If you’ve ever tried to use a laptop, iPad, or pretty much any other device with an LCD display outdoors on a sunny day, you know that most of today’s screens aren’t really designed for outdoor use. There’s no shortage of companies working on solutions, but one of the few that actually has a shot […]
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Fujitsu could release a 7 inch Android tablet this year
Fujitsu recently introduced a 10 inch Windows tablet computer with a pull-out keyboard. But DigiTimes suggests the Fujitsu LifeBook TH40/D (and the Fujitsu Stylistc Q550 slate) are aimed at the enterprise market while a second slate set to launch later this year will be targeted at consumers. According to DigiTimes the new model will be a […]
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MeeGo Linux 1.2 core software now available
The developers behind MeeGo Linux have released the core images for MeeGo 1.2. There aren’t any dramatic changes to the user interface yet, but the update does include an updated Linux kernel, updated Qt, X.org, and other packages including a new telephony stack and updated audio software with support for Bluetooth A2DP streaming. Right now […]
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BlackBerry PlayBook OS update shortening battery life
While the PlayBook itself has received a mixed bag of praise and criticism, RIM has been lauded for making good on its promise to update the PlayBook OS early and often. It appears, however, that there has been an unwanted side effect to those updates: decreased battery life. PlayBook users have been reporting the […]
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Pixel Qi to introduce a high resolution 10 inch sunlight readable display
Display maker Pixel Qi plans to show off a new 10 inch display at the Computex trade show in Taiwan starting later this month. The new screen has a 1280 x 800 pixel resolution, which just happens to be the same resolution found in nearly every 10 inch tablet shipping with Google Android 3.x Honeycomb […]
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Is HP working on a webOS laptop?
It’s no secret that HP is working to load webOS on as many different devices as possible. The operating system was designed initially for smartphones, but it will also power the upcoming HP TouchPad tablet and even internet-connected printers eventually. HP also plans to bring a version of webOS to Windows computers, allowing you to […]
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Virgin Mobile launches a $20 per month contract-free mobile broadband plan
Virgin Mobile is offering one of the cheapest 3G data plans on the market in the US, offering customers the chance to spend $20 per month to get online using a USB modem, MiFi mobile hotspot, or a 3G adapter for an iPod touch. That’s the good news. The less good news is that you […]
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Experimental handwriting support added to Chromium OS
The first notebooks running Google Chrome OS will go on sale next month, and Google says right now its targeting the operating system at notebook and desktop computers, not tablets. But behind the scenes we’ve seen plenty of evidence that Google is also considering how to make Chrome OS tablet-friendly. The latest clue comes from […]
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Mirosol: We’d have sunlight readable screens on the market if not for that pesky iPad
Comments Off on Mirosol: We’d have sunlight readable screens on the market if not for that pesky iPadMirosol has been showing off its low power reflective sunlight readable color display technology for a couple of years, but so far no actual products using the screens have shipped. Now Engadget has the story on why that is. In a nutshell, Mirosol’s displays don’t require a backlight and don’t draw much more power than […]
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Older Windows apps won’t run on Windows 8 for ARM
Microsoft is working on a new version of its flagship Windows operating system which will run on computers with ARM-based processors as well as x86 chips. We’ve known that since January. What we didn’t know for certain was what it would mean for legacy apps. But now Intel is confirming that the version of Windows […]