The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is the cheapest 10 inch tablet with Google Android 3.0 and an NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor. But good luck getting your hands on the $400 tablet, because it’s sold out pretty much everywhere at the moment. There have been theories about supply shortages floating around for a few days, so the folks at Netbook News…

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[/caption] The folks at Netbook News managed to pick up an Acer Iconia Tab A500 10 inch Android tablet in Taiwan. The tablet doesn’t officially go on sale for a few days, but they fond a store that was willing to part with a unit. The Iconia Tab A500 has the usual buzzword specs, including a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra…

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Asus is officially launching the Eee Pad Transformer in Taiwan today. The 10 inch Android tablet with an optional keyboard dock that transforms the machine into a laptop is expected to ship in the US next month. The Asus Eee Pad Tranformer has all the usual Android tablet specs including a 10.1 inch display, Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb and NVIDIA…

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The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is scheduled to hit the streets in Taiwan on Friday, March 25th. That will make it the first tablet from Asus to ship with Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb, and also the first tablet from Asus with a removable keyboard option. Asus is expected to launch 3 other Honeycomb tablets in the coming months. The Eee…

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The Asus Eee Note is an unusual device which blurs the lines between an eBook reader and a tablet. It has a grayscale screen that makes it look like an eBook reader like the Amazon Kindle or Barnes & Noble Nook. But it has a high quality digitizer that lets you take notes, draw, and perform precise input with the…

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First International Computer has launched a Windows 7 tablet in Taiwan. It’s unlikely that you’ll be able to walk into a store and buy this device under the FIC brand name anytime soon, but I wouldn’t be shocked if a Western company contracted with FIC build the device and sell it under a different name. The FIC Tycoon tablet features…

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There’s been a lot of talk over the last few months about whether there’s a future for netbooks or whether the iPad and other tablets will kill the tiny portable notebook market. I personally believe there’s room for both product categories — there are some things that are always going to be easier to do with a physical keyboard, while…

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[/caption]   As expected, Acer has started showing off a dual boot netbook called the Acer Aspire One AOD255. It can run both Google Android and Windows 7, and comes with software called the Acer Configuration manager which you can use to determine which operating system will load. Like other recent netbooks from Acer, the machine has 1GB of memory,…

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[/caption] Acer is expected to show off a new dual boot netbook at a trade show in Taiwan net month. Like an earlier Acer Aspire One D250 netbook, the new Acer Aspire One AOD255 will reportedly ship with both Windows XP and Google Android, allowing users to boot into either operaitng system. The netbook will sell in Taiwan for the…

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[/caption] Taiwanese notebook manufacturers are taking the first steps toward developing a set of standards for notebook power supply units. DigiTimes reports that Acer and Asus, as well as OEMs such as Quanta, Compal, Wistron, Pegatron, and Inventec all support the idea. Between them, these companies are responsible for the production of the vast majority of notebook computers on the…

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Nicole from Netbook News got a chance to check out a netbook prototype from a subsidiary of Quanta at the WiMAX Forum in Taipei recently. The defining feature of this laptop is probably the fact that it has a built in WiMAX modem, which means you can connect to 4G mobile broadband networks without a USB dongle. But the thing…

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The recently launched Fujitsu MH330 netbook is on display in Taiwan, where Nicole from Netbook News caught up with it. The 10 inch netbook looks like pretty standard netbook fare, and actually looks pretty similar to an Acer Aspire One netbook with large flat keys on the keyboard. Fujitsu says the keyboard is also spill-resistant. There’s a checkered pattern on…

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