“Samsung Electronics Co. introduced its first tablet that can run both Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 8 and applications based on Google Inc.’s Android software,” Amy Thomson reports for Bloomberg.
“The ATIV Q tablet will let users share files between Windows 8 and Android applications, Samsung said at an event to unveil the new device in London today,” Thomson reports. “The hinged device also has a keyboard that lets the tablet operate like a laptop.”
Thomson reports, “Apple’s iPad started the boom when the device was released in 2010. Cheaper alternatives to the iPad, which is priced from $399, will drive wider adoption, IDC said. Cupertino, California-based Apple began selling the iPad Mini last year, which is priced from $329 on the company’s website.”
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“The Q sports a 13.3-inch display with a 3,200 x 1,800 (qHD+) resolution (that works out to 275 ppi),” Sarah Silbert reports for Engadget. “To switch between Android Jelly Bean and Windows, you simply have to press the Start button (no reboot required), and you can pin Android apps to the Windows screen and vice versa. Under the hood is a Core i5 Haswell processor which Samsung rates for up to nine hours of battery life.”
Silbert reports, “No pricing info was announced at the event in London, but we know the ATIV Q will launch in the UK later this year.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Take: Now, if only it could run iPad apps, Samsung would really have something.
Android tablet apps plus Windows 8 tablet apps combined still number in just the hundreds. It’s laughable. Apple’s App Store offers 375,000+ apps designed for iPad/iPad mini.