Chip maker Freescale is starting to show off products using a new ARM-based processor called the Freescale i.MX53. It’s an ARM Coretx-A8 chip with a clock speed between 1GHz and 1.2GHz. Freescale’s chips have turned up in a handful of mobile internet devices over the past year or two, but the company really dominates the […]
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Toshiba retools its thin and light laptop designs
Toshiba is showing off an updated version of its thin and light Satellite M135 notebook at Computex. The M135 has a 13.3 inch display and a low voltage processor, and the new model seems to have a keyboard that’s virtually identical to that on the Toshiba Mini line of netbooks. In fact, it kind of […]
DigiLife iOne: Would you like a pico projector with your tablet?
A lot of the tablets PC prototypes making the rounds today feel like netbooks with the keyboard chopped off. But the folks behind the DigiLife iOne have decided to use the extra space that afords to add something unexpected to their 10 inch tablet — a pico projector. The DigiLife iOne is just a concept […]
Linpus Linux: Now with netbook, slate, MeeGo editions
The first Acer netbooks to hit the market in 2008 were running Linpus Linux Lite, a custom Linux distribution optimized for small screens. While you don’t see many Linux netbooks anymore, the folks at Linpus haven’t given up on the mobile space, and they’re showing off the latest versions of Linpus for netbooks and tablets. […]
AMD isn’t rushing into the tablet PC space
When netbooks hit the big time in 2008, chip maker AMD too a sort of wait-and-see approach. It wasn’t until this year that the company started to get serious about the budget ultraportable space, with the introduction of its new Nile platform that covers chips for low power 10 inch netbooks and for more powerful […]
Intel’s Canoe Lake ultrathin netbook performance put to the test
Intel introduced a new Canoe Lake reference design for ultrathin netbooks earlier this week. And when I say ultrathin, I’m not kidding. Intel says that Canoe Lake systems can be as thin as 14mm, or about 0.55 inches. That’s because the low power chipset doesn’t generate a ton of heat and PC makers can use […]
Huawei S7 Android tablet with voice capabilities
OK, you could probably make the case that the Dell Streak 5 inch device isn’t so much a tablet as a kind of chunky smartphone. After all, it runs Google Android, surfs the web over a a 3G connection, and lets you make phone calls if you’re willing to hold it up to your ear […]
Microsoft shows off Windows Embedded Compact 7 tablet prototype
Microsoft is showing off a prototype tablet running Windows Embedded Compact 7 at Computex this week… and it’s looks a bit like what you would get if you took a Zune HD or Windows Phone 7 device and expanded it to fit a 10 inch screen. The good news is, it looks awesome, the web […]
ARM, Freescale, IBM, Samsung and others launch Linaro to push Linux for ARM-based devices
A number of technology companies working with ARM-based processors have joined together to create a new non-profit organization called Linaro. What does Linaro do? Basically, the goal of the group is to develop and distribute technology that will make it easier for device makers to put Linux on ARM-based products including phones, netbooks, tablets and […]
Innoversal shows off Lattice tablet with Pixel Qi display
Sure, it feels like we’ve been waiting forever for the Notion Ink Adam tablet with a Pixel Qi screen to hit the streets. But it’s not the only game in town. A company called Innoversal is showing off a 10 inch Windows tablet with a Pixel Qi 3qi display at Computex this week. The Innoversal […]