Skytex is adding two new Android tablets to its line of low-cost tablets this summer. The Skytex SkyPad Gemini is a 7 inch tablet which we first saw at CES in January, while the Skypad Protos is a 9.7 inch tablet with a 4:3 aspect ratio display. The tablets will be available in July for […]
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Update turns the SkyPad Alpha 2 into a $140 Android 4.0 tablet
The Skytex SkyPad Alpha 2 is a budget tablet with a 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel display, a 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor, and 4GB of storage. It’s no Asus Transformer Prime, but with prices as low as $140, it’s a heck of a lot cheaper. Skytex originally shipped the tablet with Android 2.3 […]
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Android 4.0 beta for the Skytex Skypad Alpha 2 tablet
The Skytex SkyPad Alpha 2 is an inexpensive Android tablet with a 7 inch capacitive touchscreen display and a 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor. The tablet ships with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, but Skytex has released a beta version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the Alpha 2 tablet. Update: The beta is over and […]
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Skytex X-Series Cedar Trail slate coming in Q2, 2012
Skytex is preparing to launch a new tablet called the SkyTab X Series with a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N2600 Cedar Trail in a few months. The company already offers a Windows Slate PC with an Intel Atom N550 Pine Trail processor. It’s called the SkyTab S Series, and it has a 9.7 inch, 1024 […]
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Skytex unveils $199 Android 4.0 tablet
Skytex is expanding its line of inexpensive Android tablets with a few new models designed to run Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The company will soon offer an ICS update for the SkyPad Alpha 2 tablet. It will also introduce two new models, the Skyad Omega and the SkyPad Argos. Both tablets feature 1.2 […]
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Skytex SkyTab S tablet getting Windows 8 later this year
The Skytex SkyTab S is a tablet with a 9.7 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel display and a 1.5 GHz Intel Atom N550 dual core processor. It’s available today with Windows 7, but later this year Skytex will offer a version with Windows 8 — and this week the company is showing off Windows 8 […]
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Skytex Skypad Alpha 2 tablet now available (on sale for $169)
As promised, Skytex has started taking orders for the Skypad ALpha 2. It’s an Android tablet with a 7 inch display, a 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor, and Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread operating system. It has a 5-point multitouch display, support for 1080p HD and 3D video, and HDMI output. Those features are almost enough to make […]
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Skytex Skypad Alpha 2 Android tablet coming next week
Skytex has introduced an updated version of its Skypad 7 inch Android tablet. The Skypad Alpha 2 has a 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 single core processor and Mali-400 graphics with support for 1080p HD video playback. The new tablet has a 7 inch display with a capacitive touch panel and support for 5-point touch input. […]
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Skytex SkyTab Windows tablet hits the FCC
The Skytex Primer Pocket 4.3 inch portable media player may not be much of a tablet computer, but Skytex has another device up its sleeve that packs a little more punch. It’s called the Skytex SkyTab S-Series, and it’s a Windows tablet with a 9.7 inch display and a 1.5 GHz Intel Atom N550 dual core processor. […]
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Skytex Primer Pocket (Android PMP) review
The Skytex Primer Pocket is a portable device with a 4.3 inch, 480 x 272 pixel display that’s best described as a portable media player. But it also happens to run Google Android 2.2 Froyo, which means you can also use the PMP to surf the web, play games, and run a number of Android […]