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Toshiba AT200 tablet launch pushed back to January, 2012

Toshiba’s new 10 inch Android tablet is apparently coming in January. The company had initially promised that the Toshiba AT200 would launch in some regions by the end of 2011, but according to a post on the Toshiba Germany Facebook page, the date has been moved back by a month or so. While Toshiba isn’t […]

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Asus introduces the Eee Pad Transformer Prime, starting at $499

Asus is getting ready to release its follow-up to the popular Eee Pad Transformer tablet. The new Eee Pad Transformer Prime is thinner and lighter, offers better battery life, and faster performance than the original Transformer. It also has a sleek new design with a metallic finish that’s reminiscent of the Asus Zenbook line of high-end notebooks. […]

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NVIDIA introduces the Tegra 3 multi-core processor for tablets, phones

NVIDIA has officially introduced its next-generation mobile processor. The NVIDIA Tegra 3 chip is a 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 multi-core processor with 4 high performance CPU cores, 1 extra low power “companion” core, and 12 graphics cores. The new chips are headed to tablets and smartphones. The first Tegra 3 device will be the Asus […]

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Japan’s Rakuten buys Kobo for $315 million

Electronic bookseller Kobo is about to be sold to Japanese internet service company Rakuten. The Japanese firm is going to buy all outstanding shares of the company for $315 million. Currently Canadian bookseller Indigo is the largest shareholder. Kobo’s digital book platform allows customers to purchased eBooks on a wide range of devices in a […]

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Amazon’s latest Kindles will be available at 16,000 US retail stores

Amazon may have just given you one less reason to consider a NOOK Tablet or NOOK Simple Touch over a Kindle Fire or Kindle Touch. During yesterday’s launch event for the new NOOK Tablet, Barnes & Noble pointed out that you could walk into a bricks and mortar store to try out a NOOK before […]