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Panasonic gifts NTT DoCoMo with Eluga V, Eluga Power smartphones and Eluga Live tablet

Posted by on May 16, 2012 No comments

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Among the slew of new Android 4.0 devices unveiled by Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo today were a trio from Panasonic, including the Eluga Power phone we’d seen before and a few new entries in the Eluga V phone and Eluga Live tablet. We’ve already gotten our mitts all over the Eluga Power’s 5-inch screen and 1.5Ghz dual-core S4 CPU at MWC, so this time we’ll take a close look into the other two Ice Cream Sandwiched models. The P-06D Eluga V is a 4.6-inch variant (sliding between the Power and original P-04D Eluga) while still packing a dual-core 1.5GHz CPU. The P-08D Eluga Live tablet measures at 10.1-inches, packs DLNA streaming features and slots stereo speakers into a smooth curved edge design. The Eluga V is scheduled to arrive July 6th, while the other two should hit Japanese shelves in January, hit the source link and brink your kanji skills (or translation software) for more information.

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Yzi tablet offers Android on a budget

Posted by on May 15, 2012 No comments

Say what you will about Android, but one of the many benefits includes being able to throw it on cheaper hardware and offering it to the masses. Here’s yet another cheap Android tablet, this time from France. The Yzi is a 10-inch tablet with a five point capacitive touchscreen that features support for passive stylii

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Report: Amazon planning front-lit Kindle e-reader for July, new tablet later this year

Posted by on May 14, 2012 No comments

Certainly it’s no great shocker that Amazon’s got plans for a new e-reader and tablet later this year. Nor should anyone be particularly surprised at the prospect of a front-lit reader from the retail giant set to compete directly with the latest Nook offering. Reuters, however, claims to have some insight into both, courtesy of an anonymous source. Apparently the aforementioned reader is set for a July launch, arriving in the customary Wifi and 3G varieties. The tablet, meanwhile, is set for a release “closer to the holiday season,” according to the source. Amazon, E Ink and the like naturally refused to comment on the matter.

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Google Nexus tablet tipped in Samsung codes

Posted by on May 14, 2012 No comments

There’s a whole new wave of evidence this week being revealed by none other than Google that points toward them working with Samsung on the next Android Nexus tablet. A Nexus device, for those of you that do not know, is a device that works with Google’s Android in its most basic “vanilla” iteration, and

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NEC tablet with GSM and HSPA breaks cover at the FCC

Posted by on May 13, 2012 No comments

NEC tablet with GSM and HSPA breaks cover at the FCC

Regular readers will know that the FCC is a bit of a virtual whistle-blower, alerting tech-hungry Americans to when new goodies might soon be landing on their shores. Other times it coughs up the odd thing we weren’t even waiting for. Today’s offering appears to be a 3G tablet from NEC. There’s little in the way of specification, or even pictures, but we do know it’s sporting GSM and HSPA radios along with the standard WiFi. The device measures 222.6 mm across, which strongly points to a display somewhere in the 7-inch region. The KMP7R4D1-1A model number isn’t ringing any bells right now, but we do remember a few Japanese models that bear a passing resemblance not that long ago.

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Matsunichi’s MarquisPad MP977 tablet tempts us with $249, dual-core Android 4.0

Posted by on May 12, 2012 No comments

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You might remember Le Pan’s tablets from CES this year, of which only one was truly ready at the time. The company is now ready to hit the US in earnest, but you’ll have to forget the company name along with the earlier designs: it’s now Matsunichi, and it’s planning to kick off its US-ready makeover through the MarquisPad MP977. The tablet shares the 9.7-inch, 1024 x 768 display of the Le Pan II, but it’s now running a slightly speedier dual-core, 1.2GHz TI chip (likely the same OMAP 4430 as in the Droid Xyboard), ships with Android 4.0 out of the gate and comes in a sleeker — not to mention browner — shell. Storage is being cut in half over the Le Pan II to just 4GB between the internal memory and a bundled microSD card, though, and the battery is good for a very modest five hours. Nonetheless, the $ 249 sticker and a May release will put the MP977 in the running with the slower but more capacious Galaxy Tab 2 7.0.

Matsunichi also teased us with a roadmap for a pair of future tablets in the process. The 10.1-inch MP1010 will keep the resolution, but it’ll run on a quicker 1.5GHz TI processor and carry a total of 10GB of space when it appears sometime between June and August. If those 0.4 inches of extra glass are just too much to bear, an MP979 will bring all the extra storage and speed of the MP1010 to a 9.7-inch screen sometime between August and September.

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Low-Cost Indian Tablet Project Falls To Corruption

Posted by on May 6, 2012 No comments



symbolset writes “The first Aakash tablet proposed for India schools has failed. Datawind managed to deliver the $ 45 Android tablet as reported here previously, but suffering a breach in faith by both their contract manufacturer and the accepting agency in India had to put the project on hold. Facing a loss in revenue it’s turning into a disaster for the small Canadian company as they are now proving unable to deliver both the Aakash tablet and the parallel retail product. Senior executives have begun to flee. The company has presold a great many tablets, and delivery failure reports are beginning to mount. Is this the Phantom console of this decade?”

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iPad share of tablet market jumps as Kindle Fire slumps

Posted by on May 3, 2012 No comments

Apple’s iPad reclaimed a larger share of the global tablet market last month, in part because of a more-serious-than-expected slump in sales of the hot Kindle Fire in the first quarter, IDC analysts said today.
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E Fun launches $130 Next 7S tablet with Ice Cream Sandwich, 1GHz CPU

Posted by on May 3, 2012 No comments

E Fun launches $ 130 Next 7S tablet with Ice Cream Sandwich, 1GHz CPU

If you’re still in the quest for that perfect Mother’s Day gift, E Fun believes you should have to look no further than its recently announced Next 7S tablet. The outfit isn’t a newcomer to budget-friendly territory, and it’s keeping the trend rolling by pricing its latest 7-inch slate at a mere $ 129.99. That small amount of cash will get you an 800 x 480 display, a 1GHz single-core processor, 4GB of internal storage (expandable via microSD) and, more importantly, a serving of Android four-dot-oh (4.0.3 to be exact). Unfortunately, the Next 7S — which itself might be some rebadged hardware — isn’t offering support for Google Play at the moment, thus you’re stuck with either Barnes & Noble’s Nook shop or the lesser-known GetJar App Store. Head on past the break to check out an extra pic of the Next 7S and the official word from E Fun.

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GameStop to offer Android tablet and smartphone trade-ins, give you another excuse to upgrade

Posted by on April 29, 2012 No comments

GameStop to offer Android slab trade-ins, give you another excuse to upgrade

If you’ve been looking for a reason to replace your aging device with something a tad more contemporary, your local pawnshop GameStop is happy to oblige. According to Gadget Experts, the games retailer is looking to bolster its Android offerings with Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Nexus S and Samsung Infuse 4G trade-ins at select GameStops this summer, expanding to all locations by the end of the year. Have a device that’s not on this short list? Don’t worry, Gadget Experts says the firm plans to fill out its touchable trade-in inventory with more devices in the future. So, what’s a Galaxy Tab worth to gaming’s favorite pawn star? We’ll let you know when GameStop drops the official details.

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Kindle Fire Grabs Over Half of the U.S. Android Tablet Market

Posted by on April 29, 2012 No comments



New submitter DillyTonto writes “Amazon got shelled by analysts and the press after releasing a buggy first iteration of the Fire edition of the Kindle e-reader. Three weeks later the Kindle Fire owned 14 percent of the whole market for tablets. Three months later, more than half of all Android tablets sold in the U.S. are seven-inch Kindle Fires, despite a huge bias among buyers for 10-inch tablets. How could a heavily modded e-reader beat full-size tablets by major PC vendors? It’s cheaper than any other tablet or e-reader on the market, for one thing. Also important is its focus on being an e-reader, ‘because people buy hardware to have access to one app or function, then take the other things it can do as an additional benefit.’”

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Target Neutralized: Amazon Beats Tablet Makers At Their Own Game

Posted by on April 28, 2012 No comments

913d4_funny-dog-pictures-target-acquiredWith the announcement that the Kindle Fire has grabbed 54.4% of the Android Tablet market, it’s clear to see that Amazon’s Trojan Horse strategy paid off. As I wrote back in December, the Fire is Amazon’s way of making all of their offerings “real.” Movies, books, and games were Amazon’s core competency back when all of that stuff was on disks and on paper and that core competency is repurposed now for the Information Age.

That’s what all of the other Android tablet makers missed: people don’t want general-purpose devices anymore or at least general-purpose devices in tablet form. There is little need to be “productive” on a tablet when consumption is why most people buy them. Sure someone out there is SSHing into their servers and editing documents in Pages, but the average user plops down on the couch with the iPad and calls up some IMDB or some NSFW Reddit, not a text editor.

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Asus quad-core Transformer Pad 300 tablet ships for $379

Posted by on April 22, 2012 No comments

Asustek on Sunday started shipping its Transformer Pad 300 tablet in the U.S., with the company pitching the tablet as a gaming device and laptop replacement.
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A 3-D Tablet

Posted by on April 20, 2012 No comments

Glimpses of the technology, which should be available in 2013.

Because no gadget, work of art, or experience is complete without a 3-D option, you can soon expect to see the third dimension coming to a tablet near you. This week, the LA Times went hands on with one of the more promising offerings in the offing: a Qualcomm tablet that uses MasterImage’s 3-D display. (Full name: “Cell-Matrix Parallax Barrier Technology.”)







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College students jump on the tablet train

Posted by on April 20, 2012 No comments

With the recent increase in tablet sales across the United States, it appears as though college students are jumping on the tablet train.




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Xtex My Tablet 7 is just $150, runs Ice Cream Sandwich

Posted by on April 19, 2012 No comments

There’s a new Android tablet that’s on the low end in terms of price, but based on its technical specs you’d never know it. A company called Xtex has developed one of the cheapest Android tablets on the market, yet somehow it is also one of the most feature-rich at the same time. If the

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Xtex’s My Tablet gets you 7-inches of tasty ICS for just 150 bones

Posted by on April 16, 2012 No comments
Xtex's My Tablet gets you 7-inches of tasty ICS for just 150 bones

Tablets are are great and all, but they sure can be expensive — especially if you want one running a newer version of Android. Step in Xtex’s $ 150 My Tablet, a 7-inch device loaded with Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3, a 16GB HDD (expandable to 48 GB via its TF card slot) and a 1.5Ghz CPU complimented by 1GB of RAM. That’s not all, though, as the device also packs a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, an HDMI output and mini and standard USB ports. That low price does mean you’ll be making due with a screen resolution of 800 x 480 and only WiFi connectivity, but you’ll get to choose from its very neapolitan-esque black, white and pink colorways. Considering the My Tablet is nearly half the price of an Andy Pad Pro, it sure does looks appetizing on paper — as long as you keep your expectations reasonable, that is. Satisfy your sweet tooth with more images in the gallery below and the press release after the break.

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Asus will ship quad-core Transformer Pad 300 tablet April 22

Posted by on April 14, 2012 No comments

Asus' latest Transformer Pad 300 will start shipping in the U.S. on April 22, the company said Friday. The tablet is being pitched as a laptop replacement with 4G LTE network capabilities.
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New Asus Transformer Pad 300 tablet coming April 22 for $399

Posted by on April 14, 2012 No comments

The follow-up to the Transformer Prime gets a little upgrade and a significant price drop.
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How big is too big? New Toshiba tablet sports 13-inch screen

Posted by on April 12, 2012 No comments

Starting at a steep $ 649 and available June 10th, this is the largest Android tablet yet, featuring a billboard-like 13-inch screen. What’s the point of being 3 inches bigger than the iPad?




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Can an Intel Tablet Win Emerging Markets?

Posted by on April 11, 2012 No comments

The “StudyBook” may be a tad too pricey.

Various outlets are reporting that Intel has plans to follow up its Classmate PC with a tablet computer aimed at emerging markets like China and Brazil. The Register notes that Taiwanese notebook OEM Elitegroup Computer Systems and Chinese manufacturer Malata are poised to produce the tablet, which is expected to be 10 inches and to be available by the second half of 2012.







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Intel targets China smartphone, tablet markets

Posted by on April 9, 2012 No comments

Best known as a producer of PC chips, Intel now plans to win in the Chinese market for tablets and smartphones as well, a company executive said Monday.
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Intel Aims ‘One Tablet Per Child’ Program at Developing Countries

Posted by on April 8, 2012 No comments



retroworks writes “Digitimes Reports that ‘Intel is set to push a tablet PC product codenamed StudyBook to target emerging markets. … The StudyBook tablet PC will feature a 10-inch panel with Intel’s Medfield platform and adopt dual-operating systems and will target the emerging markets such as China and Brazil. .. The StudyBook tablet PC will be released in the second half of 2012. … Intel also hopes to push the product into regular retail channels priced below US$ 299.’ Will this be another ‘OLPC’ disappointment, or is it starting to look very tough for the traditional school book industry?”

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Instagram for Android gets tablet, Wi-Fi, SD card support

Posted by on April 7, 2012 No comments

The first upgrade to the popular photo app since being released to Android users expands its potential user base even more.
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Google tablet not due until July: report

Posted by on April 7, 2012 No comments

Although Google hasn’t even officially announced that it’s working on its own tablet, there are already reports that it’s being delayed. The device will not be ready until at least July, because Google is still working on tying a bunch of loose ends together to keep costs low. That is what a new report citing

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Nielsen study says 88% of tablet owners tab away while watching TV

Posted by on April 6, 2012 No comments

There is now solid research to back up the idea that tablets are taking away focus from other, more important things. Like watching TV. A new study from media research group Nielsen has found that an astounding 88% of tablet owners have admitted that they fumble away on their portable device while watching TV, because

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India’s Low-Cost Tablet To Get Test Market In Philadelpha Schools?

Posted by on April 4, 2012 No comments

ubislate-71The saga of India’s “$ 35 tablet” is long and slightly disappointing. While the idea of low-cost, standard hardware to be distributed in needful communities is a great one, the fact is that the device itself is more or less junk. Poorly built, with a small battery, outdated OS, and low-quality touchscreen, the Aakash has not had a good reception among people who care about such things.

But it’s only the beginning of the road for this type of device, and DataWind, the company that made the Aakash, has already announced the follow-up — and now they’re considering expanding the market to the US. A pilot study may be in the works for under-served schools in Philadelphia.
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What would Google gain from an online tablet store?

Posted by on March 31, 2012 No comments

Analysts are divided on the value of a reported plan by Google to sell its Android tablets in an online store, saying such a store wouldn’t help Google cut significantly into the 65% tablet market share that Apple’s iPad holds.
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iPad buyers: Your tablet is at the store (maybe)

Posted by on March 31, 2012 No comments

The wait for a new iPad ordered online from Apple stretches one to two weeks, but customers can walk into a company store now and buy a tablet, according to a stock sampling on Friday.
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Rumor: A $149 Google Nexus Tablet?

Posted by on March 21, 2012 No comments

A 7-inch tablet could undercut the Kindle Fire.

The rumors are coming from all angles. Let’s start with the most audacious one: that a forthcoming Google tablet might retail for as low as $ 149. That comes via a site called Android and Me, which cites a supply chain source calling the tablet “a done deal.” That’s an interesting price, undercutting the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet by 50 bucks. If it were comparable with those two devices in terms of specs, it might be hard for many consumers to justify shelling out for either of the former. (Then again, it’s easy to imagine Amazon slashing its own prices the instant it began to detect real competition; the Kindle Fire becomes a real moneymaker by serving as a portal to Amazon’s own content.)







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TiVo iOS app updated to v1.9 with a few new features, Android tablet app on the way

Posted by on March 20, 2012 No comments
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The TiVo iOS app has been updated v1.9, and whether you’re on iPad or iPhone there’s a slew of new fixes and tweaks available. On both platforms, the Facebook login has been streamlined, there’s To Do List / Season Pass management for Series3 DVRs, ability to create a WishList search and more. The iPad version features a new full-screen Browse UI (shown above) and collapsible folders while the iPhone receives high res retina display quality images. Zatz Not Funny mentions those higher quality pics will come to the iPad as well in the next few weeks, while TiVo’s blog post mentions all of these features will arrive in its Android app(s) this summer. We say apps plural, because that’s including a specialized Tablet version due in the springtime. For now however, the changelogs for the iOS versions are available at the links below.

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Sony Tegra 3 slate benchmarked, Tablet S successor on the way?

Posted by on March 18, 2012 No comments
Sony V150 shows up on NenaMark sporting Tegra 3 GPU

If you’re looking to benchmark tools for hints at Sony’s next slate, then you’re looking at a little number that calls itself the V150. According to the NenaMark Android GPU benchmarking tool, this 1.4GHz tablet rocks a 1280 x 752 display and Android 4.0.3. An Nvidia Tegra 3 helps this slate achieve a benchmark score of 59.70, which is well above the Tablet S’ 42.89 average. Considering that Sony’s last wedge-shaped wonder has already seen a sizable price drop, it’s looking like the firm may be gearing up to announce its replacement. We’re reluctant to make the call with only a single benchmark score to go by, but we won’t stop you from speculating.

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Intel ready to take on tablet chips

Posted by on March 17, 2012 No comments

Intel is ready to start cranking out chips for tablets, but is the chip maker moving fast enough to boost its presence in the mobile market?
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Google Nexus tablet a ‘done deal,’ claims report

Posted by on March 17, 2012 No comments

A Google Nexus tablet is all set to go, an Android enthusiast site claims. And it’s even cheaper than the Kindle Fire, so the story goes.
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Forget the iPad, here’s the $40 Android tablet

Posted by on March 15, 2012 No comments

All the way over in India there’s a tablet that you may have heard of – the Aakash. This little beast was revealed last year for students across the country, and is now getting a $ 40 next-generation upgrade that’ll be dropping in April. Will this lovely little tablet be a great competitor for the iPad?

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VisiCalc’s Dan Bricklin On the Tablet Revolution

Posted by on March 15, 2012 No comments



snydeq writes “Dan Bricklin, the co-creator of the PC revolution’s killer app, weighs in on the opportunities and oversights of the tablet revolution. ‘In some sense, for tablets the browser is a killer app. Maps is a killer app to some extent. Being able to share the screen with other people — that it’s a social device — also might fit the bill. I think that for tablets, there isn’t and won’t be one killer app for everyone. It’s more that there are apps that are killers for individual people. It’s the sum of all those that is the killer app. This has been true since the original Palm Pilot.’”

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Nokia design chief spending a third of his time on future tablet

Posted by on March 15, 2012 No comments

Nokia design chief Marko Ahtisaari wasn’t going to be drawn on details and release dates, but he has revealed that a tablet from the (predominantly) phone-focused company was definitely in the works — and taking up a fair chunk of his time. In an interview with Finnish magazine Kauppalehti Optio, Ahtisaari said that he was looking to create a new device that would stand out from the increasingly packed tablet crowd. The full interview isn’t online just yet, but the teaser adds that the head of design is also involved in a new ‘revolutionary’ user experience that means you wouldn’t have to be constantly arched over your phone — whatever that involves. A Nokia spokesperson told Reuters that they “continue to eye the tablet space with interest, but have made no specific announcements.” However, we’re sure Nokia will have plenty more to say about these nebulous ideas in the near future.

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Prestigio’s Multi 9.7 Android 4.0 tablet has an IPS display, arrives in May for 199 Euros

Posted by on March 15, 2012 No comments

We were so busy fondling gaming machines and touchscreen Ultrabooks at CeBIT last week that we missed that tablet you see up there. That would be the Prestigio Multi 9.7, which — surprise, surprise — sports a 9.7-inch display. What’s intriguing to us (besides the fact that we’re generally obsessed with this sort of thing), is that we don’t see nearly as many budget 10-inch tablets as we do 7-inchers. As you can see in the video below, it has a nice, fingerprint-resistant rubber back, along with an IPS display and Ice Cream Sandwich as an OS — not too shabby for what’s clearly a low-end device. Then again, the specs are appropriately modest: it has 8GB of built-in storage (expandable via microSD) and runs on a single-core 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 chip, bolstered by 1GB of RAM. According to Notebook Italia, it’ll hit Italy in May for €199, though it’s unclear if it will be available in other countries as well. Head past the break to find a video of it in action (skip to about 1:30 in), and hit that source link for more pics.

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Archos outs G10 xs tablet line, readies Transformer Prime contenders

Posted by on March 14, 2012 No comments

After releasing a teaser earlier today, Archos is now shedding a tiny bit of light on its upcoming G10 xs series. As slides from its recent Paris presser show, the upcoming tabs, of which little is known, will reportedly measure in at only 7.6mm thick, besting the silhouette of Apple’s newest iPad; a figure that bumps up to only 11mm when paired with its companion keyboard dock. The convertible slates are set for a retail debut sometime this year and, despite not sharing the hinged design of ASUS’ Transformer Prime, look to be aimed squarely at that same market space. No information was given as to the lineup’s OS of choice (presumably, Android ICS) or specs, but we do know the devices will retail between 200 to 400 Euros, depending on the configuration. Hop on past the break for a brief video glimpse of this next generation in French-made tablet tech.

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Meet The Man Who Designed a Tablet Computer 15 Years Before the iPad

Posted by on March 11, 2012 No comments



Doofus writes “The Washington Post has a profile of Roger Fidler, who ‘invented’ the tablet computer in the 1990s, while working as a visionary for newspaper firm Knight-Ridder. He is now embroiled in the Apple/Samsung legal war, as an expert witness. Fidler admits that other prior art influenced him, such as the tablets being used as computing devices in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Prior prior art.”

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Cheaper iPad 2 a ‘death blow’ to Apple tablet rivals?

Posted by on March 10, 2012 No comments

It’s easy to see why the new iPad will be a big hit. But something else should scare Apple’s competition even more: the newly reduced price of the iPad 2, a tablet that’s still significantly more expensive than the Kindle Fire but in the sweet spot of dozens of tablets about to get obliterated.




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Sony Tablet P Review

Posted by on March 10, 2012 No comments

In a tablet market that’s flooded with similar offerings comes Sony and their Tablet P. With a unique clamshell design they can call their own that we’ve never seen from an Android this is truly a one-of-a-kind tablet. Is it worth the money or just an interesting wannabe Nintendo DS? We first heard about it

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7-inch Google Tablet Coming From ASUS

Posted by on March 10, 2012 No comments



First time accepted submitter Sez Zero writes “Google and ASUS have been collaborating on a co-branded 7-inch Android tablet, with a launch as early as May, according to sources, challenging low-cost rivals and the iPad with a $ 199-249 price tag. The fruits of the partnership, whispered to the runes readers at DigiTimes by industry sources, will take on the NOOK Tablet and the Kindle Fire, with ASUS selected for its willingness to flex to Google’s requirements.”

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Used iPad trade-in values tumble after Apple unveils new tablet

Posted by on March 10, 2012 No comments

Trade-in values for used Apple iPads plummeted as much as 26% after the company launched its newest tablet Wednesday and began taking pre-orders for delivery by March 16.
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Google, Asus to hook up on 7-inch Android tablet, says report

Posted by on March 9, 2012 No comments

Google will partner with Asus on a 7-inch tablet. Another in a string of reports on the rumored tablet.
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Dell working on business friendly Windows 8 tablet

Posted by on March 8, 2012 No comments

Windows 8 is certainly proving popular ahead of its release later this year: the consumer preview release racked up over one million downloads in less than 24 hours last week. While OEMs are almost certainly eyeing up ways to capitalize on the potential success of the operating system across the tablet and desktop space, Dell

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CNET updates tablet test results

Posted by on March 8, 2012 No comments

CNET updates its test results for non-Windows tablets.
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Sony Tablet P hands-on unboxing [AT&T]

Posted by on March 3, 2012 No comments

Sony is all set to release their latest Android tablet to the world. That comes in the form of the unique clamshell designed Sony Tablet P dual-screen Honeycomb tablet. Complete with Sony Playstation certification and plenty of games we wonder if it can compete with the PS Vita, or end up just another Android tablet [...]
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Looming iPad 3 launch sparks tablet trade-in stampede

Posted by on February 29, 2012 No comments

Talk of the impending debut of Apple’s newest iPad, including the company’s announcement yesterday of a March 7 launch event in San Francisco, has pushed tablet trade-in volumes to record levels, buy-back companies said today.
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PixelQi has heavy night, wakes up married to French ‘PadPro’ tablet

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10-inch Pad Pro slate with PixelQi display

What has Mary Lou Jepsen been up to since 3M’s cash injection? It’s hard to say, but her sunlight-readable PixelQi panels are still popping up on the odd device — like this Windows 7 slate from little-known Evigroup. The 10-inch PadPro is aimed at graphics types who are willing to bid adieu to €599 ($ 800) in return for a pressure-sensitive display, a 1.6GHz Atom processor (no mention of Cedar Trail), 1GB RAM and 160GB hard-drive. They also need to really hate Android.

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