If it seems like forever and a day since Notion Ink first introduced a prototype for its upcoming Adam tablet in January, that’s probably because the company keeps reminding us that it’s on the way… but not quite ready for purchase yet. In part 9 of a weekend blog series, Notion Ink founder Rohan Shravan […]
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Intel’s Pepcom booth tour
Intel is showing off a number of products built around various Atom chips. I got a chance to check out the company’s booth at a Pepcom event in New York this week, including a few we’ve seen before such as the company’s Canoe Lake ultrathin netbook reference design, a Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3T convertible netbook, and […]
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Synaptics develops technology to make Windows ClickPads usable
Over the past year or so we’ve seen a growing trend of laptop makers eliminating touchpad buttons and instead using touchpads with integrated clicking, also known as ClickPads. While Apple has demonstrated that these ClickPads can actually be pretty useful tools, most of the Windows notebooks I’ve tried with ClickPads are plagued with problems: the […]
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Hands-on with the Barnes & Noble NOOKcolor
I got a chance to check out the Barnes & Noble NOOKcolor as well as an upcoming software update for the original Nook eReader with an E Ink display. The software update will bring 50% faster page turns, as well as support for synchronizing your last page read across all your Nook devices (including mobile […]
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Hands-on with the HP Mini 1103
The HP Mini 1103 is the newest business netbook from HP. It’s also the cheapest, starting at just $299. While the netbook features the same basic design as the HP Mini 210, I got a chance to check one out in person last night, and it turns out there are actually a handful of minor […]
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Ubuntu Linux shoehorned onto the Samsung Galaxy Tab
Sure, the Samsung Galaxy Tab ships with Google Android installed. But what if you want to run another operating system on this 7 inch tablet, like say… Ubuntu Linux? No problem. It turns out that Ubuntu runs pretty well on the Galaxy Tab. The steps to get everything up and running are similar to the […]
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Closer look at the Jolibook netbook running Jolicloud OS
The Jolibook is the first netbook to ship with the Jolicloud operating system preloaded. The netbook is expected to go on sale in the UK soon, and it features a 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550 dual core processor, 1GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and a 10.1 inch display. It has 3 USB 2.0 ports, […]
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Hands-on with the Lenovo IdeaPad U260
I got a chance to check out Lenovo’s recently announced IdeaPad U260 laptop last night. As promised, it’s thin, light, and all sorts of elegant looking. That said, I was a bit disappointed to discover that the laptop only comes with a 4 cell battery which is not user replaceable. The Lenovo IdeaPad U260 measures […]
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First look at Marvell’s HD Android tablet reference design
Chip maker Marvell is starting to show off a rather exciting reference design for an Android tablet. Powered by a Marvell Armada 600 chip, the tablet has a 10 inch, 1280 x 720 pixel HD display and support for 1080p HD video playback and 3D graphics acceleration. I got a chance to check out a […]
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Yet another iPad keyboard case… this time with a handle!
Sure, we’ve seen plenty of iPad cases with built-in keyboards which sort of, kind of, turn the iPad into a laptop already. But it looks like Best Buy has something truly unique in the works. Or well, a little unique. Basically it’s a clamshell case which kind of looks like a full-fledged laptop in its […]