Motorola has started rolling out an Android 4.0 software update for the XOOM WiFi tablet. The XOOM was the first tablet to ship with Android 3.0 Honeycomb when Motorola released the device last year. Now it’s the second existing tablet to receive an over-the-air Android 4.0 update. The first is actually the Asus Eee Pad […]
How to install Android 4.0 or later on the HP TouchPad (CyanogenMod)
The HP TouchPad is a tablet with a 9.7 inch display, a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, and 1GB of RAM. It originally shipped with HP’s webOS software, but hackers have been installing Google Android on the TouchPad for months. Initially developers ported Android 2.3 to the TouchPad, but now you can also run newer versions of […]
Amazon release Kindle Fire 6.2.2 software
Amazon has released a minor software update for the Amazon Kindle Fire $199 tablet. The only noticeable difference is that there’s now a button that lets you enable full screen browsing in the Silk web browser. It also includes email improvements. Like earlier updates, Kindle Fire software version 6.2.2 will also remove root access. Fortunately […]
Asus MeMic hits the FCC, turns the MeMo tablet into a phone?
The Asus MeMic is a small Bluetooth device designed to work with the Eee Pad MeMo tablet. You can use it as a remote control, or even use it to take and receive phone calls without holding the whole 7 inch tablet up to your face. Asus first showed off the MeMo and MeMic last […]
Asus Eee PC 1225B notebook now available in Italy
The Asus Eee PC 1225B isn’t available for purchase in the US yet, but the folks at Eee PC.it noticed that it’s already available in Italy — and they’ve placed an order. The notebook has an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, making it a hair smaller than the other 12.1 inch Eee PC […]
Deals of the Day (1-17-12)
With all the attention ultrabooks are getting these days, you’d think they were the first thin and light laptops to hit the market. But ultraportables have been around for ages, and over the past few years we’ve seen the prices of thin and light laptops drop considerably. The Acer TimelineX 11.6″ laptop, for instance, has […]
Another look at Android 4.0 on the HP TouchPad – video
Update: It’s now possible to install an early (buggy) version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on the TouchPad with CyanogenMod 9. We’ve posted step-by-step instructions. The first official alpha or beta release of CyanogenMod 9 for the HP TouchPad should be available any day now, but it turns out the CyanogenMod team isn’t the […]
Leaked roadmap: 10″ BlackBerry PlayBook this year
Research in Motion’s current BlackBerry PlayBook features a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display and a 1 GHz TI OMAP4 dual core processors. It was released in early 2011, but RIM plans to offer a major software update soon that will make the tablet more useful by adding native email, calendar, and contact apps […]
First Cedar Trail netbooks now available for pre-order
Some of the first netbooks with Intel Atom Cedar Trail processors are now available for pre-order. While Cedar Trail chips won’t offer huge performance gains over earlier Atom processors, there are a few advantages. The Intel Atom N2600 and N2800 processors, for instance, have more powerful graphics processors than their predecessors and can handle 1080p […]
Rooting a BlackBerry PlayBook gets easier with Dingleberry 3.0
The folks behind the Dingleberry tool for rooting a BlackBerry PlayBook have released a new version with two key features: Dingleberry 3.0 now lets you downgrade your PlayBook operating system. There’s now support for streaming video from Hulu baked in. Shortly after the first version of Dingleberry was released, Research in Motion pushed a software update […]