1 in 4 Tablet Users to Pay Bills With Their Slates by 2017

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Maxell MaxTab Tablets Hands-On: Sleek Android Slates at Attractive Prices

Two of the the tablets, the MaxTab C7 and MaxTab C8, are already available for sale, with the 99 Euro E7, 169 Euro H8 and 199 Euro H10 all coming to market later this fall. Unfortunately, Maxell has no plans to release its tablets in the U.S., but if you’re in Europe, these Android 4.0-powered Slates are definitely worth a look.

All five of the MaxTabs run stock Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. However, a Maxell rep told us that they don’t come with the Google Play market, but instead offer a third-party market. The demo units we tested still had Google Play on them, though.

This 9.7-inch tablet is powered by a 1.5-GHz Rockchip 3066 dual-core CPU with 1GB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage, along with MicroSD and miniUSB ports. With its 7,800 mAH battery, the MaxTab H10 is said to last up to 8 hours. Its 1280 x 800-pixel IPS panel was not too bright, but it did seem quite colorful.

We particularly liked the glossy black bezel and the home button on its right side. Though Android 4.0 has a home button built into the OS, it’s always nice to have a hardware button that sits apart from the display. The back of the H10 looks identical to an iPad’s back. The MaxTab will be available for 199 euros when it comes out this fall.

The MaxTab H8 features the same 1.5-GHz dual-core RockChip 3066 processor, 1GB of RAM and 4GB of storage as its big brother, but it has an 8-inch, 1024 x 768 resolution screen instead. Its front bezel looks a lot like the H10's, but its back does not resemble an iPad’s. The MaxTab H8 will cost 169 euros when it comes out.

Our favorite of the MaxTabs, the 149 euro MaxTab C8, has a unique, brushed plastic bezel which is emblazoned with a silver Maxell logo. A luxurious soft-touch back felt good in our hands, but we were most intrigued by the C8's colorful 8-inch screen, which sports an 800 x 600 resolution that we haven’t seen on an Android tablet before.

The MaxTab C8 is powered by a 1.2-GHz Rockchip 2918, 1GB of RAM and 4GB of external storage. In addition to its mini HDMI, microSD, and miniUSB ports, the MaxTab has a full-size USB port you can use to copy files from/to your thumb drive. The MaxTab C8 is already available for sale.

The currently-available MaxTab C7 has a 7-inch, 800 x 480 screen but is powered by the Rockchip 2918 CPU and otherwise offers similar specs to the C8. Howevr, the glossy bezel and back were not particularly attractive and the screen seemed somewhat washed out. The MaxTab C7 goes for 129 euros.

The 7-inch MaxTab E7 is pretty similar to the C7, but it has a different processor, the 1.2-GHz Rockchip 2906, and its industrial design is a little different. The glossy black bezel has three capacitive buttons on it, which reminded us of older Android 2.3 tablets that needed these buttons like the original Samsung Galaxy Tab or the HTC Flyer.

However, like its siblings, the E7 runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The MaxTab E7 will cost just 99 euros when it ships later this fall.

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Lenovo Exec: Windows RT Tablets May Cost $300 Less Than Windows 8 Slates

The old saying about secrets and the lifespan of closed-lipped conspirators hasn’t quite held true when it comes to Windows 8/RT tablet pricing; Microsoft and its OEM partners have managed to keep remarkably mum about the cost of the upcoming slates, leading to a rash of rumors placing the Surface’s price anywhere between $199 and $999. Now, however, a Lenovo executive has broken omerta.

David Schmoock, the head of Lenovo’s North American group, told Bloomberg that ARM-powered Windows RT tablets will cost $200 to $300 less than Windows 8 tablets running on traditional x86 processors. Of course, knowing that isn’t knowing much unless you also know the price of Windows 8 tablets. Fortunately, Schmoock dropped the dime on that, too.

If you were expecting Windows 8 tablets to be priced competitively with the $500 iPad, you’re in for a surprise: Schmoock says that Windows 8 tablets will retail for between $600 and $700. Since Windows RT tablets will retail for $200 to $300 less than those, that places the price of Windows RT tablets — or at least Lenovo’s Windows RT tablets — between $300 and $500.

Why the price difference? Windows RT tablets will only be able to run the newer Metro apps (or whatever they’re called now) while Windows 8 tablets include legacy support for the Windows software currently being used.

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