SINGAPORE: China's Huawei Technologies unveiled a new tablet computer called the MediaPad on Monday that it hopes could take on market leaders Apple and Samsung Electronics .
The launch would be part of an aggressive push by Huawei, the world's second-biggest supplier of telecommunications equipment behind Ericsson, into the consumer space.
"With the Huawei MediaPad , we are demonstrating yet again that design, functionality and performance is within anyone's reach," Victor Xu, chief marketing officer of Huawei Device, said in a statement.
Huawei Device is a division of Huawei Technologies that makes cellphones, smartphones and tablet PCs.
Huawei said the 7-inch MediaPad will run on the Android 3.2 operating system from Google Inc and use a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor from Qualcomm . It will also come with pre-installed applications such as Facebook and Twitter.
The MediaPad is Huawei Device's smartest, slimmest and lightest tablet yet, measuring just 10.5mm (0.4 inches) deep and weighing around 390g (0.86 pounds). It supports 1080P full HD video playback and features a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera and 5 megapixel auto focus rear facing camera with HD video recording capabilities. With HSPA+ 14.4Mbps and high-speed WiFi 11n Internet connectivity, the MediaPad doesn't just entertain – it keeps you connected.
The launch would be part of an aggressive push by Huawei, the world's second-biggest supplier of telecommunications equipment behind Ericsson, into the consumer space.
"With the Huawei MediaPad , we are demonstrating yet again that design, functionality and performance is within anyone's reach," Victor Xu, chief marketing officer of Huawei Device, said in a statement.
Huawei Device is a division of Huawei Technologies that makes cellphones, smartphones and tablet PCs.
Huawei said the 7-inch MediaPad will run on the Android 3.2 operating system from Google Inc and use a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor from Qualcomm . It will also come with pre-installed applications such as Facebook and Twitter.
The MediaPad is Huawei Device's smartest, slimmest and lightest tablet yet, measuring just 10.5mm (0.4 inches) deep and weighing around 390g (0.86 pounds). It supports 1080P full HD video playback and features a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera and 5 megapixel auto focus rear facing camera with HD video recording capabilities. With HSPA+ 14.4Mbps and high-speed WiFi 11n Internet connectivity, the MediaPad doesn't just entertain – it keeps you connected.
