The Raspberry Pi is an inexpensive, low-power computer designed to run Linux and other open source operating systems. It has a 700 MHz ARM11 processor, 256MB of RAM, and an SD card slot for storage. The Raspberry Pi may not exactly be a speed demon -- but it's cheap, costing just about $35 for a basic model with 2 USB...
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A while back we heard that a new tablet from Sony had passed through the FCC, going by the model number of SGPT1211 which was dubbed to be a successor to the Sony Tablet S released last year. Based on a leaked slides, the SGPT1211 is the 16GB model of Sony's next tablet. The tablets will now fall under the Xperia brand which is currently used for their smartphones, including the Sony Xperia Ion. The tablet will be available in the above mentioned 16GB variant for $449.99 and will also be available with 32GB and 64GB of storage for $549.99 and $649.99 respectively.
The slides also give us more information about the upcoming Sony tablet. It will be powered by an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor, feature a 9.4 inch display with a 1280 x 800 resolution and have an 8 megapixel rear facing camera and a 1 megapixel front facing camera. The 6000mAh battery included is said to last for 10 hours of web browsing via Wi-Fi, up from 5 hours on the first gen Sony Tablet S. The second gen Sony tablet also features Bluetooth 3.0, 3G, HDMI, DLNA, SD card slot and ST ports.
We can also see from the slides that the tablet will feature a similar wedge design to that of the Tablet S but, is around 42% thinner. One of the slides which indicates the differences between the first gen Tablet S and this second gen is that it will run ICS or later, so there is a chance that Sony could release this with Android Jelly Bean out the box. Which ever version of Android it does ship with however, as always there will be a few Sony tweaks, this time including a feature called "Guest Mode". This means that you can set the tablet up for others to use as a guest user and you are able to limit the number of apps available which could be useful if you were letting a child use it for example but, didn't want to allow them access to games such as GTA which is available on Google Play.
The source who leaked the photos claims to work for Sony and suggests a September release date. As well as the tablet, there are a number of accessories that will be available for the Sony tablet.
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The ASUS Transformer Tablet 810 (TF810C) is the company's 11.6-inch Windows 8 tablet running on an Intel CPU -- not to be confused with the 10-inch Windows RT model announced at Computex earlier this summer. The Tablet 810 just made the obligatory FCC stop on its way to launch. ASUS still hasn't released details regarding pricing and availability. However, now...
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Samsung appears to be working on a tablet with an 11.8 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel display. It's called the P10 (or at least that's its code-name), and The Verge spotted a mention of the upcoming tablet in a court document revealed as a result of Apple's lawsuit against Samsung. In other words, the latest battle in the patent wars...
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The Acer Iconia Tab A210 is a 10.1-inch tablet with a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor inside. While very similar in look and specs to currently available Iconia Tabs, it has a few features that will make it stand out and also less expensive than its brethren. It looks like the Tab getting closer to a release date since the...
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When Barnes & Noble introduced the Nook Color then the Nook Tablet, they each cost far less than most slates on the market. The bookseller partially achieved this by leaving out some hardware, such as cameras, Bluetooth, and GPS radios. Despite this lack, it's now possible to use both Nook tabs as GPS navigation devices. This week the $4.99 ForeverMap...
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The A10 Media PC is small computer with an Allwinner A10 processor designed to turn any TV into a PC. It ships with Google Android 4.0 software, but thanks to the A10 chip, it should also support Ubuntu and other Linux operating systems. Cloudsto Electronics is selling the A10 Media PC in the UK for £69.99, or about $109 US. Here's...
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The Smallart U-Host is a tiny, hackable computing device that runs on Android 4.0. The folks at CNXSoft just reviewed the Mini PC and found it to be a capable little device. It's easy enough to understand out of the box for mainstream users with Android experience and a treasure trove of customization for those with a hacker bent. The...
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When Microsoft introduced the Surface tablet in June, the company promised that the first models would be available around the same time that Windows 8 launches. Now the company has confirmed that you'll be able to buy a Surface tablet the same day Windows 8 goes on sale. Windows 8 goes on sale October 26th, and according to an SEC document...
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Research in Motion hasn't officially announced any plans to launch a 10 inch BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, but a member of the Vietnamese Tinhte forum has posted pictures of what appears to be a PlayBook with a 10 inch display. As you'd expect, it's larger than the current 7 inch PlayBook, but it also appears to have a 4:3 aspect ratio...
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Back in 2010, Peppermint OS burst onto the scene. The lightweight Linux distro received plenty of attention because of its focus on cloud integration, due in no small part to its arrival just ahead of Chrome OS and the Cr-48. This week, lead developer Kendall Weaver announced the availability of Peppermint OS 3. Weaver and his team have focused on...
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As well as selling out in the UK and the US, the 16GB Nexus 7 tablet also sold out in Canada. The 16GB Google Nexus 7 tablet is now available again through the Google Play Store. There is a 3-5 shipping delay but, this has been a pretty standard time frame for the Nexus 7 tablets.
While the 16GB model was out of stock, the 8GB model remained available to purchase. In Canada however, the 8GB model is now also out of stock which appears to have happened shortly after Google put the 16GB model back on sale. If you haven't yet ordered your Nexus 7 tablet, it's advisable that you do so while the tablet is listed as in stock as it's quite possibly that stock will soon deplenish again.
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The Apple versus Samsung legal battle is still raging. Most recently, Apple claimed that Google had warned Samsung about the similarities between the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Apple iPad, and that it has internal communications from Samsung as proof.
The California-based corporation which owns the Android Operating System supposedly advised the Korean company to make a design that may be recognizable when juxtaposed with the Apple tablet.
The documents also show that other designers also gave the same advice to Samsung regarding the Samsung Galaxy S phone and that it would be better if innovation was undertaken. Reportedly, Apple even has documents to show that Samsung stated that the similarities between the Galaxy S and the Apple-branded iPhone are lamentable.
Thus, the similarities between the Samsung and Apple products are not, as Samsung alleges, the result of an accident or a natural course of events. Apple further claims that the likenesses are intentional and due to Samsung's desire to take part in the success that Apple had gotten with their tablet.
Of course, Samsung's legal team will try to find loopholes against these documents that Apple will bring to court. For one, the relevance of the third-party advice received by Samsung could be questionable. Moreover, Apple naturally chose the communications that favor their case against Samsung.
It remains to be seen just where Samsung and Apple will end up with this legal showdown, and what long-term effects it will have on their companies and on the consumers.
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The Dell Streak 7 when launched, was one of the first tablets to feature an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor but, had a relatively low resolution of 800 x 480 compared to other tablets on the market and came with Android 2.2, while other tablets on the market were coming with Android Honeycomb. Since it's release, Dell have updated it to Android 3.2 Honeycomb but, by unofficial means, the tablet had Android 4.0 ported to it.
The Dell Streak 7 is now discountiuned and as it didn't receive Android 4.0 officially, it's very unlikely to receive an update to Android Jelly Bean through official means. Fortunately, developers over at TabletROMs have ported Android 4.1 to the Streak 7. CyanogenMod10 updates the Dell Streak 7 tablet to Android 4.1, gives the tablet a faster interface, improved search and a better keyboard. CyanogenMod10 also brings Google's Answer to Siri which, when you ask the tablet questions it speaks the answer out loud to you.
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Chinese device maker Kimdecent has introduced a new mini PC called the Droid Stick T4. Like an MK802, the Droid Stick T4 looks like a USB flash drive, but it's really a little computer featuring an Allwinner A10 ARM Cortex-A8 processor and 4GB of storage. But Kimdecent's new model ships with 1GB of RAM instead of 512MB, features an HDMI...
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Casio is no stranger to mobile computing devices, and V-T500 rugged Android tablet carries on the tradition. It's a ten-inch tablet that's aimed at users in demanding work environments where drop protection (up to one meter) and moisture and dust resistance are absolute musts. Inside the shock-absorbing casing you'll find a dual-core TI OMAP 4460 processor clocked at 1.5GHz, 1GB...
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Ever since the first Google Chrome OS laptops came into existence, hackers have been trying to figure out how to load Ubuntu and other Linux distributions onto the machines. After all, the Chromebooks and Chromeboxes put out by Samsung and Acer have some nice hardware and don't cost too much. However, some find the browser-based operating system too limiting as...
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Most devices revealed at recently held Computex had already been seen offered in the real market. Hence, FCC on the other hand, is the one facilitating the first step of these gadgets to enter over the U.S. hubs. To make some review, Asus had participated on the latest tradeshow with their Tablets 810 and 600 anyways.
Just recently, a new FCC filing was seen in the form of an Asus tablet codenamed as Asus TF600T. This device however, seems much alike with the Tablet 600, by which had became one of the ARM Windows 8 slates based on the NVIDIA Tegra 3 chip with a standard 10.1-inch panel and a 1366 x 768-pixel display resolution.
With regards to the Asus TF600T, this device has a Super IPS+ screen display, a 2 GB of RAM and a 32 GB of eMMC flash memory. Also, the slate comes with Wi-Fi connectivity, NFC, Bluetooth features plus an 8 MP rear and a 2 MP front-facing built-in cameras. The device is an 8.35mm thick and weighs about 520 grams.
Nonetheless, we just need to officially hear it straight from Asus regarding this transformer-like tablet model to finally confirm this thing.
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Are you always on the go and engaging on business stuffs more often? Well mind you, there are a lot of available devices these days in the market that may suit your daily techy needs! Nonetheless, two of these offerings codenamed as V-T500-GE and V-T500E tablets are from the well-known company Casio.
Just today, Casio had introduced not just one, but two Android 4.0 tablets especially made for business users. These slates are based on the idea of being tough yet smart devices. The two tablets are well designed to withstand the splashes, drops or dust either. With their shock-resistant features plus the IP54 standards, these slates would be protected against hassle and unexpected wind and water elements.
The slates' details include 1.5 GHz dual-core processors and 10.1-inch screen displays with LED backlight. Plus NFC read/write, hand belts for secured holding, a neck strap and a digital pen support. However, it's not exactly clear if both tablets would come with similar specs and features.
Casio yet didn't post any info regarding the pricing and availability of these 2 tablets so far. So let's just tuned in with their further announcements to be made.
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SoftMaker is best known for making full-featured yet lightweight office apps for Windows Mobile devices. Now that iOS and Android dominate the mobile space, the company is branching out. Last year the company started testing their mobile office suite for Android. It's been in private then public beta for almost a year, and this week the second release candidate is...
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The ability to beam content from a device to an HDTV or other large display is a coveted feature, especially now that media is spread out across tablets, smartphones, laptops and other portable devices. There are several different solutions, such as Intel's WiDi, DLNA, Apple's AirPlay and more, there is no universal standard yet. The Wi-Fi Alliance hopes to change...
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Yesterday we saw a Swedish website publish the price of the Surface tablet and Surface Pro, with the base model having a retail price of around $1000. This is considerably more than we were expecting the Windows powered tablet to retail for. The Swedish website in question has been contacted and has confirmed that the price has been marked up. The Swedish website Webhallen has confirmed that they haven't received any pricing information from Microsoft and any one who has or does order the tablet from them, will have their order cost adjusted before being shipped and is not going to over charge any one.
"Just to clarify, we have not received any pricing from Microsoft regarding MRSP or purchasing net cost, and any people who have booked the Surface at this high price will of course have their order adjusted before any product is shipped. So we're not going to overcharge anyone for being an early adopter."
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Microsoft might price its forthcoming Surface tablet between US$1,000 and US$2,000 despite earlier speculation that Microsoft will settle for a lower price to allow it compete with other tablets.
A Swedish website already has published prices for the four upcoming tablets. Among them, the cheapest one is priced at 6,990 kroner, or around US$1,002. Meanwhile, the most expensive of the lot is retailing for 14,990 kroner or around US$2,150. Windows RT and Windows 8 Pro tablets are both included in the pricelist.
That said, the cost of living in Sweden is a bit high, so the price of the tablet might have soared because of that factor. On the other hand, the iPad is also relatively inexpensive in the same country, retailing for 5,395 kroner or only US$773 for the least expensive model, and 7,195 kroner or US$1,032 for the costliest one.
In interviews, Microsoft does not specify the expected selling price of the tablets, but has hinted that its price will be around the prices of an ARM tablet or an Intel ultrabook with similar specifications. Therefore, the price of the Windows RT would be somewhat around US$500 whereas the Pro tablet would probably cost more than US$1,000.
With all the tablets, and even tablet-notebook hybrids out in the market that may be compared to the Surface, Microsoft would have to be wise with its pricing or it could well suffer in terms of sales.
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Apple has announced several software updates to the new Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. One of these is a MacBook Air System Management Controller or SMC Update.
This update introduces support for Power Nap for those who have OS X 10.8 or newer versions. Also, there are several enhancements for those who have a device running OS X 10.7.4.
The Power Nap feature allows the computer to keep performing tasks even while it is on sleep mode. This feature was announced during the WWDC event this year.
Power Nap, which was officially introduced at WWDC 2012, provides Mac computers with the possibility to continue to perform various tasks while sleeping. For instance, computers can still get email, stream photos, receive and updates to notes, the calendar, and contacts that were done using other Apple devices. Furthermore, it allows one to find a missing Mac Notebook or back up files. All these tasks are performed in silence and without the use of lights, allowing the notebook to save on energy.
Apple has made available two flavors of the update. Version 1.5 is for the MacBook Air laptops that were released around the middle of this year. On the other hand, those who have Mac Book Airs launched in mid 2011 and have OS X 10.8, they can download version 1.6 of the SMC update.
The update files 1.5 and 1.6 may be downloaded online.
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The Google Nexus 7 tablet has a user interface that looks like a cross between the Google Android UI for smartphones and tablets. With Android 3.0 through Android 4.0, things were pretty clear-cut: If you had a phone, the notification area was at the top of the screen and you couldn't rotate the home screen. On tablets, it was at...
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