Lenovo is offering pretty deep discounts on two laptops today, Motorola is knocking $50 off the price of a refurbished WiFi-only XOOM tablet, and the enTourage eDGe is on sale at Woot. Here’s a roundup of some of the days best mobile tech bargains: Lenovo IdeaPad S205 11.6″ notebook w/AMD E-350 processor for $399 – […]
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Cisco Cius enterprise tablet has user replaceable battery, hardware security
This morning Cisco unveiled AppHQ, a new app store for the Cisco Cius tablet. The company followed up the initial launch with a roundtable event to discuss the tablet and the new software platform for the device. The Cisco Cius is a 7 inch Android tablet based on a design by OpenPeak. But it’s built […]
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iRiver Android tablet spotted in China
Once upon a time a company called iRiver made a name for itself with a line of MP3 players and portable media players. In fact I still have an old iRiver MP3 player lying around which I still use from time to time as a voice recorder thanks to its support for line and mic […]
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 4G is up for pre-order at Amazon
Samsung has been offering a WiFi-only version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablet for a few weeks. But if you’ve been holding out for a model with a cellular modem, it looks like Verizon has got you covered. The company is taking pre-orders for a model with a 4G LTE modem with prices starting […]
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Lenovo teases Android ThinkPad tablet in Brazil
Lenovo is expected to launch at least two Android tablets this year: a consumer oriented IdeaPad K1 and a business tablet wearing the ThinkPad brand name. We’ve seen plenty of evidence of the IdeaPad tablet, but very little news about the ThinkPad model. But now the folks at ZTop got brief glimpse at the new […]
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Cisco launches AppHQ enterprise Android app store for Cius tablets
The Cisco Cius tablet is an enterprise tablet which runs Google Android as well as Cisco software for web conferencing, chatting, and making video calls. The tablet is aimed at customers looking for mobile devices which can be used with your work network. The company says early customers include CDW, Verizon, and Nottingham University Hospitals. […]
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Acer Aspire One AOD257 hits the scene for $250
Acer seems determined to see how much it can undercut its competitors netbook prices. The company has consistently cranked out netbook after netbook for $300 or less over the past few years. But now Acer might have outdone itself with the launch of the Aspire One AOD257. It has a list price of $270, but […]
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Rumored 10 inch BlackBerry PlayBook now rumored to be canceled
Nobody from Research in Motion never officially came out and said that the company was working on a 10 inch version of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. But there were rumors making the rounds that a larger version of RIM’s 7 inch tablet could ship later this year. Now the folks at n4bb are reporting that […]
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Microsoft brings Office to the cloud with Office 365
It’s been years in the making, but Microsoft has finally launched its answer to Google Apps with Office 365. You’ll notice I didn’t say Google Docs, because the new suite of services actually goes beyond a web-based document editor. In fact, Microsoft has offered web-based versions of PowerPoint, Excel, and Word since last year. Office […]
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LeapFrog introduces a tablet for kids
LeapFrog has been making educational electronic devices for kids for far longer than your 5 year old has been stealing your iPad. Now the company is getting ready to launch the next-generation LeapPad — a tablet meant for kids under the age of 9. While the original LeapPad was basically designed for reading books, listening […]
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Deals of the Day (6-28-11)
There are two deals today featuring the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. A 32GB version of 10 inch Android tablet is available from the DataVis eBay shop for $530, which is about $70 off the regular price. Meanwhile TigerDirect is offering the 16GB model at the regular $500 price, but you can pick up a free […]
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5 Comments on HP: The TouchPad will launch with less apps than Android, but offer a more unified experience
HP: The TouchPad will launch with less apps than Android, but offer a more unified experience
5 Comments on HP: The TouchPad will launch with less apps than Android, but offer a more unified experienceThe HP TouchPad launches this Friday and HP’s first webOS tablet is a pretty big gamble. How big? Well, the company spent $1.2 billion to acquire Palm and its webOS software. Not all of those eggs are in the tablet basket. Palm continues to introduce new smartphones and HP has talked about using webOS on […]