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India’s Tablet May See Light of Day
India has been trying to take affordable computing to the max. In their highly populated country, they have had the goal of pushing an affordable computer to the masses. First it was a $10 notebook, and now a $35 tablet. In the end, they were not able to get either one. However, they have gotten a [...]
Continue reading...MaxPC Reviews the HP dm1z
8. June 2011 | by Jonas
The HP Pavilion dm1z is an example of an AMD Fusion based netbook. It actually has the slightly larger than a netbook 11.6″ display, that many of us think makes it incredibly more useful than the more mainstream 10″ display. Be that as it may, it has some reasonable specs: AMD E350 dual core processor, 1.6 GHz 3 [...]
Continue reading...Arnova 7 and 84
6. June 2011 | by Jonas
Archos is taking the downright cheap approach to tablets, and by pricing these latest offerings so low, there should be some sales. The Arnova 7 features an 800 x 480 touchscreen on a 7″ display- hence the name. The OS is Android 2.2 (Froyo) which is an iteration behind. It has 4 GB of internal storage, [...]
Continue reading...Toshiba Thrive To Ship Next Month
2. June 2011 | by Jonas
Toshiba has a good reputation for high quality notebooks and netbooks, so it is with anticipation that their entry into the tablet space is drawing some attention. Their new product, the Toshiba Thrive, will be shipping in July. The specs look good: Android 3.1 Tegra 2 processor 10.1″ display, 1280 x 800 8 GB, 16 GB and 32 GB available WiFi Bluetooth Front [...]
Continue reading...Asus EeePC X101 Netbook
Today, Asus introduced their EeePC X101 netbook. It looks like Asus, amidst slowing netbooks sales, has gotten back to their original formula for what a netbook is, and hit a low price point. The X101 uses a 10″ display putting it in standard netbook territory. However, while there will also be a Windows 7 version for [...]
Continue reading...Rumored Atom Honeycomb Tablet
24. May 2011 | by Jonas
The lines keep blurring in the portable device space, and now one more blur is rumored. Android gear typically is run on ARM based processors, and Intel Atoms run Windows as their OS, and occasionally Linux. This is why the plan for Windows 8 to run on ARM chips is a big deal and a [...]
Continue reading...Amazon’s Android Tablet
23. May 2011 | by Jonas
When Amazon came out with their Kindle, it was clearly and eBook reader, and it became their numero uno selling product. It is affordable, and with the eInk display has a battery life that can hit a month. While Amazon wants to sell its books and wares on it, there have been plenty of folks [...]
Continue reading...WebOS Netbook
19. May 2011 | by Jonas
With the success of the iPad, other folks are looking to copy Apple into the portable tablet space. The formula is to take an efficient and unbloated smartphone OS, and get it to fly on some portable hardware. Well, HP created their WebOS, and many thought it was simply a little too good for it not [...]
Continue reading...Chromebook
11. May 2011 | by Jonas
At the second day of the Google I/O conference, their newest product was debuted, along with their hardware partners Acer and Samsung. While it is early to say, it is most certainly a glimpse into a new model of computing. The idea here is that these devices will run Google’s Chrome browser as their operating system. [...]
Continue reading...Google Chrome Netbook “Student Package”
10. May 2011 | by Jonas
Google has been planning to release their Chrome netbook soon, and some details are likely to be released at the Google IO developer conference tomorrow. This device may be the closest thing to a smartbook that we ever see, with its locked down OS, and heavy reliance to the cloud for most tasks. The rumor is [...]
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HP TouchPad 4G
17. June 2011 | by Jonas
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