Toshiba is the latest company to throw its hat in the ultrabook ring. Today the company introduced the Toshiba Portege Z830, a 13.3 inch notebook that’s just 0.6 inches thick and which weighs just 2.45 pounds. Toshiba says that makes it the lightest 13.3 inch notebook around. Like ultrabooks from Lenovo, Acer, and Asus, the […]
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Lenovo introduces a 7 inch, $199 Android tablet
Lenovo is adding a budget tablet to its lineup. The company already offers the 10 inch IdeaPad K1 Android tablet for consumers, a ThinkPad Tablet for professionals, and plans to launch the IdeaPad P1 Windows tablet soon. Now the company is adding a 7 inch model called the IdeaPad A1 to the mix. Not only […]
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Some Samsung Series 3 notebooks to offer AMD chip options
Last month Samsung started selling its Series 3 notebooks with screen sizes ranging from 11.6 inches to 15.6 inches. But so far we’ve only seen the smaller laptops with Intel processors. Now it looks like Samsung will be offering an 11.6 inch model with an AMD Fusion processor in some regions. The company is showing […]
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Toshiba unveils the AT200 Android tablet
Just two months after launching the Thrive tablet, Toshiba is introducing its next 10 inch tablet: The Toshiba AT200. As expected, the AT100 will be thinner than the Thrive, measuring just 7.7mm inches thick. That’s about 0.3 inches, which puts the AT200 in the same class as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Apple iPad […]
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Samsung Galaxy Note: 5.3 inch Android device blurs the phone/tablet borders
As Android tablet after Android tablet has hit the market over the past year I’ve often find myself wondering why anyone would need an Android phone and an Android tablet when they fill such similar functions. Samsung has released a new device that seems custom made for people wondering the same thing. The Samsung Galaxy Note […]
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Samsung unveils the Galaxy Tab 7.7 tablet with AMOLED display
Samsung is continuing its quest to put out a tablet with every imaginable screen size. The company already has tablets with 7, 8.9, and 10.1 inch displays. Now we can add a 7.7 inch model to the lineup. But it’s not just the screen size that sets the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 apart from other […]
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Slim new Toshiba tablet shows up in Berlin
We had a pretty good idea that Toshiba was preparing to launch a new Android tablet at the IFA trade show in Berlin this week. Sure enough, the folks at Notebook Italia have already spotted one, even though Toshiba hasn’t yet officially announced the new tablet. Toshiba’s new tablet features a 10 inch screen, just […]
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Sony’s latest Walkman runs Android
Once upon a time the Sony Walkman was the portable music player of choice. But that was back when it seemed like a good idea to store 12 songs on a long strip of electromagnetic tape surrounded by a big plastic case. The company’s digital music players have never been as popular as Sony’s cassette players […]
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First look at the Dell Streak 7 with Android 3.2 Honeycomb
When the Dell Streak 7 launched earlier this year it was the first 7 inch tablet to feature a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor. But the tablet had two strikes against it: It shipped with a low resolution, 800 x 480 pixel display and with Google Android 2.2 Froyo at a time […]
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Acer to launch ultrabook with 13 inch display
Update: The S3 is official… and it has a 13 inch display. There doesn’t appear to be an 11.6 inch model. Acer is getting ready to jump on the ultrabook bandwagon with at least two thin, light, and relatively affordable notebooks. We’ve already seen some hands-on photos of the company’s new 13 inch ultrabook, and […]