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Asus eeePad MeMo to ship with Android v3.0

February 28th, 2011 · 2 Comments · hardware news

JKKMobile got an early look at the Asus eeePad MeMo on display at CeBIT this week. This 7″ Android tablet is going to launch sometime soon, and now we know that it will ship with the latest version of Android, Honeycomb, which has been optimized to work better on tablets. In addition to Honeycomb, this [...]

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HP plan to ship Dick Tracy style watch prototypes by end of year

January 17th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news

But actual production won’t begin for another couple years according to Carl Taussig, the Director of the Information Surfaces Lab at HP. This piece of news isn’t actually new. You might recall that back in September I found a video of Dr. Taussig demonstrating HP’s new screen tech at Stanford. Dr. Taussig mentions the prototypes [...]

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Inventec to ship 1 million NookColor e-readers by year’s end

December 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

That’s what Digitimes are reporting: Inventec is expected to ship over one million Nook Color touch-controlled e-book readers to Barnes & Noble by year-end 2010. The company is also expected to land orders for 6-7 million Palm WebOS-based tablet telecommunication devices from Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2011, according to industry sources. I don’t like news reports [...]

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Hanvon color e-reader to ship in Q1 2011

December 1st, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

Digitimes are reporting that Hanvon will be shipping their new e-reader with a color screen sometime in late March or early April. That’s not much information, is it? Let me give you another little tidbit. Hanvon will have the new device in their booth at CES 2011. Stop by and have a look.

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Bol.com to ship Samsung Galaxy w\ own ebookstore app

November 26th, 2010 · No Comments · press release

From the press release: txtr, the Berlin based leading provider of eReading solutions and bol.com, the largest online shop in the Netherlands, have teamed up to accelerate the booming Dutch eBook market. From the middle of November every Samsung Galaxy tablet and smartphone sold by bol.com will feature a preinstalled eBook bol.com store powered by [...]

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Lbook T9 Android tablet to ship in January

November 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news

The Ukrainian e-reader company Lbook have officially announced their Android tablet. The T9  will be running v2.1 on a 600 MHz CPU with4GB Flash, 2MP camera, SD card slot, Wifi, accelerometer, mike, speaker, and USB Host (maybe). The 8″ touchscreen is capacitive, and according to the product page it supports multi -touch. Retail starts at [...]

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Samsung Zeal to ship with E-ink screen

November 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news

Verizon accidentally announced the newest Samsung cellphone. There’s no press release yet and Verizon’s product pages don’t list it anymore, but SlashGear got this screen shot before the page was taken down.

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Next2 Android tablet to ship in November – $199, v1.5

October 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news

Word is going around that another of the many Android tablets I’ve shown you in the past couple months will soon be available from the Home Shopping Network in November for $199. The Next2 is 1 of 2 devices from Nextbook USA. It’s based on a 7″ LCD screen, runs Android v1.5, and supports the [...]

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India’s $35 to ship in January

September 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news, Indian Tablet

Techpp.com are reporting that Indian $35 tablet has gotten a name, manufacturer, and ship date: The highly anticipated $35 tablet from India, Sakshat is set to arrive in January 2011, as the government of India has handed over the manufacturing contract to HCL Technologies. HCL Technologies Ltd is a well known Indian computer services firm [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Tab to ship with Zinio, Kobo, & Press Display

September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

Since everyone is covering this tablet, I was going to pass.   It’s not worth my time to be one of the crowd. But I noticed a detail in the press release: The Samsung GALAXY Tab is packed with services to complement and enhance your life in different ways. Access to Android Marketplace lets users download [...]

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