BlackBerry just announced its once-rumored tablet. The 7-inch device thankfully shakes the previously-tipped “BlackPad” name in favor of “PlayBook.” Pricing hasn’t been announced, while availability has been set for “early 2011” here in the US, with an international rollout to follow in the second quarter. (More: What the PlayBook Means …
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‘Kno’ Dual Screen Education Tablet Gets Single Screen Option
You may recall news of the larger-than-life Kno tablet from back in early June. It consists of two 14-inch color touchscreens, weighs 5.5 pounds, and wants to replace the need for college students to carry around textbooks.
The company is apparently also planning a single-screen version, according to CNET. Both models will reportedly be
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Samsung Galaxy Tab Video Shows Everything (Except Price)
I have a sneaking suspicion that Samsung’s doing everything in its power to get people all whipped up for this 7-inch Galaxy Tab that’s due out soon, but is purposely withholding price details until the last minute because it’s going to be more expensive than expected.
You’ll recall that it’ll be available from all four major US
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Toshiba Makes a Laptop For Kids, Perfect For Sloppy Adults
The other day some folks from Toshiba dropped by to show me a new laptop that they would be announcing later on in the week. Well, it’s later on in the week so now I can talk about the Toshiba Satellite L635 Kids PC.
It’s chock full of fun kid stuff, like LEGO Batman, KidZui, Net Nanny and a couple movies. But what’s super …
Why Do Web Browsers Matter?
The Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Beta recently released by Microsoft reintroduces the software giant into the browser wars, but why are browsers worth fighting over when they’re essentially offered as freeware? Of the three major browsers used worldwide, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla’s Firefox and Google’s Chrome, each …
Rumor: BlackBerry Tablet to be Unveiled Next Week?
The long-rumored BlackPad may be unveiled at BlackBerry’s developer conference next week, according to the Wall Street Journal. Citing unnamed “people familiar with RIM’s plans,” the Journal details a device with the following specs (take this information with a grain of salt, of course).
The tablet will apparently feature a 7-inch …
Finally! Etch A Sketch iPad Case
The once-magic Etch A Sketch meets the now-magical iPad in what can only be termed as a magicsplosion of magicnanimous magicsticism.
The Etch A Sketch iPad Case costs $39, is "made of impact resistant plastic," and comes with retractable kickstand feet. The knobs are there, too, but they’re flattened and create no magic. Magical
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Razer Vespula: The Case for A Good Mouse Pad
Whether you’re rocking a wired ball-mouse or the latest in ergonomic laser gaming mice, one fact remains: your mouse is only as good as the surface it glides on. Most surfaces are not uniform, thus affecting both the physical motion of a mouse glide and the tracking that relays information from mouse to computer. When a millisecond in …
Seagate Outs World’s First 1.5TB Portable External Hard Drive
Oh Martha, that’s a lot of storage to go in one pocket. Seagate’s 1.5TB GoFlex hard drive sports a USB 3.0 connection for quick file transfers and is compatible with Seagate’s $130 TV connector dock. It can also be converted into a network- and internet-connected hard drive with the $100 GoFlex Net Media Sharing dock.
How much storage …
ABC’s ‘My Generation’ iPad App Follows Episodes in Real Time
So there’s a new documentary-type show starting on ABC next week called "My Generation" that, according to the show page, "follows a disparate group of high school seniors from Austin, TX" in 2000 "and then revisits them in 2010." Good, great, grand. The show also has its own iPad app.
This app, called My Generation Sync, follows the
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Dell Outs ‘Inspiron Duo’ Tablet/Netbook Hybrid
This thing is crazy, and maybe in a good way. At Intel’s developers conference today, Dell showed off what appeared to be a netbook at first glance. Then the guy holding it apparently swiveled the 10-inch touchscreen around 180 degrees inside its own frame, closed the computer as one would do with a standard notebook, and …
Boxee Set Top Box Features 1080p Video, QWERTY Remote
Internet-to-TV video service, Boxee, has been available as a free software download for a while now, but the company has been working with hardware partner D-Link on a dedicated hardware box for the better part of a year.
The Boxee platform in and of itself grabs stream-able video from all over the web—YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, CNN,
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