Speaking at All Thing’s Digital’s D8 conference this week, Steve Jobs announced that his company sells an iPad every three seconds. Unsurprisingly, plenty of manufacturers are readying their own tablets with several being unveiled this week at the Computex 2010 computer show in Taiwan. Here’s a look at a few of the upcoming …
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AMD Fusion Platform Combines CPU and GPU
AMD is getting ready to put its 2006 acquisition of graphics company ATI to good use with the 2011 launch of what it’s calling the Fusion APU. The Fusion APU (accelerated processing unit) combines both the CPU (central processing unit) and the GPU (graphics processing unit) together onto a single silicon die. The end result will be …
Color 13-inch E-book Reader Unveiled, Out in December
A Taiwanese company named Delta Electronics showed off its 13-inch “e-Magazine” recently. The device leverages color electronic paper technology from Bridgestone (yes, the tire company).
It’s not quite the same color representation you’d expect from a proper LCD display. Instead, the reader uses color filtering (CF), which …
Computex: Windows 7 and Android Tablets from MSI, Asus
The future-splosion known as Computex is underway in Taipai, Taiwan this week and in the interest of not inundating Techland with post after post about every single tablet, netbook, and other bits of technological wonderment, I thought I’d include everything in a daily roundup for those of you interested in this kind of stuff. …
That Pixel Qi Display Isn’t Half Bad
The problem with devices like the iPad is its inability to be used in direct sunlight. I’m not saying you should be using outside 24/7 but it would be nice to take it to the park or beach without having to look for shade to use the damn thing. Pixel Qi’s display is clearly visible while the iPad’s display is all but washed out even …