WePad & WeMagazine Ecosystem for publishers

You may have noticed we like covering iPad Alternatives here at Netbook News and we have uncovered a little beauty called the WePad. It is just another tablet but lets take a look at what it has to offer, its a little bigger at 11.6 inches with a 1366 x 768 resolution. It sports an Intel Atom N450 processor and is going to roll out with a functioning ecosystem for publishers to distribute their newspapers and magazines. Its nice to see tablet manufactures get it, tablets have been around for year, but they achieved little success because its a content consumption device and for that to take off, it needs an ecosystem with content!

Behind the WePad an entire ecosystem is started in service, and warranty support for hardware, software platform WeMagazine for the publication and reading of paid content and WeFind for context-sensitive and searchable integration of online content.

Not only will you have access to the WePad App Store but because its running Android you’ll also have access to the Android Market. Brad from Liliputing pointed out that it is most likely the “first non-smartphone devices I’m aware of that’s supposed to have access to the Android Market out of the box”

I have to say this little Berlin startup is coming to the table with what appears to be an application killer or the holy grail of publishing.

Here is a link to the PDF from Neofonie about the WePad

GDC 2010: Foxconn Tegra 2 Tablet Demo & Nvidia Display Walk Through

Digital Aria with a 3D Android Interface

Charbax has come across another tablet, but this time the long arms of 3D have found their way into this Android device. The Digitak Aria brings 3D features for Android applications and works on hardware optimizations.

Thanks Charbax

Unboxing & Hands on: Viliv S10 Multitouch Netvertible

Chippy from UMPCPortal.com got his hands on a Viliv S10 multitouch netvertible or netbook that converts into a tablet for an Unboxing and hands on video. Past checking out what is inside the box he starts up the unit and tests out the multitouch functionality and how it runs with Windows 7.

For the full specs please check out the UMPC Portal Mobile Computing Database for product information.

Thanks Chippy

Need a New Diary? Microsoft Courier a ‘Digital Journal’

Engadget got the inside scoop from a reliable source and has the pictures to back it up. The Courier when closed isn’t much bigger then 5 x 7 photo is just over a pound and based on Tegra 2. Engadget is speculating that it is going to be running Windows CE 6 and appears to have a pen based interface that is centered around writing and drawing with integrated hand writing recognition.

The Courier is also launching with an ecosystem, a corresponding web site that allows access to everything entered into the device in a blog-like format complete with comments. It is also sporting a built in camera a jack from your head phones and will also act as an e-book reader that will also have its own ecosystem. There is no word on who is colaborating on these ecosystems or how much this beauty is going to cost, but we are expecting around Q3/Q4.

Engadget has a whole series of interface photos, please click here to check them out.

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