GameStop sees plenty of opportunity by selling Android tablets

Have you ever found any another reason to visit your nearest local gaming store (a.k.a GameStop Store)?  I know, you just shopped for Battlefield 3 and looking forward to Call of Duty Modern Welfare 3 in coming days. If you are planning to purchase a brand new tablet, probably Android powered, than paying a visit to GameStop is a must for all gaming freaks. The specialty video game retailer with 6,450 retail stores around the world, plans to sell Android based tablets.  

GameStop Corporation has jointly collaborated with leading tablet makers such as Samsung, Asus and Acer. All these tablets (models) are non- exclusive to GameStop. When you shop from GameStop, exclusive content from Electronic Arts (EA), access to GameStop’s own App store called “Kongregate Arcade” among others adds a new dimension to widely available android tablets

Earlier company was looking to develop its own range but finally went with familiar established brands. The Grapevine, Texas, based firm developed new wireless controller, which can be purchased along with tablets. Each controller costs consumers $39, looks very similar to current generation controllers developed by Sony and Microsoft. It’s interesting to see how a gamer will interact with game by using physical controllers.

But now the question rises, are consumers actually ready to pay outrageous prices for a tablet. Why consumers go for non- branded GameStop tablet? According to Tony Bartel, President, GameStop “Consumers wants to play games on multiple platforms” Can any body tell, when we going to see a true gaming tablet from Alienware. Yes! A true tablet meant for gaming, only gaming, nothing else. Why companies like Amazon  waste their resources and energies by making fully featured cum all in one gadget. Still looking for an answer?

Sony Kicked Competitors eyes, launched mysterious S1, S2 tablets

Credit- Reuters

I cried
   

I rolled down on Floor
             

I wished for stuff like S1, S2

Sony finally announced their own versions “TABLETS” in the form of S1, S2. Both the tablets can be up for grabs later this year. Earlier this year, Nikkei reported that, Sony is possibly launching Tablets in wake of growing interest in tablet computing. Sony’s honcho CEO Howard Stringer also admitted that their Android 3.0 ready tablets will be rolled out by “summers”. Today, at the Press conference held in Tokyo, Sony finally made it clear that their mysterious tablets are real and will be available across the world later this year. 

Their flagship model S1 gives competition to Samsung’s Galaxy series and Motorola Xoom besides magical ipad 2. The tablet comes with 9.4 inch screen and will be powered by Nvidia’s Tegra 2 processor. You also get some pretty  features such as 3G built in connection, front & rear facing camera, WiFi ,Google’s Android 3.0 OS & of course “ PlayStation Suite”.

The other model known as S2, which is quite smaller than Big Brother S1, comes with a 5.5 inch screen (Clam shell design) .Again, it also comes with Android 3.0 OS, Nvidia’s Tegra 2 processor among standard features. Both the models are compatible with Sony’s Qrio Video and Audio VoD services. Sony’s S2 tablet, which features 5.5 inch looks pretty similar to just launched Kyocera Echo. If you remember, Dell also came up with an idea of 5 inch tablets with Streak tablet, but unfortunately the tablet performed miserably. Are they trying to position S2 somewhere between a 9inch and 7 inch tablet? 

Sony products carry a high price tag in comparison with their competitors. Let’s hope they don’t repeat the same mistake what Motorola did with Xoom.

There is no word on price and other details. You will get to know more information, as the released date gets closer.

Alienware's M14x to lure gamers with its monstrous specs

After a long gap, we get to see a gaming laptop leaked by some Chinese site. Dell’s upscale brand Alienware, known for its Aurora series is going to launch M14x laptop in coming days. Lot of buzz is there about its specs & features. The laptop (as seen in the image) comes in RED chaises (Dell will add more colors 4 sure). Let’s talk about specs; the laptop comes with Core i7 quad-core processor, 14-inch HD display, NVIDIA GPU, 8 cell battery, 8 GB of RAM , 750 GB of space , wifi & Hdmi among other.  Dell has yet to confirm its existence. As far pricing is concerned, we hope it will retail upwards of $1000 mark. The machine looks bulky, maintaining Alienware’s culture. PC gaming is on ventilator, sales are down with few developers making quality games for PC Audiences. Recently, Microsoft admitted that “Future of PC gaming is Terrifying “. Expect similar comments from other big developers in coming days. My Question to Alienware is why they don’t foray into tablets.  Expect similar comments from other big developers in coming days. Tablet market is booming at present, there is no healthy competition except for few such as Apple & Sony. Incidentally, Apple never admitted that Ipad is meant for gaming but now they keep counting its performance with latest generation consoles, thanks to its dual core A5 chip. Another wealthy competitor in the gaming tablet market will be Sony’s rumored PlayStation centric gaming tablet. Though details are pretty sketchy at the moment, but analyst believes that it might give Ipad run of its money. So going by above mentioned instances, it’s clear that Tablets might become the 1^st choice among gamers