I’m starting to get tired of highlighting the ViewSonic gTablet in these bargain alerts, but retailers keep putting the thing on sale — and today’s deal just might be the best yet. TigerDirect is offering a brand new ViewSonic gTablet for $249.99 plus free shipping through the company’s eBay store. The gTablet has a 10.1 […]
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ViewSonic gTablet hack: Adding GPS
In the early days of the netbook era, I was surprised to see just how much hardware hacking was going on. Back in 2007 and 2008 it seemed like every day someone took apart an Asus Eee PC or Acer Aspire One and slapped some extra hardware inside the tiny case. It turns out it […]
Bargain alert: Refurb Asus Eee PC 1018PB for $200
Newegg is offering a refurbished Asus Eee PC 1018PB netbook for $199.99 when you use the promo code EMCKEJC58. This 10 inch netbook has a brushed aluminum case, a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display and a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N450 processor. The mini-laptop has 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, 802/11b/g/n […]
Google Android 3.0.1 ported to the ViewSonic gTablet
The ViewSonic gTablet is one of the cheapest tablets available with a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor. Unfortunately the $300 tablet (which often goes on sale for even less than that) has a 1024 x 600 pixel display, ships with Android 2.2 and doesn’t include access to the Google Android Market. While […]
Deals of the day: Eee PC 1015PN for $300, iPod touch for $170
Woot is running a special on the refurbished 8GB iPod touch. You can pick one up today only for $169.99 plus $5 shipping. The deal is for the latest generation iPod touch, with a 960 x 640 pixel Retina display and front and rear cameras. Here are a few other deals we dug up today: […]
ViewSonic adds Adobe Flash, USB host support to the gTablet
ViewSonic has released a firmware update that adds support for Adobe Flash and USB host capabilities to the ViewSonic gTablet. The 10 inch tablet runs Google Android 2.2 and features a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor. It typically sells for about $300, making it the cheapest Tegra 2-based tablet on the market […]
ViewSonic gTablet overclocked to 1.4 GHz
You know that ViewSonic gTablet that’s on sale for $280 today? The one with the 10 inch display and 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor? How would you like it if that was a 1.4GHz chip instead of 1 GHz? Because it turns out that’s how fast one hacker managed to get the […]
Bargain Alert: ViewSonic gTablet available today for $280
Amazon is running a Gold Box deal today on the ViewSonic gTablet. You can pick it up today only for $279.99 + free shipping. This is a 10 inch Android tablet with a 1 GHz dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2.2 processor and 1024 x 600 pixel display. It has 16GB of storage, USB and HDMI […]
NVIDIA drops Android support for older Tegra 2 development kits (updated)
Update: Good news everyone. It looks like NVIDIA is not dropping support for older Android tablets that were based on earlier Tegra 2 designs. The company will continue to make its code and drivers available for the ViewSonic G-Tablet, Notion Ink Adam, and other older Tegra 2-based devices. All that’s changed is that NVIDIA […]
CyanogenMod 7.0 Android ROM adds support for tablets
The latest version of the CyanogenMod custom build of Android is available, and CyanogenMod 7.0 is the first to officially support Android tablets. CM7 is based on the open source Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread operating system for smartphones. Over 30 devices are supported, and the latest builds include versions for the Barnes & Noble NOOKcolor and […]