Intel is predicting that ultrabooks could make up as much as 40 percent of all laptop sales by the end of 2012. That’s a pretty bold guess, considering there are only a handful of notebooks that meet Intel’s definition of an ultrabook on the market today. But that could change by January. PC Pro reports […]
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2011 deals on mobile tech
There’s a week to go until Black Friday. The day after Thanksgiving is the traditional start to the holiday shopping season, and in order to help keep that tradition alive, a number of retailers run Black Friday specials with some of the deepest discounts of the year. Many of the deals are so-called “doorbusters,” which […]
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Lenovo LePad K2 tablet benchmarks leaked
It looks like someone’s been running benchmarks on the next-generation Lenovo tablet. A few days ago we discovered that Lenovo is working on a new tablet which will have an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and 2GB of RAM. Now we also have a first look at the tablet’s performance […]
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Kindle Fire gets ClockworkMod Recovery… doesn’t do much yet
It’s only been a few days since the Amazon Kindle Fire started shipping, but early users have already figured out how to sideload apps, root the tablet, and install the Android Market. Next up? Replacing Amazon’s software with custom ROMs. There’s no way to do that just yet, but xda-developers forum member JackpotClavin has taken […]
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FXI Cotton Candy is an Android PC on a USB stick (just add a display)
FXI Technology has introduced a tiny new computer that’s the size of a USB stick — but which has a processor, WiFi, Bluetooth, and HDMI output. All you have to do is plug it into a monitor and pair a mouse, keyboard, or other accessory over Bluetooth to surf the web, watch videos, play games, […]
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Amazon Instant Video app works on the NOOK Tablet (or other Android devices)
Amazon’s Instant Video service offers more than 100,000 movies and TV shows for purchase or rental. Amazon Prime subscribers can also stream a few thousand of those episodes over the internet as part of their $79 per year membership. Up until recently the Instant Video service was only available on a PC or a set-top-box […]
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Unofficial Android 4.0 ICS build coming to the Dell Streak 7
Now that Google has released the source code for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, we’re seeing a growing number of developers working to bring the latest version of Android to older devices. The CyanogenMod team is already working on incorporating Android 4.0 into the next version of their popular custom firmware which runs on dozens […]
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Fit-PC3 mini-computer with HD graphics is finally shipping
It’s been almost a year since Compulab introduced the Fit-PC3, a desktop computer that’s small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, but which features HD graphics capabilities. Now it’s finally available for purchase. The Fit-PC3 includes an AMD embedded processor with Radeon HD graphics. The little computer has space for 2 sticks […]
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How to sideload apps (even the Android Market) on the Amazon Kindle Fire
The Amazon Kindle Fire may look like a tablet designed only to access apps, music, movies, books, and periodicals from Amazon. But under the hood it’s an Android tablet, which means that it can run most apps designed for Android 2.3 and earlier. And it turns out it’s quite easy to install most of them. Most […]
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Sharp launches 7 inch Galapagos tablet in Japan
This summer Sharp unveiled a new 7 inch Android tablet. Now it’s available for purchase in Japan. The new tablet runs Google Android 3.2 Honeycomb, has a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, and a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor. It has 1GB of RAM, 8GB of storage, and a microSD […]