Japanese PC vendor Mouse Computer plans to launch a 10 inch tablet with an NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and Google Android 2.2 Froyo later this month. The Mouse Computer LuvPad AD100 features a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, 8G of storage, and 512MB of RAM. It has HDMi output, 802.11b/g WiFi, an accelerometer, […]
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Samsung could launch the Galaxy Tab in the US next week
Samsung introduced the Galaxy Tab 7 inch Android tablet in Europe last week. Next week it could be do the same in the US. The Wall Street Journal reports that Samsung will unveil the tablet at an event in New York on September 16th. What’s more, according to the Journal, Samsung has worked out deals […]
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Lenovo Power Hub combines a laptop charger and USB hub
Lenovo has just introduced a new laptop accessory called a Power Hub. Basically it’s a single device for charging your laptop — and for connecting up to four USB peripherals. Of course, with a retail price of $74.99, it might be cheaper to pick up a generic USB hub and laptop charger. But there’s something […]
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Asus Eee PC 1215T with AMD K125 CPU shows up in Germany
The other day the Asus Eee PC 1201K 12.1 inch laptop with an AMD Geode processor went on sale in Italy. For AMD fans who don’t want an Asus notebook with a 7 year old CPU, on the other hand, it looks like there may be a new option: The Asus Eee PC 1215T. This […]
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Closer look at the Archos 43 Android tablet
The Archos 43 is a new Android tablet with… you guessed it, a 4.3 inch display. It sits smack dab in the middle of the 5 Android tablets Archos introduced last week in terms of both size and features. Like the Archos 28 and 32, this 4.3 inch model has a resistive touchscreen. But like […]
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Enso ends retail tablet sales
The Enso zenPad Android tablet has a long and sordid history. When the company introduced the product, it looked like one of the best Android tablets you could buy for under $200… on paper at least. But there were many reports of customers failing to actually receive the tablet and when it finally did actually […]
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Asus Eee PC UL20FT-A1 reviewed
I’ve been using the Asus UL20A-A1 as my primary on-the-go laptop for almost a year. This 12.1 inch laptop strikes just the right balance for my needs. It’s a bit larger than a typical 10 inch netbook, but doesn’t weigh much more. It has a high resolution display that doesn’t feel cramped. And its ULV […]
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Google: Android isn’t designed for tablets… yet
Google clearly didn’t have tablets in mind when it designed the Android operating system. Way back in 2007, tablets were generally expensive computers running Windows software which often had a full keyboard, a screen on a swivel, and active digitizer and stylus doohickeys for input. Android, on the other hand, was aimed at smartphones. Flash […]
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Dell Streak Android tablet source code now available
Dell has released the source code for its Streak and Aero devices. The Streak is a 5 inch Android tablet or smartphone, depending on how you look at it, while the Aero is pretty inarguably a phone. Google Android is built on open source software and uses a version of the Linux kernel at its […]
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Budget SSDs rounded up, tested
Solid State disks offer a lot of benefits over traditional hard drives. They have no moving parts, so they tend to be quieter and harder to break. Many are also significantly faster than hard disks, since platters don’t need to spin for your computer to find the data it’s looking for. Solid State disks also […]