Microsoft Windows 8 is designed to run on a wide range of devices including laptop, desktop, and tablet computers with low power ARM processors and high-performance Intel and AMD chips. But while upcoming tablets with low power ARM chips are getting a lot of attention, there are a few tablets already on the market that are perfectly capable of running…
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Intel has announced that it’s on track to release its Clover Trail processor platform in the second half of 2012… right around the time that Microsoft plans to release Windows 8. The low power x86 processors will succeed the Atom Z670 Oak Trail chips that have been out since last year. Clover Trail processors are 32nm chips. We won’t see…
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A company called Kupa will introduce a new 10 inch tablet at the IFA trade show next week. It’s called the Kupa X11, and it features a 1.5 GHz Intel Atom Oak Trail processor, Windows 7 operating system, and support for up to 10 hours of battery life with a 52Whr battery. But the two most interesting aspects might be…
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Razer is showing off a new version of the Switchblade portable gaming concept powered by a new Intel Atom chip that Intel hasn’t actually gotten around to announcing yet. Razer has been showing off a prototypes of the Switchblade with a 7 inch display and customizable touch-sensitive buttons instead of a standard keyboard since CES in January. At the time,…
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Evolve III introduced a triple boot tablet earlier this year called the Maestro that could run Windows, Android, and Maemo Linux. Now the company is pitching an updated model called the Maestro S which moves from an Intel Atom N475 Pine Trail processor to a new Intel Atom Oak Trail chip, making the Maestro S the first device I’m aware…
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In a completely unfair test, the folks at Tweakers.net spent a few minutes running benchmarks on an Android tablet prototype with an Intel Atom Oak Trail chip. Intel started showing off early models of these tablets at the Computex trade show in Taiwan this week, but they’re nowhere near ready for prime time and the software hasn’t really been tweaked…
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Toshiba Japan has unveiled a new slate PC with an 11.6 inch display and Windows 7 operating system. It looks almost exactly like the company’s upcoming 10 inch Android tablet thanks to the front and rear camera placement and the textured back panel. But you’ll notice the key difference in the press pictures: It’s running Windows instead of Android. The…
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A number of manufacturers have announced plans to offer tablets and notebooks with Intel Atom Oak Trail chips… and while most of them will run Windows 7, the chipset can also handle a number of other operating systems including Google Android and MeeGo Linux. Now the folks at Engadget have spotted one of the first MeeGo tablets with an Oak…
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The folks at DigiTimes have a habit of digging up unofficial news about upcoming gadgets by talking to parts suppliers in Taiwan. Today the web site has two major scoops, one about Acer and the other about Toshiba — although neither story has been confirmed. Acer is reportedly planning to offer a tablet with an Intel Atom Oak Trail processor…
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Chip-maker Intel says it will show off 10 new tablet at the Computex trade show starting on May 31st. The Wall Street Journal first published the news, but the paper doesn’t provide many details about those tablets, other than the fact that they’ll sport Intel chips. It’s probably safe to assume that some, if not all of the tablets will…
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Fujitsu introduced a new Windows 7 tablet with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard this week, but so far I’d only seen rendered press shots of the Fujitsu TH40/D. Now the folks at Akihabara News have had a chance to check it out in person and we can see what the tablet looks like in the real world. As expected, the computer…
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We’re starting to see Windows 7 tablet and notebook designs featuring Intel’s 1.5 GHz Atom Z670 Oak Trail chip, but according to DigiTimes we could start seeing Oak Trail tablets running Google Android 3.1 soon. We could also see next-generation Chromebooks later this year using Intel’s upcoming Cedar Trail platform. The Intel Atom Z670 is a low power chip with…
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