What is the tablet for $ 54 [photo]

This year was the year of the budget, plates and one of the clearest evidence that the recent debut of a 7-inch Google Nexus 7 and the upcoming release of iPad mini. However, not only renowned manufacturers are able to reduce the price tag of up to absurd figures.

Originally tablet Novel 7, issued by the manufacturer of digital frames Pandigital, worth $ 199 and was a sort of low-cost alternative to the iPad. A device with a screen resolution of 800x600 pixels was positioned as a multimedia e-book, did not have a functional 'pill »Apple, and even looked a lot smaller. The operating system acted Android, but it is offset by the marked difference in price.

Over the past two years has changed very little. In the configuration of the device is ARM 11 processor running Android 2.2, Adapter Wi-Fi (although there is a possibility and an external 3G-modem), 2 GB of internal memory, USB port and a slot for memory cards format SD and MMC cards up to 32GB . As a nice extra, even for HDMI. Available options for viewing video and images, listening to recordings.

The fact that new features have Pandigital Novel 7 during this time has not increased, allowed the manufacturer to reduce the cost to $ 53.60, with the price tag of the tablet can be purchased at the online storeAmazon .

The output iPhone has led to a "designer crisis" in Samsung

Head of Samsung Mobile JK Shin acknowledged the superiority of the iPhone phone his company. Writes about this life All Things Digital, At the disposal of which was internal correspondence made public during the consideration of a patent case between Samsung and Apple. This letter is in the court announced the U.S. side - in her opinion, it is irrefutable evidence that the Korean vendor was aware of the advantages of the iPhone and why he stole the key decisions.

The letter is dated February 2010. It JK Shin said that the iPhone and Samsung products are distinguished as "heaven and earth," when it comes to user friendliness. Top manager described the situation as "design crisis" in their company. And just a month Samsung announces its first breakthrough product line of mobile phone - the smartphone Galaxy S first generation.

"All this time we were competing with Nokia and worked through the scroll bar, folder view and side panels - Shin wrote to the developers. - But if we compare our interface with the unexpected competitor to iPhone, they are different as heaven and earth. This is a crisis of the approach to the development. "

It is really important evidence: on the line $ 2.5 billion, and Apple justifies its patent claim that Samsung borrowed innovative solutions used in the iPhone and the iPad.

The current patent proceedings was another milestone in the scale of the conflict between Apple and Samsung. In spring 2011, Apple has accused his main rival in the mobile technology in the "subservient" copying technologies of mobile devices. The South Korean company said claims, incriminating Apple's unlawful use of a number of important technologies for wireless communications. Since the parties have filed against each other dozens of lawsuits in courts in different countries around the world.