Archive for July, 2010

Is This Nondescript Black Slate Samsung’s iPad Fighter?

Talk about your classic Internet rumor. This pic is currently work its way around gadget and Android blogs as some think it’s Samsung’s upcoming Android tablet, which will possible be called the Galaxy Tab. That’s really all anyone has. It’s just some dude holding what looks like a tablet. Amazing. Click through for a closer [...]

Why Apple Should Buy Infineon: To Own Mobile And Screw Intel

Apple’s earnings and revenue growth in mobile have been awe-inspiring to witness. From zero presence three years ago, Apple is now the most profitable cell phone maker in the world. Apple’s success in this compressed period has helped it become an enormous buyer of components. In fact iSuppli projects that next year Apple will become [...]

Keepin' it real fake: TESO LPAD runs 'MeGoo' or 'Andriod' on Moorestown

Chinese company TESO has an unrequited love for all things Apple. Not that it cares, we’re sure it’s doing just fine on the grey market with its KIRFy Cupertino crafts. But maybe it’s time for this Shenzhen cloner to go mainstream with what’s purported to be a 9.7-inch tablet running “MeGoo” (a MeeGo typo, certainly) [...]

Panasonic updates Toughbook permanent display removable computer

You might be wondering exactly what a permanent display removable Toughbook is. Next time you see a police car look for its computer, this is the sort of computer public safety vehicles use. The hardware is inside the screen of the PC and the keyboard is permanently unattached to the thing. Panasonic has upgraded the [...]

The New Kindle, And Ebooks Generally: My Questions Answered [Video]

All this talk about the new Kindle reminded me that I still have some questions about Amazon’s e-reader specifically, and ebooks generally. Why do people persist in comparing the Kindle to the iPad (something I first asked months ago); what is the relationship between hardback book sales and ebook sales (ditto); if e-readers keep getting [...]

Copia offers more than just a $99 e-reader

Forget about the super cheap e-reader that was announced by Copia earlier today – the company has more than just that up their sleeves. In fact, Copia has lined up a couple more LCD tablets alongside a same number of E-ink readers that will somewhat resemble the Amazon Kindle. It still remains to be seen [...]

E-Noa’s Upcoming Android Tablet

Here’s a look at another upcoming Android tablet from a German-based company E-Noa, the Interpad. Powered by a NVIDIA Tegra 2 T20 Dual ARM Cortex-A9 1GHz processor, the device packs a 10-inch capacitive touchscreen display, a 1GB RAM, a 16GB of flash storage, a microSD card slot, WiFi, Bluetooth, a USB 2.0 port, an HDMI [...]

Copia Ocean Reader is the First eBook Reader for Less Than $100

With Amazon announcing the price drop in their new version of the Kindle other companies are in a frantic race to the bottom for the cheapest eBook Reader. The first to go as low as possible is this new Copia Ocean Reader. It will have a 5-inch LCD screen, which will allow it to have [...]

Ballmer on iPad: 'they've sold certainly more than I'd like them to have sold'

Poor guy can’t catch a break. Talking to analysts today about the world of tablets, Steve Ballmer put on a brave face about his lack of a strong competitor to the iPad, saying of Windows 7 products in the works with third parties: “They’ll be shipping as soon as they are ready.” Unfortunately, Apple’s iPad [...]

Motorola 10-inch Android 3.0 tablet tipped for November

Rodman & Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar isn’t just talking about BlackBerry tablets these days, he’s also heard whisperings of Motorola getting into the sizeable slate business.  According to The Street, Kumar is warning investors to expect a Motorola rival to the iPad in November 2010, with a 10-inch touchscreen display and running Google’s Android 3.0 [...]