Tag: tablet
HP Talks About Notebook Designs, Windows 8, Touch, Ultrabooks
This article is cross-posted on GottaBeMobile. I had joined HP on a press tour earlier this week where the company was showing off its business-class EliteBook notebooks, which is an elegant aluminum-clad enterprise notebook that boasts rugged features that are tested using military specs. During the company’s presentation on design, notebooks design head Stacy Wolff [...]
Weekly Wrapup: Notebook, Tablet and Smartphone News (May 6th)
It’s been a whirlwind week for smartphones and tablets. In case you missed the news and reviews, we have a collection of the hottest news of the week. We also have our top picks for notebook news and reviews to give you some afternoon reading. Smartphone and Tablet News for the week of May 6th The [...]
Notebooks in High Demand, Tablets Poised to be 3rd Device
While some analysts feel that the notebook is going to be replaced by tablets, a recent survey by Dell and Forrester shows that laptops and notebooks remain in high demand in the workplace, where content creation is key. The survey of employees and IT decision makers shows that despite a consumerization of the enterprise, the [...]
Asus Eee Pad Transformer April U.S. Release and $399 Price Confirmed
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is an exciting device that is at its base a tablet like the iPad, but can transform into a notebook with an optional keyboard dock that also adds battery life to the Android HoneyComb 3.0 tablet/notebook. We’ve been following the Eee Pad Transformer closely, and now it looks like we have confirmation [...]
ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Walkthrough Videos Arrive & Excite (video)
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is finally making its way into the hands of consumers in the UK, and we expect a U.S. release very soon. In anticipation, Asus has posted a collection of Eee Pad Transformer videos showing off the Hardware, Sound, Cameras, HoneyComb 3.0, Performance and GPS. These videos have only left us [...]
Dell Panerai Hints at Second-Gen Inspiron Duo Netvertible
A recent FCC application was spotted for a Dell Panerai, which may suggest that Dell may be looking to expand its Inspiron Duo line in the convertible netbook market. While many have praised the original Inspiron Duo for its unique swiveling screen design in the convertible form factor netbook market, the device suffered from poor [...]
Weekly Wrap Up: Notebook, Tablet and Smart Phone News for April 1
Despite all of the April Fools jokes running wild on the Internet today, there is a lot of real notebook, tablet and smart phone news worth checking out. Notebook News For the Week of April 1st: We kicked off World Backup Day with a collection of deals on services and storage that will help you [...]
Low iPad Keyboard Adoption Shows Consumers Don’t Want Tablets to Become Notebooks
Despite the availability of official Apple-designed and third-party keyboards available for the iPad, consumers are not picking up hardware keyboards when buying a tablet according to a report from DigiTimes. The publication says that less than 20% of iPad owners pick up an external or hardware keyboard, suggesting that most tablet and slate owners do [...]
Nook Color Rooted is a Nice Budget Android Tablet (Video)
If all you want to do is read books from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or generic PDFs, then a rooted Nook Color is a great budget tablet. Add to that the ability to get online and read some e-mail, as well as maybe play a few games and you have a wonderful and also very useful [...]
Do You Need a 3G or 4G Tablet? Or is WiFi Enough?
Over at JKOnTheRun Kevin Tofel raises a good question about the connectivity of upcoming tablets, many of which are launching with 3G or 4G versions before a WiFi only version is released. Tofel asks readers if the 3G connectivity is a must have and unsurprisingly the early results are staggeringly on the side of WiFi over 3G. Why would users want [...]
