The Gooseberry is a tiny computer board with an Allwinner A10 ARM Cortex-A8 processor, Mali 400 graphics, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of storage, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, a microSD card slot, mini HDMI and mini USB ports, as well as a headphone jack. A small number of Gooseberry boards will go on sale this week for £40, or […]
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Amber: 80 percent of a tablet for 400 percent the price (developers)
So you want to build your own Android tablet, but you’re not necessarily interested in sourcing the system board, processor, RAM, battery, and other components. You could just tear apart an off-the-shelf tablet, try to modify the insides and then slap the results in your own case. Or you can buy an Amber from Liquidware… […]
Windows 8 and WP7 can run (some of) the same apps
If the new Metro style user interface in Windows 8 looks familiar, that’s because it borrows heavily from Windows Phone 7 — Microsoft’s latest operating system for smartphones. Instead of a standard start menu and toolbar, the start screen features a series of live tiles which show shortcuts to apps, widgets, and status updates from […]
Who needs an official SDK? Native QNX apps can already run on the BlackBerry PlayBook
Research in Motion is expected to launch a software developer kit (SDK) allowing developers to write native apps for the BlackBerry PlayBook this summer. This will let developers code apps specifically for the QNX operating system that runs on the tablet. But one independent developer has already figured out how to write QNX apps and […]
Android tablets would be a lot more useful if there were more Android tablet apps
I’ve been tinkering with a Motorola XOOM for the past week or so, and while I like the build quality, speedy processor, and excellent screen, I find that 9 times out of 10 I’d rather just use my smartphone for mobile computing tasks. That’s partly because my phone is always with me, but it’s also […]
Barnes & Noble seeks third party apps for the NOOKcolor
The Barnes & Noble NOOKcolor is a 7 inch color eBook reader that also happens to make a pretty decent Android tablet if you root it or install custom firmware. But soon you won’t need to do either of those things to enjoy third party apps on the tablet. Barnes & Noble plans to launch […]
Intel offers $5,000 prize for netbook game developers
Netbooks are small, cheap computers. They tend to have lower resolution displays and smaller keyboards and touchpads than larger computers. And most netbooks have relatively slow processors and underwhelming graphics cards. That means that while some older or less graphics-intensive games play quite nicely on netbooks, you’re not going to have a lot of luck […]
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++. […]
The problem with independent netbook Linux distros
Over the past few years a number of custom Linux distributions for netbooks have popped up. And while some were designed from the ground up by large teams of developers with corporate backing, like Moblin Linux, Fedora Mini, or Linpus Linux Lite, others are maintained by just a handful of independent developers with a passion […]