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China Telecom to offer Lifepad A800 Android tablet

China Telecom is reportedly preparing to offer a new Android tablet called the Lifepad A800. It was first previewed earlier this year. the tablet has a 7 inch, 800 x 600 pixel resistive touchscreen display, a Freescale i.MX515 processor, and runs Google Android 2.1. As you’d expect from any tablet coming from a wireless provider, […]

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DisplaySearch: Overall portable PC sales on the upswing

DisplaySearch released new numbers today suggesting that netbook sales may be dipping, iPad sales are doing well, and overall portable PC sales including tablets, ultraportable computers, and other notebooks are doing quite well. The research firm notes that 9 inch and smaller netbooks have all-but disappeared from the market, which should be apparent to pretty […]

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It’s (almost) official: HP’s WebOS tablet will be named PalmPad

Despite early evidence that Research in Motion’s upcoming tablet would bear the awkward moniker of “BlackPad,” this week the company announced a device with a slightly better name: BlackBerry PlayBook. I’m still not sure why you’d use the word play when describing a device that you want to promote as a tablet professionals can use […]