Most of the top PC makers have already hopped on the ultrabook bandwagon, introducing thin and light laptops with the latest Intel processors, quick boot technology, and other newfangled features. But while Intel has trademarked the word “ultrabook” it certainly doesn’t have the monopoly on ultraportable laptops. Chip maker AMD is hoping that computer makers will slap some of its…

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Microsoft’s Kinect system adds motion-sensing technology to the Xbox 360 game console, allowing you to use your entire body as a game controller. The software company will start shipping a Kinect for Windows system in February for $249, allowing new forms of input for Windows-based software. Now Microsoft is also reportedly working to develop a Kinect system that works with…

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Before HP decided to discontinue the TouchPad line of webOS tablets, the company had been working on a 7 inch model to compliment the 9.7 inch HP TouchPad tablet. It was called the HP TouchPad Go, and it was never released. But the folks at Chinese site PalmJoy recently got their hands on a prototype, and it looks like a…

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Dell has already released 5 and 7 inch Android tablets and announced plans to bring 10 inch Windows and Android slates to market. But it looks like Dell has something else up its sleeve as well. Engadget received a series of photos showing a 7 inch tablet with a slide-out keyboard. What’s interesting is that unlike the Asus Eee Pad…

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Asus isn’t the only company looking at ways to let you use a smartphone as a tablet. The Asus PadFone consists of an Android smartphone that functions as the brains of a tablet when you slot the phone into a tablet shell. But ECS is showing off a prototype of a tablet shell that could work with a wide range…

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Sony Ericcson is reportedly working on an Android powered tablet, which isn’t surprising since pretty much every company on the face of the earth is working on one. While the company didn’t officially introduce a tablet a Mobiel World Congress this week, NieuweMobiel spotted a tablet at the show which may be an early prototype. The tablet will apparently run…

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Last year MSI showed off a Projector PC concept device that effectively packed a full-fledged desktop computer into a video projector case. Oh yeah, it could also project images and video onto a screen, wall, or other surface. The initial Projector PC never made it to market, but this year it looks like MSI has decided to take the concept…

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The Toshiba Libretto W100 is one of the first commercially available laptop-style devices with twin touchscreen displays and no physical keyboard, allowing you to use one of the displays as a virtual keyboard. But it looks like the Libretto W100 might not be the last. Acer is reportedly working on a much larger, more powerful dual touchscreen machine. While the…

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Sure, the government of India thinks it can produce a Google Android tablet that will cost just $35 (when you order a million units), but Indian company Allgo has designed a prototype that is says could be built for just $50 — without requiring a government-sized order to bring costs down. Of course, a tablet that costs $50 to build…

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A few days ago Asus introduced the world to its new line of tablet-style devices, including a 12.1 inch Eee Pad running Windows 7 and a 10.1 inch Eee Pad running Windows Embedded Compact 7. But our friends at Carrypad and jkkmobile spotted yet another tablet design from Asus today. There aren’t many details to go by, but it looks…

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Intel introduced a line of new low power chips for netbooks, tablets, and smartphones this morning. But one of the more interesting things Intel launched wasn’t a chip, but a reference design for creating ultrathin netbooks that use passive cooling instead of noisy fans. Intel’s new Canoe Lake platform would let PC makers design netbooks as thin as 14mm (about…

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Sure, Apple offers an optional keyboard accessory for the iPad. But it’s a two piece solution that you can’t easily rest on your lap. Enter the LapDock, a third party contraption that offers the shell of a laptop including a space for a keyboard and… well, not much else. But there’s room to insert an iPad which functions as the…

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