Asus hasn’t made any official announcements regarding its first laptop to feature an AMD Zacate processor, but the company did put one out on display at its CES suite this week. The Asus Eee PC 1215B looks a lot like other 1215-series notebooks from the Asus, but on the inside it packs a 1.6GHz AMD […]
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Hands-on with the Asus Eee Pad Slider
The Asus Eee Pad Slider is an Android tablet with a pull-out keyboard. It’s one of four new tablets Asus officially unveiled earlier this week, and I got a chance to play with it this morning. As a tablet, there are a lot of things to like about the Slider. It has a snappy 1GHz […]
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Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Player
OK, so we’ve already established that the Creative Zen Touch 2 isn’t the best Android handheld media player that money can buy. But you know what is? The Samsung Galaxy Player. The only catch is that it’s not available for purchase in the US yet, but it should be soon. I got a chance to […]
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The bloggers of CES 2011
While you’re reading this, I’m on a plane back home after spending a week in Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. Aside from coming down with a nasty cold (which is a long-held CES tradition) on my last day, I had a great time, not just because I got to check out cool (and not-so-cool) […]
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Hands-on with the Creative Zen Touch 2 Android media player
Google’s Android operating system is showing up everywhere. What started out as a smartphone OS is powering tablets, notebooks, and portable media players like the Creative Zen Touch 2. While I could certainly see some folks eying this little media player as a way to try out Android without actually buying a phone and signing […]
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Shenzhen Firstview keeps the Android netbook flame alive
Last year at CES you couldn’t walk more than a few feet without running into a cheap Chinese netbook with an ARM-based processor running Google Android or Linux. This year, they’re few and far between as companies have largely replaced them with trendier tablets. But I wandered into the Shenzhen Firstview booth this week and […]
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CES booth tour: The many tablets of Rockchip
Chinese chip maker Rockchip had one of the most crazy spread of Android tablets I’ve seen at the show this week. Unfortunately none of the tablets were labeled, and most won’t be sold globally any time soon. But you do get an idea of just how many low cost devices are running RockChip’s low power […]
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Hands-on with the Creative ZiiO 7 and ZiiO 10 Android tablets
Creative is showing off its new line of Android tablets at CES, and I got a chance to check out the Creative ZiiO 7 and 10 inch devices. Both tablets feature Creative’s own ZiiLabs ZMS-08 media processor which has support for a wide range of audio and video formats. The tablets can also pump out […]
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Shuttle shows off a line of Android tablets
Shuttle is probably best known for producing small form factor PCs and barebones computers, but the company also has an ODM (Original Device Manufacturer) business going, where it builds laptops and tablets which other companies can order and rebrand to sell under their own name. This year the company is showing three new tablets at […]
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First look at Stream TV’s new eLocity tablet lineup
As expected, Stream TV Networks has begun showing off a whole slew of new 7 and 10 inch Android tablets at CES. And as expected, most of the new models are slight variations on a theme. First up, in the 7 inch space we have the eLocity A71, A72, and A73. These models look almost […]