Motorola KORE could be vendor's upcoming quad-core tablet

By Zach Epstein on Aug 5, 2011 at 12:40 PM

Motorola is rumored to be working on a new tablet with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich a 4:3 aspect ratio like Apple’s iPad. Fusible did a bit of digging on Friday and found that the upcoming slate could be dubbed the “Motorola KORE.” Motorola Trademark Holdings on Wednesday register five new domains: MotorolaKore.com, KoreMotorola.com, Moto–kore.com, MotoKore.com and Motorola-Kore.com. Fusible speculates that these domains are being held for the launch of Motorola Mobility’s second Android-powered tablet. Earlier rumors suggested the slate would be dubbed the XOOM 2, but following a tepid reception, it is entirely possible that Motorola could dump the brand for the slightly edgier “KORE” moniker. Also of note, Motorola’s next tablet could be one of the first slates to ship with NVIDIA’s quad-core Kal-El processor, so we wouldn’t be surprised if Moto intended to make those four “kores” the main focus of its marketing campaign. Motorola released its XOOM tablet in the U.S. this past March and while sales haven’t been stellar, the slate has fared relatively well compared to other Android tablets on the market with 250,000 units shipped in the first quarter.

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Tags:: 4G LTE, Android 3.0, Android 4.0, Domains, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, Motorola, Tablet, Tablets

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http://www.searingarrow.com AlienSix

Once again pumping specs instead of experience. Why do you think the iPad 2 sells so well? Did your waste of a super bowl campaign teach you anything?

Anonymous

There really isn’t anything else for the Manufacturers to do…. Honeycomb is coming along….But they have to keep up with other Android Manufacturers… The pace is staggering.
Anonymous

I’m assuming they hope quad-core helps improve on the Xoom’s experience, I wouldn’t trust Moto after that BS they were pulling…. a whole new tablet for 4G?! Still no SD support?! Plus it needs to lose some damn weight.
http://profiles.google.com/jshurak Jeff Shurak

Considering this is rumored to be ICS, I think experience did come to mind.
http://www.vgchartz.com SuperChunk

ipad is still on top due to being first with a good product with an OS intended for a tablet. Honeycomb just launched this year. Give it two years and like cell phones, Android will be king.

I’d easily get the Galaxy 10″ tab now over the ipad2 and this new quad core would definitely answer my questions on tablet or laptop…

Anonymous

How is (or was) iOS intended for a tablet. It is no better of a tablet OS than Froyo or Gingerbread, it just came first and nailed the form factor and number/quality of apps. I think that is what it boils down to, get it comfortable to hold, beautiful to look at, make it fast, and then make sure you get some good apps. You can get some lead time after launch (too awhile for the iPad to get up to speed apps wise for instance) but you don’t have forever.

Unfortunately the manufacturers can’t do anything about the apps, they are reliant on Google and 3rd party devs for that, but they can defintely do something about the form factor. It is insane that only Samsung has a light and thin Honeycomb tablet.

Anonymous

hopefully it can maintain the sturdy/solid feel of the xoom while losing some weight :)
Charles Clout

After the appalling update situation outside the United States on the Xoom, I can honestly say this is my last Motorola tablet unless it is sold as a GED device.

Google needs to team up with someone to create a Nexus Tablet.
Quentin Tilman

Apple should sue Motorola. This tablet looks a lot like the iPad…rectangular, glass front; this is clearly patent infringement.

Anonymous

Actually, it would be trade dress infringement.
Anonymous

It looks different. The ipad has fingerprints (looking at one now), this has clear glass.
Anonymous

As Apple’s CtO (Chief tAmpon Officer): “there is no need for WE (Apple) to sue since this tablet does not have the iPad’s built-in safety protocol otherwise known as the pullstring”™

PAPINYC
CtO (for Apple)

Anonymous

A few things to keep in mind:

1. There is a market for iPads, proven.
2. There is a market for products that are not iPads, these products are purchased by Android users (a small amount on all fronts)
3. There is no market for Tablet computers.

If Apple didn’t have an ecosystem in place already, 100k or so Apps and the best experience technologically on the planet, then they wouldn’t even be selling tablets either.

Android users buy one of three Tablets:

1. A small portion of them buy anything associated with Android
2. More buy a Honeycomb Tablet because “Honeycomb was designed for Tablets” (whatever that means)
3. The majority of serious Android users are buying iPads, simply because the experience is what makes the device.

Anonymous

I am an Android lover, and I bought an iPad. It made me realize the benefit of a thin slab “computer-lite” device that’s very portable. However, I’ve been trying to sell this thing cuz it just sucks to me. All the apps in the world just cannot make up for its limitations.

App crashes galore, and another thing that pissed me off was watching CNN Live yesterday, having a notification come in, and clearing it sent me back to the homescreen, like WTF?!

Tab 10.1 is on the way. Anyone want a white like-new iPad 2 16GB Wifi??

Anonymous

Actually my wife and I are interested in your iPad 2. How much are we talking?
Anonymous

As Apple’s CtO (Chief tAmpon Officer): it is my duty to inform you that you are PROHIBITED from reselling your iPad (although I understand that there is a strong resell/buyers’ market on CraiGslist); you are absolutely PROHIBITED from reselling*

We at Apple decide what happens or what can happen with your iDevice (whether iPad – iPhone – iTouch – iPod – iDoodle) after you’ve purchased it –

Sincerely
PAPINYC CtO (for Apple)

http://www.vgchartz.com SuperChunk

Your conditions only make sense to an apple fanboy.

1) iPad was first with a really solid product. Honeycomb has only been out a year. In two, like cellphones, it will be king.

2) There is a market for anything. That’s why Android is offered on a range of sizes. In fact, that selection is what makes Apple eventually lose. They only offer you one version. That worked well in MP3 players, but it fails in computers, phones, and tablets.

3) There are plenty of people considering a tablet over a laptop. Evidence
is proven by the drop in demand for that market as well as computers in
general in favor for tablets.

This ecosystem was being developed by others already. iPad wasn’t the first tablet, it simply was the first to build it in a platform that made the most sense.

People will buy what fits their needs the most. As more users see the increasing selection, standard connections, better pricing, more powerful hardware, capability to really replace laptops, etc … you’ll see iPad dominance wane just like iPhone.

I for one, have been considering a new laptop for my wife to use as a teacher. Only thing stopping me is whether or not it should be a tablet.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1359390083 Sodiq Awokoya

Motorola fail x2
Its gonna be expensive
Its gonna have some lame as carrier tied into and cost more than $800
and its gonna run blur

Motorola needs to eat shit and die. Can’t believe i wasted my time using the xoom for a week, thank goodness i returned it, and I’m a Android/Google Head.

Anonymous

Everyone faces some sort of adversity in their lives. Hopefully you can get passed the Android/Google thing and turn your life around.

Cheers.

Anonymous

Wow BGR, did you think of the whole “kores” thing all by yourself?
http://infotainmentempire.blogspot.com Rob

I’m starting to become a fanboy of OMAP over Tegra these days… and honestly, Kore sounds dumber than Xoom. I hate shit that is intentionally misspelled. It’s almost hipsterish… yuck.

Anonymous

Tegra did one good thing:

Provided a standard for a cheap chipset for Honeycomb to run on.

However, it’s cheap for a reason. Lack of Neon Extensions and a bad video decoder. I believe it’s 60% cheaper to produce than the A5 chipset which uses the same ARM architecture and is produced in much higher quantities.

OMAP will be awesome. There’s a reason Google has chosen OMAP for ICS 4.0. Hopefully OEMs use OMAP 4 as the standard for ICS 4.0

http://twitter.com/khtse Ka Hei Tse

They would call it the first 5G upgradable tablet and charge a premium on it.

Anonymous

lol

Anonymous

lol They can’t make a tablet right with a dual core. So let’s dump a quad core in there and everything will be great. I love how these companies base their products around specs. You’d think the tablet makers and google would take a page out of the tablet/smartphone leaders book and throw a little user experience in there. Going this route is getting you no where.

http://profiles.google.com/jshurak Jeff Shurak

Macboy, I’m having trouble understanding something. Could you please explain to me how Android’s tablet market share went from 2.9% in June 2010 to 30.1% in June 2011?

Securitywiz

I will be returning my current xoom shortly and will wait for this beast. It has to be better than the current one
Anonymous

Wow Moto is really run by a bunch of morons. Instead of building a cheaper tablet or lowering the price on the Xoom they are going to release another tablet with beefier specs that the customer will never take advantage of. Make cheap tablets and when the market gets moving Focus on the nice high end models.

Anonymous

In a world of cheap tablets that we are already, I’m glad someone is bringing the beef hardware wise to Android.
Anonymous

Mr Keymaker:
As Apple’s CtO (Chief tAmpon Officer) it is my duty to inform you that we’ve been working for years on making ‘cheap tablets’; I invite you to please give us (Apple) a try*

Thank you –
PAPINYC CtO (for Apple)

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_BNBGMKBAYAPQJX5BUWTQ7EKGOE TornXero

more battery life, more i like! lol
Anonymous

What’s a XOOM?
Anonymous

The new Ipad killer after the Galaxy 10 fails!
Anonymous

Yeah…it’ll only cost like $1,500. :/
Anonymous

when will this be out I’ve got $700 burning my pocket and I want the new hotness
http://profiles.google.com/joshpritchard Joshua Pritchard

Seems to make more sense that Kore is the new name for Motorola’s flavor of Android, since Motorola has instructed the media to stop referring to it as Motoblur, explaining that they intend to step away from that branding.
http://www.facebook.com/searchandbuild Delcio Acosta

fuck a 4:3 aspect ratio

http://wakoopa.com/yo2boy yo2boy

Apple might sue them for using the same aspect ratio as the iPad.

Anonymous

Sounds like some pretty good stuff to me dude. WOw.

http://www.anon-web.it.tc

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