Apparently Android tablets with built-in game controllers is now a thing. A company called ibenX is showing off a new 7 inch gaming tablet galled the ibenX GamePad, and it clearly shares some DNA with the Archos GamePad, JXD S7100, and Tekniser Tek 807D. But the ibenX tablet has a few features tha tmake it […]
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Tekniser joins the gaming tablet space with €150 Tek 807D
Tekniser is the latest company planning to launch a 7 inch Android tablet designed for gaming. The Tekniser Tek 807D is an Android tablet with a dual-core processor and game controllers built into the sides. It’s expected to launch in Europe this summer for €150, which is under $200 US. That puts the Tek 807D into […]
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Wikipad $249 Android gaming tablet enters production
Wikipad plans to start selling a $249 Android tablet designed for gaming this spring. And unlike the $499 model the company never delivered last year, it looks like the new 7 inch gaming tablet should be ready to go soon. The first unit rolled off the production line today. The new Wikipad 7 sports an […]
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Razer Edge Pro gaming tablet review roundup
Razer has managed to do something highly unusual: the company’s released a tablet that stands out from the crowd. The Razer Edge is a tablet aimed at PC gamers, and it features the hardware you’d expect from a mid-level gaming computer… but in a portable package. Earlier this month Razer started taking pre-orders for its […]
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JXD S5800 gaming tablets coming this summer
Chinese device maker JXD’s Android tablets aren’t like those from most companies. They’re designed for playing video games, feature gamepad buttons built into the case, and some take their cues from handheld gaming consoles like the PlayStation Portable. Archos may have the GamePad 7 inch tablet, but JXD has a whole family of inexpensive Android […]
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Razer Edge Pro $1300 gaming tablet pre-orders paused to catch up with demand
Apparently people are willing to pay higher-than-iPad prices for a tablet… as long as it’s a tablet that’s truly different from anything else on the market. Gaming hardware company Razer has announced that pre-orders of the Razer Edge Pro gaming tablet have been strong… maybe too strong. The company is pausing pre-orders of the $1300 […]
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WikiPad is back with a 7 inch, $249 gaming tablet: Smaller and cheaper than before
The Wikipad is an Android tablet built for gaming — and it has the detachable game controller grips to prove it. Last year the company promised to sell a 10 inch gaming tablet for $499.. and then ran into a series of problems delivering on that promise. Now Wikipad is back at it, and this […]
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Razer Project Fiona: High-end Windows gaming tablet for $1300 and up
There are a few ways to design a tablet for gamers. You could take the Archos Gamepad approach and add physical buttons to the side of a decent, but unspectacular Android tablet and sell it for a reasonably low price. Or you could take the guts of a Windows gaming computer, cram them into a […]
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Wikipad gaming tablet delayed… for refinement
The Wikipad gaming tablet was supposed to launch today, but the company behind the $499 Android tablet with a physical game controller has postponed the launch indefinitely. In a statement to The Verge, the company says the delay is to make a “refinement” to ensure that the first customers are satisfied with their tablets. The […]
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Wikipad gaming tablet specs revealed, should ship before year’s end
Android gaming is finally maturing thanks to faster internals and a wee bit more excitement on the developer side. Gamers looking for the next great mobile platform on which to get their fix will want to check out the Wikipad gaming tablet. This 10.1-inch slate will ship with a removable controller that adds buttons, triggers […]