Articles about DIY

We've kind of mentioned the Dell Streak 5 inch Android Slate tablet many times here, but now it's not about it directly, but about what you can do to improve its functionality. Some guy figured out that the 5 inch and something diagonal case fits perfectly into the bonnet of the Logitech DiNovo Mini bluetooth keyboard, forming what you would call a mini laptop. Synchronization is a breeze, taking just a few seconds, since we have here two devices compatible with Bluetooth. All you have to do ...

Here at AllTouchTablet.com, we are fans of the Pixel QI dual mode screen, that's now available as a DIY solution for those who aren't afraid of opening up their netbook and replace the existing 10 inch screen with this one. Apparently Engadget got the chance to do that and come up with their encouraging conclusions. As expected Pixel QI shines when it comes to outdoor viewing because of its special black and white operating more that doesn't use any backlight, just like eReaders screens work. ...

There are ways and there are ways of building a touchscreen, but almost all of them imply using a special layer that attaches over the surface of the original display and interprets your touch points into coordinates that are then transmitted to a computer, which applies your action. One user tried to do it differently, using range sensors mounted on the side of the display, so that they pick up the distance from them to your hand, thus computing where exactly on the screen you are pointing. ...

We've covered several times here at AllTouchTablet the Pixel QI dual mode screen with LCD/eReader capabilities, but this thing is not really making any progress in the sense that manufacturers are adopting it. Nonetheless, if you're a geek that can't wait for someone to pick up the Pixel QI and throw it inside a netbook or tablet you can get your own 10.1 inch panel and start a DIY modification project which will result in the replacement of the screen you have in your 'regular' gadget. Yes, ...

It's interesting to see how tablets have risen so fast in appeal in just a few months, months in which Apple has sold over two million iPads. This is why it's not a miracle that some hardware manufacturers have started offering open source kits for DIY (Do It Yourself) touch tablets. One of them is produced by Liquidware, who call themselves Open Source Electronics guys. The kit is calle Beagle Embedded Starter Kit and costs around 400$, offering all you need to set up your own tablet in a few m...

Today I was sitting in front of my computer (same as always, my friends would say) and thought of what interesting articles to write and spotted the following idea: how would my perfect tablet look like and how it should perform. That's right, my perfect tablet, not the perfect tablet. Needless to say that the perfect tablet doesn't exist yet, and won't ever be built, because perfect is something that depends on who you ask. I'm not dealing with perfection in this post but with expressing ...

I was so lazy setting up the contact page on All Touch Tablet, but in the end it paid off, as I've received today an interesting heads up about a DIY project, named Carbon Tablet. I guess you already figured out what's this all about. Justin is the one making it and he wanted to build off its own tablet with a bigger screen that what we've seen lately and one that could play HD videos with ease, without sacrificing weight and price. That's why he used carbon fiber for the case. The result is ...

Touch tables are not a tabu subject here as we've talked about them quite a few times. But they are sensitive when you talk about pricing, which is situated usually North of 10.000 $ mark, some even doubling or tripling this number, so if you're a fan you'll probably stay this way if you don't do something like building your own touch table for cheap. 1500-2500$ is not exactly cheap today, but it is way cheaper than waiting for Microsoft Surface to get down to a manageable price. All you'll n...

I like the iPad somehow. Somehow means I like the shape, the way it performs but I don't like the limitations imposed by Apple so I'm pretty sure I won't buy one anytime soon (or preorder it). There are a lot of people out there like me, so there's always the solution of building yourself your own iPad from better and more capable hardware. That's what a guy at InsanelyWind, a forum for MSI Wind netbooks has done, turning his own device in something that resembles the iPad. What he did is pre...

We're not talking about a new product but of a possible perfect touch tablet, a 9-10 inch device with no keyboard at all to keep size down, with a few hours of battery life and a custom interface on top of the usual Windows/Linux OS installed in the factory. This is where this niche should go, as many users modd their netbooks at home to give them touch capabilities. [caption id="attachment_449" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="A touch tablet that started as a Dell Mini 9"][/caption] ...