The Barnes & Noble NOOK HD is a 7 inch tablet which normally sells for $199. But right now you can pick one up for $229… which is actually a pretty good deal, since B&N will also toss in a refurbished NOOK Simple Touch to sweeten the deal. You can use either device to read […]
Arctic releases a tiny $229 Linux PC designed for XBMC
Arctic is now selling a small form-factor desktop computer with an Intel Atom processor, AMD Radeon HD graphics, and a Linux-based operating system designed to support the XBMC Media Center application. In other words, for $229 you can pick up a low-power computer with an open source media center, the hardware to handle high-definition video, […]
Wandboard Mini PC/Dev board now shipping: Supports Ubuntu, Android
The Wandboard is a tiny computer or developer board with an ARM-based processor, a wide selection of ports for connecting peripherals, and support for both Google Android and Ubuntu Linux. Unveiled last year, the Wandboard is one of the first devices of its type to feature a Freescale i.MX6 ARM Cortex-A9 processor. It’s now shipping […]
Chromebook Pixel: Will next-gen Chromebooks have higher-def, touchscreen displays?
Acer, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung are all offering Chromebooks, with screen sizes ranging from 11.6 to 14 inches. Some have hard drives while others have solid state disks. And some have x86 processors while others have ARM-based chips. So what’s next for laptops running Chrome OS? According to a concept video (and hints from developer François […]
Dev channel coming to the Chrome browser for Android
Google offers three different versions of the Chrome web browser: Stable, Beta, and Dev. Depending on which channel you use, you can get the latest stable build of the browser or sacrifice some stability in exchange for the chance to test out some of the newest features sooner (and to help find bugs in the […]
Archos 97 Platinum tablet with Retina-like display is just an Onda V972 with another name
The Archos 80 Platinum isn’t the only new tablet from Archos that’s actually built by Chinese device maker Onda. The Archos 97 Platinum passed through the FCC this week, and it looks like this 9.7 inch tablet with a 2048 x 1536 pixel display and a quad-core processor is just a rebadged Onda V972. The […]
Dolphin Emulator could bring Wii, GameCube games to Android… eventually
Dolphin is an emulator that makes it possible to run Nintendo GameCube and Wii titles on a device that’s not a GameCube or a Wii. Right now that pretty much means a Windows or Mac computer with fairly powerful hardware. But the developer is also working to bring the Dolphin Emulator to Android. Dolphin for […]
Microsoft Surface Pro review roundup: Is a Windows 8 tablet worth $1000?
The Microsoft Surface Pro is a tablet with the guts of a laptop. It runs Windows 8, features the same Intel Core i5-3317U processor found in many recent ultrabooks, and has a high resolution display. But it’s not a laptop. Instead it’s a slate with a 10.6 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel display, a capacitive […]
The Archos 80 quad-core tablet may be a rebadged Onda V812
Archos is bringing its first quad-core tablets to market this year with the Archos 80 Platinum and Archos 97 Platinum. But like most recent tablets from Archos, it looks like at least one of these may not have been designed in-house. The Archos 80 Platinum showed up at the FCC website this week, and on […]
Too busy to clean your tablet screen? Here’s a $17 robot that does it for you
Robots have gone from the stuff of science fiction to overpriced toys, to… rather cheap toys designed to perform menial tasks that you don’t have time for — like cleaning your phone or tablet screen. Japan’s Takara Tomy has introduced a $17 Roomba-like robot designed to slide around the display of your phone or tablet […]