Asus has unveiled a new smartphone, but it’s not the anticipated Asus Zenfone 3. The Asus Zenfone Go TV is a 5.5 inch phone with modest specs, but one special feature: a digital TV tuner that allows you to watch broadcast television on the go (in select countries). Asus is selling the Zenfone Go TV […]
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Toshiba’s 13 inch Android tablet prototype gets a TV tuner
Toshiba has been playing with the idea of a tablet with a huge 13.3 inch display for a while. We first spotted a non-functional unit at CES in January. Now the folks at TechFokus in Germany have spotted a new version of the Toshiba AT330 tablet that not  only runs Android 4.0, but it packs a built-in […]
Onkyo introduces TV tuner-toting nettop, netbook
Onkyo is launching two new products in Japan. Both are smaller than a full sized computer. And both feature low power Intel Atom processors, TV tuners, and AM/FM radios. Unfortunately, neither will likely be available in the US anytime soon. First, Onkyo doesn’t tend to sell its products in the hemisphere I happen to call […]
Bandai Namco Rilakkuma Netbook has more… personality than most
I can’t count the number of times I’ve looked at a netbook and thought, “You know what would make me like this computer more? If it looked like a Teddy Bear.” Mostly, that’s because I don’t know how to count to zero. But it looks like someone certainly thought it would be a good idea […]
Asus Ee PC T91MT with TV Tuner unboxed, tested – Video
The Asus Eee PC T91MT 8.9 inch touchscreen tablet-style netbook has been available in the US for a few months. But there’s one thing you can’t get with the US model yet — a built-in TV tuner. Peter from Netbooked picked up a Japanese model recently that comes with a 1Seg TV tuner. For the […]
Onkyo launches C411 Pine Trail netbook
The Onkyo C411 is a Japanese netbook with a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor and GMA 3150 graphics. If that sounds like pretty much every other netbook on the market today, that’s because it is. But Onkyo has a few surprises up its sleeve with this model. The C411 also packs an integrated digital TV […]
Hauppauge launches ridiculously small USB digital TV tuner
Want a digital TV tuner for your netbook that doesn’t take up a lot of space? You have a few choices. You can order a netbook that has a tuner tucked away inside the case, like the Dell Inspiron Mini 10. Or you can get the smallest USB tuner you can find. And they don’t […]
$220 netbook with TV antenna, SIM card slot – in China
Let’s be honest. Most netbooks on the market today sport the same specs. They almost all have 10 inch displays, 1.6GHz Intel Atom processors, 1GB of RAM, and 160GB hard drives. But a select few have additional features like 3G antennas, SIM card slots, and TV tuners. Of course, those extras will usually cost you… […]
Dell Inspiron Mini 10 w/TV tuner reviewed
The Dell Inspiron Mini 10 is the only netbook I’m aware of that comes with GPS and built-in TV tuner options. But is it worth shelling out the extra cash for those features? The folks at Laptop Magazine took a TV tuner-equipped Mini 10 for a spin. The verdict? It does a pretty good job […]
Hauppauge, MaxLinear to produce TV tuners for netbooks
Semiconductor company MaxLinear is teaming up with Hauppauge Digital, a company that makes TV tuners for computers to produce… a TV tuner for computers. But what sets the new MxL5007T apart is the fact that it’s a minicard designed specifically for netbooks and UMPCs. The TV tuner can pick up ATSC TV signals (that’s over-the-air […]