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Acer Iconia B1 tablet to sell for around $99… in developing markets

Acer’s new 7 inch tablet is expected to launch early next year — and according to the Wall Street Journal, it will sell for around $99. At that price it will be competitive with low-cost tablets from white box Chinese device makers… but like those tablets, Acer plans to sell its $99 tablet primarily in […]

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Archos FamilyPad 2 big-screen tablet already in the works?

The Archos FamilyPad tablet with a 13 inch display has only been available since November — and only in Europe. But it looks like Archos may already be working on a second-generation FamilyPad tablet. Test scores for a tablet called the Archos FamilyPad 2 showed up at the GLBenchmark website recently. According to the benchmarking […]

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Ramos W32 tablet features Intel Medfield CPU, Android 4.0 software

Chinese tablet maker Ramos is preparing to launch one of the first Android tablets featuring an Intel Atom Z2460 Medfield processor. That’s a 1.6 GHz x86 processor with PowerVR SGX540 graphics, which so far we’ve only seen in smartphones, not tablets. PandaWill is taking pre-orders for the Ramos W32 for $288 and expects it to […]

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Foxconn designs laptop touchpad you can pop out and use as a mouse

A good notebook computer needs a good touchpad, but some folks prefer a mouse. Foxconn has a possible solution for people that don’t want to carry a separate mouse: a touchpad that you can eject from the laptop and use as a wireless mouse. The Taiwanese device manufacturer recently filed for a patent for a […]

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Archos 97 Titanium HD tablet sports a 2048 x 1536 pixel screen

Archos has unveiled a new Android tablet with a 9.7 inch, 2048 x 1536 pixel display — which make it about the same size and resolution as Apple’s iPad with Retina display. Under the hood the Archos tablet is very different from Apple’s, though. The Archos 97 Titanium HD features a 1.6 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 […]

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Bloomberg: HTC to launch 7, 12 inch Windows tablets in 2013

HTC may not be pushing any tablets at the moment. But the smartphone maker reportedly plans to get back into the tablet game next year with the introduction of new 7 and 12 inch tablets running Windows software. Bloomberg reports the tablets will run Windows RT rather than Windows 8 or Windows Phone software, which […]

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Deals of the Day (12-21-2012)

Like yesterday, it turns out some of today’s best bargains are found in the Google Play Store. App and game developers are offering end-of-year discounts on some great apps. Or you could pick up a tablet that doesn’t work with the Play Store (at least not out of the box) instead. Barnes & Noble is […]

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Intel’s Clover Trail tested: It beats most ARM-based chips… most of the time

Windows 8 tablets with low-power Intel Atom Z2760 Clover Trail processors are starting to hit the streets. You can pick up an Acer Iconia Tab W510 for $550 or a Samsung Ativ Smart PC for $600, and HP and Lenovo plan to launch Clover Trail-based tablets in the coming weeks. Unlike Windows RT tablets with ARM-based […]