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Close to the Edge with Razer’s 10.1-inch Windows 8 tablet
AFTER floating around last year’s CES under the name Princess Fiona, a new crowd-sourced project is ready to make its debut, but with a new, badass name.
The Edge tablet from Razer is a 10.1-inch device running Windows 8, and is packed with an Intel Core processor and an Nvidia mobile graphics card.
Two versions are available - the Edge (a Core i5 processor, an Nvidia GT640M LE GPU, 4GB of RAM, and a 64GB solid state drive) and the Edge Pro (a Core i7 CPU, double the RAM, and either a 128GB or 256GB SSD). Be very clear - this is a serious gaming tablet, and not just an Android tab with a controller in the USB slot.
Just under an inch thick and weighing two pounds, it’s a big unit, and when the gaming-centric peripherals are added, it’s even bigger.
The removable side-mounted controllers have analogue sticks, a multitude of buttons and offer rumble feedback, while there will also be a keyboard dock to let shooter fans add a mouse for pinpoint accuracy. There’s HDMI output too, for those who want to jack the unit into a big screen TV.
Battery life is said to be comparable with other 10-inch devices, although an extended battery will be made available at a price.
Tablet gaming just graduated.
Archos raises the stakes with platinum
Archos uses CES to launch Platinum tablets
Yes, these tablets with their shiny white fronts and metallic silver rears might give Apple fans déjà vu, but Archos’ new tablets are set to cost significantly less than an iPad.
The Platinum 80 (eight inches) and Platinum 97 (9.7 inches) were on show at CES, and we were able to play with both of them.
The 9.7-inch tablet has an IPS display with an HD 2,048 x 1,536-pixel resolution (264 ppi, same as the iPad), backed up by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, and an as-yet-unnamed eight- core GPU.
The tablet has 8GB of internal storage but can be boosted using a microSD card. The Platinum 80’s eight-inch 1024 x 768 panel falls short of the iPad’s fabled Retina display, but still looks brilliant, and the device felt very comfortable in our hands.
Movies looked colourful and sharp on both, but the 9.7-inch tablet really made the most out of HD content.
The Platinum tabs will be available to buy in the UK in March, with prices ranging from €199 to €249. That makes these Archos tablets competitively priced, especially if you’re after a media device. We’ll have full reviews very soon.
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