LAS VEGAS -- The tablet market may not be growing like it used to be, but that doesn't mean the category is stagnating. Dell is showing off just how much tech it can stuff into an ultra-thin device with its Venue 8 7000 Series tablet.
The new Venue is one of the first tablets to include Intel's RealSense 3D camera, which can capture depth information. The rear camera does much more than snap fancy pictures -- it can record detailed 3D information, letting you scan objects -- even faces -- to create models that you can then import into other software (like games) or re-imagine in the real world via 3D printing.
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Thinness and minimalism are always prized in tablets, and Dell has really delivered here: The Venue 8 7000 is just 6mm thin or 0.24 of an inch -- just a hair thinner than the famously skinny iPad Air 2. The display also has an extremely thin bezel, and Dell describes the 8.4-inch screen as an "edge-to-edge" display. It also has an impressive 2,560 x 1,600 resolution.
One of the hallmarks of Dell's Venue tablets is their Intel processors, and that continues: The Venue 8 7000 packs a 2.3GHz quad-core chip, and it has 2GB of RAM. It runs Android 4.4 "KitKat." Storage is a measly 16GB, but there's a microSD card slot for augmenting that.
Dell includes a novel photo app called Dell Gallery, which aims to be the ultimate organizer for your pictures. It can gather photos from multiple sources -- including Dropbox, Picasa and Facebook -- then organize them into "smart" albums based on time, geography and even facial recognition.
The Dell Venue 8 7000 is available now on the Dell website for $399.99.
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