There’s been a rumor floating around suggesting that Research in Motion is looking into adding software to the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet that would allow it to run Google Android apps. There are obvious benefits to this approach: There are well over a hundred thousand Android apps available for download, while the number of apps designed […]
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Notion Ink Eden software ported to the ViewSonic gTablet
While Notion Ink’s custom Eden software interface for the Adam table has been getting mixed reviews from early customers, it’s clear that the company put a lot of thought into designing apps for Android tablet, including a web browser, calculator, file browser and email app. A few days ago we reported that the folks at […]
BlackBerry PlayBook may be able to run Android apps… but probably not
The upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook is a pretty sexy little 7 inch tablet with a fast dual core processor and a slick operating system with excellent support for multitasking. The only problem? A tablet is only as good as the apps it can run, and while there are hundreds of thousands of apps for the competing […]
Comcast to bring live, on-demand TV to mobile tablets
Cable giant Comcast has announced plans to let subscribers stream live and On Demand content to the Apple iPad later to the iPad and Android tablets. Comcast already offers an Xfinity TV app for iPad which lets users view program guides, schedule recordings, or use the tablet as a TV remote control. Later this year, […]
Toshiba AC100 attempts to run several Android apps with mixed success – Video
The Toshiba AC100 is a 1.9 pound laptop with an NVIDIA Tegra chip, a 10 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, and Google Android 2.1. Google doesn’t officially support Android for notebooks, so Toshiba developed some custom software for the device allowing it to work with a touchpad, for instance. Toshiba also ships the AC100 […]
Intel AppUp Center adds support for Adobe AIR apps
Intel’s AppUp Center is an app store for netbooks, tablets, and other devices with Intel Atom processors. The idea is to provide users with a one-stop shop where users can purchase apps or download free apps that they know will work on their hardware. Up until recently, developers could write apps in C or C++. […]
RockPlayer: The best media player for Android (DiVX, Xvid, WMV support)
Most Android devices support a handful of media codecs out of the box, including H.264 and MP4. But there are a ton of formats that aren’t typically supported, including MKV, DiVX, Xvid, and WMV. And RockPlayer can handle them all. The RockPlayer user interface couldn’t be much simpler. When you fire up the app, you’ll […]
iPad apps now live in the iTunes App Store
Apple has just let loose the iPad app floodgates. You can now check out the complete list of approved iPad apps in the iTunes app store. While there are a fair number of free aps, just like ther eare for the iPhone and iPod touch, it turns out that paid apps are considerably more expensive […]
Smish: an App Store/App organizer for netbooks?
Smish is a new app for organizing apps on your computer. The software is technically designed for any PC, with a Mac client coming soon. But it looks ideal for netbooks. Or maybe I’m just saying that because it looks like a cross between Moblin Linux and the Intel AppUp Center, which are both designed […]