For something that took nearly 6 years to develop, the Raspberry Pi doesn’t look like much. About as big as a credit card, it went on sale today in the UK. The little barebones computer is sold out at one retailer, Premier Farnell, and the only other retailer, RS Components, is just taking customer information for future [...]
Starting January 15th, Acer will have it’s newest tablet available, the Iconia A200. Although it is shipping with android Honeycomb 3.2, the company promises an Ice Cream Sandwich, android 4.0 update by February(and even notes the upgrade will be free!). The ten inch screen size, 1280 x 800 resolution tablet is possibly most notable for [...]
The Datawind Ubislate 7, also called Aakash, was originally to be priced at $35, but launched at around $60. Promised to be the cheapest tablet available, and made in India, it is envisioned to provide a low cost device to as many people as possible. With the price now down to $47, the company [...]
The first tablet available with android’s latest operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich, comes from a China-based manufacturer, MIPS Technologies. The Novo 7 runs on a 1GHZ Ingenic JZ4770 processor, with a seven-inch capacitive screen. And before you think “it’s just a a cheap knockoff”, this device has Google CTS certification. Andy Rubin, Google’s senior VP of Mobile, [...]
Panasonic is going to release two ruggedized tablets, the ten inch A1 and the seven inch B1. Both tablets are designed for work in extreme conditions encountered in construction, aviation, and the military. The specifications are equal to most android tablets on the market today, with a dual-core 1.2GHZ processor, 1GB ram, and dual cameras [...]
Viewsonic just released a 7 inch android tablet priced at $199, and now Leader International Inc. has undercut that price by $20. For $179, you can purchase the 7 inch Impression 7(I7). Getting the price that low has come at the expense of hardware and software features, however. The tablet runs on android 2.2, Froyo. [...]
Of all the android Honeycomb tablets available, the Asus Transformer has been possibly the best-received. With it’s keyboard dock, which adds ports, increases battery life, and affords ease of typing, it is one of the more unique tablets available. Now, Asus Chairman Jonney Shih has given a peek at it’s newest offering at the AsiaD [...]
Adding to it’s lineup of tablets, Toshiba announced a 7 inch model, Thrive 7″. Expected to go on sale in December, the device will have the highest resolution of any 7 inch tablet at 1280×800. This is only seen on larger 10 inch screens now. According to people who have seen preproduction units, it has [...]
Samsung debuted it’s Series 7 700T Windows 7 tablet recently. It is notable for several features. First, the screen is 11.6 inches, with a resolution of 1366×768. Next is the processor. Instead of an Atom chip, that is usually seen in tablets, this has an I5 chip running at 1.6GHZ. Memory is 4GB, and it [...]
So you’ve decided it’s time to get yourself a tablet. The problem is, with so many choices, how do you figure out which one is right for you? There are many factors involved, so many that it can be difficult to make a decision. Let’s try to break it down into easy steps. Operating Systems [...]
