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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]