Asus is getting ready to release its follow-up to the popular Eee Pad Transformer tablet. The new Eee Pad Transformer Prime is thinner and lighter, offers better battery life, and faster performance than the original Transformer. It also has a sleek new design with a metallic finish that’s reminiscent of the Asus Zenbook line of high-end notebooks. […]
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NVIDIA introduces the Tegra 3 multi-core processor for tablets, phones
NVIDIA has officially introduced its next-generation mobile processor. The NVIDIA Tegra 3 chip is a 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 multi-core processor with 4 high performance CPU cores, 1 extra low power “companion” core, and 12 graphics cores. The new chips are headed to tablets and smartphones. The first Tegra 3 device will be the Asus […]
Asus Eee Pad Transformer 2 coming soon – Video
Asus is starting to show off its next-generation Eee Pad Transformer tablet. The original Transformer has proven to be one of the most popular Android tablets due to a combination of low price and versatility. The tablet starts at just $399, and customers can pick up an optional keyboard docking station that extends battery life, […]
ZTE shows off one of the first NVIDIA Kal-El tablets
NVIDIA is expected to launch a new low power, high performance processor for smartphones and tablets later this year. The Kal-El chip is the sequel to the popular NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, but while the Tegra 2 is a dual-core chip, Kal-El CPU will feature 4 powerful processor cores along with a fifth, lower power […]
First look at Windows 8 tablet prototypes
Windows 8 is designed to run on computers with ARM-based processors as well as x86 hardware from Intel, AMD, or other chip makers. While the prototype tablet Microsoft has been sending to tech journalists for review purposes is basically the Samsung Series 7 slate PC with an Intel Core i5 processor designed for Windows 7, […]
Notion Ink Adam 2 on track for a December launch
The Notion Ink Adam tablet was one of the first 10 inch Android tablets to ship with a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor, and to this day it’s still one of the only tablets on the market featuring a 10 inch Pixel Qi sunlight readable display. Now the company is getting ready […]
Next-gen Eee Pad Transformer in the works
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is one of the top-selling Android tablets. That’s probably at least in part due to the fact that the $399 device is the cheapest 10 inch tablet available with Google Android 3.x Honeycomb. The optional $150 keyboard dock which nearly doubles your battery life and lets you use the tablet […]
Amazon tablets could have quad-core chips, dual mode (color and monochrome) displays
Amazon execs haven’t officially come out and said that the company is working on an Android tablet. But there’s growing evidence that a line of Amazon tablets could launch later this year. CEO Jeff Bezos told Consumer Reports to “stay tuned” for more details recently, which is pretty far from a denial. Last week Boy […]
NVIDIA: At least 10 quad-core Tegra-based devices in the works
The NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor is at the heart of virtually every Android tablet shipping with Google Android 3.0 in the next few months. But NVIDIA is already looking ahead. We already knew the company was working on a quad-core version of its low power Tegra processor codenamed Kal-El. Now NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun […]
NVIDIA unveils quad core chip for tablets
NVIDIA is planning to bring a quad core mobile processor to market later this year. The company introduced its new platform, code-named Project Kal-El at Mobile World Congress today, showing a working prototype. The chips should be available in tablets this August, and smartphones by Christmas. While the Project Kal-El chip has a quad-core CPU, […]