This is kind of a no-brainer, but it looks like the next version of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will have a speedier processor than the current model. The folks at BGR got a look a Research in Motion’s 2012 roadmap, and it looks like the new PlayBook will have a 1.5 GHz processor. Right now RIM is selling a PlayBook…

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Research in Motion’s current BlackBerry PlayBook features a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display and a 1 GHz TI OMAP4 dual core processors. It was released in early 2011, but RIM plans to offer a major software update soon that will make the tablet more useful by adding native email, calendar, and contact apps as well as support for…

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There’s not much doubt at this point that Lenovo is working on a new tablet with a quad-core processor. Engadget scored some details (and photos) of the upcoming tablet last month, and then some leaked benchmarks hit the web. Now DigiTimes reports we may not have to wait much longer for the tablet to hit the market. Taiwanese equipment maker…

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It wasn’t that long ago that former Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that Apple had no plans to release a tablet with a 7 inch screen, because existing iPad apps wouldn’t run well and developers wouldn’t want to write apps for 3.5 inch, 7 inch, and 9.7 inch screen. But we’re living in a post-Jobs world, where the 7 inch…

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We’ve seen plenty of indications that Android tablet makers are readying new devices with 10 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel displays. But BGR reports Samsung may be preparing to go a step further by launching a tablet with an 11.6 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel display. That would give the Samsung tablet a pixel density similar to the Retina displays…

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Korean electronics maker Samsung has been producing high quality netbooks since 2008. But there’s an unconfirmed report from Blogeee suggesting that Samsung could get out of the netbook game in 2012, instead shifting its focus to notebooks with 11.6 inch and 12.1 inch displays, including ultrabooks. The move wouldn’t be a huge shock. Ultraportable laptops and ultrabooks sell for higher…

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Recently an unannounced Acer tablet called the Iconia Tab A200 showed up at the FCC. The tablet appears to have a 10 inch display, a super-slim case that’s just 0.28 inches thick, WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS. That’s about all we know for certain, but French site Tablette-Tactile may have uncovered a new photo of the tablet, as well as some more details….

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Asus is the only company that’s officially announced plans to launch an Android tablet with NVIDIA’s new Tegra 3 quad-core processor. The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet is scheduled to start shipping in December. But it looks like device makers are lining up left and right to ride the Tegra 3 chain. This morning we found evidence that Lenovo…

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Amazon’s first media tablet hasn’t even started shipping yet, but details about the company’s next tablet are already starting to leak. According to DigiTimes, the next-generation Amazon Kindle Fire could have an 8.9 inch display. DigiTimes tends to get its information from parts suppliers and manufacturers in Taiwain, who also say that future models could have 9.7 or 10.1 inch screens….

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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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Less than a year and a half after HP acquired Palm for $1.2 billion, it looks like HP may be ready to sell — and Amazon may be first in line to buy what’s left of Palm. VentureBeat reports that HP is looking to sell off its Palm assets and that Amazon is the company most likely to actually click…

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Update: RIM says it’s not killing the PlayBook and that the company remains “committed to the tablet market.”  Research in Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook is a nice looking little tablet with a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display and a speedy 1 GHz TI OMAP4 dual core processor. In fact, Amazon apparently liked the design enough that it contracted with Quanta,…

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