Sure, Amazon just finished introducing the world to its shiny new 7 inch tablet for reading eBooks, watching movies, listening to music, and running Android apps. But there’s a rumor going around that the Kindle Fire is just the first color Android tablet from Amazon. The folks at DigiTimes report that Taiwanese equipment maker Foxconn could have the contract to…
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Taiwanese equipment manfuacturers Pegatron, Inventec, and Foxconn are both showing off new ultrabook models at the Intel Developer Forum this week. The thin and light laptops are some of the first devices we’ve seen to feature Intel’s new Ivy Bridge chips — which aren’t expected to ship until next year. All the companies that have announced ultrabooks so far are…
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Microsoft is continuing its fight against Android… not just by focusing on Windows tablets and Windows Phone 7 smartphones, but also by taking legal action against companies producing Android devices that Microsoft says are in violation of the company’s patents. Last year Microsoft sued Motorola over patent infringement in some Motorola smartphones. Now Microsoft has announced that it’s filed legal…
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NVIDIA is demonstrating the power of its Tegra 2 platform which combines an ARM-based processor with NVIDIA graphics by showing off a tablet prototype with a 9 inch display and a tweaked version of Google’s Android operating system. The folks at Gizmodo, Engadget, and Netbook News got to spend some hands-on time with the tablet at Google I/O yesterday, and…
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Looking to spend some quality time with Google Android, but don’t feel like plunking down the cash for a smartphone and then shelling out more money each month for a data plan? I already told you about one relatively affordable option this week: The Archos 5 Internet tablet which starts at just $250. But Taiwanese PC maker Foxconn has an…
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If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my time writing about computers, it’s that people love to complain about notebooks and tablets with unusually large bezels around the screen. On some systems, such as the Asus Eee PC 701, the bezel makes sense, since the only way to provide a reasonably large keyboard with a 7 inch screen is to…
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Remember that Foxconn netbook that hit the FCC a few days ago? It looks like Sylvania is going to rebrand it and sell it under its name in the US. At least that’s my best guess as to what’s going on based on the fact that there’s a new set of documents on the FCC web site showing the Foxconn…
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Hot on the heels of the Foxconn SZ901P, two more models from this Taiwanese OEM have popped up on the FCC web site. There’s not a ton of information about these new models, but we do have a bunch of photos, including some pictures of the computers’ innards. Here’s what we do know. The new models are called the Foxconn…
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Foxconn is a Taiwanese OEM that makes computers that are rebranded and sold under different company monikers. So I don’t expect to see the Foxconn SZ901P hit US shelves anytime soon, at least not under that name. But the FCC has published documents related to a netbook under that name. The one interesting thing about the Foxconn netbook is that…
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By definition, a nettop is a tiny, low power computer. But the FoxConn Qbox N270 would be relatively thin even for a laptop. The Qbox N270 measures just under an inch thick. It’s about 9.8″ x 6.6″ in length and width. And the whole thing weighs just over 1.5 pounds. FoxConn isn’t exactly a household name in most parts of…
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Foxconn is one of those companies that you don’t hear too much about in the West. But they’re responsible for making a significant portion of the notebooks and other consumer electronics devices (including the iPhone) that we purchase. The Taiwanese company just doesn’t usually slap its own name on the products, but rather builds them by order from big name…
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