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iPad 3 Coming In Spring 2012
When Apple introduced the iPad 2, it was a bit of a yawn, with little radical improvement over the iPad original flavor. With apple changing their release schedule, there was almost instant speculation that the iPad 3 just might be introduced in time for the 2011 Holiday Season. Then again, not so much. It is firming [...]
Continue reading...Amazon Tablet Could Be Cheap
15. August 2011 | by Jonas
Amazon has taken their Kindle eReader down to some ridiculously price points, but in the end it is really an ereader, and nobody would think of it as a tablet. As tablets continue in popularity, Amazon would like to enter this space, and undercutting the Apple leader would be a perfect strategy. Analysts are thinking they [...]
Continue reading...Ultrabook’s Ultraprice Not Flying
With MacBook Airs gaining in popularity, the idea of a thin and light portable, that retains the full power of a laptop is an appealing concept. With optical drives on the slow (but steady) decline, it is a painless sacrifice for portability that an ultrabook can promise. However, there is still one hurdle to overcome. This [...]
Continue reading...HP TouchPad 4G
HP is looking to move their TouchPad up to the 4G speed on the At&T network. This TouchPad features a 9.7″, 1024 x 768 display and runs the WebOS 3.0 operating system (the one that the Palm folks made for smartphones). The WiFi only version of the tablet uses a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chip, but [...]
Continue reading...Sony Tablet Details Emerge
1. August 2011 | by Jonas
With the world abuzz about tablets, electronics giant and veteran Sony is getting into the game. Expect them to introduce two models, the S1 and S2. Here is what is known: Four models of the S1- 16 GB WiFi, 16 GB WiFi and 3G, 32 GB WiFi, 32 GB WiFi and 3G Two models of the S2- 16 [...]
Continue reading...Acer Takes A Hit- Netbooks Blamed
24. July 2011 | by Jonas
Acer saw their fortunes rise and fall the last few years, paralleling closely the sales of netbooks. Being a bargain leader in this area, at one point they did have some serious market share, but those glory days do appear to be behind them. Now with preliminary Q2 2011 data, it is clear that Acer had [...]
Continue reading...Toshiba Thrive Has All the Right Connections
22. July 2011 | by Jonas
Whenever folks talk about a tablet being a “laptop replacement,” this seems quite ridiculous. Most folks have tons of data on a flash drive, and yet their tablet has no port to accept it. No, those skinny tablets are all about good looks, and fall flat on their face when it is time to get [...]
Continue reading...Acer Aspire One Happy 2 Netbook
11. July 2011 | by Jonas
Coming from the ‘Down under” of Australia, Acer is coming out with their Aspire One Happy 2 netbook. Yet another example of a netbook name that hardly rolls off the tongue. It is the revamped version of Acer’s bestselling netbook. The Happy 2 is a 10.1″ display netbook, in a 1.3 kg package. There is a [...]
Continue reading...Samsung NC215S For Preorder
10. July 2011 | by Jonas
Samsungs’s NC215S offers some serious solar technology, with photovoltaic cells across the lid. It promises to bump the runtime up an hour for every two hours of suntime. For unplugged computing in the desert, this might be the ticket. It was first announced last month, and now Amazon has it up for preorder. Aside from the [...]
Continue reading...Lenovo’s ThinkPad X121e
5. July 2011 | by Jonas
Lenovo is on the verge of releasing their ThinkPad X121e, the successor to the able X120e. It has the 11.6″, 1366 x 768 display that walks the line between netbook and ultraportable when you need to do some serious work on the road. This device is notable as it can be configured with two processor options. [...]
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HP TouchPad 4G
16. August 2011 | by Jonas
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