Microsof’ts Windows 8 operating system is designed to run on a wide range of devices including notebooks, desktop computers, and tablets. But it’s the tablets that are getting the most attention due to the new touch-friendly Metro user interface and support for low power ARM-based processors. But Intel thinks there’s a role for its x86 chips in Windows 8 tablets…
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The Toshiba WT200 is a tablet with a 10.1 inch display, an Intel Atom Cedar Trail processor, and Windows 7 operating system. Versions of the tablet are available in Japan, Canada, and Australia, among other places. Now it looks like the WT200 may be headed to the United States. A listing for Toshiba’s 10 inch Windows tablet showed up this…
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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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Microsoft plans to release its next-generation Windows operating system to the public later this year, and the company is working with PC makers on tablets, notebooks, and other computers that will run Windows 8. So when websites start running stories about Dell or Lenovo executives claiming that they’ll be the first companies to launch Windows 8 tablets, I think it’s…
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Chinese device maker BYD started showing off a 10 inch Windows tablet with an Intel Atom Oak Trail processor last fall. Now it looks like the tablet could be on its way to the US. The BYD T10COT popped up this week at the Federal Communications Commission website. The tablet features a 1.5 GHz Intel Atom Z670 processor, GMA 600 graphics…
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Windows tablet PC maker Netbook Navigator has launched a new model with a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N570 dual core processor and a starting price of $499.99 — if you don’t mind picking up a model with no operating system. The base price includes a Netbook Navigator NAV10T tablet with a 10.1 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel capacitive pixel multitouch…
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The HP Slate 500 is a Windows 7 tablet with an 8.9 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display and a 1.86 GHz Intel Atom Z540 processor. When the tablet hit the streets in 2010, HP sold it for $799 and up. But now you can grab one from B&H for under $500. HP doesn’t actually offer this model anymore. Instead…
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Skytex is preparing to launch a new tablet called the SkyTab X Series with a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N2600 Cedar Trail in a few months. The company already offers a Windows Slate PC with an Intel Atom N550 Pine Trail processor. It’s called the SkyTab S Series, and it has a 9.7 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel screen and…
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The Skytex SkyTab S is a tablet with a 9.7 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel display and a 1.5 GHz Intel Atom N550 dual core processor. It’s available today with Windows 7, but later this year Skytex will offer a version with Windows 8 — and this week the company is showing off Windows 8 on the tablet at CES….
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The latest Classmate PC netbooks and convertible tablets based on Intel’s reference design are starting to appear. CTL is introduding the 2go Classmate PC NL3 this week at CES. It’s a 10 inch convertible tablet-style netbook with a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N2600 Cedar Trail dual core processor. The laptop has a 1366 x 768pixel display which is connected to…
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The Kupa X11 is a Windows tablet with a 10 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, a 1.5 GHz Intel Atom Z670 Oak Trail processor, and up to 10 hours of battery life. What sets the X11 apart from most entry-level Windows tablets is that it has a capacitive touchscren for finger input and an active digitizer which allows you to…
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Sol Computer introduced a 10 inch Windows netbook and 10 inch Windows tablet with Pixel Qi sunlight viewable displays last year. Now the company is adding two new 7 inch models to its lineup, one with Google Android, and another with Windows. Pixel Qi screens are dual-mode LCD displays which work as full-color screens when the backlight is on, or…
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