Windows tablets, Google Android tablets, the iPad. We’ve heard a lot of talk about tablets over the last few months. Here’s one that’s a little different. The Ekoore ET10TA looks like a typical Windows tablet, complete with a 10 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display and a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor. But it ships […]
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OpenPeak tablet to work with AT&T’s 3G network
Remember that OpenPeak tablet we peeked at a few weeks ago? Looks like it’s coming to AT&T’s mobile broadband network. The companies announced today that OpenPeak’s OpenTablet will be available in late 2010 with a 3G modem designed to work with AT&T’s network. The OpenTablet 7 has an Intel Atom Moorestown CPU and supports 802.11b/g/n […]
10 minute video shows what a convertible tablet is good for
There’s a lot of excitement around the idea of affordable tablet PCs such as the upcoming iPad and dozens of other ARM-based tablets running Google Android or other Linux distributions. But tablets have been around for years — it’s just that most of them have fit Microsoft’s earlier vision of the tablet PC, which is […]
Haleron iLet HAL tablet is now shipping?
Haleron has announced that its iLet HAL 7 inch tablet is now shipping. The iLet HAL features a 600Mhz VIA ARM-based CPU, an 800 x 480 pixel display, 802.1/bg/ WiFi, 2GB of storage, 128MB of RAM, and a SDHC card slot that supports up to 32GB of additional storage. It looks like the HAL comes […]
3G-capable Haier X220 convertible tablet headed to North America?
The Haier X220 netbook features a 10 inch touchscreen display that can be folded down over the keybaord for use in tablet mode, which makes the X220 a challenger to the Viliv S10 Blade, Asus Eee PC T101MT, and several similar convertible tablet-style netbooks. But there’s a major difference: The Haier X220 most likely won’t […]
WePad video demo from CES… sort of
So you know that WePad tablet all the kids are going crazy for? The one with the 11.6 inch display and the name that makes it sound like it’s so much cooler than an iPad that it uses the first person plural instead of singular? It looks like it may be based on a slate […]
Viliv S10 Blade convertible tablet style netbook reviewed… twice
The Viliv S10 Blade combines some of the best features of a netbook and a tablet PC. It’s small, light, and has a multitouch display. But it also has a nearly full sized keyboard making text entry much easier on the S10 Blade than on a touchscreen-only tablet like the upcoming iPad. Two of my […]
Enso zenPad Android tablet now shipping for under $200
Update: As several commenters had pointed out, all signs point to this being a scam. Nobody has received a single unit yet, and it appears the company hasn’t actually placed any orders for the tablet with the Chinese manufacturer responsible for making them. More details at Engadget and ycombinator. Update 2: It looks like some […]
Is the iPad an oversized iPod touch — or a souped up eBook reader?
While the Apple iPad has been panned by some as nothing more than an oversized iPod touch, the truth is that it has a faster processor and one killer feature: A larger display. At 1.6 pounds, it’s still thinner and lighter than most other tablets on the market, and with access to over 100,000 iPod […]
Best Buy to sell Viliv tablets, netbooks
Korean PC maker Viliv has a pretty wide range of portable computers including touchscreen tablets and convertible netbooks with touchscreens and full QWERTY keyboards. But they tend to be a little hard to come by if you happen to live in the US. Sure, you could always order one online, but if you’re the […]