Notion Ink has been promising for ages that the company’s upcoming Adam tablet would be a multimedia powerhouse. And that’s not just because it packs NVIDIA Tegra graphics for handling HD video playback. Notion Ink also says the tablet will come with software that will let you download music, movies, comic books and other digital […]
October 2010
Zoostorm Windows tablet to launch in the UK by year’s end
The Zoostorm SL8 is an upcoming Windows tablet that bears a more than passing resemblance to a certain German tablet. It’s not clear if the SL8 and the Neofonie WeTab are manufactured by the same company, but both have 11.6 inch touchscreen displays and 1.66GHz Intel Atom processors. The main difference is that Zoostorm will […]
WeTab Linux tablet gets an (unofficial) Windows update
Neofonie’s WeTab is an 11.6 inch tablet with a custom Linux user interface. But under the hood it has an Intel Atom N450 processor — the same chip found in dozens of netbooks, so it was clearly only a matter of timebefore someone figured out how to install Windows on the tablet. One user took […]
Asus bumps entry level netbook specs to include DDR3 memory
It looks like Asus is making minor updates to a couple of entry level netbooks. The Eee PC 1001PQ, Eee PC 1001PX, and Eee PX 1005PX are all getting new names: Meet the Eee PC 1001PQD, 1001PXD, and 1005PXD. As Netbook Italia points out, Asus reserves the letter D for models with Intel Atom N455 […]
HP Mini 5103 clone stuffed with NVIDIA ION, DVD drive
The HP Mini 5103 may seem like the netbook that has it all — an all-metal case, 7200RPM hard drive, optional HD and touchscreen displays, an optional dual core CPU, hard drive sensor to prevent damage, and even a battery indicator built right into the battery. But you know what it doesn’t have? NVIDIA ION […]
Jolicloud 1.1: It’s not just for netbooks anymore
Jolicloud is a Linux-based operating system that’s designed to blur the lines between desktop and web apps while adding a social layer to software by letting you see what apps your friends are installing. The project launched as an operating system aimed at netbooks — but today Jolicloud founder Tariq Krim announced that Jolicloud 1.1 […]
Augen to launch 6 new Android tablets ranging from $200 to $600
The Augen GenTouch78 may have received pretty lousy reviews, and Augen may have been forced by Google to remove access to the Android Market (it never really worked anyway). But that’s not stopping the company from moving full steam ahead into the great Android tablet beyond. Augen has announced plans to introduce 6 new tablets, […]
CherryPal introduces a $188 Android tablet
Folks who have been following the netbook space might remember the name CherryPal. I don’t really expect it to resonate with anybody else. But CherryPal was one of the first companies to release a cheap netbook running Google Android, as well as cheap Linux netbooks. Now the company is getting into the tablet space, with […]
OpenSUSE launches Smeegol netbook software based on MeeGo Linux
The developers of OpenSUSE Linux have launched a new version of the operating system which incorporates technology from the MeeGo project. It’s called Smeegol, and like MeeGo, it’s designed for netbooks and other low power computers with small screens. Smeegol basically uses the MeeGo user interface, which relies on a series of tabs that help […]
Dixons launches 7, 10 inch Android tablets in the UK
UK retailer Dixons is adding two new Android tablets to its lineup, the Advent Amico and the Advent Vega. The Amico is a 7 inch device which runs Google Android 2.1 and costs ÂŁ129.99, or about $207 US. It’s about 0.6 inches thick, has a camea, and that’s about all I know about the Advent […]