Leader International, maker of the 10-inch Impression 10 tablet, has now shipped the seven-inch Impression 7. The Android tablet will cost just $179 and sport a 1GHz single-core processor paired with 512MB of RAM. Android 2.2 will be preloaded, and much of the cost savings comes from a resistive, 800×480 touchscreen. Core features still come […]
ViewSonic has announced a launch time-frame for its ViewPad 7e tablet, which is scheduled to arrive before the end of October. The Android-based tablet features a seven-inch display with 800×600 resolution, presenting Android 2.3 with ViewSonic’s own “ViewScene 3D” interface overlay. Features are modest compared to high-end Android tablets, however the device aims to focus […]
Android 4.0, like 3.x, will support connecting USB game controllers, Google framework engineer Romain Guy confirmed on his Twitter account. This is welcome news, as Android 3.0 was only meant for tablets, while Android 4.0 will be preloaded onto both tablets and smartphones. At the same time, HDMI output is also part of the spec, […]
At Tuesday’s BlackBerry DevCon, RIM gave developers a beta version of PlayBook OS 2.0. MacBerry.de, the German site devoted to BlackBerrys and PlayBooks, has now posted a video and screenshots of the new operating system. RIM has also posted new tools to help developers write or repackage Android apps so that they can now run […]
Vizio has announced that Vizio Tablet owners can get even more entertainment from their devices with three months free of the Hulu Plus subscription service. Hulu Plus, one of the hottest apps, delivers an extensive library of TV and film content from over hundreds of providers and independent creators. With Hulu Plus preloaded on the […]
Toshiba Mobile Display has shown a possible record-setting 6.1-inch LCD likely destined for tablets and possibly more mobile devices. Despite its size, it has the same 2560×1600 resolution as older 30-inch displays, giving it an extremely high density of 498 pixels per inch. At this resolution, it’s “photographic quality,” Toshiba said, and adds a sense […]
Netflix closed one of the big holes in its free Android app on Wednesday by releasing a version with universal support for tablets. Any Android 3.x tablet can now get the optimized interface and stream videos without using hacks. The movie streaming had been available on Android tablets before, but only in bundles for devices […]
Samsung brought the Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE to North America for the first time with a launch in Canada. While no hint as to a ship date other than “coming soon” is visible, the mere presence of the page suggest the 4G-capable tablet could arrive in the country before the US. It’s expected the tablet […]
A teaser video for the forthcoming NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor has leaked out. Codenamed Kal-El, the system-on-a-chip runs a quad-core ARM Cortex A9 processor, which is accompanied by a fifth Cortex A9 core clocked at 500MHz for running tasks such as web browsing and listening to music. The graphics performance delivered by the 12-core graphics […]
ARM has revealed a new mobile processor design that could make possible smartphones under $100 that still have real performance. Cortex-A7 MPCore borrows some of the optimizations from the A15 and rolls them into a budget design. Although it’s a fifth the size of the older Cortex-A8 at 0.5mm square and five times more power […]
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