Moto Tab G20 leak suggests this could be one of the best cheap tablets
Motorola is a big name in affordable Android phones, and now it looks like it could be attempting the same for Android tablets, as it appears to have an entry-level slate on the way dubbed the Moto Tab G20.
A listing for just such a slate has been spotted by MySmartPrice on the Google Play Console (a platform primarily used for publishing Android apps), and it comes complete with an image and a partial specs list, as you can see below.
The specs include an 800 x 1200 screen with 240 pixels per inch, 3GB of RAM, a MediaTek MT8768A Helio P22T chipset, and Android 11.
Those specs mark this out as a low-end tablet, and while they donât paint a complete picture, MySmartPrice notes that the specs and design are more or less identical to the Lenovo Tab M8 (3rd generation), so given that Lenovo owns Motorola this could just be a rebranded version of that slate.
If so, then you can also expect an 8-inch display, a 5,100mAh battery, 32GB of storage, a microSD card slot, a 5MP rear camera, and a 2MP front-facing one. Though weâd note that the screen resolution ever so slightly differs here, so other specs might too.
Thereâs no word on a price or release date, but the Moto Tab G20âs presence on the Google Play Console suggests it will probably land soon, and given the specs weâd expect it will be very affordable. Given Motorolaâs prowess at delivering great affordable phones, thereâs a chance this could also be among the best cheap tablets.
Analysis: could this be the first of many affordable tablets from Motorola?
While Motorola isnât totally new to the tablet game, it hasnât launched one in a long time, so having a new one on the horizon is notable.
Thereâs a chance that this wonât just be a one-off either, especially as the âG20â name fits neatly in with the companyâs current smartphone naming scheme. The brand offers a range of double-digit âGâ phones, from the Moto G10 at the bottom end to the Moto G100 in the mid-range.
So that marks this tablet out as being at or near the lowest end of any possible planned tablets from the company, and leaves us with the possibility that we could also see some slightly higher end ones.
Of course, whether we do or not might depend on how well this slate performs. But thereâs not a whole lot of cheap Android tablet competition these days, so if the Tab G20 is a compelling slate then it might well shift enough units to justify other models.
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Keeping in view the ever-growing demand for multi-cloud solutions, VMware has announced new advancements for its multi-cloud computing infrastructure called VMware Cloud as well as the launch of VMware Cross-Cloud services.
The company doubled-down on its multi-cloud strategy at the ongoing VMware World 2021 conference, buoyed by the fact that 75% of its customers rely on two or more public clouds, with about 40% using three or more.
“Multi-cloud is the digital business model for the next 20 years, as entire industries reinvent themselves,” said Raghu Raghuram, chief executive officer, VMware.
Raghuram further argues that VMware’s cloud-agnostic approach puts the company in a unique position to help businesses take full advantage of multiple clouds and their resources.
Being cloud-smart
VMware’s new cross-cloud services puts that idea into action. The new services will allow customers to pick and choose the services they need on the desired cloud computing platform to meet their evolving demands.
The new services are made up of several offerings that will help organizations build, deploy, and manage cloud-native apps, as well as provide the cloud infrastructure for migrating and running traditional enterprise apps.
In fact, the company stresses that with its new cloud advancements customers will be able to migrate their traditional enterprise apps to the cloud, in nearly half the time and at less than half the cost.
“It’s no longer about a ‘cloud-first’ approach – it’s about being ‘cloud-smart’. Organizations should have the freedom to choose the ’right’ cloud, based on their strategic business goals,” Raghuram wraps up.
Google Chrome is killing off its Android Lite Mode
As the cost of cellular data plans has decreased significantly in recent years, Google has revealed its plans to discontinue its Lite Mode feature in Google Chrome on Android.
First released back in 2014 under the name “Data Saver”, the feature was later rebranded as “Lite Mode” in 2019 and was designed to help those with slow or limited data connections.
When enabled on an Android smartphone, Lite Mode would send some of a user's web traffic through Google's own servers before it was downloaded on their device. If pages loaded slowly, the search giant's servers would simplify them so that less data would be downloaded to a user's device.
While Lite Mode helped those with less mobile data avoid being hit with heavy data overage charges, the feature didn't work with private browsing enabled and it also prevented users from accessing pages on a local network such as an internal company site.
Sunsetting Chrome Lite Mode
In a new support document, Google has revealed its plans to sunset Chrome Lite Mode with the release of Google Chrome 100 in March of this year.
The feature will be turned off for those still using it on March 29 as the search giant has observed a decrease in the cost for mobile data in a number of countries in recent years. At the same time, Google has also made improvements to Chrome to “further minimize data usage and improve web page loading”.
Although Lite Mode is being discontinued, the company remains committed to ensuring Chrome can deliver a fast webpage loading experience on mobile going forward.
If you still want to limit the amount of data your Android smartphone uses, you can try restricting background data for individual apps in settings, limit how often apps sync and what they update, use some of your apps offline and try using Pocket or a similar service to download and save web pages to read later when connected to Wi-Fi.