Android/Windows | |
Viewsonic | ViewPad 10s | New | tablet | 10.1 | Android | |
Viliv | X10 | New | tablet | 10.2 | Android | |
Vilix | X7 | New | tablet | 7 | Android | |
Vilix | X70 | New | tablet | 7 | Windows | |
Vizio | Vizio (Via) Tablet | New | tablet | 8 | Android |
Source: Shawn DuBravac via BGR
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