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Pocketbook 602, 902, 903 hands on videos

September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows, hardware reviews, pocketbook, video

Charbax followed up the press conference video with some hands on time with the display samples.
I’m really impressed with the design on these e-readers. According to my sources, they were designed by Foxconn. They’re a big change from the previous Pocketbook models.

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iriver Cover Story hands on videos

September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news, video

These videos was shot at IFA-Berlin by Charbax of ArmDevices.net. The second video shows the Cover Story using Wifi to visit the WHSmiths ebookstore.

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Hands on videos of Archos’ new tablets

September 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Charbax from ArmDevices.net is at IFA Berlin right now, and he’s just posted his first day’s videos. He spent a few minutes with each of the 5 new Archos tablets.
Here they are, from largest to smallest:

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Viewpad hands on video

September 1st, 2010 · No Comments · hardware reviews, video

Newgadgets.de got their hands on the Viewsonic Viewpad, a 7″ Android tablet.
It’s good to have the specs confirmed. Now we know that it has a multi-touch capacitive screen with headphone, mini USB, SIM and MicroSD memory card slots, 2 buttons and stereo speakers. It also has 2 cameras (front and back).

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Cruz Reader hands on (video)

August 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news

Velocity Micro have just let a gadget blog get a first peak at the Cruz Reader, a 7″ Android tablet. Do you remember when I first posted about this tablet and I said that this looked a lot like the white Novel? I was right.
There isn’t that much in the way of new detail, but [...]

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Toshiba Libretto W100 hands on videos

August 15th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware reviews

I’ve found a series of hands on videos for Toshiba’s dual screen laptop. In case you’re interested, it’s now on sale for ~$1400.
Videos are after the break.

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V3 got their hands on the iriver Story Wifi

August 10th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware reviews

I just found the first review of the new Story e-reader that Iriver announced about a month ago. Befroe you ask, no I don’t think I’ll ever get my hands on it. I do have the email for iriver’s media contact but he’s not allowed to ship the review units outside the UK.
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SmartQ T7 hands on video – Android 2.1, 7″ tablet

August 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news, smartq, video

Someone sent me a link this video they found on Taobao. You’re looking at the latest tablet from SmartQ, one of the better Chinese manufacturers. The T7 is their 6th tablet, and I’ve covered it before. I’ve had my hands on SmartQ hardware before, and it’s generally very good. But I still think at this [...]

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Witstek A81 hands on video – 7″ Android v2.1 tablet

August 4th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware reviews, video

Netbook News have posted a brief video of this $200 tablet. I’v watched it, and it’s a little sad how my standards have slipped; I’m happy that this one has accessible buttons.
This particular tablet is noteworthy becuase of the CPU. It’s using one of Texas Instruments’ OMAPs “systems on a chip” processors, and they usually [...]

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Hands on with the Kno (from the D8 conference)

August 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · video

At long last All Things Digital have uploaded the a video of the presentation where the Kno was first announced.

The video apparently doesn’t make it through the RSS feed. Click here if you want to see it.

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