iPod creator switches attention to 'smart' thermostats

The man known as the "godfather" of the iPod has invested his energy in a home appliance: a thermostat.

Tony Fadell caused surprise when he quit Apple in 2008 after heading its music player division. Fortune magazine once tipped him as a successor to former chief executive, Steve Jobs.

Mr Fadell has now revealed his efforts went into the Learning Thermostat.
The smart device adjusts the temperature based on the presence of people and their habits.

The thermostat is able to "learn" and adjust itself

It can "learn" about a house's cooling and heating patterns to optimise its performance, and adjust itself to the weather conditions.
Mr Faddell said the device could cut 20 to 30% off the average household's energy bill.
He said it is also possible to control the $249 (£156) thermostat remotely via a smartphone app.
The price is around fifteen times higher than what basic thermostats sell for in the US.
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“You don't hire a crack team to build a product. You hire them to build a company”
Matt Rogers
Nest

Smart gadgets
There are also alternative "smart" models on the market.
A Canadian firm Ecobee produces web-connected programmable "green" thermostats.
But according to Mr Fadell's company, Nest, the Learning Thermostat is more user-friendly, and has the advantage of being able to "observe" household members and their surroundings.

Using a motion sensor, it can detect whether or not anyone is home - and if the house or flat is empty, it goes into the energy-saving mode by turning down the heater or air conditioner.

Beyond thermostats
It is possible to adjust the temperature remotely, from a computer or a mobile device

It is possible to adjust the temperature remotely, from a computer or a mobile device

Smart thermostats are just one kind of the growing number of "intelligent" devices that are connected to the web and able to interact with humans and among themselves.

Smart meters and smart grids are among the best known ones, but companies are also experimenting with smart parking places, smart tags at retail stores and even a so-called Urban operating system aimed at controlling devices of a future smart city.

The tech website CNET, which interviewed Nest's co-founder Matt Rogers, says the start-up is likely to move beyond smart thermostats in the years to come.

 "You don't hire a crack team to build a product. You hire them to build a company," the site quoted Mr Rogers as saying. (BBC)

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Top 10 tablets of 2011, the new leaderboard

By Jason Hiner | May 4, 2011, 8:48am PDT

Summary: With new tablets hitting the market almost every week, there is suddenly an overwhelming number of choices — and more on the way.

Tablet PC

Here are the 10 tablets that are worth your attention.

Tablets are the technology’s industry’s latest gold rush. With Apple selling 15 million iPads in 2010 and projected to sell as many as 45 million in 2011, everyone wants a piece of the public’s sudden infatuation with multitouch slabs of silicon.  From the world’s biggest computer companies to obscure little parts makers, there are an obscene number of companies releasing tablets this year.

Which ones are safe to ignore and which ones are worth your attention? At the beginning of the year, I wrote a piece called The 10 hottest tablets to watch in 2011. Many of these tablets have come to market, or will soon, and a couple new ones have popped up that deserve a spot on the list. Also, based on my reviews of several of these tablets, the order of ranking has changed. For example, the Motorola Xoom has dropped from the No. 2 spot to the No. 9 spot and the Notion Ink Adam, Acer Iconia, and T-Mobile G-Slate have dropped off the list entirely.

So, here is my updated assessment of the top tablets of 2011.

10. Samsung Sliding PC 7

A Windows 7 tablet that is legitimately intriguing is Samsung’s Sliding PC 7. It looks like a normal 10-inch tablet, but includes a slide-out keyboard that turns it into a fully functional laptop.

Samsung Sliding PC 7

The hardware manages to deftly combine slimness with keyboard usability, based on the demo at CES. For those who don’t want to carry both a laptop and a tablet, hybrid devices like this could carve out a new niche. This one has a 1366×768 screen, up to a 64GB solid state drive, 2GB of RAM, and built-in 3G and WiMAX chips. Since it runs all of that hardware and the full version of Windows, battery life will be a concern. It also costs $650 and tablets over $600 have not been very well received by the public.

9. Motorola Xoom

When Google is ready to make a leap forward with Android, it anoints a hardware partner to work closely with the company on the new software and produce a device that will be an initial concept vehicle of what Google envisions. For its Android 3.0 tablet OS, Motorola was the chosen one.

Motorola XOOM

And, interestingly enough, the Motorola Xoom was not only be the first Honeycomb tablet, but also the first tablet to run on Verizon’s new 4G LTE superhighway. This 10-inch widescreen tablet has drool-inducing tech specs but the Android tablet software is incomplete and desperately needs more apps. The other big drawback is the price. It retails for $799 without a contract. Even the Wi-Fi version is $599. It will be tough to justify that price until Google cleans up Honeycomb and gets app builders on board. Read full review.

8. HTC Flyer

Half of the tablets on this list are powered by Android and HTC is one of the powerhouses of the Android ecosystem. Unlike rivals Motorola, Samsung, and LG, who all unveiled high-end tablets at CES 2011, HTC was remarkably silent on the tablet question in Vegas.

HTC Flyer

However, the company officially announced its first tablet a month later at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It is the HTC Flyer and it’s a 7-incher with 1.5 GHz CPU, 1.0 GB RAM, 32GB of Flash storage, an attractive unibody design, and a special version of the HTC Sense UI designed for tablets. Unlike most of the other Android tablets, the Flyer also includes digital ink technology and a stylus. However, the Flyer will not run Android 3.0. Instead, it will launch with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Given the problems with Honeycomb and HTC’s strong track record with its Sense UI, this could be a very usable little tablet.

7. Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9

The original Samsung Galaxy Tab was a 7-inch tablet that jumped the gun on Android tablets before Google was ready but it also offered the first legitimate challenge to the iPad.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9

If it wasn’t so expensive ($600), it might have faired even better than the respectable sales numbers that it posted. Samsung’s second try at the tablet market looks a lot more potent. Running the official Android tablet OS this time, Samsung is preparing to launch 8.9-inch and 10.1-inch versions of the Galaxy Tab in mid-2011. The 8.9-inch model could prove to be the most attractive, since it’s a little smaller than the 10-inch tablets like the iPad and the Xoom, which can be slightly awkward to hold and enter data. Plus, the Samsung Galaxy Tab has a great price tag — $439 for the Wi-Fi model — and Samsung is making these tablets very friendly for enterprise buyers.

6. B&N Nook Color

The Barnes & Noble Nook Color e-reader recently got an update to Android 2.2 and its own app store, which has turned it into a viable low-cost tablet.

Some will argue against it since it has a heavy-handed UI forced on top of Android and doesn’t run the full Android Market app store. But, I couldn’t leave this little 7-inch tablet off the list. It has a great form factor — thin and easy in the hands — and you can’t beat the price at $249. Plus, if you’re highly technical, you can hack it into a full Android tablet.

5. ASUS Eee Pad Transformer

ASUS believes that the iPad has two weaknesses — lack of choice and limited productivity (content creation) — so that’s where the company is focusing its energy in tablets.

Asus Eee Pad Transformer

At CES, ASUS unveiled its line of four tablets, and three of them were aimed at content creators. The most interesting was the Eee Pad Transformer, a 10-inch tablet with a dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 CPU that runs Android 3.0. The most innovative thing about this one is that it has an optional keyboard dock that also functions as an extended battery, giving the device up to 16 hours of life. ASUS has pulled off an Android tablet that also doubles as a laptop when the Transformer is in dock mode. Plus, the price is right. At $399, this tablet is one of the best values on the market, so it’s no surprise that it it sold out in the US on its first day of online sales.

4. BlackBerry PlayBook

I was at the event last fall where RIM announced the BlackBerry PlayBook and my first impressions were not very good — mostly because RIM kept it behind glass. However, after getting my hands on the final product, I was a lot more impressed.

BlackBerry Playbook

The PlayBook looks like it could become a factor in the tablet market, especially for businesses that are already invested and committed to the BES backend infrastructure. This is a 7-inch tablet, so that limits its appeal a bit — except for the vocal minority who like the smaller form factor. Still, the hardware feels great, the tablet OS is easy to figure out, and the performance is staggeringly good. BlackBerry die-hards alone could turn this one into a winner. It’s also the best tablet for Web browsing because of its excellent implementation of Flash.

3. The Amazon tablet

Amazon appears to be putting all the pieces in place to build its own Android tablet. In fact, it may be better positioned to compete with Apple than any of the other tablet makers because of its strengths in content and cloud computing.

Amazon Tablet

Amazon already had the Kindle e-book library and Web-based music and video stores, but in 2011 it has added the Amazon Appstore for Android and Amazon Cloud Drive. Plus, the word out of Asia is that Amazon is prepping a low-cost tablet using an E-ink display. Amazon hasn’t made any announcements yet, so this tablet benefits from lots of positive speculation, but the stars appear to be aligning for a formidable tablet product from the world’s e-commerce king, which will likely price it low and make money off the content sales.

2. HP TouchPad

I think we can safely call this one the “X factor.” Even after Hewlett-Packard officially unveiled its webOS tablet on February 9, there are still two big questions hanging out there - when exactly will it arrive (”summer” is all we know) and how much will it cost?

HP TouchPad

This product has been in the works since HP bought Palm last summer. Putting the resources of HP behind the massive potential of webOS could be great combination. Also, don’t forget that HP has a decade of experience building tablet hardware — even if it was as part of the long defeat for Microsoft’s Tablet PC. HP’s new TouchPad is 9.7-inch tablet with lots of high-end features, but it doesn’t have much to distinguish it from Apple or Android and that could hurt. The tablet will likely succeed or fail based on price. If it is comparable to the iPad ($500) while offering a stronger feature-set, it has a shot. If it’s more expensive than the iPad then it could struggle. Still, the WebOS is a natural fit for tablets and the TouchPad could potentially trump the iPad in true multitasking, better integrated notifications, and messaging.

1. Apple iPad 2

The iPad remains the king of the category and, even with the invasion of an army of challengers, it’s difficult to see a scenario in which the iPad won’t retain a commanding market share lead when we get to the end of 2011. It still has too many factors in its favor: usability, battery life, a massive catalog of apps, and price.

Apple iPad 2

The last factor might be the most important. In 2010, price was the iPad’s greatest marketing weapon as rivals had a very hard time meeting the iPad’s price tag while offering a comparable experience. The iPad 2 doesn’t offer any revolutionary new changes. It’s thinner and lighter, has an upgraded processor and display, and adds front and rear cameras. It’s a nice refinement, and with its big advantages in app and content libraries, it easily has enough value to keep it at the top of the list. 

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HTML Colour Codes and Names

HTML Colour codes and names

HTML color codes are hexadecimal triplets representing the colors red, green, and blue. For example, in the the color red, the color code is FF0000, which is '255' red, '0' green, and '0' blue.

Colour

Major hexadecimal color codes

Color	Color Code	Color	Color Code
Red	#FF0000	White	#FFFFFF
Cyan	#00FFFF	Silver	#C0C0C0
Blue	#0000FF	Grey	#808080
Dark Blue	#0000A0	Black	#000000
Light Purple	#FF0080	Orange	#FFA500
Purple	#800080	Brown	#A52A2A
Yellow	#FFFF00	Maroon	#800000
Lime	#00FF00	Green	#008000
Fuchsia	#FF00FF	Olive	#808000

Color code chart

COLOR NAME	CODE	COLOR
Black	#000000	Black
Gray0	#150517	Gray0
Gray18	#250517	Gray18
Gray21	#2B1B17	Gray21
Gray23	#302217	Gray23
Gray24	#302226	Gray24
Gray25	#342826	Gray25
Gray26	#34282C	Gray26
Gray27	#382D2C	Gray27
Gray28	#3B3131	Gray28
Gray29	#3E3535	Gray29
Gray30	#413839	Gray30
Gray31	#41383C	Gray31
Gray32	#463E3F	Gray32
Gray34	#4A4344	Gray34
Gray35	#4C4646	Gray35
Gray36	#4E4848	Gray36
Gray37	#504A4B	Gray37
Gray38	#544E4F	Gray38
Gray39	#565051	Gray39
Gray40	#595454	Gray40
Gray41	#5C5858	Gray41
Gray42	#5F5A59	Gray42
Gray43	#625D5D	Gray43
Gray44	#646060	Gray44
Gray45	#666362	Gray45
Gray46	#696565	Gray46
Gray47	#6D6968	Gray47
Gray48	#6E6A6B	Gray48
Gray49	#726E6D	Gray49
Gray50	#747170	Gray50
Gray	#736F6E	Gray
Slate Gray4	#616D7E	Slate Gray4
Slate Gray	#657383	Slate Gray
Light Steel Blue4	#646D7E	Light Steel Blue4
Light Slate Gray	#6D7B8D	Light Slate Gray
Cadet Blue4	#4C787E	Cadet Blue4
Dark Slate Gray4	#4C7D7E	Dark Slate Gray4
Thistle4	#806D7E	Thistle4
Medium Slate Blue	#5E5A80	Medium Slate Blue
Medium Purple4	#4E387E	Medium Purple4
Midnight Blue	#151B54	Midnight Blue
Dark Slate Blue	#2B3856	Dark Slate Blue
Dark Slate Gray	#25383C	Dark Slate Gray
Dim Gray	#463E41	Dim Gray
Cornflower Blue	#151B8D	Cornflower Blue
Royal Blue4	#15317E	Royal Blue4
Slate Blue4	#342D7E	Slate Blue4
Royal Blue	#2B60DE	Royal Blue
Royal Blue1	#306EFF	Royal Blue1
Royal Blue2	#2B65EC	Royal Blue2
Royal Blue3	#2554C7	Royal Blue3
Deep Sky Blue	#3BB9FF	Deep Sky Blue
Deep Sky Blue2	#38ACEC	Deep Sky Blue2
Slate Blue	#357EC7	Slate Blue
Deep Sky Blue3	#3090C7	Deep Sky Blue3
Deep Sky Blue4	#25587E	Deep Sky Blue4
Dodger Blue	#1589FF	Dodger Blue
Dodger Blue2	#157DEC	Dodger Blue2
Dodger Blue3	#1569C7	Dodger Blue3
Dodger Blue4	#153E7E	Dodger Blue4
Steel Blue4	#2B547E	Steel Blue4
Steel Blue	#4863A0	Steel Blue
Slate Blue2	#6960EC	Slate Blue2
Violet	#8D38C9	Violet
Medium Purple3	#7A5DC7	Medium Purple3
Medium Purple	#8467D7	Medium Purple
Medium Purple2	#9172EC	Medium Purple2
Medium Purple1	#9E7BFF	Medium Purple1
Light Steel Blue	#728FCE	Light Steel Blue
Steel Blue3	#488AC7	Steel Blue3
Steel Blue2	#56A5EC	Steel Blue2
Steel Blue1	#5CB3FF	Steel Blue1
Sky Blue3	#659EC7	Sky Blue3
Sky Blue4	#41627E	Sky Blue4
Slate Blue	#737CA1	Slate Blue
Slate Blue	#737CA1	Slate Blue
Slate Gray3	#98AFC7	Slate Gray3
Violet Red	#F6358A	Violet Red
Violet Red1	#F6358A	Violet Red1
Violet Red2	#E4317F	Violet Red2
Deep Pink	#F52887	Deep Pink
Deep Pink2	#E4287C	Deep Pink2
Deep Pink3	#C12267	Deep Pink3
Deep Pink4	#7D053F	Deep Pink4
Medium Violet Red	#CA226B	Medium Violet Red
Violet Red3	#C12869	Violet Red3
Firebrick	#800517	Firebrick
Violet Red4	#7D0541	Violet Red4
Maroon4	#7D0552	Maroon4
Maroon	#810541	Maroon
Maroon3	#C12283	Maroon3
Maroon2	#E3319D	Maroon2
Maroon1	#F535AA	Maroon1
Magenta	#FF00FF	Magenta
Magenta1	#F433FF	Magenta1
Magenta2	#E238EC	Magenta2
Magenta3	#C031C7	Magenta3
Medium Orchid	#B048B5	Medium Orchid
Medium Orchid1	#D462FF	Medium Orchid1
Medium Orchid2	#C45AEC	Medium Orchid2
Medium Orchid3	#A74AC7	Medium Orchid3
Medium Orchid4	#6A287E	Medium Orchid4
Purple	#8E35EF	Purple
Purple1	#893BFF	Purple1
Purple2	#7F38EC	Purple2
Purple3	#6C2DC7	Purple3
Purple4	#461B7E	Purple4
Dark Orchid4	#571B7e	Dark Orchid4
Dark Orchid	#7D1B7E	Dark Orchid
Dark Violet	#842DCE	Dark Violet
Dark Orchid3	#8B31C7	Dark Orchid3
Dark Orchid2	#A23BEC	Dark Orchid2
Dark Orchid1	#B041FF	Dark Orchid1
Plum4	#7E587E	Plum4
Pale Violet Red	#D16587	Pale Violet Red
Pale Violet Red1	#F778A1	Pale Violet Red1
Pale Violet Red2	#E56E94	Pale Violet Red2
Pale Violet Red3	#C25A7C	Pale Violet Red3
Pale Violet Red4	#7E354D	Pale Violet Red4
Plum	#B93B8F	Plum
Plum1	#F9B7FF	Plum1
Plum2	#E6A9EC	Plum2
Plum3	#C38EC7	Plum3
Thistle	#D2B9D3	Thistle
Thistle3	#C6AEC7	Thistle3
Lavender Blush2	#EBDDE2	Lavender Blush2
Lavender Blush3	#C8BBBE	Lavender Blush3
Thistle2	#E9CFEC	Thistle2
Thistle1	#FCDFFF	Thistle1
Lavender	#E3E4FA	Lavender
Lavender Blush	#FDEEF4	Lavender Blush
Light Steel Blue1	#C6DEFF	Light Steel Blue1
Light Blue	#ADDFFF	Light Blue
Light Blue1	#BDEDFF	Light Blue1
Light Cyan	#E0FFFF	Light Cyan
Slate Gray1	#C2DFFF	Slate Gray1
Slate Gray2	#B4CFEC	Slate Gray2
Light Steel Blue2	#B7CEEC	Light Steel Blue2
Turquoise1	#52F3FF	Turquoise1
Cyan	#00FFFF	Cyan
Cyan1	#57FEFF	Cyan1
Cyan2	#50EBEC	Cyan2
Turquoise2	#4EE2EC	Turquoise2
Medium Turquoise	#48CCCD	Medium Turquoise
Turquoise	#43C6DB	Turquoise
Dark Slate Gray1	#9AFEFF	Dark Slate Gray1
Dark Slate Gray2	#8EEBEC	Dark slate Gray2
Dark Slate Gray3	#78c7c7	Dark Slate Gray3
Cyan3	#46C7C7	Cyan3
Turquoise3	#43BFC7	Turquoise3
Cadet Blue3	#77BFC7	Cadet Blue3
Pale Turquoise3	#92C7C7	Pale Turquoise3
Light Blue2	#AFDCEC	Light Blue2
Dark Turquoise	#3B9C9C	Dark Turquoise
Cyan4	#307D7E	Cyan4
Light Sea Green	#3EA99F	Light Sea Green
Light Sky Blue	#82CAFA	Light Sky Blue
Light Sky Blue2	#A0CFEC	Light Sky Blue2
Light Sky Blue3	#87AFC7	Light Sky Blue3
Sky Blue	#82CAFF	Sky Blue
Sky Blue2	#79BAEC	Sky Blue2
Light Sky Blue4	#566D7E	Light Sky Blue4
Sky Blue	#6698FF	Sky Blue
Light Slate Blue	#736AFF	Light Slate Blue
Light Cyan2	#CFECEC	Light Cyan2
Light Cyan3	#AFC7C7	Light Cyan3
Light Cyan4	#717D7D	Light Cyan4
Light Blue3	#95B9C7	Light Blue3
Light Blue4	#5E767E	Light Blue4
Pale Turquoise4	#5E7D7E	Pale Turquoise4
Dark Sea Green4	#617C58	Dark Sea Green4
Medium Aquamarine	#348781	Medium Aquamarine
Medium Sea Green	#306754	Medium Sea Green
Sea Green	#4E8975	Sea Green
Dark Green	#254117	Dark Green
Sea Green4	#387C44	Sea Green4
Forest Green	#4E9258	Forest Green
Medium Forest Green	#347235	Medium Forest Green
Spring Green4	#347C2C	Spring Green4
Dark Olive Green4	#667C26	Dark Olive Green4
Chartreuse4	#437C17	Chartreuse4
Green4	#347C17	Green4
Medium Spring Green	#348017	Medium Spring Green
Spring Green	#4AA02C	Spring Green
Lime Green	#41A317	Lime Green
Spring Green	#4AA02C	Spring Green
Dark Sea Green	#8BB381	Dark Sea Green
Dark Sea Green3	#99C68E	Dark Sea Green3
Green3	#4CC417	Green3
Chartreuse3	#6CC417	Chartreuse3
Yellow Green	#52D017	Yellow Green
Spring Green3	#4CC552	Spring Green3
Sea Green3	#54C571	Sea Green3
Spring Green2	#57E964	Spring Green2
Spring Green1	#5EFB6E	Spring Green1
Sea Green2	#64E986	Sea Green2
Sea Green1	#6AFB92	Sea Green1
Dark Sea Green2	#B5EAAA	Dark Sea Green2
Dark Sea Green1	#C3FDB8	Dark Sea Green1
Green	#00FF00	Green
Lawn Green	#87F717	Lawn Green
Green1	#5FFB17	Green1
Green2	#59E817	Green2
Chartreuse2	#7FE817	Chartreuse2
Chartreuse	#8AFB17	Chartreuse
Green Yellow	#B1FB17	Green Yellow
Dark Olive Green1	#CCFB5D	Dark Olive Green1
Dark Olive Green2	#BCE954	Dark Olive Green2
Dark Olive Green3	#A0C544	Dark Olive Green3
Yellow	#FFFF00	Yellow
Yellow1	#FFFC17	Yellow1
Khaki1	#FFF380	Khaki1
Khaki2	#EDE275	Khaki2
Goldenrod	#EDDA74	Goldenrod
Gold2	#EAC117	Gold2
Gold1	#FDD017	Gold1
Goldenrod1	#FBB917	Goldenrod1
Goldenrod2	#E9AB17	Goldenrod2
Gold	#D4A017	Gold
Gold3	#C7A317	Gold3
Goldenrod3	#C68E17	Goldenrod3
Dark Goldenrod	#AF7817	Dark Goldenrod
Khaki	#ADA96E	Khaki
Khaki3	#C9BE62	Khaki3
Khaki4	#827839	Khaki4
Dark Goldenrod1	#FBB117	Dark Goldenrod1
Dark Goldenrod2	#E8A317	Dark Goldenrod2
Dark Goldenrod3	#C58917	Dark Goldenrod3
Sienna1	#F87431	Sienna1
Sienna2	#E66C2C	Sienna2
Dark Orange	#F88017	Dark Orange
Dark Orange1	#F87217	Dark Orange1
Dark Orange2	#E56717	Dark Orange2
Dark Orange3	#C35617	Dark Orange3
Sienna3	#C35817	Sienna3
Sienna	#8A4117	Sienna
Sienna4	#7E3517	Sienna4
Indian Red4	#7E2217	Indian Red4
Dark Orange3	#7E3117	Dark Orange3
Salmon4	#7E3817	Salmon4
Dark Goldenrod4	#7F5217	Dark Goldenrod4
Gold4	#806517	Gold4
Goldenrod4	#805817	Goldenrod4
Light Salmon4	#7F462C	Light Salmon4
Chocolate	#C85A17	Chocolate
Coral3	#C34A2C	Coral3
Coral2	#E55B3C	Coral2
Coral	#F76541	Coral
Dark Salmon	#E18B6B	Dark Salmon
Salmon1	#F88158	Pale Turquoise4
Salmon2	#E67451	Salmon2
Salmon3	#C36241	Salmon3
Light Salmon3	#C47451	Light Salmon3
Light Salmon2	#E78A61	Light Salmon2
Light Salmon	#F9966B	Light Salmon
Sandy Brown	#EE9A4D	Sandy Brown
Hot Pink	#F660AB	Hot Pink
Hot Pink1	#F665AB	Hot Pink1
Hot Pink2	#E45E9D	Hot Pink2
Hot Pink3	#C25283	Hot Pink3
Hot Pink4	#7D2252	Hot Pink4
Light Coral	#E77471	Light Coral
Indian Red1	#F75D59	Indian Red1
Indian Red2	#E55451	Indian Red2
Indian Red3	#C24641	Indian Red3
Red	#FF0000	Red
Red1	#F62217	Red1
Red2	#E41B17	Red2
Firebrick1	#F62817	Firebrick1
Firebrick2	#E42217	Firebrick2
Firebrick3	#C11B17	Firebrick3
Pink	#FAAFBE	Pink
Rosy Brown1	#FBBBB9	Rosy Brown1
Rosy Brown2	#E8ADAA	Rosy Brown2
Pink2	#E7A1B0	Pink2
Light Pink	#FAAFBA	Light Pink
Light Pink1	#F9A7B0	Light Pink1
Light Pink2	#E799A3	Light Pink2
Pink3	#C48793	Pink3
Rosy Brown3	#C5908E	Rosy Brown3
Rosy Brown	#B38481	Rosy Brown
Light Pink3	#C48189	Light Pink3
Rosy Brown4	#7F5A58	Rosy Brown4
Light Pink4	#7F4E52	Light Pink4
Pink4	#7F525D	Pink4
Lavender Blush4	#817679	Lavender Blush4
Light Goldenrod4	#817339	Light Goldenrod4
Lemon Chiffon4	#827B60	Lemon Chiffon4
Lemon Chiffon3	#C9C299	Lemon Chiffon3
Light Goldenrod3	#C8B560	Light Goldenrod3
Light Golden2	#ECD672	Light Golden2
Light Goldenrod	#ECD872	Light Goldenrod
Light Goldenrod1	#FFE87C	Light Goldenrod1
Lemon Chiffon2	#ECE5B6	Lemon Chiffon2
Lemon Chiffon	#FFF8C6	Lemon Chiffon
Light Goldenrod Yellow	#FAF8CC	Light Goldenrod Yellow

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Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 8.9

Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 8.9

Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 8.9

This tablet is an expression of you – not its maker. 
If you buy the wrong tablet, you’re at the mercy of the manufacturer regarding how much you can customize or personalize your screens. But the beauty of Android is that you have much greater flexibility to arrange things however you want. You’ll have multiple home screens to compose and design, plus live wallpapers to express your mood and personality. The Tab also offers you the freedom of TouchWiz®, the intuitive user interface that allows you to quickly drag and drop your icons, widgets and Live Panels with only the touch of a finger. Now, reorganizing your tablet’s menus and navigational options will be simple and straightforward.


A screen so lifelike you’ll want to touch it. 
The Tab’s WXGA-TFT touchscreen redefines high resolution. Every image has amazing color, radiance, and clarity to capture all the detail of real life. The Tab’s dimensions give it an aspect ratio that lets you see more of the original image, without cropping or black bars. Now when you watch a movie with $100 million in special effects, you get the full impact. When you read eBooks or emails, every letter of text is razor sharp. Video chatting is more like talking face-to-face. And when your finger touches the responsive screen, every function is smooth as silk.

Performs at a higher level. So you can, too. 
Surf the internet just like on a PC, and get the full enjoyment of Adobe® Flash® Player compatible sites, games, and videos.

many and many more...

The Dual core 1GHz processor runs every function and app effortlessly. A full gig of ram gives you plenty of memory. The Tab’s Android ™ 3.1, Honeycomb platform is the proven gold standard to perform the full range of Google services like optimized Gmail™ and Google Maps™.

Does several things at once. Sound familiar? 
Multi-tasking is the new normal. None of us have time to do only one thing at a time. The Tab keeps you up-to-the-second with widgets and live panels that update constantly.

MultiTasking

And you can have more than one window open at a time to bounce around on. Access the Android Market™ for thousands of apps that keep your life moving with the speed you need. Sometimes your Tab is for work, sometimes it’s for play, and sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference.

Take gaming to the next level. 
The Tab 8.9 is gaming heaven. It has the speed and processing power to run any Android or Adobe® Flash® Player compatible game with no buffering, stalling, downloads, or plug-ins. And the screen shows every dragon’s scale, every gold doubloon, and every sword glint with eye-popping, heart-pounding detail.
You can’t be too thin.

Let's Play!

It’s only .34" from front to back, which is about as thin as a typical ballpoint pen. The Tab also weighs just 447 grams – so light that you’ll hardly notice it in your briefcase or purse. The body is sleek yet easy to grip, and fits comfortably in your hand. It’s the perfect portable device to take anywhere and connect through any Wi-Fi hotspot without monthly service fees or carrier contracts.

Your Tab is the hub of your social universe. 
For social networking, the Tab offers Social Hub, the pre-loaded app which organizes all your favorite sites in one, easy-to-access location.

Watch movies and TV shows anytime and everywhere. 
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 gives you access to Media Hub, where movies and TV shows can be rented or downloaded for purchase. When you choose to purchase, your content can be stored in the cloud and viewed on up to five other Media Hub enabled devices, or even watched on your television through Smart Show with an HDMI video-out adapter (sold separately).

Watching Everywhere...

You can watch it now, or later for offline viewing. The list of content available is refreshed daily to include the latest episodes of last night’s TV shows. When you choose to watch something, you can begin watching within minutes with progressive download.

Want more places to get movies? Not a problem.
The Google Videos app is preloaded, letting you rent thousands of movies starting at $1.99. Get Amazon Instant movies with Unlimited Streaming videos offering more than 2,000 movies and 500 TV shows. If you’re an Amazon Prime user, you get movies absolutely free with membership. Many movies and videos are Adobe® Flash® Player compatible, and you’ll be able to watch them all. Most networks offer free shows on their own websites, and you’ll be able to access the free content with a browser based website for TV shows. Want more options? Get the IMDB app from Android Market to watch movie trailers, or the Vevo App for premium music videos.

It’s like a bookworm’s heaven. 
The Amazon Kindle app is preloaded, giving you access to the largest selection of the books (including New York best sellers) and periodicals people want to read. You even get free sample books, chapters and popular classics.

BookWorm? See this!

Google Books comes preloaded, offering you free out-of-trademark books such as “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “Pride & Prejudice” and many more. You can purchase thousands of books via Android Market.

Sync and Share Digital Content with AllShare™ 
Transform your digital living experience by enjoying your content on multiple screens, anytime, anywhere. You can wirelessly stream your movies, music and photos from your smartphone, or tablet to your Smart TV, PC and to other DLNA Certified® devices. Samsung AllShare™ seamlessly puts your music, memories and videos in harmony.


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Full Spec...

Tablet with support for GSM voice communication, SMS, and MMS.General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

Announced 2011, March

Status Available. Released 2011, October

Size Dimensions 230.9 x 157.8 x 8.6 mm

Weight 453 g

Display Type PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size 800 x 1280 pixels, 8.9 inches (~170 ppi pixel density)

- Multi-touch input method

- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate

- TouchWiz UX UI

- Three-axis gyro sensor

- Touch-sensitive controls

Sound Alert types MP3 ringtones

Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers

3.5mm jack Yes

Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall

Call records Yes

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1GB RAM

Card slot No

Data GPRS Yes

EDGE Yes

3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP

Infrared port No

USB Yes, v2.0

Camera Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Video Yes, 720p

Secondary Yes, 2 MP

Features OS Android OS, v3.0 (Honeycomb)

CPU Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor, ULP GeForce GPU, Tegra 2 T20 chipset

Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM

Browser HTML

Radio No

Games Yes

Colors Black

GPS Yes, with A-GPS support

Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

- SNS integration

- Digital compass

- TV-out

- MP4/DivX/Xvid/H.264/H.263 player

- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/OGG player

- Organizer

- Image/video editor

- Quickoffice HD editor/viewer

- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,

YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration

- Adobe Flash 10.2 support

- Voice memo

- Predictive text input (Swype)

Battery Standard battery, Li-Po 6000 mAh

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