Yellowbook has announced the launch of a new version of its US Yellow Pages application that is designed for use on Android Tablets. Yellowbook’s US Yellow Pages application has already registered millions of downloads on the Google Android smartphone platform. The new Android Tablet app features map-based business listing results and users can quickly find […]
Toshiba formally threw itself into contention for US tablets with the launch timing for the Thrive. Its dual-core tablet is now due to ship with Android 3.1 and should ship to Best Buy and other stores on June 13, more than five months after it was unveiled at CES. The Japanese company is counting on […]
OnLive swung into action ahead of E3 on Thursday with the unveiling of a gamepad that should work on nearly every platform. Its Universal Wireless Controller can directly control the streaming game service from not just Macs or Windows PCs but also the MicroConsole, Android tablets like the HTC Flyer, the iPad, and some Vizio […]
Samsung on Thursday set out its American launch plans for the Galaxy Tab 10.1. The long-mentioned June 8 release will be a special event at Best Buy’s Union Square location in New York City. Buyers elsewhere will wait 10 days later, until June 17. The company also pleased early buyers by revealing that the plan […]
TI upgraded its OMAP chips on Thursday with a much faster model. The 1.8GHz, dual-core OMAP4470 is about 80 percent faster on the web than the older 4430 and brings in the new PowerVR SGX544 for graphics, which is theoretically 2.5 times faster than what it replaces. The extra headroom gives it better performance not […]
ASUS has already released an Android 3.1 update for its Eee Pad Transformer, just two months after the tablet arrived on the market. The upgrade, which was first introduced last month at Google’s I/O conference, enables users to take advantage of new Movie and Books apps, resizable widgets, and expanded support for USB-attached devices. Android […]
AMD has introduced several new chipsets, including the 9-series for desktop configurations and Z-series for tablets. The 9-series is said to serve as the basis for the company’s ‘Scorpius’ desktop platform, based on AM3+ socket processors such as the eight-core Zambezi. The platform will also integrate six USB 3.0 ports and Radeon HD6000 discrete graphics […]
MSI has unveiled its new low-cost 7- and 10-inch Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) tablets at Computex 2011. The Enjoy 7 and Enjoy 10 incorporate the same architecture. They are both powered by ARM Cortex A8 processors running at 1.2GHz and matched with 512MB of DDR3 RAM. To keep the cost down, both also ship with only […]
ASUS introduced the Padfone, a new smartphone and tablet pairing, which includes a touchscreen 3G-enabled smartphone, which can be used to dock within and power a 10.1-inch tablet. Powered by Google’s Android mobile OS, the Padfone system allows users to centralize all of their data and applications on the included smartphone, but take advantage of […]
Intel’s Sean Maloney opened Computex in earnest with a keynote hoping to redefine the ultraportable notebook class. Now calling them “ultrabooks,” Intel saw them as systems that were under 0.8 inches thick but could still start under $1,000. The category included systems like the ASUS UX21 and the MacBook Air. The company saw a broader […]
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