hello peeps. Dell unveiled 2 business windows 8.1 tablets and 2 consumer Android media consumption tablets today

The Windows 8 tablet are identifiable with "Pro" in the name tablets

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thanks roimekoi for the update link

Dell is now selling both the 8 and 11 Venue Pro

http://liliputing.com/2013/11/dell-venue-1...unches-500.html

DELLL US order link http://www.dell.com/us/p/dell-venue-11-pro/pd

USD500 = 64G emmc storage with Z3770 processor . 2G RAM with Office 2012 Home and student
USD800 = 128G SSD storage i3 4th gen processor, 4G RAM 64bit Windows 8 WITHOUT Office 2012 Home and student
UAS850 = 128G SSD storage i5 4th gen processor, 4G RAM 64bit Windows 8 WITHOUT Office 2012 Home and student

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http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/10/02/de...blets-revealed/
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/10/dell-venu...blets-unveiled/
http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/02/dell-ve...ro-11-hands-on/

Dell Venue Pro 8

$299.99
8" IPS screen - 1,280×800
Pen input support,
Intel quad core “Bay Trail” processors
2GB of RAM
32GB of onboard storage.
10 hours of battery life.
Release date - October
SD card support
bundle with Office 2013 Home and Student



$499.99 up
10.8" IPS screen - FULL HD screen
Pen input support,
Intel Baytrail Z3770, i3 or i5 Hasswell processor
2GB up to 8GB of RAM
32GB up to 256GB of onboard storage.
10 hours of battery life. 16hr with optional power keyboard. Swappable battery (summary - battery is NOT a problem)
FULL size USB 2.0. USB3.0 support via docking station
SD card support
release date - November




Venue Pro 8 and Venue Pro 11 side by side



This post has been edited by g5sim: Nov 8 2013, 10:44 AM

not bad =)

nice tablet.....wonder when will it be available.
Malaysia Dell doesnt seem to bring in all those nice gadget to Malaysia.

Its a cool tablet. i called Dell Malaysia for info n they said they have no idea when it will be available in Malaysia..hhhmmm

Asus just announced that its T100 Windows 8.1 tablet will be available in Malaysia TOMORROW - Oct 18 -- lets see how Dell reacts

this the kinda tablet i want to have!!

interesting device~! probably getting the 8"

but the GPU...I wish it had a better GPU, or a discrete one.

Venue Pro 11 with i3 or i5 has much better graphic.

i3 = HD4400
i5 = HD4600

If Dell release Venue Pro 11 in Malaysia, I will probably go with it rather than MS Surface Pro 2. As corp users, we need the warranty support.

Dell US is now selling Venue 8 Pro. Two configuration. 32G ($299) and 64g ($349.99)

No where to be seen on Dell Malaysia's website

http://www.dell.com/us/p/dell-venue-8-pro/pd

Official video for Venue 11 Pro

http://www.dell.com/learn/ca/en/cadhs1/vid...qXXpepAuGnQRQK7

This post has been edited by g5sim: Oct 20 2013, 11:58 AM

But that isn't the one that Intel demoed playing Skyrim with (i think they call it Iris Pro ?)

Irish Pro is in i7. I think the numbering for Iris and Iris Pro starts with HD 5***.

GT1 - Intel HD graphic - (with no number for HD 3000 to HD 4000)
GT2 - Intel HD 4200, Intel HD 4400, Intel HD 4600 and Intel HD 5000
GT3 - Intel Iris HD 5100 and Intel Iris PRO HD 5200




Naming

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6926/intel-i...3e-gets-a-brand

Benchmarks - showing Haswell i3 - i7 graphic beating some AMD HD7660 mobile graphic and the Iris Pro even beating the Nvidia mobile GeForce GT 640

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6993/intel-i...950hq-tested/16

This post has been edited by g5sim: Oct 20 2013, 11:19 PM

Cant wait to get my hands on a Dell Venue 11 Pro with i3 or i5 Hasswell (which ever is nearer to the RM3K mark). This year is PC purchase claim, tax year - hahaha

the reason for choosing Venue Pro 11

1. Full USB port
2. better looking bezel (8" and 7" tablet bezel looks RETARDED with the left and right bezel bigger than the top and bottom bezel). With a 10" or 11" tablet - you see equal size bezel every side of the tablet
3. option for power keyboard (need to check if the additional battery or the power keyboard is cheaper)
4. easy, hassle free, swappable battery design
5. option for better graphic and more powerful processor
6. option for i3 and i5 processor also allows the use of Windows 8 - 64 bit for more worthwhile RAM upgrade to more than 2G. (its worthless to have more than 2G RAM on 32 bit windows as it only recognize up to 3G of RAM. Who needs connected standby when the process can last 11hrs on web browsing!

This post has been edited by g5sim: Oct 20 2013, 11:33 PM

if this can support connection to the legacy VGA projector, i'll get one

need a hdmi/VGA adapter to connect.

Ok.. Dell Venue 8 has an Active Digitizer? Color me interested..

is that a generic connector which all notebook can use or specific to certain model?

Yeah, there're generic HDMI -> VGA connectors.

need driver or plug & play?

Should be usually.

I don't think its active digitizer -- it should be a capacitive pen. I don't think the touch screen is pressure sensitive

you mean usually need driver?

My bad that I made it unclear, I mean usually don't need.

Some ppl have mentioned that it could be the new Synaptics screen which supports their own Active Digitizer sensor. One of the tell tale signs that it is a digitizer is that if you look at the stylus in the shots

http://www.dell.com/us/p/dell-venue-8-pro/pd

It has a sharp tip, capacitive ones can't have a sharp tip.

from your link

Yes, my previous post was before I looked at the page in detail, now the remaining question is does the Micro USB port work as USB OTG? IT *should* but we know OEM's just don't get the requirements of a proper USB port on tablets

So I called Dell and they said that they will not be selling this tablet online. We need to check with resellers. The resellers however don't even know this tablet exists. We'll at least the ones I called. So who's going to go get a bunch of these into Malaysia for us? 64GB for me please.

do we know how much is the power keyboard?

Hmmm... interesting, wonder if it's just a matter of them BS'ing of course. We'll have to wait and see then. Resellers.. at the very least I guess All IT and ThunderMatch?

and the Dell shops.

don't really recall seeing much Dell shops, maybe they don't stand out?

I only know one - cuz I deliberately looked for it. its in Lowyat plaza - behind Sony Center at the ground floor - u wont see it If not don't look for it

Reviews are showing up.
http://www.wpcentral.com/dell-venue-8-pro-unboxing

Crap.. just found out the Dell Active Stylus needs them AAAA batteries again...

It's FOUR As not AAA.

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/product...19&sku=750-AADH

Four As? never seen one before

Basically they're slimmer than AAA batteries, you can see it on my old T580 review, as well as how to 'harvest' some from 9V batteries.

http://www.marauderzstuff.com/PermaLink,gu...a48bc98baa.aspx

nice

venus pro 11

The company’s entry-level tablet features an Intel Atom Z3770 quad-core Bay Trail processor, 2GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and a $500 price tag.

Dell also offers a model with a Core i3-4020Y dual-core Haswell chip, 4GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage for $800 or a Core i5-4210Y dual-core model with 4GB of RAM and a 128GB of storage for $850.

http://liliputing.com/2013/11/dell-venue-1...unches-500.html

thanks . updated the first post

DELLL US order link http://www.dell.com/us/p/dell-venue-11-pro/pd

USD500 = 64G emmc storage with Z3770 processor . 2G RAM with Office 2012 Home and student
USD800 = 128G SSD storage i3 4th gen processor, 4G RAM 64bit Windows 8 WITHOUT Office 2012 Home and student
UAS850 = 128G SSD storage i5 4th gen processor, 4G RAM 64bit Windows 8 WITHOUT Office 2012 Home and student

more headache like this..
good hardware spec but without office

Office is thrown in for free by MS to tablet spec with Atom Z3xxx and W8.1.
MS main selling point vs Ipad

Looks good...

If looking for the HDMI port, you may consider Toshiba Encore 8', spec same with Dell Venue 8 pro, but with HDMI out..................price at USD329

I thought I read somewhere Encore has horrible screen. I'm kind interested to get one to replaced my iPad just because it can do AutoCAD and some 32bit app.

REally really really want to get the Venue Pro 8 but if stupid Dell Malaysia doesn't want to bring it in...

Anyone planning to buy Venue 8 pro or want to do bulk just count me in! Interested in the 64gb version..

lenovo has launch another 8" tablet which is almost identical to the venue pro 8 at the same price

http://techreport.com/news/25631/lenovo-mi...isted-at-amazon

This post has been edited by derravile: Nov 13 2013, 11:24 AM

was the tablet 2 ever made available here? These companies feel that Malaysia is too flooded with cheapo tablets and thus no one is interested in x86 ones I guess.

i getting it from US through bulk purchaser, dun feel like they will bring in anytime soon.

That's my point lor We don't get all the good stuff here, just the shovel ware.

I thought tablet 2 was in Malaysia?
Thinkpad Tablet2, Atom Z2760 + Intel HD + (1366x768; IPS touch)@RM2158[585g], 2GB, 64GB SSD, W8P, 1 yr warranty, optional keyboard dock,Digitizer & pen
Also gave us the Helix:
ThinkPad Helix, i5-3427U + Intel HD4000 + 256GB SSD + (1920x1080; touch)@RM5029[1.7kg], 4GB, W8P, 3G, Digitizer pen, 3 yrs onsite
ThinkPad Helix, i7-3667U + Intel HD4000 + 256GB SSD + (1920x1080; touch)@RM5539[1.7kg], 8GB, W8P, 3G, Digitizer pen, 3 yrs onsite

But I understand from Lenovo Malaysia that the sales for these models was really sloooow.

Well.. considering I never saw one in retail shops in Low Yat or Digital Mall, I wonder how they were selling them? Only to business customers? That was at a point when no one would trust an Intel Atom, before Clovertrail proved itself, who the heck would get it without taking a look at it first?

Heck I was pleasantly surprised with the Acer W510, that's why I bought it and love it!

Helix is FUGLY and EXPENSIVE and with 3rd gen Core processor!
Think pad is EXPENSIVE with last gen Atom processor!

so yes consumers and interprise should SHUN the products. Lenovo is the king of making fugly computers.

wait wait... you mean NOW only they bring out the Tablet 2 to Malaysia? Yeahlar.. like that of course tell them to go suck on it lar!

I think > 6 months already

long time edi. but its the Z2 series ATOM processor. first gen of its kind - i did not dare to buy lol lol . Z3 series of atom processor's 2nd gen. daring a bit to touch.

I know the Tablet 2 was announced when Clovertrail was announced. At that time if they released it when they announced it, I might have gotten that instead of the W510, cause I want the digitizer.

Now.. sigh.. ok ok.. less Lenovo complain.. back to topic..

Damn you Dell Malaysia!!!

Guys, Amazon selling usd 279 now and I'm getting a few in. Anyone interested can pm me. I don't want to bring in much, or else catches attention of custom. 5 maybe. I myself need 2 already.

Pm me, and I'll quote you the shared shipping.

what's the spec for that price? is it covered under dell malaysia'w warranty?

haha, should have checked ere earlier, just order from bulk purchaser

thats a 32GB model. im cant comment on whether Dell Malaysia Warranty going to cover it, and that is something only Dell Malaysia can say. but regardless, usually all dell product have international warranty without any issue.

btw bro, how much do u charge for the 32 and 64gb unit

can pm mi price?

ty

Hi Bro,

My pricing is simple. The price in usd times 3.5 plus another rm100 for shipping to your door step.

i see, ok thx, rate abit exp tho~

drop to USD229.9..............
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FEE7B1...&tag=joyo01y-20

haha.. great!

i just placed my order. 3 units. 2 for my own. and one for Bro meshz.

3 units is the maximum order each time.

not bad, RM905 still worth the price...............

I have USD50 at Amazon, any method to use up this money to buy?

if ordered more, i might re-consider the shipping. well, that's the best i can give with as little as only 3 units.

anyway, is it a coupon code? if yes, i can buy it from you. i have more Christmas present to purchase.

lastly, my venue 8 pro will be reaching Malaysia as quick as Tuesday. hope i will love it.

its Amazon gift card.............consider coupon?

i think that's transferable so long you dont already apply that into your account.

shall we take it away from here to prevent further polluting. PM me if you would like to sell it ya..

anyone order 11" version?

no more 230USD, all sold, any1 ordered extra 230USD unit??

well, despite the tablet i bought accessories.



Despite, i find it funny to even consider gaming on Venue 8 pro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tfNf1iI_Qo

This post has been edited by rkwan67: Nov 29 2013, 10:27 PM

rkwan67, where did u buy the micro usb OTG with power Y cable ?
Pls provide the URL link. Thanks in advance.

I see one here, I wonder if it'll work.
http://dx.com/p/236805?Utm_rid=74646523&Utm_source=affiliate

yo.. i got mine from Ebay. but sucks that have to wait 3 weeks to get it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/360787264530?ssPag...984.m1439.l2649

you simply search 'micro otg power'. should have tons of listing there.

guess Malaysia don't sell OTG Y-cable

Nope, haven't seen anything like that around the shops.

i just got my venue 8 pro. so far loving it.

Congratz, how the smoothness?

Yeah..congrats. which spec did you get

i managed to get the deal from amazon for usd229. the smoothness is great, much better than my previous tablet, HP Elitepad 900.

besides the screen sensitivity is so much better too. i cant wait to test the active stylus.

only problem i found after just half a day of rough usage, the processor is pretty warm, worse it doesnt have aluminium back to spread the heat.

i also updated bios and touch panel firmware right after unboxing. any particular area need testing?

bro how did u buy from amazon? can teach

Thanks to rkwan67 .. Im also now a proud owner of this device. Really smooth and like the design of it. Now to get android on it..

Ok friends, i have got android working fine on Venue 8 pro. Since genymotion supports openGL you can even play 3D games smoothly. Below are some screenshots of android (genymotion) running on Dell venue 8 pro:





Download Genymotion (Get Nexus 7 rom with android 4.2.x as it is stable) and install it on your Venue 8 Pro. It is free for personal use. Once all set, goto Virtualbox and change the RAM from 1024 to 768. It is sufficient to run android smoothly. Better to have a mouse and keyboard attached. Noticed multi touch doesnt seem to be supported now, will check if there is any workaround for android to support multitouch running on virtualization.

I will try to make a video soon and post in on my blog. For now this was just a quick try. I will also explore more android versions or boot methods soon.

for now i really love the Dell Venue 8 Pro!

This post has been edited by meshz: Dec 4 2013, 03:40 AM

http://view.email.microsoftemail.com/?j=fe...4600c7d7613&r=0

the mail speaks itself, i guess?

U still got dell venue 8 pro ?

im currently trying to grab a few more. see if im lucky enough. stocks are tight these days.

for those who are desperately interested

http://www.ipmart.com/usa/browse/DELL_Phon...16702&brand=358

64GB version - RM 1,184.16 + USPS Express 1-2 delivery RM 202.68 (2-4 weeks at RM 79)
32GB version - RM 1,002.33

shipping weight is 0.91KG

I should get mine in a few days, then can comment about how well it works. Should be same with Acer W4 I guess.

use comegateway (you need to have an American Express credit card I think) to ship it to Malaysia. the 2-4 business day DHL shipping is the same price as the 2-4 week USPS shipping

last night selling USD99, limited quantity..........