Polaroid is best known for its cameras that allow you to print shots right away on small piece of photo paper. Digital photography has largely turned the classic Polaroid camera into a niche product at best, but the company also has its own digital camera line. Now Polaroid is also apparently entering the Android tabelt […]
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SolarKindle case charges your eReader… with sunlight
There are two really cool thinks about eBook Readers with E Ink displays. First, their high contrast displays are easily readable outdoors in direct sunlight. Second, they use so little power that they can run for weeks, or even months at a time without charging. A company called SolarFocus has decided to make the most […]
Brad’s mobile reporting kit (CES 2012 edition)
I’ll be spending next week in Las Vegas covering the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. Since I cover mobile technology on a daily basis, I figured you might want to know what’s going in my gear bag. As it turns out, this year’s kit looks an awful lot like last year’s. I’m still using the same […]
Vizio is entering the PC market
TV maker Vizio introduces its first Android tablets last year at the Consumer Electronics Show. This year the company is going a whole lot further by entering the PC market with a line of notebook and all-in-one desktop computers. Vizio is known for offering decent products at low prices, and plans to do the same with its […]
OLPC to introduce its $100 tablet at CES
The folks that never quite manager to bring us the $100 laptop are at it again. This year the One Laptop Per Child group will be introducing an 8 inch tablet that sells for less than $100. The XO 3.0 will reportedly have a 1024 x 768 pixel display, a Marvell Armada PXA618 ARM-based processor, […]
Leader International unveils cheap Android 4.0 tablets
Budget tablet maker Leader International will launch two new Android 4.0 tablets to market during the first quarter of the year. The Impression 10A tablet has a 9.7 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel display and NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor and a price tag of $299, while the Impression 7A has a 7 inch, […]
LG introduces Z330 and Z430 ultrabooks
LG will show off two new ultrabooks at the Consumer Electronics Show next week. The LG Z330 features a 13.3 inch display, while the LG Z430 is a 14 inch model. Both laptops will be available with a choice of Intel 2nd generation Core i3, Core i5, or Core i7 processors and Intel GMA 3000 HD graphics. […]
Nextbook Elite 10 Android 4.0 tablet coming soon
It’s easy to dismiss eFun as yet-another me-too tablet maker. The company’s low-cost Nextbook Android tablets sell for as little as $120, and tend to feature underwhelming specifications. But eFun also offers a few higher-end tablets with “premium” features. Now Engadget reports eFun is getting ready to launch its first tablet with Android 4.0 and […]
Toshiba hikes the Cedar Trail with next-gen netbooks
Toshiba plans to launch a new line of netbooks with 10 inch displays and Intel Atom Cedar Trail processors. The folks at Notebook Italia have obtained a few photos of the upcoming mini-laptops, and we should have more details once the Consumer Electronics Show is underway next week. The Toshiba NB510 netbooks will be available […]
Lenovo ThinkPad T430u ultrabook coming this summer
Lenovo is rolling out an update to its T400 line of thin and light laptops. The Lenovo ThinkPad T430u is a new business-class ultrabook. The laptop has a 14 inch display, supports processors up to an Intel Core i7 chip, and can handle up to 1TB of storage with a hard drive or solid state […]