Think of a major PC maker. Odds are they’re launching a new tablet on or around October 26th. It will run Windows 8, and there’s a good chance it will have an Intel Atom Z2760 “Clover Trail” processor. Intel is holding an event in San Francisco today to show off many of the upcoming Clover […]
September 2012
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Asus bringing Android 4.1 to North American Transformer Prime, Infinity tablets
Hot on the heels of news that Asus was rolling out an Android 4.1 Jelly Bean updated to the Eee Pad Transformer Prime in Sweden, Asus North American spokesperson Gary Key says the company will bring Google’s latest software tow the Transformer Prime and the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity within the next three days. Update: […]
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Tizen 2.0 alpha code released, still not available on any phones, tablets
Tizen is an open source operating system designed for phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. It’s a Linux-based operating system designed to run apps coded using web technologies such as HTML5. This week source code for Tizen 2.0 alpha and the Tizen 2.0 software developer kit were released. Tizen 2.0 alpha offers improved HTML5/W3C API […]
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HackBerry A10 now shipping for $65 (Android, Linux dev board)
The HackBerry A10 is a developer board with an ARM Cortex-A8 processor. It’s sold as a PC without a case, much like the Raspberry Pi. But the $60 HackBerry A10 has a faster processor, more memory and storage, and more input and output ports than the Raspberry Pi. Miniand first introduced the HackBerry A10 in […]
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Compal repurposes Fusion Garage Grid 10 design for upcoming tablet
The Fusion Garage Grid 10 tablet wasn’t exactly a success with critics… or with anyone else. The company went out of business earlier this year. But Engadget Chinese reports that Taiwanese device maker Compal is giving the hardware new life and calling it the Compal Smart Pad PBJ40. The move makes some sense, since the Grid 10’s […]
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B&N to phase out NOOK Color, keep selling the NOOK Tablet
Barnes & Noble may be launching new tablets in November. But the company isn’t ready to discontinue last year’s model yet. You’ll be able to pick up the NOOK Tablet even after the NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ hit the streets in a little over a month. The company is finally getting ready to retire […]
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Deals of the Day (9-26-2012)
It seems like every day someone introduces a new dirt cheap Android tablet. But you know what’s really cheap? Buying last year’s model. The Acer Iconia Tab A100 is a 7 inch tablet with an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor, 8GB of storage, a 1024 x 600 pixel display, and for a limited time, […]
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Google celebrates 25 billion Play Store downloads with 25 cent sale
Google will run 5-day, 25 cent sale in the Google Play Store starting this week. The promotion celebrates the fact that users have downloaded 25 billion apps, songs, books, and other digital items from the Play Store. The company also says the Play Store now has 675 thousand apps and games, which is pretty close […]
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TI to scale back smartphone, tablet chip development, focus on cars
Facing tough competition in the mobile chip space from Qualcomm, NVIDIA, Samsung, Apple, and others, Texas Instruments has announced plans to shift its focus a bit. While the company will continue to support existing tablets including the Amazon Kindle Fire line of tablets and the recently announced B&N NOOK HD tablets, Reuters reports that TI […]
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NOOK tablets, eReaders hit the UK for £79 and up
Barnes & Noble isn’t just launching its new NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ tablets in the US this fall. Both of the company’s new tablets will be available in the UK in late November. The company is already selling its NOOK Simple Touch and NOOK Simple Touch GlowLight eReaders with E Ink displays in the […]