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Smart Devices to release a true iPad clone

February 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware news

The Chinese tablet maker Smart Devices have recently announced a new 9.7″ Android tablet. It’s not just the same size; they’re boasting that the R10 Ten uses the exact same screen as the iPad. The R10 Ten will be running Android v2.2, and it will get an update to Honeycomb. The R10 Ten will have [...]

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Freescale just named me as a Smart Mobile Device Pundit

January 7th, 2011 · 1 Comment · blog maintenance

Earlier today Freescale announced their 2011 list of Smart Mobile Device Pundits. This is a list of 20 gadget geeks, journalists, bloggers, and commentators who – well, basically this was a popularity contest. The Pundits who made the list got the most votes. In order to thank and honor true industry pundits in the smart [...]

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Who is your Smart Mobile Device Pundit?

December 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

I’m hoping it’s me. Freescale are asking for nominations for their list of Smart Mobile Device Pundits. I’m going to be a little pushy here and suggest that I should be on that list. Who want to nominate me? Earlier in 2010, many of you helped Freescale compile a list of highly visible industry pundits [...]

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Orbit Books Makes A Smart Move

October 30th, 2010 · 4 Comments · opinion

Orbit goes digital first with THE WINDUP GIRL Time Magazine named The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi as one of its ten best novels of the year. And the book has also won an extraordinary five of 2010?s major international SF awards: the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Compton Crook Award and John W. Campbell Memorial Award. [...]

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Smart Devices announce SmartQ V3

August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

Smart Devices have just released some ph0tos and the specs for their 7th tabet. The SmartQ V3 runs Android 2.1 on a 4.3″ screen, with a 600MHz CPU, 256MB RAM, Wifi, HDMI out. The SmartQ V3 will reportedly sell for under $100 in China, although there’s no word about whether it will launch internationally. The [...]

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Smart Devices T7 – Android 2.1, 7″tablet

July 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news, smartq

Chinese tech company Smart Devices have just announced their latest product. They are about to release a 3G equipped 7″ Android tablet running v2.1. They’re calling it the SmartQ T7. If you ask me I think they took a SmartQ R7 and installed Android. The hardware looks identical to me, but this one is reported [...]

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Smart Devices R7 hands on video

April 15th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware reviews, smartq, video

Engadget China has posted the first hands on video for the R7. I’m not impressed. As I’ve aid before, I don’t think anyone should buy the R7. Instead, I think you should get the SmartQ 7. The SmartQ 7 is 2 generations older but has hardware that’s just as capable which runns the exact same [...]

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Smart Devices to release new E-reader – the R7

April 7th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news, smartq

I just came across information on Smart Devices‘ latest product. The latest addition to their line of 7″ tablets is going to be an e-reader. The new device will have a 7″ LCD touch screen with a resolution of 800×600.  I think there’s something funky about that screen dimension; I don’t think anyone makes a [...]

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