{"id":42917,"date":"2012-02-07T12:05:10","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T10:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=42917"},"modified":"2012-02-07T12:13:51","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T10:13:51","slug":"vodacom-android-honeycomb-tablet-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/42917-vodacom-android-honeycomb-tablet-launched.html","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom Android Honeycomb tablet launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Vodacom\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/227063-Vodacom\">Vodacom<\/a> quietly launched its SmartTab <a title=\"Android Mobile Oerating System\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/221979-Google-Android\">Android<\/a> tablet range last week Thursday (2 February 2012), with its <a title=\"Vodacom SmartTab\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vodacom.co.za\/personal\/internet\/broadbandonthemove\/vodafonesmarttab\/\" target=\"_blank\">website stating<\/a> that it runs on Android Honeycomb 3.2 and would be available from \u201cparticipating Vodacom outlets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Head of corporate communications at Vodacom, <a title=\"Nomsa Thusi\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/353286-Nomsa-Thusi\">Nomsa Thusi<\/a>, said that the device is available at Vodacom World and that a list of participating outlets would be provided soon.<\/p>\n<p>Vodacom offers the Vodafone SmartTab range in a 7-inch and 10-inch variant, with both devices said to sport the same hardware otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Over and above the usual gamut of hardware, the devices also offer the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In addition to the standard Android apps, it also has QuickOffice Pro, which allows you to view, create and modify documents, spreadsheets and presentations.<\/li>\n<li>Preloaded games and video editing software.<\/li>\n<li>Share your pics, music and videos with other devices via USB on-the-go.<\/li>\n<li>Can be connected to any HD or HD ready TV.<\/li>\n<li>Dropbox comes pre-installed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The below table shows the key specifications revealed by Vodacom:<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"background-color: #f0f0f0; border-color: #fff; width: 100%;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #ccc; font-weight: bold;\">\n<td>\u00a0Hardware element<\/td>\n<td>Vodacom SmartTab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Operating System (at launch)<\/td>\n<td>Android Honeycomb 3.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Display<\/td>\n<td>7\u201d and 10\u201d WXGA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Camera, primary<\/td>\n<td>5MP rear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Camera, secondary<\/td>\n<td>2MP front<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Storage, internal<\/td>\n<td>16GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Storage, expandable<\/td>\n<td>microSD (32 GB)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Processor<\/td>\n<td>1.2GHz dual core (Snapdragon S3)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bearer<\/td>\n<td>3G, HSDPA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>The device is available for cash (prepaid) or on data contracts, and the Vodacom website lists the following prices:<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"width: 100%; background-color: #f0f0f0; border-color: #fff;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #ccc;\">\n<td>SmartTab model<\/td>\n<td>Prepaid<\/td>\n<td>MyMeg500<\/td>\n<td>MyGig1<\/td>\n<td>MyGig2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Smart Tab 7\u201d<\/td>\n<td>R 3,699<\/td>\n<td>R 199 pm<\/td>\n<td>R 249 pm<\/td>\n<td>R 299 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"odd\">\n<td>Smart Tab 10\u201d<\/td>\n<td>R 4,699<\/td>\n<td>R 249 pm<\/td>\n<td>R 299 pm<\/td>\n<td>R 349 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vodacom quietly launched the Vodafone SmartTab range of tablets last week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":42919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[397,4236,35,927,5868,6647,41,8727],"class_list":["post-42917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-android","tag-android-honeycomb","tag-headline","tag-nomsa-thusi","tag-tablet-deals","tag-tablet-pricing","tag-vodacom","tag-vodafone-smarttab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42917"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}