Fujitsu is displaying two different Windows tablet designs at its booth at the CEATEC trade show. Akihabara News and AVING grabbed a few photos. While the hardware looks interesting, I’m most intrigued by the custom software these tablets appear to be running. One model has a series of buttons along the bottom of the touchscreen […]
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Has Asus redesigned its 8.9 inch Android tablet?
Asus started showing off concept designs for a series of upcoming Eee Pad tablet computers in June, but the company isn’t expected to ship its 8.9 inch Android tablet until March, 2011. At first, Asus has planned to deliver that tablet with Windows Compact 7, but later dropped that plan in favor of Google Android. […]
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Revo Round introduces Roundtop computer for some reason
Have you ever looked at a traditional laptop and thought “that screen is just too rectangular?” While folks have been debating the merits of 4:3 aspect ratios versus 16:9 displays, the folks at Revo Round in China have a completely different idea: a round laptop. We’re not just talking about the screen either. The Revo […]
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Neofonie WeTab director steps down after posting fake reviews online
Well this can’t be good. Neofonie managing director Helmut Hoffer has resigned after he was caught writing positive reviews of the company’s WeTab 11.6 inch tablet on Amazon under fake names. Hoffer says he wrote the reviews without consulting with management or the communications department at Neofonie, and has issued a statement saying it was […]
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Closer look at the Sharp Galapagos Android tablets
Last week Sharp introduced a new line of Android powered eBook readers. This week the company is showing off its Galapagos tablets at CEATEC. Engadget got a chance to check them out in person, and while they’re primarily designed to be eBook readers, these little tablets have a bit more oomph than your typical Kindle […]
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Verizon Fivespot: 3G mobile hotspot for use around the globe
Verizon has been offering 3G mobile hotspots for a while, but the new Fivespot is the first that works almost anywhere in the world. Verizon says you can use the Fivespot to get online in 200 countries, while 120 of those countries offer 3G speeds. The little mobilre wirleess router can handle CDMA, WCDMA, HSDPA, […]
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Samsung shows off WiMAX 2 demo: 330Mbps mobile broadband
If you thought that WiMAX and LTE technologies which allow wireless carriers to offer mobile data rates of up to 60Mbps were fast, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Samsung is showing off a new WiMAX 2 demo at CEATEC in Japan, with speeds up to 330Mbps. The demo shows 16 HD vidoes streaming to 4 […]
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Marvell, OLPC working on low cost education tablets, XO 3 tablet coming in 2012
One Laptop Per Child founder Nicholas Negroponte tells Xconomy that the group has received a $5.6 million grant from chip-maker Marvell to develop low cost tablets built around Marvell’s low power chips. That’s not a huge surprise, since the two have been working together since earlier this year. But here’s what I learned from the […]
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Eken launches M005 Android tablet with 8 inch display
Eken isn’t exactly a household name, but earlier this year the company introduced a 7 inch Android tablet which has been rebranded and sold under different names around the globe by a number of companies. Now Eken is back, this time with an 8 inch tablet with a distinctive design and a 4:3 screen ratio. […]
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AlphaUI introduces rear-mount keyboard for typing on the back of tablets
It looks like Microsoft isn’t the only company wondering whether the best place to put a keyboard on a tablet-style computer is on the back. A company called AlphaUI is testing a product that you can attach to a tablet with a 5 to 7 inch display and grab with both hands in order to […]