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除新iPad外值得消费者考虑的5款平板电脑

发布时间:2012-03-17 16:11:31 Tags:,,,

作者:Eric Franklin

坦诚地说,如果我计划在接下来数个月内购买平板电脑,那么我很可能会选择购买苹果新发布的2012版iPad。从支持Bluetooth 4.0到获得提升的摄像头,这些改变都使这款市场上最好的平板电脑锦上添花。

即便不考虑上述新功能,单是2048X1536像素的分辨率屏幕就会让我选择最新的iPad。生态系统、应用可接入性以及快速流畅的性能,这些因素让它成为我最容易做出的选择。

但是,用户的口味各不相同,尽管新iPad有高清分辨率,但并非款万能产品。此外,并非所有人都能够花费500美元来购买平板电脑。即便你拥有足够资金,或许你会想要些苹果产品没有提供的功能。

这也正是以下5款平板电脑能够获得市场份额的原因。列表中的每款平板电脑都具有较高质量,提供至少1种新iPad没有的功能,而且有更易接受的售价或更好的接口和功能支持。

5 tablets from news.cnet.com

5 tablets from news.cnet.com

东芝Thrive

Toshiba Thrive from news.cnet.com

Toshiba Thrive from news.cnet.com

Toshiba Thrive像是款反iPad产品,其提供的功能更适合手提电脑而不是平板电脑,但仍然拥有平板电脑的触控便利性。但是,它看上去像是个庞然大物,厚度是iPad 2的两倍。提供的手提电脑功能包括:全USB接口、全SD存储卡扩展、全HDMI接口以及可移动和更换的电池。

虽然Thrive现在搭载的是Honeycomb系统,但东芝公司表示,预计能够在2012年春季末将系统更新至Ice Cream Sandwich。而且,就其目前400美元的价格来看,设备依然有降价空间。Thrive在功能上与新iPad大相径庭。

Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet

Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet from news.cnet.com

Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet from news.cnet.com

这款产品既像电纸书又像平板电脑。产品小巧平价,功能也被削弱(游戏邦注:不带有摄像头),但是它适合部分消费者。新的8GB版Nook Tablet售价为200美元。它还带有微SD存储扩展以及Barnes & Noble商店的内置访问通道。

虽然这款产品优化了Netflix和Hulu的访问,但可以观看的视频并不多,而且无法访问全Google Play商店。但是,这款带存储扩展的小巧、轻便、平价平板电脑仍是值得考虑的产品。

亚马逊Kindle Fire

Kindle Fire from news.cnet.com

Kindle Fire from news.cnet.com

这是最畅销的非苹果平板电脑,Kindle Fire售价200美元,屏幕为7寸。与Nook Tablet相同,这款产品也不带有摄像头。但与Nook不同的是,它也没有存储扩展。然而,它提供了超越任何先前Android平板电脑的生态系统:支持亚马逊音乐、应用、图书和电影。还有个地方让我很欣赏,亚马逊在界面的构建上确实下了足够多的精力,让我能够访问包含多数我想得到的书籍、电影或音乐的昂贵媒体库。

Fire让你可以用最佳、最简单和最廉价的方式实现各种需求。

华硕Eee Pad Transformer Prime

Prime from news.cnet.com

Prime from news.cnet.com

从本质上来说,Transformer Prime是Android版的iPad 2,但是它更薄、更轻。而且,Prime的摄像头为800万像素,而新iPad的摄像头只有500万像素。华硕甚至找到了新方法,将微HDMI和存储扩展通过microSD整合到底壳中。

Prime是首款搭载四核Nvidia Tegra 3 CPU的平板电脑,也是首款更新到Ice Cream Sandwich OS的平板电脑。它有超亮屏幕模式,适合户外使用,而且设备能够通过控制CPU速度延长电池寿命。

该产品的铝制单片设计使其面临些许GPS速度上的问题,而且500美元的售价着实不便宜,但你在使用时依然能够感受到最佳、最纯净的Android平板体验。

苹果iPad 2

ipad 2 from news.cnet.com

ipad 2 from news.cnet.com

新iPad的最佳替代品是旧iPad,也就是iPad 2。它比新iPad更薄更轻,而且其运行的流畅度和触屏界面设计超过本列表中的其他产品。

iPad 2提供大量应用和游戏软件,以及全球第一的苹果生态系统,售价仅为400美元(游戏邦注:3G版售价为530美元)。如果你想要最佳的平板电脑体验、又想节省金钱,同时还想马上拿到产品,那么iPad 2便是你最佳的选择。(本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译,拒绝任何不保留版权的转载,如需转载请联系:游戏邦

Five tablets that go where the new iPad doesn’t

Eric Franklin

Truth be told, if I purchase a tablet in the next few months, I’ll be buying Apple’s new 2012 iPad. Haters gonna hate, but from Bluetooth 4.0 support to the improved camera, incremental changes like this will likely lead to the best tablet on the market getting even better.

Even without the “I am the alpha and the omega” 2,048×1,536-pixel-resolution screen, I’d still choose the latest iPad. The ecosystem, app availability, and smooth and fast performance make it an easy choice for me.

That said, people have different tastes, and the new iPad, despite the hype, doesn’t do everything. In addition, not everyone can afford to pay a minimum of $500 for a tablet, and even if you can, you may want a few features Apple doesn’t natively provide.

That’s where these five tablets come in. Each tablet on the list is a quality tablet that sports at least one feature the new iPad doesn’t, be it a more affordable price or better port or feature support.

Toshiba Thrive

The Toshiba Thrive is kind of the anti-iPad, with features that would be much more appropriate on a laptop than a tablet, while retaining a tablet’s touch-screen convenience. It’s a honking behemoth of a monster, though, nearly twice as thick as the iPad 2. As for those laptop-y features? How do a full USB port, full SD card memory expansion, and a full HDMI port strike you? Not good enough? All right, well the removable (and replaceable) battery should destroy your last remnants of resistance.

While the Thrive ships with Honeycomb, Toshiba says to expect an Ice Cream Sandwich update by the “end of spring” 2012. Still, at its current $400 price it could stand a discount; the Thrive can easily claim a feature set the new iPad can’t.

Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet

Ah, the e-reader/tablet…thing. Smaller, cheaper, with pared-down features (no camera), but for some (and especially for such a relatively low price), that’s not necessarily a turn-off. The new 8GB “Hey look, now I’m as cheap as the Kindle Fire, why did I originally launch at just $50 higher?” version of the Nook Tablet is $200. It also has microSD-based memory expansion, and includes built-in access to the Barnes & Noble store.

Though it also includes optimized access to Netflix and Hulu, there are no actual video rentals available and it doesn’t give access to the full Google Play store. Still, it’s a small, capable, and cheap tablet with memory expansion.

Amazon Kindle Fire

The best-selling tablet not sporting an Apple logo, the Kindle Fire is the $200 7-inch tablet that could. Like the Nook Tablet, there’s no camera but unlike the Nook, there’s also no memory expansion. What it does offer is an ecosystem that outclasses anything on any Android tablet before it, supporting Amazon music, apps, books, and movies. I also appreciate that Amazon took some time to build an approachable interface that feels like an expansive media hub where I can access most any book, movie, or song I want. Easily.

If you’re not sure about this whole tablet thing, the Fire represents the best, easiest, and cheapest way of dipping your toe into the sea of possibilities.

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime

The Transformer Prime is essentially the Android version of the iPad 2, but trumps it by being thinner and lighter. Also, the Prime’s camera is 8-megapixel while the new iPad’s is only 5-megapixel, and Asus even found a way to fit Micro-HDMI and memory expansion via microSD into the base chassis.

The Prime is the first tablet to house the quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 CPU and was the first to receive the Ice Cream Sandwich OS update. It has a superbright screen mode for outdoor use, and the CPU speed can be throttled to save on battery life.

The piece de resistance? The Prime easily snaps into a $150 keyboard, transforming (…ahem) it into what is basically an Android ultrabook.

While there have been some GPS speed issues thanks to its aluminum unibody design, and at $500 it’s certainly not cheap, this is still the best pure Android tablet experience you can have.

Apple iPad 2

That’s right. The best alternative to the new iPad is the old iPad, or as it prefers to be called, the iPad 2. It’s thinner and lighter than the new iPad and has the smoothest and most responsive touch interface of any tablet on this list.

What the iPad 2 offers is tons and tons (and still tons) of software in the form of apps and games and Apple’s world-beating ecosystem for as low as $400 ($530 for 3G). If you want the best tablet experience, while saving a few bucks and not having to wait weeks for your tablet to ship, the iPad 2 is for you. (Source: CNET)


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