Chinese chip maker Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics makes the chips that power a number of the cheap Android tablets we’ve seen coming out of China over the past year or so. Now the company plans to introduce a new line of chips, aimed specifically at devices running Android 2.2, Google TV, and similar software. The Rockhip […]
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Best Buy offering “iPad anywhere” with free Verizon, AT&T, Sprint mobile hotspots
Up until recently US customers who wanted to pick up an Apple iPad had few choices: They could get a WiFi-only model or a 3G model which worked only on AT&T’s network. The Verizon figured out that it could sell the WiFi iPad with a Verizon MiFi mobile hotspot, which essentially provides you a way […]
Asus gives the Eee PC 1008P a dual core upgrade… in Germany
While Asus, like most PC makers, is expected to unveil a new line of netbooks and other computers at CES next month, the company currently appears to be going through its current lineup and offering a few spec bumps here and there. The folks at NetbookNews.de noticed that the Eee PC 1008P, for instance, has […]
Automated root installer for the NOOKcolor now available
People have been rooting the NOOKcolor since shortly after Barnes & Noble launched the Android powered 7 inch color eBook reader. But up until recently you had to know your way around a command line to get things done. Now a member of the xda-developers community has released a tool which automates the process. It’s […]
ExoPC Windows 7 Slate up for pre-order in the US
It’s been a few months since the ExoPC slate computer went up for order in Canada, but it’s just this weekend that the company launched pre-orders in the US. The Microsoft Store is taking pre-orders for the tablet for $699. For that price, you get a tablet with an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel […]
Notion Ink releases demo video for the Adam tablet
Notion Ink came under a bit of fire last week for a less-than perfect pre-launch event for the company’s much anticipated Adam tablet. On paper, the tablet looks like the best thing since sliced bread… or at least since the iPad, thanks to its NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor, optional Pixel Qi display, reasonable […]
HP/Palm’s webOS tablet will have optional Bluetooth keyboard
In a not-particularly-shocking move, it looks like HP plans to offer a Bluetooth keyboard accessory for the company’s upcoming webOS tablet. Engadget has received a leaked photo of the keyboard along with a little bit of information letting us know that the keyboard will have some special webOS function keys, no number pad, a chiclet […]
Oh great, Asus gives us yet another official pronunciation for its name
A few years ago when nobody had really heard of Asus, the folks who had just kind of assumed the company name was pronounced AY-suss. It turned out we were wrong, and company officials told us a few years go that it should be pronounced ah-SOOS. So for the past three years or so, I’ve […]
eLocity A7 Android tablet turns out to have limited multitouch
The eLocity A7 Android tablet has been getting a lot of attention recently, as one of the first Android tablets available in the US to sport an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor, Android 2.2, and a capacitive, multitouch display. That ain’t a bad set of features for a $299 device. Unfortunately, it’s starting to […]
T-Mobile seeks trademark for “G-Slate”
While T-Mobile hasn’t made any official announcements about an upcoming tablet bearing the wireless carrier’s own name, the folks at PocketNow just uncovered a set of trademark applications from T-Mobile for a G-Surf, G-Slate, and Reader’s cafe. The G-Slate certainly sounds like some sort of tablet computer, and in fact, the trademark applications for the […]