Small notebooks are nothing new. They were around long before netbooks or ultrabooks hit the scene. They just carried a much higher price tag than their modern equivalents… and they became a lot harder to find once netbooks started selling for $400 or less, convincing shoppers that small notebooks should be cheaper than their 15.6 inch cousins, not the other way…
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It’s hard to make an Android tablet that stands out from the crowd these days. Some companies try to do it by offering budget price tags or customized software and services. Panasonic has taken another approach, by delivering an Android tablet that’s tough as nails. The company’s new ToughPad family of products feature rugged case designs that are water and…
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Panasonic has a couple of Android tablets under its belt… but none that have launched outside of Japan. And it doesn’t look like that’s about to change anytime soon. The company has introduced a new line of tablet aimed at business customers… and it’s only launching in Japan. The new BizPad JT-580VT features a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel…
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A few weeks ago Panasonic started showing off a new Japanese Android tablet that it’s positioning as a multimedia device with access to digital media stores for eBooks and other content. Now we have information on the pricing and release date. The tablet also has a name. The Panasonic Raboo will launch in Japan on August 12th for around $450….
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Consumer electronics company Panasonic is getting ready to follow Sharp into the niche Android tablet market. Panasonic has started to show off a device that looks a lot like a general purpose Android tablet, but which the company will position as an eBook Reader with access to a digital bookstore with over 10,000 titles. It looks a lot like the…
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I’ve gotten so used to writing “virtually every major PC maker” has released or is working on an Android tablet that every now and again I forget that there are a few consumer electronics companies that hadn’t yet introduced one. Well, today we can scratch one more company off that tiny list. Panasonic has announced plans to launch an Android…
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Just in case you haven’t gotten the memo yet, the unofficial theme of CES this year is TABLETS. The latest company you wouldn’t necessarily have expected to launch a consumer tablet which is doing so anyway is Panasonic. The company is introducing a new line of tablet style devices under its VIERA brand name, most often associated with Panasonic televisions….
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A funny thing has happened in the mini-laptop space over the past few years. With the success of low cost ultraportable netbooks, it seems like virtually every notebook you see with a 10 inch or smaller display is a low cost, low power machine, typically with an Intel Atom processor. But that doesn’t mean the era of the high end…
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Well this is new. A computer/electronics maker is saying that it will not release a netbook. Low cost ultraportable computers or netbooks are hot right now. Like, 8 out of the top 10 computers on Amazon’s charts are netbooks hot. So it’s rare to see a company definitively state that it does not plan to enter the netbook market. But…
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