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Microsoft: Windows Phone 7 is for phones… not slates

Now that Microsoft has officially launched its Windows Phone 7 operating system, we should start seeing mobile phones from HTC, LG, Samsung and Dell hit the streets later this month. But it looks like that’s all we’ll see, because Microsoft has consistently stated that the OS is designed for phones and not slate computers. ZDNet’s […]

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AMD to launch tablet chips with high performance graphics… eventually

AMD sort of sat on the sidelines of the netbook space for the first few years, but this year the company introduced a line of chips that offered decent battery life, about 2-3 times the CPU performance of an Intel Atom chip, and support for 1080p HD video playback as well as 3D graphics acceleration. […]

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ExoPC Windows tablet launches in Canada, Portugal (under different names)

The ExoPC tablet has gotten a lot of attention for its unique user interface which is designed to make Windows 7 easier to use on a touchscreen device. Pre-orders for the US version of the ExoPC are expected to start in a few days, but it looks like the slate computer will also be available […]

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Netbook Navigator Nav9 price drop: Still a whopping $699 for a Windows 7 Slate

The Netbook Navigator Nav9 is one of the few Windows 7 slate computers on the market at the moment. I’m still in the process of testing a demo unit and I won’t have a complete review done for a little while, but if you don’t plan on waiting for my opinion before plunking down some […]

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Zoostorm Windows tablet to launch in the UK by year’s end

The Zoostorm SL8 is an upcoming Windows tablet that bears a more than passing resemblance to a certain German tablet. It’s not clear if the SL8 and the Neofonie WeTab are manufactured by the same company, but both have 11.6 inch touchscreen displays and 1.66GHz Intel Atom processors. The main difference is that Zoostorm will […]