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Intel had one of the biggest conference at CES 2012 today, and among the products presented there the second generation of ultrabooks caught my attention, as Intel has made all possible steps to improve performance, decrease thickness, and read this: have touchscreen displays.Intel says touch is the natural way of navigating on a display (somewhat true), but people don't want to get rid of a keyboard (totally true if you don't just want to consume media), that's why a touchscreen ultrabook m...

One of the most hyped tablets at the end of this year, the ASUS Transformer Prime (read our coverage) just got a detailed first look preview that highlights some of the things we knew already, but also makes sure to point out less obvious things about how it feels like in daily use.The first thing you notice once docked, is that the Transformer Prime looks a lot like a 10 inch netbook, albeit a premium one, being a smaller cousin of the  UX21 and UX31 Zenbooks. Upon closer inspection it be...

One sub-niche of tablets that seems to get much attention those days is the one covered by dual-screen devices like the Entourage Edge last year, the Kno and Sony S2 this year. Why I say this micro niche is catching momentum is because Imerj just presented their Smartpad prototype, essentially a dual 4 inch Android smartphone running 2.3 Gingerbread with a few customizations added on top of the default UI to make apps take advantage of the additional display.If you want to superficially cha...

The ink hasn't yet dried on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread release and Google is already showcasing the 3.0 Honeycomb version at the Dive Into Mobile event at San Francisco. The one making the presentation is Andy Rubin, the one in charge with Android development process. And what's interesting is that he's showcasing Honeycomb on a Motorola tablet prototype (one of the ones planned for 2011), button-less, which means you'll be able to use it in any orientation you please, just make sure the screen...

The CEATEC 2010 IT Exhibition takes place these days in Japan, and both CrunchGear and Engadget managed to get a look at the new Sharp Galapagos tablet (which we've presented here). The Galapagos is actually less a tablet and more an e-reader, as Sharp created it specifically for easily displaying paperbacks. This is Sharp’s most serious attempt to tap the tablet market.The Galapagos comes in two sizes – a 5.5 inch and a 10.8 inch LCD. Both carry WiFi. The main uses for them are magazine...

Windows 7 is the best OS Microsoft has  build  in the last 10 years, users say that and sales numbers say that, but that doesn't mean you can throw Windows 7 on any gadget you like. The latest gadget to prove that is the HP Slate, which was caught on video by an Youtube user who posted the hands on preview for the world to see. Some say it's a fake, but I have to admit that that looks awfully like a Windows 7 Atom powered netbook, which is slow, very slow.The hardware seems pretty solid, w...

We've mentioned a few days ago the Hannspree 10 inch Android tablet, with a list of complete specs, but now is time to take a look at a short hands on preview video of this generic tablet. I say generic because, let's face it, all tablets look pretty much the same these days, with few minor differences.That doesn't mean the Hannspree offering is not a good deal thank to its enhanced multimedia capabilities (via the Tegra 2 graphic chip) and custom user interface (pictured in the video below)...

After being officially launched a few days ago, the Viewsonic ViewPad 7 got previewed during the IFA Berlin press days (just before the show opens for general public) and seems like a very decent product. The strong points mentioned are build quality, something we start to miss a lot those days in high tech gadgets. The supplied Android version is 2.2, as we've mentioned before, with no customizations. Viewsonic says that their 7 inch tablet will have full Google Marketplace support once it will...

Huawei is not really a big brand but they are a pretty big hardware manufacturer, who managed to bring a lot of value products sold directly under their brand, via OEM contracts or mobile operator deals.The Huawei S7 slate tablet is maybe their try to make a name of themselves, as it is a 7 inch tablet which looks nice and features normal Android tablet hardware hardware specs for this moment and keeps a pretty affordable price tag of 370 €/299£ (will sell only via Expansys at the moment)...

Toshiba proved once again it's the kind of company that sets trends, don't follow them, with the official announcement of the Libretto W100 dual screen touch tablet with two 7 inch multi touch enabled displays. We know now that the Libretto W100 is not a concept, but a consumer product you'll be able to actually buy starting August, from Amazon, for around 1000$. That's a little bit too much for a laptop with an ULV CPU and a second screen, but that's the price to pay for being an early adopter....