Chinese device makers have a long history of cloning the design of popular products and selling knockoffs at rock bottom prices. Next in line? Microsoft’s upcoming Surface tablet. The Surface is a tablet with a 10.6 inch display, Windows RT or Windows 8 software, and a “smart cover” with a touch-sensitive keyboard built in. Microsoft […]
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Samsung showcases Windows 8 convertible tablet concepts
Samsung plans to launch a new line of Windows 8 computers this fall. The Samsung Series 5 and Series 7 hybrids look like notebook computers… until you pull out the display and start using it as a tablet. But there’s more than one way to combine a tablet and notebook. Slashgear spotted 3 other Samsung […]
Samsung shows off Series 9 notebook with 2560 x 1440 display
Samsung is showing off a new version of its Series 9 ultraportable notebook with a WQHD display. That stands for wide quad, high definition — which is another way of saying this laptop has a 13.3 inch, 2560 x 1440 pixels screen. Nicole from MobileGeeks spotted the new high definition model on display at IFA […]
Huawei MedaiPad 10 FHD tablet shipping in September
The Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD is an Android tablet with a 10.1 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel IPS display and a 1.4 GHz quad-core Huawei K3v2 ARM Cortex-A9 processor. Huawei introduced the tablet in February, and now it’s almost ready to ship. Huawei says the tablet will ship globally starting in September. It’s already available […]
Lenovo launches 15 inch, 4.9 pound IdeaPad U510 ultrabook
Lenovo is launching its first ultrabook with a 15.6 inch display. The IdeaPad U510 borrows its design cues from the smaller U310 and U410 ultrabooks with 13.3 inch and 14 inch screens. But it’s, you know, bigger. The new IdeaPad U510 will be available in September for $679 and up. The laptop ships with Windows […]
Toshiba introduces two new 14 inch ultrabooks
It’s only been a few months since Toshiba introduced its U845 ultrabook, but the company is already starting to show off its next 14 inch ultrabook models. Engadget reports the Toshiba Satellite U945 and P845t will both launch on Ocotber 26th when Windows 8 is released. Toshiba Satellite U945 This laptop is basically what you get […]
Sony slaps a touchscreen on the Vaio T13 ultrabook (for Windows 8)
Windows 8 is designed to play well with touchscreens, which is why we’re seeing companies announce tablet after tablet and convertible notebook after convertible notebook. But you don’t need a slate-like PC to take advantage of Windows 8’s touch-based navigation. You can just slap a touchscreen into a standard notebook. That’s exactly what Sony plans […]
Dell unveils XPS Duo 12 Windows 8 convertible tablet
Dell plans to launch a new 12.5 inch convertible tablet-style notebook this fall. It’s called the Dell XPS Duo 12, and you can use it like any Windows 8 notebook. But if you push back the touchscreen display, it rotates 180 degrees inside its frame, letting you close the laptop lid and hold the computer […]
Dell introduces XPS 10 Windows RT tablet
Dell is showing off its first Windows RT tablet at the IFA trade show in Berlin this week. The upcoming Dell XPS 10 tablet will feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 ARM-based processor and Microsoft Windows RT software. The 10 inch tablet can also be joined to a keyboard docking station for use as a laptop […]
Lenovo introduces new 7, 9 inch budget Android tablets
Lenovo unveiled two new Android tablets today, including a 7 inch model with a single core processor and a 9 inch tablet with a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra CPU. We’ve kind of seen both of these devices before. Best Buy started selling the IdeaTab A2109 9 inch tablet a few days ago, and the IdeaTab A2107 tablet […]