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Motorola And Verizon To Release Tablet PC Running FiOS TV

How the new Motorola tablet could look

In the battle to win the tablet PC market, Motorola have announced they will develop, together with the US phone company Verizon, its own ‘tablet’, following the success gained by rival Apple iPad.

The new device expected by early 2011 will have a ten-inch screen and use the Android operating system. It is also expected to be linked with the pay television offering from Verizon, called FiOS, which includes popular shows and networks.

By working with Verizon Wireless, who own a 25% share of US television market and 29% share of broadband customers, Motorola will get a foothold into the lucrative online TV business as they currently manufacture tv encoders.

Motorola co-chief Sanjay Jha said that they are “eager to participate” in Internet-based TV. “You’ve seen Google TV and Apple TV in that space,” Jha said, according to AFP. “I think there are some very good opportunities there.”

Motorola previously revealed a prototype tablet at the CES show, that device had a 7-inch screen, the Google Android OS, and capacity of 32GB of ram. It also was powered by a Nvidia chip and a Motorola modem.

The company reportedly want to offer, with the new ‘tablet’, functions that are missing from the iPad such as two cameras – one for video and one for photos – and support for the Adobe Flash format, used on many video sites.

It is also expected that the Motorola device is thinner and lighter than the iPad and can let users share their wireless data connection with nearby devices. Currently there are no firm details on price or the date of release.

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2 Responses to “Motorola And Verizon To Release Tablet PC Running FiOS TV”

  1. First of all, no other tablet is going to beat the iPad, second of all, apple is obviously gonna build a second gen of the ipad next year and hopefully verizon reales verizon fios tv app so i can watch tv on my ipad or iphone, anyways, i also think that verizon should redo their fios things, starting next year, new cable boxes, new features and i think it should include a web browser with wi-fi and their fios site sucks, they have a bunch of ads about discounts, so confusing

  2. How the new Motorola tablet could look?

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