The Raspberry Pi is an inexpensive computer a low-power ARM-based processor and virtually everything you need to run a Linux-based operating system on a system board that’s around the size of a pack of cards. Oh yeah, and the goal is to eventually sell it for as little as $25. While the developers behind the […]
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Asus Eee Pad Transformer to get Android 4.0 update in February
Asus started rolling out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to Eee Pad Transformer Prime users earlier this month. But the company hasn’t forgotten about customers that bought the original Eee Pad Transformer — you know, the one with the dual-core processor instead a quad-core chip. According to a post on the Asus Facebook page, the […]
Abandoned by Google, App Inventor for Android is now open source
Google started out in search, but the company has expanded into a wide range of businesses over the years, starting with advertising and continuing with email, document creation, mobile operating systems, and even image editing. But every now and again Google decides to shutter some of the projects its developers have been working on to […]
Acer Iconia Tab A200 now available for $350
Acer’s latest Android tablet is now available in the US. Best Buy is selling the Acer Iconia tab A200 for $349.99. The A200 is a mid-range tablet with a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor and Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating system. It has a 10.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel display. If the […]
Notion Ink Adam II tablet: TI OMAP 4 and Android 4.0
Notion Ink has announced plans for a second-generation Adam tablet. The Adam II will have a Texas Instruments OMAP 44xx processor with PowerVR SG5xx graphics and it will run the Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. The original Adam got a lot of attention last year as one of the first devices to […]
Now you can (finally) jailbreak the iPad 2
Hackers have been jailbreaking iOS devices for years — but the Apple iPad 2 and iPhone 4S have proven particularly difficult to crack. Apple’s latest two mobile devices feature a brand new A5 dual core processor, and up until recently the tight security on these devices resisted all jailbreaking attempts. But now the folks at […]
Lenovo IdeaPad A1 tablet for $167, CyanogenMod port in the works
Lenovo is offering the IdeaPad A1 tablet for $167.20 this week when you use the coupon: EMPLOYEEPRICE0119. That’s more than $30 lower than the best price I’ve seen for this tablet to date. Update: It looks like the promotion ran its course a bit early. Prices are now back to $199.20 and up. The IdeaPad […]
Android 2.2-powered wristwatch with a 2 inch screen
While Android smartphones seem to be getting bigger and bigger displays all the time, a Chinese company has shrunk down the guts of an Android phone and placed them in a wristwatch with a 2 inch, 320 x 240 capacitive touch display. ARMDevices caught up with Shenzhen Phaeton Nice Electronics at CES earlier this month […]
Asus introduces B23E 12.5 inch business notebook
Asus introduce a new line of low-cost Eee PC notebooks and netbooks at CES earlier this month. But the company also has  new high-end ultraportable laptop. The Asus B23E is a 3.4 pound notebook with a 12.5 inch display and a focus on business. The B23E will be available with Intel Core i3, Core i5, […]
OLPC’s ARM-based tablet, laptop can run on solar power alone
Modern computers aren’t just a lot faster than the PCs you probably used ten or fifteen years ago — they also use a lot less power. But most computers designed to run desktop operating systems still use enough energy that they can’t, say, run directly off the power generated by a small solar panel. But […]