No one is sure if Baidu’s Android variant operating system is going to be a success or even usable, but Dell has already jumped on the band wagon by committing to a Baidu Yi based tablet. What is surprising about the announcement is that Lenovo…
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HTC Tries to Stop the Sale of the iPhone in the US
If you thought that Apple getting sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe was huge imagine if HTC won its newly filed law suit against Apple to ban sale of the iPhone… in the US. HTC is filling this suit hot on the
India’s $35 Netbook Still in the Works!
Remember last year when the Indian government promised the world a $35 laptop? Well, in six short weeks we are supposed to find out what exactly is going on with the education bound device . Kapil Sibal, minister for human resource development says “All the…
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Hands On with Android 3.1 & TouchWiz
We aren’t seeing to many tablets in any other size then 9….7″ or 10.1″ inches, so when companies come out with odd sizes like 8.9 its an interesting use case to analyse. Its not quite small enough for thumb typing like on a 7″
HTC Aquires Graphics Company S3 from VIA
HTC is making a move in graphics by aquiring S3 Graphics from chip-maker VIA for $300 million. S3 makes graphics solutions for desktop and notebook computers as well as embedded products. You probably haven’t heard of S3 being compared to the big boys of graphics…
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Hitting the Street Shortly?
Samsung has recently released their 10.1 and it seems that this FCC filing reports that the 8.9″ version isn’t far behind. The tablet showed up sporting AT&T’s 850/1900MHz GSM bands which means that the Galaxy Tab 8.9… is going to be coming with
ITRI Enables Touch on Any TV at Any Size at Display Taiwan 2011
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is a R&D center in Taiwan that’s innovating for the sake of innovation but with the hopes that something they create will drive Taiwan’s technology ecosystem forward. Their booth at Display Taiwan 2011 was jam packed with cool demo’s but…
Gorilla Glass Maker Gives Tablet Growth Predictions
We’ve been seeing tablets on the market since the iPad… but is hasn’t been until this year that Apple is seeing some real competition. Seeing this we expect nothing but growth from this category and if you want to gauge how well a segment is
Marvell 10 inch Mobylize Education Tablet Hands On – GigaOm Moblize 2010
Marvell is taking big steps to inspire education with its proof of concept Mobilize tablet the “Moby”. This 10 inch education focused tablet is running the ARMADA 168 (1 GHz) with a WMMX multi-media acceleration engine. Other specs include a glossy capacitive touch screen, 256MB…
Hannspree Hannsbook SN10 Netbook w/ N450/N470 & Non Glossy display
The Chinese Manufacturer Hannspree has come out with the Hannsbook SN10, a new 10-inch Netbook that is available UK via mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse. The device has a matte 10-inch display and is the familiar Intel Atom N450 or N470.
In addition to the…
HDD Will Not Die – Breakthrough Could Increase Densities 50x
We all thought that HDD would eventually go slowly into the night when SSD came down in price enough, but two existing technologies can be combined to create vastly bigger disks.
The two technologies in question are Thermally-assisted Magnetic Recording (TAR) and Bit-patterned Recording (BPR).…
Cakewalk SD-50 Sound Module turn Netbooks into a Music Studio
Learn about the Cakewalk’s SD-50 which is an external sound module that turns your Netbook into a full blown sound studio with thousands of built in sounds and loops. It comes with 2-in/2-out, 24-bit/44.1 kHz audio interface with XLR/¼” inputs/Phantom Power/Hi-Z input, 1 x 1…
Mobile World Congress 2010 Awards Show – Netbook Nation #15
Netbook News awards the best in show as well as the best hardware, future technology and future platform at Mobile World Congress 2010.…
