Unveiled recently, the Dell Venue 8 7000 tablet wowed everyone by being the world's thinnest tablet at just 6mm thin. It even manages to beat out the Apple iPad Air 2 which is 6.1mm thin. Tech specs and features for the Venue 8 7000 are also much higher-end with a quad-core Intel Atom Z3500 processor, 8.4-inch OLED display with 1600 x 2560 pixel resolution and Intel's RealSense 3D camera on the back consisting of three cameras. It also features 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage and stereo speakers along with a metal frame. While there are no Malaysia release dates or pricing details yet, it has been announced for a very affordable $499 (RM1634) coming in or after November 2014.

Filling up the rest of their Venue tablet lineup, Dell have recently announced the Venue 8 Pro and Venue 11 Pro Windows 8.1 touchscreen tablets. It confirms that Dell probably won't be making Windows RT tablets anymore. Seeing as how there are only two other 8-inch Windows 8 tablets on the market, the announcement is timely. Like other Windows 8 powered tablets, the Venue 8 Pro and Venue 11 Pro come with several docks and keyboards which while not as thin as the Surface Touch covers, does offer built-in batteries for longer battery life and now standard chiclet/island style keyboard keys. Tech specs and features for the Dell Venue 8 Pro and Dell Venue 11 Pro include the following:

• Dell Venue 8 Pro
• Intel quad-core
• 2GB RAM
• 32GB storage + microSD
• 8-inch display (IPS, 1280 x 800)
• supports Synaptics digitizer pen
• 10 hour battery
• 400g | 8.9mm thick

• Dell Venue 11 Pro
• Intel Atom Quad-core processor / Intel Haswell Core i5
• 10.8-inch display (1920 x 1080, IPS)
• up to 8GB RAM
• 256GB storage + microSD
• WiDi + NFC + HDMI
• 10 hour removable battery

Dell recently announced their Venue 7 and Venue 8 Android tablets to round out the other Venue tablet lineup. The two tablets will be running Android 4.2.2 and can be upgraded to Android 4.4 KitKat later when the update has been made available. They will be offered with either WiFi or WiFi and 4G LTE connectivity. Other tech specs for the Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8 include:

• Dell Venue 7
• 2GHz Dual-core Intel Z2580 processor
• 7-inch display (1280 x 800, IPS)
• 16GB storage + microSD

• Dell Venue 8
• 2GHz Dual-core Intel Z2580 processor
• 8-inch display (1280 x 800, IPS)
• 16GB / 32GB storage + microSD

When the Dell Venue was first spotted as Thunder, it would have definitely passed for a super phone. On a spec-to-spec comparison, it isn’t too far behind the HTC Evo, which has a mammoth 4.3-inch TFT display. The EVO was way ahead of its time, and pretty much defined the category of ostentatious, conspicuous, super-sized Androids. The phone was famously criticized for sub-par battery life while it was running Android 2.1, but wound up on many people’s wishlist for all the headroom it gave.

Dell Venue: Build Quality

The curved Corning Gorilla Glass display may not be smudge proof, but it is definitely scratch proof. You don’t ever have to sheath it in a layer of plastic, this is a phone that can and should be used as is. The AMOLED screen is brilliant and the colours leap out of the screen. Weighing 164 grams, it’s about 15 percent heavier than the Galaxy S, which has a plastic body. That’s not much of a trade-off for a ruggedized phone with an all-metallic finish. It’s slim and light enough to fit in your pocket, and has a grooved finish on the back that feels good to touch.