A Pocket Racing 2.0 kickstarter.com funding round started today for the newest version of toy cars that you can put on the screen of you Apple iPad or Android tablet, and the toy cars will react with some feedback once the racing games is on. There are 7 different levels of funding to get in with, starting at $29, going all the way up to $127 for three cars with … more…
Digitimes reports that Google is currently finishing up on the development of dual OS Android / Chrome 2-in-1 tablets. Their research concludes that the 2-in-1 will run Android when in tablet mode, but that it will switch to run Chrome when connected to the keyboard. It will be interesting to see how potential customers will react to this. It’s then believed that the 2-in-1 could be launched under Google’s own … more…
8-inch tablets have been the only really new format in the tablet computer world this year, both for Android and Windows tablets, but we’ll limit ourselves to looking at the Top Five 8-Inch Android Tablets today. The form factor can be traced back to the launch of the iPad mini last year, which at 7.9 inches is viewed as being an 8-inch tablet. The first Android tablet of this dimension … more…
The new Android tablets Toshiba Excite Pro and Toshiba Excite Pure have already seen its prices cut, on the day of the official release date of the Excite Pure. The new 10.1-inch Toshiba Excite Pure is officially released today, on July 9, while the release of the 10.1-inch retina display tablets Excite Pure and Excite Write, is trailing one week behind, with the official release date set to July 17-18. … more…
Asus took center stage today on Monday June 3 at the Computex Technology Show in Taiwan during the “International Press Conference and New Product Previews” to present their new range of Asus tablets. Asus unveiled a range of four new tablet computers today, including a very exciting new dual-OS Android + Windows convertible/hybrid tablet, creating a machine with a lot of opportunities. Here’s the breakdown: Asus Transformer Book Trio Transformer … more…
HP announced two new hybrid tablets today, the HP SlateBook x2 seen below and the HP Split x2. HP SlateBook x2 This new hybrid tablet is a 10.1-inch (1920×1200 resolution) Android 4.2 tablet, which will probably be most desirable for its use of the brand new Tegra 4 processor. The SlateBook x2 will be released in August, starting at $479.99. (UPDATED: This device was released on August 5) Like every … more…
With most of the attention in the tablet world these days being on Windows 8 tabletes ahed of the coming Windows 8 release, let’s not forget that there are Android tablets being release these days too, like this 7-inch Acer Iconia Tab A110 with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. By Tom Bowen – The Acer Iconia A110 have already been released in Europe, and is now finding it’s way to US … more…
Update – October 1: (US District Court Judge Lucy Koh issued an order clearing the restrictions against Samsung today, and gave permission for sales of Galaxy Tab 10.1 once again.) US District Judge Lucy Koh has banned sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the US while the court decides on the firm’s patent infringement dispute with Apple over the iPad tablet. “Although Samsung has a right to compete, … more…
Asus was the second computer maker together with Acer to unveil the first Windows 8 tablets, one day before the official start of the Computex Technology Show in Taipei on June 4. Asus unveiled a very, very wide range of Windows 8 tablets to say the least. Dual-screen laptops, tablets with disconnecting keyboards, and desktops with removable tablet/screen were just some of the goodies unveiled by Asus. Here’s the breakdown: … more…
Finally, the much anticipated Google tablet is about to be launched and available in store. But how much is know about Google’s first own tablet pc by now? (Update: Google Nexus 7 has now been unveiled.) The Facts The first time the world heard anything about a Google tablet was December 19th through the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, who interviewed Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt as Google was opening … more…