Engadget are reporting on a new printer that will ship with a control panel based on a 7″ Android tablet. The Photosmart eStation C510 is listed for $399.99 and according to the product page, with the tablet you can “browse the latest e-book bestsellers or old favorites.”
Everyone’s jumping to the conclusion that this will have [...]
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HP to sell $400 printer/Android tablet
September 5th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
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Korea Telecom to launch Android tablet
August 29th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Yes, this is another 7″ Android tablet. It has a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, multitouch screen, 8GB Flash storage, SD Card slot, accelerometer, 3MP Camera, and Wi-Fi.
It’s going to go on sale this Monday (08/30) at 300,000 Won (~$254) or free with a monthly data plan.
via Akihabara News
I think Murdoch’s tablet newspaper will fail
August 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
Peter Kafka has the scoop over at AllThingsDigital. He’s reporting that Greg Clayman, formerly of Viacom, is going to head NewsCorp’s new tablet news unit (or whatever they end up calling it).
I’ve pretty much assumed that this would happen, and I’m pretty sure it will also fail. But I never really explained why. It comes [...]
Best Buy to focus on destroying the tablet market this fall
August 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news
Forbes are reporting:
Best Buy is known for stocking thousands of electronic gadgets. To date, that assortment has included just one tablet computer–Apple’s iPad–but that will change in coming months, Forbes has learned.
“Going into the holidays, we will make tablets a focus,” said Shawn Score, the president of Best Buy’s wireless retail unit, Best Buy Mobile, [...]
Cruz Reader, Tablet now up for preorder at Borders
August 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news
At long last the the next hot Android tablets are up for preorder on the Velocity Micro website and at Borders. VM are promising to ship both devices in late September, but Borders won’t ship the CT until late October.
I’m looking at the specs now, and I think I’d rather wait for the Cruz Tablet. [...]
Pocketbook to announce new e-readers, tablet at IFA-Berlin
August 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
They’re playing this one very close to their chest, and I really don’t have much in the way of details. But here’s what I know. First, Pocketbook are going to relaunch their ebookstore with 250k titles.
They’re going to announce a new 6″ and 9.7″ e-readers as well as a 7″ Android tablet. The tablet is [...]
Sinotech Nameless 7″ Android tablet
August 17th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
I’m not kidding, actually.This one really doens’t have a name yet. This tablet is running Android v2.1 on a 800MHz Telechips, and it has 256MB RAM, 4GB Flash, and a HDMI port. There are no details on price and launch date.
I don’t know why they’re calling it an iPad clone; it has far too many [...]
Leader-intl G10 7″ Android tablet
August 16th, 2010 · No Comments · YACT yet another Chinese tablet, hardware news
Here’s another Android tablet out China. This one is slightly ahead of the pack with a 800Mhz Marvell PXA166 CPU, 256 RAM and 1GB Flash, VGA camera, and Wifi. Look at the picture, and you’ll agree that it’s slightly more polished than your average YACT.
It currently only runs v1.6 but Leader-intl have promised that it [...]
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Is Rupert Murdoch really going to launch a tablet news unit?
August 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
There’s a story in today’s LATimes that says just that. But I have a problem. A close reading of the LATimes article does not indicate that the have a new source. For all we know they might be working off the Wall Street Journal rumors we read last week.
Here’s an excerpt:
News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert [...]
Taiwan cell carrier FET to carry Acer tablet, e-reader
August 12th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Digitimes have the story:
Far Eastone Telecommunications (FET) looks to be tightening its relationship with Acer by publicly stating during a recent press event that it will distribute a tablet PC and six-inch e-book reader by the notebook vendor before the end of the year.
Digitimes didn’t say which device FET will be carrying, but I bet [...]
