Samsung launches dual OS based Ativ Q

Samsung has also launched Ativ Tab 3, which is claimed to be the slimmest Windows tablet.

Samsung announced two new Windows tablets under its Ativ series, named as Ativ Q and Ativ Tab 3.

Ativ Q is a dual boot tablet with both Android 4.2 and Windows 8 operating system. The design of the tablet allows it to be used in tablet mode, like a laptop, you can also float and adjust the display to a comfortable viewing angle or flip the display to place in the stand mode to watch movies with ease.

The Ativ Q has a 13.3 inch display with world's highest resolution, QHD＋ (3200x1800). Ativ Q has 9 hours battery life. It weighs 1.29 kg and is only 13.9 mm thick. Samsung has put Intel Core i5 processor, 4 GB RAM in the tablet along with 128 GB SSD (memory).

Ativ Tab 3, on the other hand, is more conventional and offers Windows 8 operating system only, but supports S Pen functionality just like Galaxy Note. It has improvements like high level pen display and S Pen compatibility with MS Office. Ativ Tab 3 has a 10.1 inch display with 1366x768 HD resolution and runs on Intel Atom Z2760 processor, 2 GB RAM and 64 GB inbuilt memory.

Ativ Tab 3 is claimed to be the slimmest Windows tablet at 8.2 millimeters thick and is lightweight at 550 grams. The ATIV Tab 3 also features up to 10 hours of battery life,

Both the tablets have the 'SideSync' feature which allows users to switch from working on their PC to an Android-based Samsung smartphone easily. The price and availability of the tablets has not been announced yet. However looking at the specifications the tablets are expected to be priced upwards of Rs 50,000 for the Ativ Tab 3 and Rs 90,000 and above for Ativ Q.

Tags: SAMSUNG, ATIV, DUAL BOOT, ANDROID, WINDOWS, TABLET

Microsoft offering Surface RT tablets for $199

Microsoft offering Surface RT tablets for $199 to educational institutions

SURFACE RT

If you thought Microsoft's effort to push Surface RT tablets into classrooms would stop with a 10,000-unit giveaway, you'd be mistaken. Ryan Lowdermilk, a technology evangelist for the company, revealed that it's offering 32GB Surface RT slates to K-12 and higher education institutions in 25 countries for $199, more than 50 percent off the $499 retail sticker price. Dropping $249 for each unit will snag organizations keyboard-infused Touch Covers, while bumping the cost to $289 will add Type Covers to the package. Education outfits can take advantage of the deal until August 31st (or while supplies last), but individual students won't be able to snag a Surface at such a deep discount on their own. The post announcing the program has gone offline since its unveiling, but we've reached out to Lowdermilk to confirm that the offer is still valid. In the meantime, you can hit the second source link to snatch an order form for school administrators.

Update: It appears the order form has been pulled, so we've replaced the second source link with a mirror of the document.

[Thanks, Suraj-Sun]

SOURCE: Ryan Lowdermilk (Google Cache), Surface for Education Order Form (PDF)