Well, no. But I’m sure a lot of bloggers will spin it that way. Geekwire noticed that Amazon filed for a few new trademarks last week. Both of the really interesting ones had to do with Lab126, the designer of the Kindle (as well as the mythological Amazon Tablet). One patent covers the name and [...]
Entries from August 21st, 2011
Amazon filed a trademark for Lab126 & logo – Could this mean the tablet is coming?
August 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Amazon
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LG, iriver to unveil new e-reader in China
August 21st, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware rumors
L&I Electronics, a joint venture of iriver and LG Display, might be about to announce a new ebook reader some time soon. At least, that’s what 1 site is reporting, but I haven’t been able to find any corroborating sources. Details are vague, but L&I are supposed to be planning to introduce this e-reader as [...]
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TouchPads now out of stock everywhere but Newegg, HP (and they’re offering a refund)
August 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Daily deals
The madness of yesterday’s TouchPad clearance sale isn’t quite over with just yet. The HP TouchPad is still listed as being in stock at Newegg and HP (Sunday morning). In fact, Newegg have yet to reduce their prices and they’re still carrying the TP starting at $399. I would bet that the best way to [...]
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HP Touchpad to go on clearance at BestBuy, past sales get a price-match
August 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Daily deals, hardware news
Now this is an interesting morning. BestBuy decided some time late Saturday night that they would indeed be selling the TouchPad at clearance. Edit: This post is from Sunday morning. The word going around on Twitter yesterday was that BestBuy had decided return their supply of TouchPads rather than sell them off. But then late [...]
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2 New Gingerbread tablets coming this fall from E-Fun – 8″, 9″
August 20th, 2011 · 2 Comments · fcc
Today I started working on my review of the Nextbook Next7, and like all reviews one of my early steps is to find the FCC paperwork for the device. Today I found something rather interesting. The Next7 went through the FCC back in May, which is no surprise. But I also learned that 2 newer, [...]
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Review: Skytex Skypad Alpha (video)
August 20th, 2011 · 7 Comments · hardware reviews, video
I got this tablet from the manufacturer a few weeks back and it has been a pleasant surprise. The Skytex Skypad Alpha is the first tablet I’ve encountered that ran Android v2.3 Gingerbread. This is Google’s second most recent generation of Android, and it shows. I’ve had tablets with Donut (1.6), Eclair (2.0), and Froyo [...]
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Daily Deals: Have you been to your local Borders store?
August 20th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Daily deals
Borders are in the middle of a closeout sale, and there’s a good chance that your local store will still have some ebook readers and accessories left. A reader left a comment yesterday’s daily deals post and pointed out that I’d neglected to mention Borders. He was right; I honestly hadn’t thought about Borders in [...]
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BestBuy extended TouchPad returns to 60 days
August 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware news
BestBuy of Canada may have put the TouchPad on sale, but it doesn’t look like the US branch will follow suit. Edit: This post is from Saturday morning. The largest electronics retailer in the US updated their return policy this morning and added a special clause just for the TouchPad . You now have up [...]
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HP TouchPad to go on clearance at midnight – $99
August 19th, 2011 · 11 Comments · hardware rumors
There’s a rumor popping up all over in the past few hours, but I don’t know that I believe it. HP will supposedly put their cancelled webOS tablet on clearance at midnight, with a price of $99 for the 16GB model and $149 for the 32GB model. It’s supposed to on clearance at all retailers [...]
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Amazon.com is where I go to get free stuff (& why the AmTab won’t be a loss leader)
August 19th, 2011 · 7 Comments · opinion
I was in a debate earlier today on Twitter on the state of the tablet market, and of course the conversation eventually rolled around to the Amazon Tablet. And like most debates on the AmTab, someone brought up the loss leader idea. A lot of people are thinking that Amazon will sell the AmTab under [...]
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