Google Nexus 7

The new Google Nexus 7 comes with a resolution of 1280 X 800 pixels, Pixel Density is 216 ppi with some special feature like Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Scratch-resistant glass.

Its Hardware is unique with a system chip of NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L, Processor Quad Core, 1200 MHz, ARM Cortex-A9, Graphics Processor is ULP GeForce @ 416MHz, with a memory of 1024 MB RAM, and an amazing Built-in storage of 8 GB.

The best Android tablet experience you can have right now. Jelly Bean has really made the Android experience much smoother, the Tegra 3 processor keeps things fast, the IPS panel ensures a great display with the highly reflective screen being the only drawback. Taking into consideration its US pricing, the Indian pricing is almost over Rs. 5000 premium, which is a lot of money. Also the 8GB version will offer you only 5.92 GB of usable space, so if you are the kind who like to store their content on their devices, opt instead for the 16GB version. It does not offer any microSD card slot, so expansion is out of the question.

The Indian market is flooded with Android Ice Cream Sandwich based tablets. Many players are offering tablets across various form factors, with Android ICS, at sub-10k prices. It is becoming increasingly difficult to differentiate between these Android tablets. Now while, the Apple iPad is the undisputed king as far as higher end tablets go. We have yet to see a budget tablet that is worth that title. The next best tablet size after the 9.7-inch form factor is the 7-inch. While Samsung has given us its 7-inch tablets, their pricing is nothing short of ridiculous. Google has come out with the Nexus 7 made by ASUS as its maiden Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) sporting 7-inch tablet. As of now it is the only official Android 4.1 tablet on the market.

Coming in the 7-inch form-factor, the Google Nexus 7,manufactured by ASUS, fits quite well in the palm of your hand. The textured rubber/leather covering on the rear side, does give you that much needed grip that is lacking in many brush-metal finished tablets. In addition to grip, the textured finish also gives the Nexus 7 a slightly premium feel. But beware, oily palms will leave their indelible mark on the rear side. While one-handed operation is not practical, you can hold the tablet in one hand for long periods thanks to its weight of just 340 grams which is almost half that of the New Apple iPad and is also lighter than other 7-inch tablets.

At 10.4 mm thickness, the Nexus 7 is one millimeter thicker than the New Apple iPad, but the edges around the Nexus 7 are nicely beveled out. The bottom edge has the micro USB port and the 3.5-mm earphone jack whereas on the top left-hand edge you have the stand-by/power and the volume rocker buttons. The Nexus 7 tends to taper off from the edges, and the standby and volume rocker buttons are present on the tapering edge. The plastic buttons have a great feedback. A horizontal strip opening just above the micro USB port on the rear side, shows the speaker section.

The Lenovo IdeaPhone S890

The Lenovo IdeaPhone S890 brings two unique features to the table - a nice cover which works like a smart cover, and a UI that is funky and may appeal to some. It is your run-of-the-mill Android smartphone in terms of other features. It won't run all the video formats but its multitasking capabilities are nice. You can consider this smartphone but there are better options available out there.

For starters, we have a whole bunch of toggle switches in the notification bar,. The homescreen widget gives you quick access to most used apps, you can easily close running apps to free up some RAM and all of this is presented in a very novice-friendly manner. We really liked the theme and the way the icons and menu are designed. The S890 is powered by a MediaTek MT6577T, which is a dual-core SoC running at 1.2GHz. The CPU is fairly powerful for handling media up to 720p as well as popular apps. The PowerVR SGX531 GPU is not too powerful, however, as it returned a low NenaMark 2 score of just 24fps. Despite this, games like Temple run 2 and Subway Surfers run just fine.

For a budget of Rs. 20,000, the consumer is spoilt for choices when it comes to smartphones running Android. You have the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Grand, which gives you TouchWiz, and some of the features and shenanigans that you’d get in a premium device. You also have the Xolo X1000, which is a well-built, beautiful smartphone giving you a vanilla Android experience. Apart from Android devices, you can also get the Lumia 720, which is one of the hottest selling Windows Phone 8 devices.

 The S890 features a 5-inch screen just like the Grand, but it does better by offering a higher 540 x 960 resolution and an IPS panel in lieu of standard TFT. The colours are fairly punchy but not very vibrant or sharp. Sunlight legibility is not very good either. The screen tends to get washed out quite a bit, making it really difficult to use. The phone runs on a heavily skinned version of Jelly Bean 4.1.1. Despite this, the phone is very quick and snappy with no lag. You’ll notice minor slowdowns once in a while, but it’s nothing drastic. Just like the S880, the skin will take some getting used to, but once you do, it’s extremely functional and there are shortcuts for literally everything.

If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it. Following this policy, the Lenovo IdeaPhone S890 has a simple candy-bar form factor with curved edges found on a plethora of other Android-powered smartphones. Above the display you have the front-facing camera and the earpiece. Below the display you have the menu, home and the back capacitive buttons, which don’t eat into the displays real estate. Long pressing the home button brings up the multitasking menu. The bottom of the smartphone has the microUSB port. The right has the volume rocker and the top of the device has the headphones jack along with the power button.