Be still, my beating heart. ViewSonic will be showing off a 10-inch “ViewPad” tablet with an Intel processor next week that dual boots into both Android and a Microsoft-based operating system. It’s unclear whether the Microsoft part of the equation will be a full version of Windows 7 or the scaled back Windows Embedded Compact 7, which …
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HP Tablets with Palm Operating System Due ‘Early 2011’
On a company earnings call yesterday, Hewlett Packard’s Todd Bradley made it official that we can expect both Microsoft tablets and webOS (Palm’s mobile operating system) tablets to hit the market.
“You’ll see us with a Microsoft product out in the near future, and a webOS-based product in early 2011,” remarked Bradley when asked …
Toshiba’s $1100 Dual Screen Libretto Notebook Now Available
Officially unveiled back in June, Toshiba’s limited-edition “next-gen ultra-mobile concept PC” is now available for preorder at $1,099.99.
You’ll recall that the Libretto W100 features dual 7-inch 1024×600 multitouch screens, no physical keyboard, Windows 7 Home Premium, a 1.2GHz Intel CPU, 2GB of RAM, 64GB solid-state drive …
Samsung Tablet Rumored to be Shown Off in Berlin Next Month
Samsung hasn’t necessarily been coy about its plans to develop a tablet, and it appears that the company is preparing to officially unveil it in early September at the Berlin-based IFA consumer electronics show.
According to Korea’s JoongAng Daily, the tablet will be part of Samsung’s "Galaxy" family of products—the company’s
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Motorola and Verizon to Offer 10-inch FiOS Android Tablet?
Picture this, Verizon FiOS customers: a 10-inch Android tablet that’s thinner and lighter than the iPad and lets you watch TV on it. Maybe the price of it is greatly subsidized for every new FiOS customer who agrees to a two-year contract. Maybe it’ll be here within a few months.
That’s what the Financial Times is hinting at. Not the …
How Microsoft Can Gain Ground with Both Tablets and Phones
At Microsoft’s Financial Analysts Meeting yesterday, CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage to talk about the company’s consumer initiatives. The entire video of the presentation is available here. He spent a portion of the time talking about slates and tablets, saying the following:
“One of the top issues on my mind is, ‘Hey there’s a
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RIM Stokes BlackBerry Tablet Rumors with BlackPad.com
I can’t imagine that Research in Motion (RIM), makers of the venerable BlackBerry smartphone, would name a tablet the BlackPad but, hey, just about everyone and their mother railed against the “iPad” name at first.
Whatever the case, the Waterloo, Ontario company recently purchased the domain BlackPad.com, as evidenced in a WHOIS …
ASUS Tablet Drops Windows Embedded for Android
Back in early June, we got a glimpse of some of the iPad competitors that’ll be hitting shelves later this year. One of the main contenders is Asus, with the company showing off 10- and 12-inch versions of its impending EeePad line due in early 2011.
The company’s 12-inch tablet will reportedly run a full blown version of Windows 7
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Toshiba Libretto W100 Sports Two 7-inch Screens, Windows 7
It’s hard to get a read on Toshiba’s Libretto W100. It’s being pitched by the company as “a next-gen ultra-mobile concept PC” in honor of Toshiba hitting the 25-year laptop production milestone, yet despite the “concept” tag we’re being treated to a full list of specs and news that the product will actually be sold later this summer as a …
Two Minute Video: Here Come the iPad Killers
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 …
Dell Streak 5-inch Tablet to US in July, Priced at $500 Unlocked
The 5-inch Dell Streak—a large phone or a small tablet, depending how you see the world—goes on sale tomorrow in Europe and has gotten a more firm release date here in the US. What was once “summer” is now “July” and the device will sell directly from Dell for $500.
It’s important to note that in the UK, the Streak can …
Kno: Is That a Giant Dual Screen Tablet or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
Mother of pearl, that’s a giant tablet. The student-centric “Kno” is made of two 14-inch 1440×900-resolution capacitive IPS touchscreens and weighs 5.5 pounds. It’s meant to replace a college student’s textbooks, though, which collectively weigh at least 5.5 pounds and can’t connect to the internet.
The company is …