Star Trek Nerd

Star Trek Nerd is my personal attempt to review current design and influence future thinking of technology; to emulate the look, feel, and idea of the Star Trek universe.

- Personal Access Display Device -

Tablets are the perfect mobile platform that embody the PADD style input output device. I've reviewed tablets over 7".

		New	New	New	New		New
Manufacturer	I	Motorola	Samsung	Notion Ink	Apple	FlatComputing	ViewSonic	Archos	Apple	Archos	FlatComputing
Model	I	Xoom	Galaxy Tab 10.1	Adam	iPad 2	A10W	gTablet	101 Internet	iPad	9 PC	A10
OS	M	Android 3.0	Android 3.0	Android 2.2	iOS 4.2	Android 2.2	Android 2.2	Android 2.2	iOS 4.2	Win 7	Android 2.1
App Catalog	M	Official	Official	Official	Official	Official	Secondary	Secondary	Official	Official	Official

Screen
Size	I	10.1"	10.1"	10.1"	9.7"	10.1"	10.1"	10.1"	9.7"	8.9"	10.2"
Resolution	B	1280x800	1280x800	1024x600	1024x768	1024x600	1024x600	1024x600	1024x768	1024x600	1024x600
Touch	M	Multi	Multi	Multi	Multi	Multi	Multi	Multi	Multi	Single	Single
Type	M	Capacitive	Capacitive	Capacitive	Capacitive	Capacitive	Capacitive	Capacitive	Capacitive	Resistive	Resistive
Material	I	TFT LCD	TFT LCD	TFT LCD	IPS LCD	TFT LCD	TFT LCD	TFT LCD	IPS LCD	TFT LCD	TFT LCD

Processor
Speed	B	1GHz	1GHz	1GHz	1GHz	1GHz	1GHz	1GHz	1GHz	1.2GHz	1GHz
Dual Core	O	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No

Memory
RAM	M	1GB SDRAM	1GB SDRAM	1GB SDRAM	256MB DRAM	512MB DRAM	512MB DRAM	256MB DRAM	256MB DRAM	1GB SDRAM	256MB DRAM
Internal (Flash)	M	32GB	32GB SDHC	9GB	16GB	512MB DRAM	16GB	16GB	16GB	60GB	2GB
SD Card	M	Non-functional	32GB SDHC	32GB SDHC	No	32GB SDHC	32GB SDHC	32GB SDHC	No	No	32GB SDHC
Max	I	64GB	64GB	41GB	16GB	32.5GB	48GB	48GB	16GB	60GB	34GB

Communication
Wi-Fi	M	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bluetooth	M	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
USB	M	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
HDMI	M	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No

Sensors
Accelerometer	M	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Microphone / Jack	M	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Magnetometer	M	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Gyroscope	M	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
GPS	O	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Light	O	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Proximity	O	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Barometer	O	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Camera	O	5MP	8MP	3.2MP	Yes	No	1.3MP	No	No	No	No
Web Cam	O	2MP	2MP	3.2MP	Yes	.3MP	No	Yes	No	1.3MP	No

Price
Base	M	$600.00	?	$399.00	$499.00	$495.00	$380.00	$369.00	$399.00	$429.99	$175.00

Rating
positive		38	37	31	25	24	23	23	19	17	14
negative		1	1	1	4	3	3	3	6	8	8
Total		37	36	30	21	21	20	20	13	9	6

Legend

Notation		Outstanding	Good	I've had better	Debilitating

Best of	B	2
Must have	M	2	1	0	-1
Optional	O		1	0
Informational	I	Ungraded
Price		< $249	$250 - $399	$400 - $499	> $500