Archos is a French multinational electronics company that was established in 1988 by Henri Crohas. Archos manufactures tablets, smartphones, portable media players and portable data storage devices. The name is an anagram of Crohas' last name, and it is also Greek for "master" (αρχος). The company's slogan has been updated from "Think Smaller" to "On The Go" and the current "Entertainment your way".
The Sony Reader was a line of e-book readers manufactured by Sony, who produced the first commercial E Ink e-reader with the Sony Librie in 2004. It used an electronic paper display developed by E Ink Corporation, was viewable in direct sunlight, required no power to maintain a static image, and was usable in portrait or landscape orientation.
The Kobo eReader is an e-reader produced by Toronto-based Kobo Inc. The company's name is an anagram of "book". The original version was released in May 2010 and was marketed as a minimalist alternative to the more expensive e-book readers available at the time. Like most e-readers, the Kobo uses an electronic ink screen.
Google Nexus is a line of consumer electronic devices that run the Android operating system. Google manages the design, development, marketing, and support of these devices, but some development and all manufacturing are carried out by partnering with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The line has also included tablets and streaming media players, though neither type of device is currently available. The most recent tablet was the Nexus 9, and the most recent streaming media player the Nexus Player.
The Advent Vega is an Android-based compact tablet computer produced by Dixons Retail plc. It features a 10.1-inch (260 mm) LED touchscreen, Wi-Fi capability, a 1.0 GHz Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor, and a 1.3 MP front-facing camera. The Advent Vega was released on 19 November 2010 in the UK.
The LG Optimus 2X is a smartphone designed and manufactured by LG Electronics. The Optimus 2X is the world's first smartphone with a dual-core processor and third phone in the LG Optimus-Android series. LG debuted the Optimus 2X on December 16, 2010 and the device first became available to consumers in South Korea in January 2011. It was also launched in Singapore on March 3, 2011. The Optimus 2X runs the Android 2.3 software version since the upgrade in November 2011, but the latest offering is Android 4.0.The phone holds the record for the longest update holdout, taking 16 months to receive a firmware update from Android 2.2 to 2.3.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia pro is an Android smartphone from Sony Ericsson which was launched in October 2011. The Xperia Pro has a 3.7-inch (94 mm) capacitive touch-screen, slider keyboard, smart phone with mobile BRAVIA engine which optimises the picture and runs at a resolution of 854×480 pixels, a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, an 8.1 mega-pixel camera, a dedicated Two-step camera key, USB host port, HDMI-out, 512 MB of onboard RAM, and an 8 GB microSD card. The Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro is available in black, silver, or red.
The Acer Iconia is a range of tablet computers from Acer Inc. of Taiwan.
The Barnes & Noble Nook is a brand of e-readers developed by American book retailer Barnes & Noble, based on the Android platform. The original device was announced in the U.S. in October 2009, and was released the next month. The original Nook had a six-inch E-paper display and a separate, smaller color touchscreen that serves as the primary input device and was capable of Wi-Fi and AT&T 3G wireless connectivity. The original nook was followed in November 2010 by a color LCD device called the Nook Color, in June 2011 by the Nook Simple Touch, and in November 2011 and February 2012 by the Nook Tablet. On April 30, 2012, Barnes & Noble entered into a partnership with Microsoft that spun off the Nook and college businesses into a subsidiary. On August 28, 2012, Barnes and Noble announced partnerships with retailers in the UK, which began offering the Nook digital products in October 2012. In December 2014, B&N purchased Microsoft's Nook shares, ending the partnership.
The IdeaPad tablets from Lenovo was a brand of consumer-oriented tablet computers designed for home use or entertainment, as opposed to the business-focused ThinkPad Tablet series. Devices sold in certain countries, such as China, India and New Zealand, were sold under the LePad brand, similar to the LePhone series of smartphones. IdeaPad-branded tablets have been produced with the Android and Windows operating systems.
The NOVO7 is a series of Android tablet computers manufactured by the Chinese company Ainol Electronics. The "7" represents the size of the tablet's screen ; Ainol's other products include the Novo 5 and Novo 8.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro is an Android smartphone from Sony Ericsson, released in August 2011. The Xperia Mini Pro has a "mobile BRAVIA engine" driving a 320×480 pixels 3-inch (76 mm) capacitive touch-screen, a 1 GHz Snapdragon S2 processor, a 5 megapixel camera, 512 MB of onboard RAM, a hardware keyboard and comes stock with a 2 GB microSD card.
The Sony Xperia sola is an Android smartphone from Sony released in 2012. It runs Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and is upgradeable to Android 4.0. The Xperia sola features a 1 GHz dual-core processor, 512 MB RAM and a 3.7" Reality Display touch-screen with Sony's Mobile Bravia Engine.
The Kobo Arc, a 7" tablet originally ran on Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4 and running on Android Jellybean 4.1, is manufactured by Kobo Inc. It was released in November 2012. The tablet has access to Google Play applications.
The Samsung Galaxy Grand is a smartphone developed by Samsung Electronics, first announced on December 18, 2012. The phone has a dual core Cortex-A9 1.2 GHz processor and a RAM of 1 GB, with an internal memory of 8 GB which can be extended to another 64 GB by use of microSD cards. The device also supports internet connectivity through 2G and 3G, apart from Wi-Fi. Navigation systems including A-GPS and GLONASS with Google Maps. The phone runs on the Android 4.1.2 OS, with Samsung releasing updates up to 4.2.2. However, custom ROMs are available up to Android 8.
The Micromax Canvas 2 A110 is a dual-sim Android smartphone by Micromax Mobile which is a rebranded Chinese mobile Beidu Chi/ German Mobistel cynus T2 released on November 2012 that supersedes the Micromax Superphone Canvas A100. It was launched in November 2012 featuring a 1 GHz dual-core processor, 512 MB of RAM and a 5.0 IPS LCD screen.
The Dialog i43 is a dual-SIM slate format smartphone designed, developed in China by Innos and marketed in Sri Lanka by Dialog Axiata that runs the Android operating system. It has a 1 GHz ARM Cortex A5 CPU with 512 MB LPDDR1 SD-RAM. This handset has a 480x800 pixels 4.3-inch IPS WVGA Capacitive display. This device has a 4 GB internal storage and also supports micro SD card up to 32 GB. Compatible networks for this device are GPRS, EDGE and 3G. It has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and USB connectivity. This device can also be used as a Wi-Fi hotspot. The Dialog i43 has a 5 megapixel rare camera with dual LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera for video calls. The device was launched with Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread. The Dialog i35 is the Predecessor of this phone.
The HTC Desire 200 is a low-end Android smartphone released by HTC in 2013. It uses a 3.5-inch display and single-core 1 GHz processor.
The Samsung Galaxy Pocket 2 is a small budget Android smartphone produced by Samsung Electronics and released in September 2014.
