Do women need their own tablet?

It's pink. It comes preloaded with cooking, shopping and yoga apps. You can't download your own. Sexist? Have your say below. Source: Supplied

DO women need their own tablet?

A device dubbed "the world's first tablet for women" that comes complete with a pink background and weightloss app has been dubbed as sexist.

Other apps that come pre-loaded on the tablet include a clothing size conversion app, a "Daily Yoga", "Yoga for women" and "women's fitness" app. Also an app called "women's assistant". That's not all. It also contains a shopping list app, a number of recipe apps.

Needless to say the app is driving people crazy.

One Twitter user @fennelw wrote: "I guess their hearts in the right place but their willy is firmly shoved up their own arse (this is a saying now)."

Another twitter users @bonstewart wrote: "so, kids. 1 + 1 = 2. gender stereotypes + marketing = reinforcement of sexist stereotypes FOR PROFIT. any questions? "

Twitter user @BinkyJ45 wrote: "Really? A man must have had this idea. ePad Femme: A Tablet Computer Easy Enough for a Woman to Use! And It's Pink! "

The tablet is the brainchild of Middle Eastern company, Eurostar Group who says it is designed for womens' "diverse lifestyles".

Creator Mani Nair denied that the tablet was sexist. He told the Jerusalem Post that it "makes a perfect gadget for a woman who might find difficulties in terms of downloading these applications."

The tablet is wi-fi accessible, runs on Android 4.0 and contains 16GB of storage space. However, users are reportedly unable to download their own apps. There goes half the market that might have considered looking past the blatant sexism and embraced the tablet for its range of targeted apps.

Is the ePad Femme sexist? Have your say below?

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Do women need their own tablet?

It's pink. It comes preloaded with cooking, shopping and yoga apps. You can't download your own. Sexist? Have your say below. Source: Supplied

DO women need their own tablet?

A device dubbed "the world's first tablet for women" that comes complete with a pink background and weightloss app has been dubbed as sexist.

Other apps that come pre-loaded on the tablet include a clothing size conversion app, a "Daily Yoga", "Yoga for women" and "women's fitness" app. Also an app called "women's assistant". That's not all. It also contains a shopping list app, a number of recipe apps.

Needless to say the app is driving people crazy.

One Twitter user @fennelw wrote: "I guess their hearts in the right place but their willy is firmly shoved up their own arse (this is a saying now)."

Another twitter users @bonstewart wrote: "so, kids. 1 + 1 = 2. gender stereotypes + marketing = reinforcement of sexist stereotypes FOR PROFIT. any questions? "

Twitter user @BinkyJ45 wrote: "Really? A man must have had this idea. ePad Femme: A Tablet Computer Easy Enough for a Woman to Use! And It's Pink! "

The tablet is the brainchild of Middle Eastern company, Eurostar Group who says it is designed for womens' "diverse lifestyles".

Creator Mani Nair denied that the tablet was sexist. He told the Jerusalem Post that it "makes a perfect gadget for a woman who might find difficulties in terms of downloading these applications."

The tablet is wi-fi accessible, runs on Android 4.0 and contains 16GB of storage space. However, users are reportedly unable to download their own apps. There goes half the market that might have considered looking past the blatant sexism and embraced the tablet for its range of targeted apps.

Is the ePad Femme sexist? Have your say below?

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Samsung unveils 8-inch tablet with phone

Samsung Electronics Galaxy Note 8.0, the latest version of its oversized smartphone lineup. The new device is expected to take on its rival Apple's iPad mini. Source: AFP

SAMSUNG has unveiled an eight-inch (20.3cm) tablet with phone capability to rival Apple's recently launched iPad mini and to cement its market dominance by offering devices in a variety of sizes.

The Galaxy Note 8.0 features an eight-inch screen and, where it may steal a march on its rival which measures 7.9-inches, the ability to make phone calls.

The new device, now being marketed by Samsung as a ''tablet'', is powered by Google's Android software and will be showcased at the four-day Mobile World Congress in Barcelona beginning on February 25, the company said in a statement.

Like previous incarnations of the Galaxy Note, the device comes with a stylus pen allowing the user to write or draw on the screen, which can be split in two to run various programs at the same time.

Global sales will begin in the second quarter, the firm said.

Samsung is the world's top maker of smartphones and mobile phones in general.

The latest device - the first from the company to feature an eight-inch screen - is set to fill a gap in the firm's wide product lineup, which ranges from the flagship smartphone Galaxy S to the 5.5-inch (14cm) Galaxy Note 2 and the 10.1-inch (25.7cm) Galaxy Tab tablet PC.

The firm has recently shifted its focus to its Galaxy Note, which turned out to be far more popular than the larger Galaxy Tab, offering the Note in various sizes in a move that blurred the lines between smartphones and tablet PCs.

Samsung said the launch of the Galaxy Note 8.0 will "reignite the mid-size tablet category" - a segment increasingly crowded by rival products including the iPad mini that launched last November and Google's seven-inch (17.8cm) Nexus 7.

Samsung and Apple accounted for more than half of all smartphone sales in the final quarter of 2012 - 29 per cent for Samsung and 22.1 per cent for Apple - according to research firm Strategy Analytics.

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