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Gigabyte gives its Windows tablets, netbooks a Cedar Trail boost

Gigabyte is launching updated versions of its Intel Atom-based portable computers including its 10 inch Windows slate PC and 10 inch convertible tablet-style netbook. The new Gigabyte S1081 late has an Intel Atom Cedar Trail chip, a choice of a solid state disk or a 500GB hard drive, HDMI, VGA, USB 3.0, Bluetooth 4.0, and […]

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First look at the Lenovo IdeaPad S200 ultraportable notebook

The Lenovo IdeaPad s200 has the guts of a netbook but the full-sized keyboard and display of a larger notebook. It’s also rather stylish — and pretty cheap for an ultraportable notebook. Lenovo will offer the IdeaPad S200 soon for $349 and up. The notebook has an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, a […]

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Hands-on with the SolarKindle solar-powered Kindle case (video)

The SolarKindle is a solar-powered case for Amazon Kindle readers. Sure, most cases don’t actually need power, but this one has a built-in battery which you can use to charge your eReader — even when there’s no sunlight around. SolarFocus announced the product this week and plans to start shipping it around January 15th for $79.99. […]

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Hands-on with the OLPC XO 3.0 tablet

One Laptop Per Child and chip-maker Marvell are showing off the new XO 3.0 tablet at CES this week. The tablet has a 1024 x 768 pixel display and a 1 GHz Marvel ARMADA PXA618 processor, 512MB of memory, and can be configured with a standard LCD display or a Pixel Qi screen which is […]

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Lenovo introduces IdeaTab S2 line of 5 through 10 inch tablets

In November Lenovo unveiled a new line of Android tablets for the Chinese market. They featured 5 to 10 inch displays and fell unde rhte Lenovo LePad brand name. Now Lenovo is announcing the global versions, with the series wearing the IdeaTab S2 name. There will be three different models available, a 5 inch tablet, […]

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IdeaTab S2 10 Android tablet is Lenovo’s answer to the Asus Transformer Prime

As expected, Lenovo is launching a new Android tablets with 5, 7, and 10 inch displays. But there’s something special about the 10 inch model. The Lenovo IdeaTab S2 10 will be available with an optional keyboard docking station that lets you use the tablet like a laptop. The keyboard dock also includes its own […]

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Lenovo introduces IdeaPad S200 series 11.6 inch notebooks

Lenovo is updating its IdeaPad S mini-laptop lineup with two new models. Gone are the 10 inch displays of the past, though. Both the IdeaPad S200 and IdeaPad S206 feature 11.6 inch screens and full-sized keyboards, but they measure about 0.8 inches thick. The S200 model has an Intel Atom dual core processor while the […]

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Meet AcerCloud: Acer’s answer to iCloud

Acer is launching a new cloud-based service for synchronizing photos, media, and documents across multiple devices. You can also access your files from a web browser. If the whole thing sounds an awful lot like Apple’s iCloud, that’s because it is an awful lot like iCloud. The difference is that AcerCloud works with Windows and Android […]