NVIDIA in another phase of its Computex show rollouts gave the first real demo of its quad-core Kal-El chip. A graphics and physics demo, Glowball, showed the future Tegra as the first smartphone-class chip of doing true dynamic lighting while still keeping a smooth frame rate, even with advanced physics for cloth and obstacles. Kal-El […]
Synaptics announced it will have flagship customer products featuring the Synaptics product portfolio on display at the 2011 Computex Taipei tradeshow. Synaptics’ industry leading portfolio of innovative multi-touch solutions for the PC, digital home, slate and handheld markets will be on hand. Demonstrations of the performance and features that enable customers to enhance the end […]
HTC’s 4G-capable Puccini tablet may arrive somewhat later than first thought if component providers’ new tips are accurate. Although some had put its release in June, large- scale production now isn’t believed to be starting until then and would have it ship sometime later. Contacts told Digitimes AU Optronics and Apple’s frequent partner Wintek would […]
Taiwan-based Red Flag Software announced at the Meego conference in San Francisco today that it plans offer an OS for tablets based on the open source software platform Meego v1.2. Named Midinux Tablet Edition, Red Flag will show off a tablet running the new platform at the Computex Conference in Taipei at the end of […]
Asus has released a series of teaser images for a new tablet device that it plans to unveil at Computex 2011. It is using its Facebook page to pitch the question, “Break the Rules: Pad or Phone?” With no other details about the OS the device uses, or its screen size, it poses questions about […]
Tablet owners are most often doing something else while they use their devices, Nielsen found in an uncommon look at how users depend on the iPad, tablets and other devices like e-readers. A full 70 percent of US tablet owners say they use their devices while watching TV, and the viewing time represents about 30 […]
Logitech on Thursday formally kicked off its first self-created tablet accessory line both for iPads and for Android 3 tablets. The Tablet Keyboardas the centerpiece is tailored in versions both for Apple- and Google-based tablets and has key layouts specific to each design, including shortcuts for locking the screen or media playback. Either pairs over […]
Dell’s Streak Pro tablet has been seen in earnest through a Dutch leak today. The 10-inch Android 3.0 tablet is now known to be very slim at 0.35 inches thick, though relatively heavy at 1.6 pounds. Performance could be a letdown, as Tweakers understood the Streak Pro would use just a regular 1GHz Tegra 2 […]
Acer and ASUS have confirmed that their Iconia Tab A500 and Eee Pad Transformer tablets, respectively, will get an over-the-air update to Android 3.1 early this June. Motorola’s Xoom was already updated to the latest OS, which proved to boost its performance significantly. All three share 10.1-inch screens and get 1GHz Tegra 2 processors. Aside […]
More details of the upcoming HTC Puccini tablet have been revealed. The company’s second Android-powered tablet after the Flyer, it has Android 3.0 onboard rather than 2.4 of the Flyer. The Puccini also gets a 10-inch, 1280×800 touchscreen and a dual-core Snapdragon 1.5GHz processor. There is also the promised LTE 4G support compatible with AT&T’s […]
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