I’ll be honest. When I heard that Opera Software planned to show off a new version of its web browser designed for Windows tablets, I was a bit skeptical. After all, the whole point of a Windows tablet is that it can run full desktop apps… like the Opera web browser. So why retool the […]
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Dell Streak 10 inch tablet in the works
Moments after introducing the new Dell Streak 7 tablet, Dell also showed off a 10 inch model called, cleverly enough, the Dell Streak 10. It looks a lot like the 7 and 5 inch models, but it has a larger display. Engadget reports that the unit shown on stage today was just a non-working dummy […]
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Closer look at the Fujitsu 10 inch Windows tablet
While Android tablets are all the rage at CES this year, a number of companies are also showing off devices running Windows 7. Fujitsu unveiled its new Windows tablet yesterday, complete with a high resolution 10.1 inch capacitive touchscreen display and an Intel Atom Oak Trail Z670 processor. Unfortunately the demo unit I saw wasn’t […]
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Hands-on with the Samsung Slider tablet
I got a chance to check out Samsung’s new Sliding Series convertible tablet today and while I didn’t get to play with the software, the hardware is pretty intriguing. We’ve seen plenty of convertible tablets over the past few years, but most follow the same tried and true design of connecting the display to he […]
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Razer Switchblade concept: Dual screen 7 inch gaming notebook
Razer has announced plans for a new mobile gaming device called the Switchblade which features two 7 inch multitouch displays. The bottom display is touch-sensitive, and can be used as a keyboard and trackpad — and the layout can change depending on the game you’re playing and the actions you’re performing. For instance, if you’re […]
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Acer launches Aspire One 522 netbook with AMD Fusion chip
As expected, Acer has officially announced a new AMD-powered 10 inch netbook. The Acer Aspire One 522 will ship with a new AMD Fusion processor, and while I’ve seen a lot of announcements for laptops with the new AMD E-350 Zacate chip, this is one of the first devices I’m aware of that will instead […]
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Hands-on with Toshiba’s Android tablet
Toshiba plans to launch a 10 inch tablet running Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb later this year. While it’s not fully baked yet, the company started showing off an early prototype this week with an earlier version of Android. I got a chance to check it out last night, and the build quality seems good and […]
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Samsung showcases flexible, transparent OLED displays
Last year at CES Samsung showed off a laptop prototype with a 14 inch semi-transparent AMOLED display. You could see the screen well enough, but you could also see through the screen to see whether your car keys are on the table or not. This year, Samsung is continuing to show off its transparent AMOLED […]
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Velocity Micro unveils 3 new Android tablets
The folks at Velocity Micro already have a couple Android tablets under their hat, but the company has decided not to stop with the Cruz Reader and Cruz Tablets T301 and T103. This week Velocity Micro announced three new tablets, with screen sizes ranging from 7 to 10 inches. The first is a 7 inch […]
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Closer look at the Motorola Atrix 4G Webtop
The Motorola Atrix 4G Webtop is an intriguing system that lets you use an Android smartphone as the brains of a thin and light laptop. The Atrix 4G is a smartphone with an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor, while the Webtop is essentially a docking station in the form of an ultralight 11.6 inch […]