The IdeaPad S10-3t is the first 10 inch convertible tablet style netbook from Lenovo. The Wall Street Journal reviewed the netbook recently, but you could kind of tell that the reviewer hadn’t spent a lot of time using netbooks. Now Engadget’s Joanna Stern has given the S10-3t a go, and there are few people that […]
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50+ ARM-based tablets coming this year… how many will survive?
There’s absolutely no evidence that consumers desperately want touchscreen tablets that fill the gap we hadn’t really known existed between smartphones and traditional laptops. But PC and electronics makers are desperate for a new product category to market, and so 2010 is shaping up to be the year of the tablet, like it or not. […]
The HP slate: Imagine an iPad that plays Flash, runs Windows 7
Looking for an alternative to the iPad that looks enough like Apple’s tablet to fool your friends into thinking you have one — until they see you start tapping on a start menu or playing Flash video? Then it looks like the upcoming HP slate might be the way to go. HP has released a […]
Mio Moov V780 Tegra tablet and optional keyboard
The Mio V780 is a 7 inch tablet built around NVIDIA’s Tegra platform, which means it should be able to handle HD and 3D graphics. While the UI is based on Windows CE, Mio has crafted a custom3D user interface so that you’ll never have to see the guts of Windows CE. You’re still stuck […]
The BYD tablets, netbooks of CeBIT
BYD is showing off a series of netbooks and tablets at CeBIT in Germany, and jkkmobile shot a little video with a few of the most interesting models. You can check out his videos below, but here’s a quick rundown of what he found: BYD M09AS netbook On paper, this netbook looks a bit like […]
Pierre Cardin tablet with VIA CPU, detachable keyboard
Long before there was an Intel Atom processor for low power mini-laptops and tablets, there was the VIA C7-M. This processor has fallen out of favor in recent years, and it’s not quite as fast as the Atom chipset. But it is an x86-based chip, which means you can run Windows, Linux, or pretty much […]
Hanvon showcases Windows 7 tablets
Electronics maker Hanvon is showing off a few interesting tablet PCs at CeBIT this week. The Hanvon BC10C and BA10E both run Windows, but their insides are a bit different. Hanvon BC10C This model has a 10.1″ capacitive 1024 x 600 pixel display, 1.3GHz Intel Celeron ULV743 processor, 2GB of RAM, and a 250GB hard […]
HiVision showcases dirt cheap 7 inch Android tablet
Chinese PC maker HiVision has a tendency to pump out cheap mini-computers that we never see in the US. But that doesn’t stop them from showing up at trade shows. The company is on-hand at CeBIT in Germany this week, and jkkmobile spotted an interesting 7 inch tablet that could sell for as little as […]
Archos 9 Windows 7 tablet to get a spec bump
In addition to launching new 7 and 8 inch internet tablets, the folks at Archos have also announced plans to give the Archos 9 a faster processor. This model is a Windows tablet with an 8.9 inch display. Jkkmobile reports that the new Archos 9 tablet will features a 1.2GHz processor. That’s better than the […]
More touchscreen tablets on the way
2010 is shaping up to be the year of the tablet. And by tablets, I generally mean 5 to 10 inch computers with touchscreen displays and no keyboard. Some run Windows. Others run Google’s Android operating system or custom Linux distributions. And the elephant in the room is the upcoming iPad which will run a […]