Archive for May, 2010
There can be only one. Wait, wrong franchise — this here is a Netwalker showdown. In the left corner, we have the Sharp Netwalker PC-Z1, a 5-inch Ubuntu smartbook powered by the 800MHz Freescale i.MX515 CPU, and at right, we have the Sharp Netwalker PC-T1, a 5-inch Ubuntu tablet with the exact same specs. Is [...]
May 31st, 2010 | Posted in Digital Tablets | No Comments
Apple had announced that sales of its tablet computer iPad have topped two million in less than 60 days since its launch on April 3. That’s a whole lot of iPads in two months, and the company only started shipping units in countries outside the United States last weekend. As previously announced, the iPad will [...]
May 31st, 2010 | Posted in Apple, Digital Tablets, iPad | No Comments
I know you’re probably conked out on an Adirondack chair with a Blue Moon in your hand by now, but listen up: Asus just announced they’re making a 10- and 13-inch EEE tablet. Welcome back to 2001! To be fair, this isn’t your granddaddy’s tablet. It has a front webcam, a Core 2 Duo chipset, [...]
May 31st, 2010 | Posted in Apple, Asus, Digital Tablets, iPad | No Comments
Apple has just trotted out its latest sales milestone for the iPad: two million devices have now been sold since the slate’s launch on April 3. We promise we won’t bother you with sales figures every time another million gets rounded, but it’s notable that the company has managed to maintain the rapid pace it [...]
May 31st, 2010 | Posted in Apple, Digital Tablets, HP, iPad, Slate | No Comments
Apple have announced their latest iPad sales figures, and the tablet’s international debut last week has helped topple another milestone figure. Two million iPads have been sold in under 60 days, since the slate’s launch in the US on April 3rd. Apple had previously confirmed that they sold over one million iPads back on May [...]
May 31st, 2010 | Posted in Apple, Digital Tablets, HP, iPad, Slate | No Comments
Back in February 2010 we spied a leaked roadmap from ARM that had something called Eagle listed. The processor roadmap showed Eagle to be a new CPU from ARM that would be aimed at the smartphone, mobile computing, and DTV markets among others. At Computex ARM confirmed that Eagle was in fact its next generation [...]
May 31st, 2010 | Posted in Digital Tablets | No Comments
Alright, stick with us here. For some reason, ASUS decided it best to name its freshest e-reader the Eee Tablet, while its downright magical tablet goes by Eee Pad. Got all that? Good. The Eee Tablet (again, not to be confused with the Eee Pad tablet) is half e-reader, half note taker, and it’s an [...]
May 31st, 2010 | Posted in Apple, Asus, Digital Tablets, iPad | No Comments
I remember when NVIDIA first started talking about its Ion platform. The graphics giant was big on talking the platform up, but had no products for us to see when the platform first debuted. The talk at the NVIDIA press conference about the Tegra 2 platform for tablets is very similar to that first Ion [...]
May 31st, 2010 | Posted in Asus, Digital Tablets, MSI | No Comments
ASUS will showcase their latest Eee Pad tablet at the upcoming Computex 2010. The 12-inch EP121 is powered by Intel’s Core 2 Duo CULV processor and a built-in webcam. This Windows 7-powered tablet is capable of multitasking and provides you two character-input options such as an embedded virtual keyboard or a hybrid keyboard/docking station. Its [...]
May 31st, 2010 | Posted in Asus, Digital Tablets | No Comments
Looks like Lenovo has further affirmed its support for Google’s Android OS. While the company was originally planning to use an in-house version of Linux for its Skylight smartbook and IdeaPad U1 detachable tablet, dubbed the Skylight OS, a decision has been made to drop that and switch to Google’s Android OS. This is probably [...]
May 29th, 2010 | Posted in Apple, Digital Tablets, iPad | No Comments