Apple has officially relased the next generation of its iBook sales platform with a new focus on education. The iBooks 2 for iPa is aimed at providing textbooks in schools. Apple’s textbook initiative already has the support of major publishers like McGraw Hill, Pearson and…
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Ultrabooks of the Future Demoed at Intel Press Event CES 2012
Mooly Eden showed off more of the future of Ultrabook computing at Intel’s press event for CES 2012.
Firstly, he talked about how future Ultrabooks will support touch. In the stage demo, they showed how a user could swipe to flip pages in a digital…
Touchscreens Will Make People Want to Replace Their Notebooks
The notebook market isn’t expected to pick up until the second half of 2012, with Ivy Bridge and Windows 8 not making an appearance until well into 2012 consumers don’t have too much incentive to buy. Further compounded by the floods in Thailand Dell, HP,…
Galaxy Nexus Glitches on Verizon Wireless Have Work Arounds
Galaxy Nexus users have been reporting a variety of glitches in their highly coveted flagship smartphone from Samsung and Google. Luckily there are a few work around available that have proven to fix things, temporarily.
Android Police reported that some users have lost data connections,…
Ultrasound Gesture Controls by Qualcomm at UpLinq China 2011
Qualcomm is always innovating and they’ve got a demo of something we’re not sure will take off, but regardless we think it’s pretty cool. Imagine controlling your smartphone with gestures via the use of ultrasound sensors. The technology uses four microphones positioned around the handset…
Cadillac Releases Linux Based In-vehicle Infotainment System
Cadillac has announced its latest in-vehicle infotainment system and we got to take a ride in the in the demo unit. CUE which stands for Cadillac User Experience and will pair data from up to 10 Bluetooth-enabled mobile devices, USBs, SD cards and MP3 players…
How Windows 8 is Improving Their UI for Touch Input
Windows 8 is being developed from the ground up to support both regular laptops as well as tablets. Therefore, having very good touch response is important. So far, older versions of Windows have not offered touch-friendly interfaces — buttons and many other UI elements were…
Fujitsu Launches 5.6″, 7″ & 12″ Resistive Touch Panels in North America
Modding your netbook with a touch screen is a pretty common thing to do, which is why Fujitsu Components America omitting the 10.1″ panel size is a little confusing. They are the first manufacturer to receive official certification on resistive multi-input panels for the North…
MeeGo as part of an inVehicle Entertainment Platform
MeeGo is going cross platform and in Vehicle Entertainment is on their road map, at the MeeGo conference in Dublin we got to see a demo of it in action. In the video below take a look at a dash board UI is hooked up…
Ramos Miumiu T8-3D PMP Hands On at IFA 2010
Rockchip is making waves in the tablet world as they are a very popular choice for Chinese tablet manufacturers. While at the Rockchip booth a IFA 2010, Sascha got his hands on the Ramos Miumiu T8-3D PMP with a 4.2-inch display and the Rockchip 2016…
US Gets Cheap Android Tablets from Kmart for $150 (Hands On Update)
Update: The Android Blog has spotted one of these at Kmart and posted up a hands on video. The experience is summed up in two words – slow and unresponsive. As with the GenBook smartbook, you get what you pay for! Hands on video below:…
Papercakes – Touchscreen Game for Your Netbook
Papercakes is a fun touch screen game that you can play on your netbook. Paper Cakes is a mind-boggling puzzle platformer on a virtual piece of paper. Find your way to the cake by folding the level itself! The game consists of 40 levels, gradually…
New Chrome OS Extention Targeted at Tablets
Lets talk about browsers, if you’re talking about touchscreen, the only web browser with built-in Windows 7 touch navigation support is Internet Explorer — and that’s only if you’re using Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate. Chrome is a netbook favorite since its got…
WePad Prototype’s Get Cruised by Netbook News
Netbook News got to attend the Neofine Press Conference yesterday and take a look at the fully functional WePad. What was also at the conference were WePad prototypes. The video is in German, but hey so is all the content that is going to be…
iPad Charges while your PC is off via Gigabyte Motherboard
Tablets are the device of the hour, but they are larger form factor peripheral devices, many have the same processing power as a netbook. Yet we would never consider charging our netbook via USB. Each Apple device has its own controller that requests as much…
