Samsung is holding an event on the eve of the CTIA trade show later this month, and the company is expected to unveil a new tablet. Based on the “What’s your Tab life? 78910” slogan the company is throwing around, it seems like a safe bet we’re looking at a new model with an 8.9 […]
March 2011
HTC Evo View tablet coming to Sprint?
HTC and Sprint may be preparing to offer a 4G WiMAX capable tablet called the HTC Evo View soon. Neither company has made an official announcement yet, but the CTIA trade show is just around the corner, and the folks at Good and Evo dug up a trademark application for “HTC Evo View 4G” this […]
Toradex’s xiilun claims to be world’s smallest Atom E6xx PC
Toradex has introduced a tiny computer with an embedded Intel Atom E6xx chip called the xiilum. It’s based on the company’s latest Topaz. The aluminum die-cast housing is just 6 x 8.9 x 1.6 cm. x86 single board computer (SBC) featuring the Atom chip and Intel EG20T chipset. Toradex says the xilium is the world’s […]
Joli OS 1.2 to feature guest mode, file browser, auto-login
Jolicloud will likely launch the next version of Joli OS, a light-weight, web-centric operating system for netbooks and other computers this week. Today the company is outlining some of the changes in store for Joli OS 1.2. There aren’t any huge changes to the user interface, but Jolicloud is bringing a few important new features […]
Living in the future: The incredible falling prices of computer storage
Hard drives used to be really expensive. Now they’re really cheap. You probably already know that, but Ivan Smith’s web site really hammers the point home by tracking the falling prices of storage from about 1980 through mid-2010. In a nutshell, 30 years ago you would have had to pay about $300,000 for 1 gigabyte […]
Zotac ZBOX AD03BR nettop packs AMD chip, Blu-Ray drive
Zotac’s latest mini-desktop computer may be a low power machine compared with most full-sized desktops, but it’s got the kind of hardware that will put most nettops to shame. The Zotac ZBOX AD03BR-PLUS is a slim desktop system with a 1.6 GHz AMD E-350 dual core processor and AMD Radeon HD 6310 graphics. While that […]
Chinese netbook thinks it’s a large phone with a slide-out keyboard
We’ve seen Chinese tablets that look like phones before. But the folks at Shanzhaiben have spotted something a bit different: a netbook that thinks it’s a phone. On paper the computer looks like a typical netbook with a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N455 processor, 10 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, 1GB of RAM, 160GB […]
Deals of the Day (3-08-11)
Netbooks and Tablets Samsung NF210 10″ netbook w/Atom N550, 6 cell battery for $300 – Best Buy (Canada) ViewSonic G Tablet 10″ Android Tablet for $354 – 6th Avenue Electronics (coupon: AFL4COUPON) Augen GenTouch78 Android 2.1 tablet w/7″ resistive touch display for $90 – 1SaleADay Refurbished Apple iPads for $349 and up – Apple Store […]
Lenovo introduces ThinkPad X220 12.5 inch notebook and convertible tablet
Lenovo is launching two new new laptops as part of its ThinkPad X Series line. The new ThinkPad X220 laptop features a 12.5 inch display and Intel Core i-series processor. Lenovo will also offer an X220 convertible tablet style notebook with similar specs. These are just two of the latest 12.5 inch notebooks from Lenovo. […]
How to run Ubuntu Linux on the Motorola XOOM tablet
Sure the Motorola XOOM is the first tablet to ship with Android 3.0 Honeycomb — Google’s first attempt at a truly tablet-friendly operating system. But if Honeycomb isn’t enough OS for you, how about Ubuntu Linux? Thomas Sohmers figured out how to get Ubuntu up and running on the XOOM, and he’s posted instructions and […]