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Laptops, Tablets, eReaders

Nokia to Venture into Tablets in 2012?

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 Nokia to Venture into Tablets in 2012?

While discussing the French Lumia 800 launch with the newspaper Les Echos, Nokia France GM Paul Amsellem drops an interesting quote-- "...in June 2012, we will have a tablet running Windows 8."

Nokia itself is yet to officially confirm the revelation, preferring to instead concentrate on the newly launched Windows Phone handsets.

Will the Nokia-Microsoft partnership manage to successfully tread in such Apple-dominated tablet territory?

Maybe (Windows 8 is designed for tablet and touchscreen use Continue reading...

HP Reveals Ultrabook, Notebook Range Refresh

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HP Reveals Ultrabook, Notebook Range Refresh

HP launches the Folio 13-- the first ultrabook from the company-- together with a refresh to the Envy notebook range.

The Folio 13 is 18mm thick, weighs around 1.5kg and has a 13.3" BrightView display. HP says it also has up to 9 hours of battery life.

Inside are either Intel Core i3 or i5 processors, together with a 128GB SSD and RJ-45 and USB 3.0 ports. One model also includes a TPM embedded security chip handling data protection.

Meanwhile the Envy series gets an upgrade-- with the Envy 15 Continue reading...

Barnes & Noble Fires Competition Against Amazon

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Barnes & Noble Fires Competition Against Amazon

Amazon is not the only book retailer stepping into the tablet-infested market-- Barnes & Noble launches a Nook Tablet, a similarly priced low-end offering upgrading on the Nook eReader series.

It has a 7" IPS laminated display, a dual-core 1GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 16GB storage (expandable via microSD cards) and pre-loaded Netflix, Hulu and Pandora apps.

Comparisons to the Amazon Kindle Fire abound-- the Nook tablet has twice as much storage as the Fire, and, more crucially, free in-store support Continue reading...

Asus Primes Eee Pad Transformer

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Asus Primes Eee Pad Transformer

Asus launches the successor to the Eee Pad Transformer-- the Transformer Prime, the first tablet from the company carrying the newly revealed quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor (previously known as Kal El).

The Transformer is best known for having the keyboard dock turning it into an Android-powered laptop of sorts.

The Prime carries a 10.1" 1280 x 800 display, 8.3mm-thick body, 1GB of RAM and 32 or 64GB of storage, together with mini-HDMI output, microSD slot, SonicMaster audio and 2 cameras Continue reading...

Xoom Gets 2 Sequels

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Xoom Gets 2 Sequels

Motorola announces 2 successors to the Xoom tablet range-- the Xoom 2 and the Xoom 2 Media Edition, featuring similar specifications within different sized screens.

Both tablets carry a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 16GB storage, rear- and front-facing cameras, wifi and Bluetooth connectivity and a splashguard coating. The OS remains Android 3.2, even if Motorola promises an upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich is already in the pipeline.

The Xoom 2 has a 10.1" display and a couple of additions Continue reading...

The Upgradeable Kid-Proof Android Tablet

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The Upgradeable Kid-Proof Android Tablet

Customers looking for a tablet children can also use without damage-related worries might find the Karuma PlayBase ideal-- a low-cost Android tablet in a kid-resistant design.

It has a 7" capacitative multitouch display, a 1.2GHz Cortex A8 processor and 1GB of DDR3 RAM, making it upgradeable to either Honeycomb or Ice Cream Sandwich Android versions.

Connectivity comes through wifi and a micro USB port.

Construction is in metal, and it comes with both a a shock-absorbent silicon cover protecting Continue reading...

Netbooks vs Tablets: The Market Winner is...

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Netbooks vs Tablets: The Market Winner is...

Tablet shipments beat netbook shipments for the first time in Q2 2011, according to ABI Research-- with tablet shipments reaching 13.6M units, compared to 7.3M netbooks.

The analyst says Q1 2011 netbook shipments reach 8.4M, while tablet units number 6.4M.

“This is a trend that we do not expect will reverse,” ABI says, describing the shift in shipment numbers as "changing of leadership for the most interesting device type," rather than direct market cannibalisation.

Apple continues dominating Continue reading...

And the Number of Android Tablets Sold is...

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And the Number of Android Tablets Sold is...

Let's use the power of math and calculate how many Android tablets got sold so far-- crunch the latest Android platform stats with the official activation numbers from the Google Q3 2011 financial results. The total should come to... around 3.42 million.

The calculation comes through the Twitter account of Android developer Al Sutton.

However Google's Andy Rubin disagrees-- at his opening keynote to the first AsiaD conference Rubin says there are "a little more than 6 million Android tablets out Continue reading...

Motorola (sort of) Follows Touchpad Example

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Motorola (sort of) Follows Touchpad Example

Guess who was following the HP fire sale? Motorola was, as it launches the Xoom Family Edition-- a Best Buy exclusive selling for $379.

The only differences between the "new" model and the regular Xoom are less storage (the Family Edition has 16GB instead of 32GB) and a collection of pre-loaded apps.

Last August HP started selling off its remaining TouchPad stock for either $100 (16GB model) and $150 (32GB) per tablet, before producing one last TouchPad run following reports of cheap tablets " Continue reading...

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