Research in Motion’s current BlackBerry PlayBook features a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display and a 1 GHz TI OMAP4 dual core processors. It was released in early 2011, but RIM plans to offer a major software update soon that will make the tablet more useful by adding native email, calendar, and contact apps […]
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First Cedar Trail netbooks now available for pre-order
Some of the first netbooks with Intel Atom Cedar Trail processors are now available for pre-order. While Cedar Trail chips won’t offer huge performance gains over earlier Atom processors, there are a few advantages. The Intel Atom N2600 and N2800 processors, for instance, have more powerful graphics processors than their predecessors and can handle 1080p […]
Rooting a BlackBerry PlayBook gets easier with Dingleberry 3.0
The folks behind the Dingleberry tool for rooting a BlackBerry PlayBook have released a new version with two key features: Dingleberry 3.0 now lets you downgrade your PlayBook operating system. There’s now support for streaming video from Hulu baked in. Shortly after the first version of Dingleberry was released, Research in Motion pushed a software update […]
Hacked Sony Reader shows just how fast E Ink displays can be
The Sony PRS-T1 is designed to be an eBook reader and little more, but it’s running Google Android under the hood. Late last year hackers figured out how to root the device and enable installation of third party Android apps. But for the most part those apps look awful on the PRS-T1, because the E […]
Polaroid introduces a line of eReaders for some reason
Polaroid isn’t just entering the Android smartphone and tablet business. The company is also introducing a line of underwhelming digital book readers with 4.3 inch, 7 inch and 9 inch displays. The smallest is actually a 4.3 inch “Internet Tablet,” with a resistive touch display, a web browser, support for video playback, and 4GB of […]
Notion Ink releases Android 4.0 Alpha for the Adam tablet
Notion Ink has released an alpha version of Android 4.0.3 for the Adam tablet. It comes a little over two weeks after the first pre-alha release, and includes a host of fixes. Audio, Bluetooth, GPS, and a number of other features are now working properly. But Android 4.0 for the Adam is still a work in […]
Bada and Tizen sitting in a tree: Samsung, Intel to merge mobile OS projects
Update: It looks like the merger of Tizen and Bada might not be a done deal yet. A Samsung official has told AllThingsD that while the company is considering the possibility, the decision hasn’t been made. Samsung plans to merge its Bada mobile phone operating system with the open source Tizen project backed by Intel. Forbes […]
Toshiba Portege M930 convertible Windows tablet
Toshiba is showing off a new convertible tablet-style notebook at CES this week called the Toshia Portege M930. Or rather, Microosft is showing it off — which explains why I didn’t spot it at the Toshiba booth. Fortunately the folks from Engadget, The Verge, and Notebook Italia all found this convertible and posted some hands-on […]
Tech bloggers of CES 2012 (USB flash drive giveaway)
There are two things that happen every year when I’m at CES, regardless of the mobile devices on display: I run into mobile tech bloggers from around the world unexpectedly, often without even trying. I pick up way more USB flash drives than I know what to do with, since companies love to put their […]
Fujitsu Arrows Tab: This Android tablet really is waterproof
The Pantech Element tablet may be water-resistant, but Fujitsu has developed an Android tablet that can do more than just survive a splash or two of water. The Fujitsu Arrows Tab is a thin and light 10 inch tablet that’s designed with a rugged case that really can keep water from damaging the device — […]