Tag archive: Tablet PC

At the end of last week, a Home Shopping Network product listing for Barnes & Noble's e-reader, the Nook Color, revealed that a coming update would bring apps to the device via a Nook Store and Flash support. The listing was later edited to remove any specific mention of Flash, but that didn't stop observers from hypothesizing that this meant the device would be getting a major update for its Android operating system. The details… Read More

At Microsoft’s keynote conference last night, we got a first look at the Samsung 7 series sliding PC with Windows 7. Today we were able to get our hands on the tablet-PC. It’s a 10.1-inch touch screen with a slide out keyboard. It weighs 2.2 pounds and includes dual facing cameras. The tablet-PC will be available in second quarter of 2011 and could be Microsoft’s most consumer friendly hardware addition.

Forget the lowercase i, these days all the excitement is about the triple e. According to reports from SlashGear and DigiTimes, ASUS chairman Jonney Shih teased the mass of tech-lovers at CES 2010 that they would have to wait until June to see the company’s “killer product.” This killer product is most likely the new ASUS Eee Pad tablet which was part of NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 display at the tech trade show this year.

Look out Steve Jobs, here comes trouble with a capital “T”—and a lowercase “i” in front of it. According to Digital Beat, UK manufacturer X2 Computing announced they have a new tablet PC device called the iTablet. X2 has been making tablets for a while and for several different reasons—business, military, personal. We haven’t found too many other US reports of this new tablet device, but with a name like iTablet—don’t go beating yourself up now… Read More

What do we expect from Apple’s press conferences? Let’s see, we’re going to go with Steve Jobs riding high on the back of an Asian elephant with a basket full of Apple tablets and he’s flinging them out into the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater as the attending press jump and shriek in joyous glee. No? Sounds a little off to you? Well let’s get some expert opinions about it then. We’ve been rather enjoying the build-up of suspense… Read More

In about a week, Apple will likely announce its new slate device, and some are predicting we’ll be up to our armpits in these things by year end. Since most of you will probably wait until the end of the year to either ask for or purchase one of these things, you have a lot of time. But some of you will feel the need to buy sooner, and it is always best to think about what you want to do with one of these things before the feeding frenzy kicks… Read More

Tablet PCs have been a huge trend this year at CES and a lot of industry experts are questioning their market strength. The HP TM2 tablet, just one of the tablets revealed by HP, is packing a 1.3GHz Core 2 Duo processor behind a 12.1-inch multitouch screen, 4500MHD integrated graphics, 4GB of DDR3 memory, a 320GB disk, and even a fingerprint scanner.

HP Multitouch Tablet This unnamed HP tablet was announced at CES by Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer. The nameless tablet was runs Windows 7 supports multitouch gestures, and is due out in mid-2010 for under $500.

Verizon Wireless and Nvidia announced today they will be demonstarating a full 1080p HD Internet experience on a new touchscreen tablet. The demonstration is of the NVIDIA Tegra-powered Ultra tablet designed by Innovative Converged Devices (ICD) and features the ultra-broad bandwidth of a Motorola 4G wireless modem while operating over Verizon Wireless’ LTE network.  The companies claim NVIDIA Tegra mobile processors enable an “uncompromised… Read More

If there's one unifying theme at CES 2010, it's as follows: Innovation is everywhere. From 3D high-definition televisions (HDTVs) to slick eReaders, powerful smartphones and a bevy of streaming media devices, the big watchwords this year are versatility, interconnectivity and value. Just a few items which already seem to be emerging as running themes this year based on early preview events, press conferences and, of course, buzz… Read More

Check out a video of the SI Tablet concept in action at the bottom of this story. SI’s tablet-sized issues will include the full complement of each print issue’s content, plus additional website content, and enhanced advertising with video-plus functionality. It is meant to leverage and add to the magazine experience, and not function like a website. “It’s curated. It’s not a fire hose. We want a hand in all that because that’s what we think… Read More

Apple’s late-summer announcements have come and gone with nary a peep about the much-talked-about tablet, but in the meantime, plenty of other companies have been quick to run for their boards and ride the wave of tablet interest that has surged up with the mere rumble of one from Apple. Toshiba hopped in with the Journe Touch, Archos pushed things a step further with its Archos 9, which will run Windows 7, and now, the Tom to Apple’s Jerry has… Read More