It’s easy to dismiss eFun as yet-another me-too tablet maker. The company’s low-cost Nextbook Android tablets sell for as little as $120, and tend to feature underwhelming specifications. But eFun also offers a few higher-end tablets with “premium” features. Now Engadget reports eFun is getting ready to launch its first tablet with Android 4.0 and […]
Deals of the Day (1-05-11)
The Toshiba Thrive isn’t the thinnest or lightest Android tablet around, but it’s still one of the best options if you’re looking for a 10 inch Android tablet with a removable battery and full-sized SD card and USB ports. Today it’s on sale for just $280 from Woot. Here’s a roundup of some of the […]
Toshiba hikes the Cedar Trail with next-gen netbooks
Toshiba plans to launch a new line of netbooks with 10 inch displays and Intel Atom Cedar Trail processors. The folks at Notebook Italia have obtained a few photos of the upcoming mini-laptops, and we should have more details once the Consumer Electronics Show is underway next week. The Toshiba NB510 netbooks will be available […]
Even Kobo had a good year in 2011
Amazon and Barnes & Noble have both announced that their latest tablets and eReaders sold like hotcakes over the holiday season. But what about Kobo? While Kobo doesn’t get as much attention as its peers, the company’s latest product lineup actually looks a lot like its peers’. Kobo sells an E Ink eReader for $100, […]
B&N considers spinning off NOOK as a separate business
Barnes & Noble has announced that people are buying up NOOK devices and digital content faster than ever. In the months leading up to December 31st, B&N says it sold 70 percent more NOOK devices than during the same period in 2010, and digital content sales including eBooks and Android apps grew by 113 percent. […]
Acer Iconia Tab A200 coming this month for $330 and up
Acer’s next Android tablet will go on sale in the on January 15th for $329.99 and up. The Iconia Tab A200 is a 10 inch Android tablet with a 1280 x 800 pixel display and a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor. The tablet will initially ship with Android 3.2 Honeycomb, but Acer […]
Lenovo unveils the 2012 ThinkPad Edge laptop lineup
The ThinkPad T430u isn’t the only new thin and light business laptop from Lenovo. The company is also updating its ThinkPad Edge laptop line with the addition of two new models with 11.6 inch display. The ThinkPad Edge E130 features an Intel Core i-series processor, while the ThinkPad Edge E135 has an AMD Vision processor. […]
Lenovo ThinkPad T430u ultrabook coming this summer
Lenovo is rolling out an update to its T400 line of thin and light laptops. The Lenovo ThinkPad T430u is a new business-class ultrabook. The laptop has a 14 inch display, supports processors up to an Intel Core i7 chip, and can handle up to 1TB of storage with a hard drive or solid state […]
Stream Amazon Instant Video outside of the US World Wide KindleFire
The Amazon Kindle Fire is the first Android tablet to support Amazon’s Instant Video streaming service. Users can purchase or rent TV shows or movies from Amazon and stream them over the internet or download them to the tablet for offline viewing. But the service only works in the US and only on tablets that […]
Deals of the Day (1-04-11)
Research in Motion is running an odd sale on BlackBerry PlayBook tablets. If you order one from the BlackBerry Store before February 4th you can get any PlayBook for $299. It doesn’t matter if you choose the 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB model. So yeah… if you’ve got three Ben Franklins burning a hole in your pocket you […]