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Vizio Tablet Spotted
Vizio is best known for their HDTV’s, but they are slowly diversifying into some other product segments. This last January, they teased us with a tablet at CES. Now, that hardware has been spotted at the retail outlet. Wal-Mart, Vizio’s retail partner has their card ready for the Vizio tablet. It looks like an Android tablet [...]
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...AMD A-Series Llano APU
A leaked presentation gives some insight into the upcoming roadmap of processing power from AMD. While the details are sparse, the Vision (ok, inside pun intended) of “Intel’s Archrival” is coming into focus. Of interest is the Llano A-Series APU. The slide indicates that this is designed for tablet use. Their comparison point is that Intel [...]
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...Netbook Adoption Rates Continue
Lately, there has been much emphasis on how netbooks have lost market share to tablets, and how the Apple iPad has knocked the wind out of the sales of the netbook. Well, not so fast, and some newer data, from Nielsen no less, shows that netbooks are still in this game. The survey was of connected [...]
Continue reading...Flexbook Concept
16. May 2011 | by Jonas
Smartphones now are approaching an amount of computing power that can do more serious tasks, such as image editing. Netbooks are becoming more portable, making it easier for users to bring one along. However, up until now, users have had to choose what devices to have with them. As time goes on, there will be [...]
Continue reading...Acer Aspire None
Acer got a wake up call when there sales numbers were down… by a lot for the last quarter of the year. It was clearly a trend in the wrong direction, and much of their previous sales figures could be owed to netbooks. I would describe their current move as reactionary, and that is to cut [...]
Continue reading...Archos 7c
Archos has successfully transitioned from media players to tablets. Their latest effort, the Archos 7c shows just what a value they can offer in the tablet segment. The Archos 7c offers a 7″ tablet with a 480 x 800 capacitive display. The OS is Android, although it is version 2.1, and not the more desirable Honeycomb [...]
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HP TouchPad 4G
14. June 2011 | by Jonas
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