Now this is an interesting turn of events.
The latest generation XO laptop showed up on the FCC website today. I’m a little surprised to see it there because this is the unit that was launched back in January at CES 2011. But according to the paperwork, the XO-1.75 got a new Wifi card so it had to be certified again.
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Bookeen’s newest ebook reader went through the FCC last week, and I have to say that this is an odd looking beast. All the docs were left visible for this 6″ e-reader, and that means we get to look inside.
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Here’s something I’ve been wanting to see for the longest time.
Do you recall the Binatone Readme Mobile that I showed you a few months back? That model never showed up on the market in the UK, but today I learned that someone sent similar hardware through the FCC. We might see it on the US market before long.
This is an Android tablet that could charitably be called a Kindle Clone. But if you ask me, it is a clone that was designed by a blind man working from a vague description of the Kindle.
Never the less, I want one.
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Either HP are messing with my head or they are seriously thinking about releasing a new version of the now deceased TouchPad.
A new tablet from HP cleared the FCC today. HP decided to hide almost everything, so there’s not much to indicate exactly what we’re looking at.
But I think this is a TouchPad. The paperwork reveals that it has wifi and Bluetooth, and there’s even a mention of the model number: HSTNH-I31C. I would bet that this is the TouchPad Go, a smaller version of the TouchPad a 7″ screen.
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I’ve just been given the most amazing tip about Amazon’s new gadgets. It looks like Amazon may have quietly put 3 devices through the FCC over the past few months, not just the one we expect to see tomorrow.
Update: I just flipped my prediction around. It used to be 2 tablets and an ebook reader. I changed because only the 1400 is referred to as a tablet. The other 2 are “electronic display devices”.
Something you need to know about Amazon is that they are incredibly secretive when they can get away with it. They’ve sent several Kindles through the FCC, and they concealed the Kindle the exact same way each time. Amazon created a dummy corporation for each Kindle and then had the FCC hide all the identifying documents (photos diagrams, user manual, etc).
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Do you recall that Kobo device that I showed you on Friday – the one with the funky corners? Today I learned that it probably doesn’t look like that.
A friend showed me a different diagram that he found in the FCC paperwork. (It was there but I didn’t know to look for it.) The new image shows a rather ordinary looking 7″ tablet with Wifi(n), a microSD card slot, and possibly a headphone jack.
Now it makes more sense but I still don’t expect Kobo to ever release this. This was sent through the FCC by Wistron, not Kobo. That means that Kobo probably passed on it, and I think that becuase Kobo sent the Kobo Touch through the FCC on their own. Wistron also later sent a copy of the Kobo touch through the FCC.
Update: I’ve gotten a hint that Kobo will release this tablet. Whoops.
In any case, this is a topic that will have to be tabled until early November; that’s when the FCC paperwork is revealed.
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Samsung’s latest and greatest Android tablet showed up on the FCC website today. Unfortunately for us, everything but the label is hidden. (It’s actually rather funny that Samsung hid everything; they already announced this tablet.)
When it hits the market, the Tab 7.7 will be running Android v3.2 Honeycomb on a dual core 1.4GHz Samsung CPU. The screen is a 7.7″ AMOLED display (1280×800). It’s going to be coming in a number of different models with between 16GB and 64 GB Flash storage, a microSD card slot, and a pair of cameras (3MP and 2MP).
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Viewsonic’s newest budget tablet cleared the FCC yesterday.
The Viewpad 7e showed up at IFA-Berlin a few weeks back, and it looked like a very pretty tablet in the video. It’s based on a 7″ (800×600) 2-finger resistive touchscreen (it still works with styluses). The 7e is running Android v2.3 Gingerbread on a 1GHz Samsung Cortex-A8 CPU. It has Bluetooth, Wifi, a microSD card slot, 4GB Flash storage, 2 cameras, and it has HDMI out.
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Wistron, one of Kobo’s hardware partners, sent a new gadget through the FCC today. It’s called the Kobo Vox and that’s all I know.
Now, I would normally speculate about the gadget but I’m not sure what it is. The screen shape is rather odd for a tablet or ebook reader; the (screen) corners are far too rounded for most screens that I know of. No large screen tablet has corners that rounded. You can sometimes see that on small devices but not often.
Note that I’m talking about the inside corners, not the shell.
Wistron are calling it an “eReader Tablet”, and it was test for Wifi(n). We also know that it has a microSD card slot and the model number is K080.
It’s my guess that this is a device that Kobo worked on and then decided not to release. I suspect that Wistron sent it through the FCC becuase they have a business partner that is interested.
Update: I’ve gotten a hint that Kobo will release this tablet. Whoops. Also, this is now a 7″ tablet.
We’ll know more in early November; that’s when the embargo lifts.
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About 3 months back Ricoh, the document management/printer/copier company, unveiled their first ebook reader. That device showed up on the FCC website yesterday.
Luckily for us Ricoh left all the documents in plain view. The eQuill is an all-in-one document management solution and it has a 9’7″ E-ink screen, Wifi (n)/Bluetooth, 5MP camera, Wacom touchscreen & stylus, microphone, and an onscreen keyboard. There’s also a 1″ LCD screen that is intended to work with the camera.
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