Hands-On With NVIDIA's SHIELD Tablet And Tegra K1

by Dave Altavilla — Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 09:28 AM EDT

NVIDIA just officially announced the SHIELD tablet (powered by their Tegra K1 SoC) and SHIELD wireless controller. As the SHIELD branding implies, the new SHIELD tablet and wireless controller builds upon the previously-released, Android-based SHIELD portable to bring a true gaming-oriented tablet to consumers. In some ways, the SHIELD tablet and wireless controller are somewhat of mashup of the SHIELD portable and the Tegra Note 7, but featuring updated technology and better build materials.

NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet and Wireless Controller Hands-On Preview

You could think of the SHIELD tablet and wireless controller as an upgraded SHIELD portable gaming device, with the screen de-coupled from the controller. The device features the aforementioned NVIDIA Tegra K1 SoC, paired to 2GB of RAM and an 8”, full-HD IPS display, with a native resolution of 1920x1200...

Read on for our hands-on preview of NVIDIA's hot new Android gaming tablet.

Tags: Nvidia, Gaming, Android, Mobile, tablet, Controller, tegra, NASDAQ:GOOG, SHIELD, K

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Dave Altavilla is the founder, Editor In Chief and Publisher of HotHardware.com. With decades of experience as a semiconductor sales engineer, Dave Altavilla founded HotHardware.com over 25 years ago. Dave is also a published contributor to various technology-based publications and is a featured Tech Analyst expert on various network media shows.