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After yesterday's Window 8 developer demo it's time for Intel to showcase it's Honeycomb tablet prototype based on the Medfield platform at IDF 2011 (Intel Developer Forum). Since Microsoft is opening the window for ARM chips it's normal for Intel to try and get into the traditional ARM territory, which are tablets and smartphones.We don't know too much about the reference Medfield Honeycomb tablet, except it seems roughly the same size and thickness (8.9 mm) as the slimmest Android tablets ...

As we've anticipated last week, Microsoft demoed Windows 8 with the special touch customization of its interface at BUILD conference, together with some interesting tablets. One of them, disguised under the Samsung logo is the Samsung Series 7 Slate PC, announced at IFA Berlin. Not only that, but all 5000 attendants will get one for free, loaded with the developer built of Windows 8.That's right, the lucky developers not only have insight information about Windows 8, but also get to play wit...

If you remember, we've been introduced to the Fusion Garage Grid 10 tablet a few weeks ago, an interesting tablet that uses a completely customized Android experience, 100% different from what you've seen. The main characteristic is a grid-like home screen where you can group app icons to your liking. It's still an Android tablet, so you'll be able to install and run Android apps.The tablet is now available for pre-order, and it already received a nice $200 discount, so it starts at [easyazo...

Traditionally desktop operating systems use x86 architecture and mobile devices like tablets and smartphones are reserved for ARM chips. That's going to change next year once Windows 8 debuts, an operating system that's going to work together with x86 and ARM platforms. Apparently Android will make this step sooner, in January 2012, when the Gingerbread 2.3 version is supposed to arrive for Intel's Atom E6xx series CPU.We know this because Intel made an official announcement past days. This ...

Acer Iconia Tab A500 [read full review] is one of the best Android Honeycomb tablets on market when it comes to the price/performance and build quality ratio, and now it will get even better with the AT&T version that will bear HSPA+ support (not 4G LTE), and will arrive this month starting at $330 with a two year contract and bearing the Acer Iconia TAB A501 name.That '1' at the end will make the difference between the WiFi only and the HSPA+ enabled version. If you don't want to subscr...

We all know Google likes to give sweet names to it's Android versions, literally. Up until now we have names like Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich and apparently the next version will maintain the trend, as serious rumors point towards Android Jelly Bean.While no details were offered about Android Jelly Bean features it seems that some of the game changing features meant to arrive with Ice Cream Sandwich were pushed back to Jelly Bean. That's not necessarily good new...

It's not the first time we hear about the ASUS EEE Slate B121, but as of today the tablet is official. We've got now full details of the business version of the EEE Slate EP121. As you can expect there's not much difference between the two, except the business features and the higher price (obvious).You still get last year's Intel Core i5 ULV CPU, a 12.1 inch screen with a screen digitizer, 64 GB SSD drive, 4GB RAM, but the price was bumped to $1499. So let's see the specs and then we'll get...

Samsung is a big player in the smartphone and tablet markets, but it relies heavily on Android at this point. Now the company is looking to strengthen its relationship with Microsoft, a traditional partner, but one that didn't receive too much attention lately from the Korean company, except maybe whet it comes to laptops.Samsung surprised us by announcing the Series 7 Slate Tablet last week at IFA Berlin, a typical 11.6 inch slate tablet with Intel based hardware, that's supposed to be upgr...

Velocity Micro is known for its cheap Cruz tablets and eReader products and as of today there are two new products that have joined the lineup, which means one thing: more options for a cheap Android tablet for you.The Velocity Micro Cruz T408 and Cruz T410 employ similar specs with the biggest difference being the screen: 8 inches for T408 and 10 for T410. I suspect the '4' from the product model numbering has something do to with the 4th generation, but I was wrong before... Anyway, what...

Even though webOS devices from HP are an impossibility at this point because the company has abandoned them in an attempt to focus on the webOS software platform development the price drop to $99 move meant to clear stocks has greatly increased demand for the HP Touchpad to the point some users are discontent for not being able to get one for themselves.Rumors started then to surface that HP was preparing another batch of Touchpads for them, so the official announcement comes as no surprise...