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March 24th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Apple‘s first iPad redefined the tablet, in 2010, and became the keystone of the new tablet market. Since then Apple has added very few real new features to it; the Smart Cover was added in 2011, and this year saw the addition of an ultra-fine Retina Display, with pixels too small to be discerned by the unaided eye. But on the whole, the iPad has stayed the same tablet, and Apple has even sued other companies for making tablets that are as basic and featureless as the iPad.
That may be one reason other tablets look different on the outside, as with the triangular loop in the corner of the Barnes and Noble Nook Color and Nook Tablet. But another reason why Android tablets sometimes have weird designs and unusual features is to set themselves apart, and encourage buyers to pick them instead of the iPad.
Here’s a look at the strangest new features on current and upcoming tablets.
Toshiba AT330 — A TV antenna
Originally glimpsed on German-language site Techfokus, the Toshiba AT330 was previewed in English by Andrew Webster of The Verge. It has a 13.3 inch screen, the size of a MacBook Pro’s and substantially larger than an iPad’s 9.7 inch display. But that’s not all; besides an HDMI out and a full-sized SD card slot, it also comes with a TV tuner. Complete with antenna.
Techfokus’ YouTube video demonstrates the antenna being slid out of the side of the tablet and rotated upwards. No TV-watching software was demonstrated. The AT330 was being shown off in Germany, at Toshiba World, and may or may not have this feature if and when it debuts in the United States.
Sony Tablet P — Dual screens
Sony’s second attempt at an Android tablet borrows the Nintendo DS’ main feature: Twin screens. Except that on the Tablet P, both screens are 5.5-inch capacitive multitouch displays. It runs last year’s Honeycomb version of Android, and its $549 price tag places it ahead of the more powerful iPad, although it’s available for cheaper with a two-year 4G data plan.
Samsung Galaxy Note — Stylus pen and unusual size
Other tablets, like the HTC Flyer, have already featured pressure-sensitive stylus accessories. These let you draw, embellish photos, and take handwritten notes, with greater fidelity than the third-party styli available for other tablets. Very few apps are available that support them, but the tablets that come with them (or have styli available for them) normally include software that works with them.
What makes the Note so unusual, besides its stylus, is its size. It’s smaller than even the Nook, but is still much larger than most smartphones. Whether it counts as a phone or a tablet is up to you, and how comfortable you’d feel putting something that large up to your head to make phone calls on.
Jared Spurbeck is an open-source software enthusiast, who uses an Android phone and an Ubuntu laptop PC. He has been writing about technology and electronics since 2008.
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