Archos 80 Xenon tablet features 3G

Another day, another Archos newest tablets announcement. Recently, the company unveiled its gift to chefs and foodies, the ChefPad. Not the cleverest of names, but it does include an interesting app-filtering feature. OK, where was I? Oh, yes, a new Archos tablet, the 80 Xenon, is coming in June for $199.

The 80 Xenon features an 8-inch IPS screen with an iPad Mini-matching -- but still unimpressive -- 1,024x768-pixel resolution. A 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 acts as the brains, with an Adreno 203 chip running all things graphical.dsDF34fcd

With specs like that, don't expect much in the way of impressive gaming performance, but it may offer up decently impressive visuals.The second design, which was discovered in Samsung’s “latest android tablet” patent, describes a tablet with a seam that would allow users to bend a portion of the display. The images indicate that this could ideally be used to create a miniature stand or a virtual keyboard for the slate.

Other specs include 3G (WCDMA 2100), 2G (GSM 850/900/1800/1900), and Wi-Fi capabilities. The tablet also houses a paltry 4GB of storage, 1GB of RAM, a 2-megapixel back camera, GPS, Bluetooth, and a microSD card slot that takes cards of up to 64GB.

Cheap 8-inch tablets with lower-resolution-than-usual 8-inch screens are becoming kind of a trend of late. The Acer A1-810 features the same screen specs, but offers more initial storage and a better back camera for $169. Thirty bucks less than the 80 Xenon. Still, until I've some hands-on experience with both, I can't make any judgment calls on their relative quality.

The 80 Xenon (is it just me or does the name sound like some kind of space currency?) ships with Q88 Tablet and will be available in June for $199.Electrical giant Dixons has revealed “stonking” results fuelled by a craze for computer tablets – and cupcakes.The Currys and PC World owner said UK sales jumped an impressive 13% in the three months to the end of April.About half that was a direct result of rival Comet going to the wall at the end of last year, with the collapse of Jessops and HMV’s problems also boosting trade.

TV hit The Great British Bake Off helped it shift enough cookers in the last quarter to bake two million cupcakes.And shoppers continued to snap up computer cheapest tablet such as Apple’s iPad – with sales rocketing by 350% in the last year.Jubilant boss Sebastian James said: “Less than a third of households have a tablet, so we think there is a lot more juice in this particular orange.”