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Next soft-launches a second generation 10-inch tablet
FOR £199 you can buy Next's second generation 10-inch Android tablet four months after its first Google powered tablet, which appears to have the same specifications and is £19 cheaper.
Demonstrating a marketing finesse that has us at The INQUIRER perplexed, the high street clothes retailer Next has started advertising its second generation tablet, which it says has a 10-inch WXGA display with an unspecified Android operating system and a confusing reference to a "Code 11" processor. The first generation Next tablet webpage provides even less information and refers to an "Arm 11" processor.
But last year The INQUIRER was given the specifications sheet for the first generation 10-inch tablet. It says that it weighs 625g, its WXGA LCD touchscreen has 1024x600 resolution, it is powered by a 1GHz LNX Code 11 processor with 256MB of DDR2 RAM and has 2GB of internal storage, a microSD slot, 802.11b/g WiFi, a g-sensor, a USB 2.0 port, an Ethernet port, a 3.5mm audio jack, stereo speakers, runs the Android 2.1 OS, and its lithium-ion battery life is up to 3 hours "depending on usage".
That tablet still sells for £180 and yet it would seem to be as well equipped as its more recent £199 sibling. Next had told The INQUIRER that it would relaunch refreshed tablets in December, but then that was delayed to January.
Next also soft-launched a 7-inch tablet last year. So far there is no sign of a second generation version of that. Maybe Next's retail marketing gurus took Steve Jobs' advice and decided the product would be "dead on arrival", whatever they did with it. µ
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Twice the RAM, resolution went up to 1280×768, 8GB on-board storage instead of 2GB+8GBcard it had before.
Seems different to me.
I notice the wifi doesn't have the 'n' in its logo though, so that's a bummer.
Also I see no mention of bluetooth.
Caveat emptor then eh.
We can add your comment to the pile of complaints that a £200 tablet isn't as good as an iPad.
Their second-gen tablet does appear to have double the RAM and four times the inbuilt flash capacity compared to their specs for the original machine.
With that in mind, I'd rather pony up the measly £19 for twice the memory and quadrupled storage.
Yet another awful tablet with a small battery, resistive touch panel and with such a small amount of RAM that you'll be killing the apps all the time.