Ubuntu may grab more headlines than most Linux-based operating systems (unless you count Android, which uses a Linux kernel), but over the past few years Linux Mint has been nipping at Ubuntu’s heels. Today the Mint team released Linux Mint 12, which packs a number of software improvements and new artwork. For the past few […]
Android 4.0 is coming to Rockchip tablets – video
Chinese chip maker Rockchip is starting to show off tablets with Rockchip processors running Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Google released the source code for the latest version of Android recently, and it looks like Rockchip plans to offer the software for some tablets running its 1.2 GHz RK2918 processor during the first week of December. […]
Rumor: Samsung may pull out of the netbook market in 2012
Korean electronics maker Samsung has been producing high quality netbooks since 2008. But there’s an unconfirmed report from Blogeee suggesting that Samsung could get out of the netbook game in 2012, instead shifting its focus to notebooks with 11.6 inch and 12.1 inch displays, including ultrabooks. The move wouldn’t be a huge shock. Ultraportable laptops […]
Cedar Trail netbooks might not arrive until 2012, but Asus is getting ready
Intel unveiled its next-generation Atom chipset for netbooks this summer, but netbooks with the new Intel Atom Cedar Trail platform hasn’t actually hit the streets yet. VR-Zone says the delay is due to problems with graphics drivers, which could push the launch date for the chips until the end of December, which means we won’t […]
RIM drop BlackBerry PlayBook price to $199 for the holidays
Over the last few weeks we’ve seen retailers in the US and Canada offer the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet for prices as low as $199. Now Research in Motion is following suit. You can pick up a PlayBook from the BlackBerry Store for as little as $199. That price will snag you a 16GB model which […]
BungBungame Photon 100 Windows tablet hits the FCC
Chinese Windows Phone game developer BungBungame appears to be preparing to launch a Windows tablet in the US. The company’s upcoming BungBungame Photon 100 tablet passed through the FCC website this week. The tablet appears to have a 1 GHz AMD Z-series processor, up to 4GB of RAM, a 64GB SanDisk solid state disk and […]
ClockworkMod Recovery for the NOOK Tablet in the works
The Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet is a 7 inch tablet designed for reading books, streaming media, surfing the web and running apps purchased from the B&N Shop. The tablet runs a custom version of Google Android, and it’s proven relatively easy to hack. Users have already figured out how to install apps that aren’t […]
Amazon Kindle Fire review
Online retailer Amazon may have started out as a book store, but today the company sells everything from shoes to groceries. Over the past few years the company has also expanded into digital media, and now Amazon offers some of the industry’s top eBook, MP3 Music, and digital video stores. Earlier this year the company […]
Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime gets an early video review
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime isn’t available for purchase yet, but YouTube user rubberotter managed to get his hands on a pre-production unit and he’s posted a brief video review. Update: The video has been removed from YouTube. The tablet has a 1.4 Ghz NVIDA Tegra 3 quad-core processor. It will ship with Google […]
Deals of the Day (11-23-11)
The Black Friday deals are continuing to roll in. Today we learned that Apple will be offering the best discounts of the year on iPads, iPods, and MacBooks, among other items. And Best Buy will have a doorbuster deal on Friday allowing you to pick up a Dell Streak 7 tablet with Android 3.2 and […]