As expected, the folks at EeWrite have launched a crowdfunding campaign for their E-Pad tablet. It’s a 10.3 inch Android slate with an E Ink display, WiFi and 4G LTE support, and an optional Wacom pen for writing notes, annotating documents, or drawing pictures. EeWrite says the retail price for the E-Pad will be $699, […]
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The first Asus Chrome OS tablet is a durable model aimed at young children
Asus is introducing a whole bunch of new Chrome OS devices aimed at the education market including laptops, convertibles, and the company’s first standalone Chrome OS tablet. That last one is part of a small, but growing line of touchscreen-only devices designed to run Google’s Chrome operating system. And like the first Chrome OS tablet, […]
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InkBook Infinity 10.3 inch E Ink writing tablet coming soon
The maker of the inkBook line of eReaders is planning to launch a new model featuring a 10.3 inch E Ink display and digital pen input. The new inkBook Infinity should be available for pre-order through a Kickstarter campaign soon, with early bird backers getting a 30 percent discount off the list price… although the company […]
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Sony’s 10.3 inch Digital Paper tablet coming to America for $600
Sony unveiled its new 10.3 inch Digital Paper device in Japan last month, and now the company has announced that it’s coming to America this summer. The Sony DPT-C1 is a slate that measures 0.23 inches thick, weighs about half a pound, and which has a 10.3 inch, 1872 x 1404 pixel E Ink display. […]
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Onyx Boox Note and Max 2 E Ink slates launch in Europe
Most consumer devices with E Ink displays are Kindle and Nook-like gadgets designed for reading eBooks. But the Onyx Boox Note and Onyx Boox Max 2 have bigger, higher-resolution displays than any Kindle. And they have another feature you won’t find on most eReaders: support for pen input, allowing you to jot notes or scribble […]
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Tablet shipments continue to fall
There was a time when some folks predicted tablet shipments would eventually surpass those of traditional PCs like laptops and desktops. But it’s easy to make that kind of prediction when a product category is brand new, because going from 0 to a few million devices shipped looks like astronomical growth. These days, things are […]
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Netbook Navigator launches NAV9i Slate PC for $450 and up
Netbook Navigator’s latest tablet features a 9.7 inch display, a dual core processor, and support for Windows software. It’s one of the cheapest slates I’ve seen from the company so far, with a starting price of $450. But the Netbook Navigator NAV9i might be a case of you-get-what-you-pay-for. The tablet features a 1.5 GHz Intel […]
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HP to launch Windows 8 tablets, but holds off on Windows RT
Hewlett Packard has taken a variety of approaches to the tablet space over the past few years. The company’s HP Slate 2 is a business-focused tablets with Windows 7 and digital pen input. Last year the company launched the HP TouchPad consumer tablet running webOS software… and canceled it less than two months later after a […]
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Gigabyte S1081 Windows Slate hits the FCC
The Gigabyte S1081 is a tablet with an Intel Atom Cedar Trail processor and a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display. It’s designed to run Windows 7 and features a 2.5 inch bay for a hard drive or solid state disk and supports up to 4GB of memory. Gigabyte unveiled the new slate at […]
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Lenovo unveils Windows 8 ThinkPad tablet prototype
Lenovo is no stranger to the tablet space. The company offers a number of convertible tablet-style notebooks as part of its ThinkPad X series, and Lenovo also offers a handful of Android slates under the IdeaPad, IdeaTab, and ThinkPad names. Now Lenovo is getting ready to launch its first 10 inch ThinkPad slate running Windows […]