‘Touch Tablet PCs’ Category

Since HP acquired Palm a lot of rumors float on the web about them launching a WebOS tablet instead of the praised HP Slate, which was rumored since the start of the year but managed to get ditched into the business market. It seems that HP is not that uncertain about what it plans to do, as it announced some of its employees during a meeting yesterday that the HP WebOS tablet is coming in Q1 2011. If I recall the enthusiasm around the WebOS operating system when Palm Pre was launched I under...

Google is preparing for the launch of Android version 3.0, codenamed Gingerbread sometime in October, bringing support for more powerful hardware and an interesting array of new features, an intuitive interface and support for services like Google Music. Many tablet manufacturers are waiting for Google's release to bring to market their tablets, which are not quite up to their full potential when using previous Android versions like 2.1 and 2.2 (some tablets are even shipping with Android 1.6...

Samsung is yet another big manufacturer that has to enter the tablet arena. Sure rumors have hit the web about them preparing for a slate launch, but since no official info was released all we have is guesses, nothing sure. Before jumping to the next rumors let's see in short what we know about Samsung's tablet plans, consisting for now of the 7 inch Galaxy Tab running Android 2.2, basically a bigger version of the Galaxy i9000 S smarthphone. A 1.2 GHz Cortex A8 CPU is rumored and front/back fac...

You might not have heard about Interpad, a German company that just announced they will sell a 10 inch Android tablet for 399EUR (~ 518$ at current exchange rate). Even if the price seems a little too high (slightly bigger than the entry level iPad), that doesn't mean the specs are not intriguing, considering it runs Tegra 2 on Android 2.1, which will get you Full HD playback capabilities. Here's the list with the main specs: Operating Sytem: Google Android 2.1 Scren: 10 inch capaciti...

Mysteries are interesting in IT, they lead to a lot of speculations, and finally, when the official info gets revealed, you're astonished of not thinking at that variant from the beginning. So let's have it with the latest Microsoft-ARM licensing deal for using the ARM architecture for future Microsoft products. As usual, the complete terms of the deal were not made public, which made people speculate what Microsoft wants from ARM (and vice versa). So here are a few options that arise from th...

As you can imagine, the turn consumer did towards tablets means a lot of manufacturers are trying their luck with this new niche, but not all of them have the expertize and power to build something truly unique, like Apple did with the iPad. Hell, not even names like HP, Dell, Microsoft come up with something better than the iPad. EzGear doesn't try to be the best (good for them), but has its own concept, a 7 inch tablet powered by Android called Surfboard 700. It doesn't look like something pow...

Are you sick of reports, sales predictions and experts telling you how things will go in the next few years? If so, bear with me one more time (see our tablet market reports history here) and let's see what Forrester has to say about sales predictions for tablets, netbooks, laptops and desktop for the next five years, till 2015. They've searched, talked to people, interviewed consumers, drawn charts, done some Excel formulas and come up with some interesting remarks pointing to tablets reachi...

Panasonic is well known for its Toughbook series of laptops, some of the best rugged portable computers you can get today. Also Toughbooks are some of the most expensive, with pricing over 2000$ and reaching easily the 3000$ mark depending on configuration and options. The latest addition is one of the lightest rugged convertible tablets, the Panasonic CF-C1, which uses special materials to achieve a total weight of 1.46 kg (1.61 kg with a second battery). As of specs, the Panasonic CF-C1 is ...

We've wrote quite a few posts about the Entourage eDGe dual screen eReader + Android tablet combo. It seems that more and more samples are getting to press for review. Now it's time for CNET to get their hands on video treatment on the Entourage eDGe. After watching that video I can positively say that the eDGe is a nice concept, especially for educational purposes, there's a lot to be improved here, but that's always the case with the first generation of innovative new products. The eDGe sel...

I've just received the final ASUS EEE PC T101MT sample that has got rid of the touch screen problems experienced in the first time. Check out the second review here. If you want to get one, the ASUS EEE PC T101MT just arrived on Amazon for 485$. Today a surprise was waiting for me when I went home: the ASUS Eee PC T101 MT, white version, in a sealed box. No, it isn't mine, but I'm playing with it a few days so I'll be updating this short review with impressions as I go along. For now I ha...