Asus expected to announce two new Android tablets later this month
After unveiling an array of Windows 8 tablets back at CES in Las Vegas last month, the Taiwanese vendor has been slowly shifting its attention back to Android tablets of late.
Shortly after the exhibition, the company quietly launched the 7-inch $150 MeMo Pad, a Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) tablet that could well be joined by two new models in the next month.
The first of these new tablets is said to be the 10-inch Memo Pad, a device which one Dutch-language website reports as having a 1280 x 800 resolution display, a 1.2GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, 16GB of storage and 1GB of RAM.
Sources say that the tablet, which is apparently already available for pre-order at $405 in some parts of Holland, will debut at the Mobile World Congress later this month, while other reports suggest that the tablet will be joined by the 7-inch FonePad.
Taiwanese news website Digitimes says that the FonePad, which can make outgoing calls, offers Android 4.1, 16GB of memory and 1GB of RAM, and expects the model to sell for between $271 and $305.
TabTimes will reporting live from Mobile World Congress, which runs from February 25 to February 28.
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The Novo Hero II also launched earlier this month - a full size, 10 inch Android tablet that packs in most of the same features as the Novo 7 Venus, including a quad core processor and 1280x800 IPS screen, and innovative features, including 4K HDMI Digital Output - Plus 32GB memory and a strong 8,000 mAh battery -- all for less than $250.
In February, the Novo 9 Spark is released, which features a Quad Core processor along with a 9.7 inch 2048x1536 (Retina) screen – and a powerful 10,000 mAh battery, 4K Digital HDMI, and a 5 Megapixel Rear Camera with AF and Flash for $269 USD at TabletSprint.
It should be interesting to see how the new Novo Quad Core Series fares in 2013 as this company gains more presence in the tablet market. The site TabletSprint also offers $25 in quality Bonus Apps with all models they carry.
Another Android tablet maker making strides to offer quality Android tablets at competitive prices is Ainol Electronics - which won runner-up for "Best Tablet of the Year" at CES 2012 and this month introduced the Novo Quad Core Series -- including the Novo 7 Venus which launched this week -- with one reseller - a site called TabletSprint offering this new model for $149 USD --
The Novo 7 Venus compares to the Nexus 7 tablet but for considerably less - matching key features, including a Quad Core processor, a high resolution multi-touch 1280x800 IPS screen, 16GB memory, a front camera, Android O/S and Google Play Store preinstalled -- while also offering a number of features the Nexus 7 doesn't - including a 2-megapixel rear camera, a MicroSD memory card slot, an HDMI 1080p port to download and watch movies directly from a tablet on to a large screen TV and also project & play video games on to a big screen; plus more ways to connect to the internet, including Ethernet as well as 3G/4G Wireless connection through its USB port with a 3G/4G USB adapter.