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more about #tablets more comments → Scaramanga: I think the most crucial thing about the ChromeOS and its relevance to tablets is the fact that it can run on ARM instead of exclusively x86. This ma... more » OCEntertainment: While there's little wrong with what you've laid out here, Blam, the question still remains: why? I mean, yeah Google is the one company that could do... more » Mikestan: I don't agree with this article. Google stands to make more money buy staying out of the hardware game and letting companies make the hardware with t... more » OMG! Ponies!: As unreasonable as it sounds, I don't like ad subsidization, especially when it comes to the web. It's garish, distracting, and utterly obnoxious. I... more » Jedo10: A great what if, but I think google already knows it doesn't have to make the hardware. They know the money is in the software and they know that more... more » Navin R Johnson: Google has yet to make any hardware and it seems like their business model is to stay in software. My guess is they'll continue to leave the low prof... more » Hearthatvoiceagain: Oh Great, so to add to the rumours of the Apple Tablet are we going to get rumours of a Google Tablet.? more » Sockatume: It made sense for Google to make a phone, for the same reasons. So by analogy I suspect Google will release a Chrome OS build optimised for tablets, r... more » Alfisted: Unlike a phone, I'm hard pressed to see how a branded tablet would get more eyeballs for GOOG. more » Xeno: I'm quite conflicted about this device. The hardware looks nice! The internet only OS concept really leaves me wanting more. Sure sometimes I want to ... more » Alfisted: I have this thing... it's called a "laptop". It has a nicely sized screen, full sized keyboard, DVD, local storage and processing power to spare. It... more » Golf_Nut: As someone that doesn't buy or get newspapers/magazines delivered to the house it seems like a great gadget to have around the house to read online co... more » jpitsch: Chandra is a piece of shit, and clearly very shady, I sincerely hope this pad fails. I cannot wait until Apple comes to market and crushes this thing. more » The Lab: I was explaining the CrunchPad story last night and I realized that the party line (that fusion garage screwed arrington) is all backwards. If Fusion... more » dagamer34: People, software can be upgraded later, but you're paying $500 for hardware. Just keep that in mind. I doubt it would be that hard to add a media play... more » -
#opinion
Why Google Should Make a Tablet
The Joojoo web tablet (AKA crunchpad) is a pretty neat idea! I kind of just wish Google was making it. I mean, if there's any company in the world suited to making one, it's Google. More » -
#joojoo
Fusion Garage JooJoo Tablet Hands-On
From the webcast yesterday, the JooJoo (previously named Crunchpad) seemed flimsy and barely working. But now that we spent a good deal of hands on time with it, we can say that Fusion Garage executed an internet tablet quite well. More » -
#tablets
Camangi WebStation: 7 Inches of Android Tablet for $400
The Camangi WebStation has been floating around for a few months now in little more than proof of concept form. Now, it's on the cusp of being a real product, released next month for $400. More » -
#crunchpad
Crunchpad Lives, and So Does the Ambiguous Price Tag: $300 to $400
Last we looked in on Michael Arrington's ballyhooed Crunchpad, the little guy wasn't doing so well. Wrong! Well, wrong according to Michael Arrington, anyway. Nevertheless there are assurances today that the tablet is on track and still very much alive. More » -
#android
Sleek Vega Tablet with Android 2.0, Touchscreen, and 3G Arrives Next Year
I'm psyched to see Android moving into tablets. Some of the first will be from Innovative Converged Devices (ICD), who say their Tegra-powered 7-, 11-, and 15-inch tablets will arrive through "tier one" carriers in the first half of 2010. More » -
#nvidia
Mystery Nvidia Tablet Identified: 2010 Arrival and Android Rumored
An update on that sleek, but unknown Nvidia Tablet we showed you yesterday. As widely expected, it's actually a prototype Tegra-based device built by an ODM for Nvidia to shop around to wireless carriers worldwide. Here's what we may know: More » -
#hacks
Dell Mini 9 Accelerometer Hack Creates One Affordable Little Windows Tablet
The hacktastic Dell Mini 9 goes well with all sorts of aftermarket add-ons and OS's, including this latest addition: Updated. More » -
#cowon
Mysterious Cowon W2 Is an Atom-Equipped Something or Other
It's a bit of a stretch in reasoning, but some leaked docs seem to hint, subtly, that media player manufacturer Cowon is dipping a toe into the world of tablets with the Atom-powered W2. More » -
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#tablets
Dell Latitude XT2 XFR Is the Mil Spec Multitouch Tablet for Judge Dredd Wannabes
The Latitude XT2 XFR is a ruggedized version of Dell's XT2 tablet built to MIL-810G standards for taking an ass-beating: It's got an impact resistant, sunlight-viewable 12-inch multitouch LED-backlit display, compression sealed orifices, and works in temperatures from 10-140 degrees. More » -
#questionoftheday
Your Choice: A Universal Media Tablet or an E-Ink Reader?
E-ink readers are great for book replication, but can't play back video. A tablet like Microsoft's Courier or the Apple Tablet may not handle books as well, but can do it all. Which is for you? More » -
#tablets
Five Reasons Why Tablet Computing Wasn't Successful
It's still debatable whether tablet computing is going to be successful, but a NYT reader and long-time tablet disliker sent in this list of five reasons why the tablet hasn't succeeded yet. More » -
#media
Apple Tablet Books Need to Be Better than Vooks
Yesterday, we explored Apple's discussions with newspaper, magazine and textbook publishers about creating a new type of hybridized media for an Apple tablet. Vooks—interactive books for the PC/iPhone—are a telling example of such an idea gone wrong. More » -
#tablets
Lighthouse SQ7: A Tablet that Shouts at Twitter
I'm still holding out for the internet-surfing CrunchPad, but the $250 Lighthouse SQ7 is an interesting take on a tablet just for the couch (especially if you're super in to social networking). More » -
#tablets
Hanvon Slate Packs Windows 7 Multitouch Into a Shiny Aluminum Shell
It may not be the Microsoft Courier or Apple Tablet, but GottaBeMobile's Xavier reckons the Hanvon is a pretty slick-looking device. The 8.9-inch multi-touch screen supports gestures, and would be great to watch movies or fool about online. More » -
#questionoftheday
Apple and Microsoft Tablets: Hardware Keyboard or Software Keyboard?
Whether it's the Microsoft Courier or upcoming Apple Tablet that launches first, the point is clear: tablet are coming. The only question left is how you're going to interact with them. More » -
#tablets
Apple's 1987 Knowledge Navigator Makes New Tablets Look Bad
Whether it's Microsoft's Courier or Apple's own inevitable tablet, it's hard to imagine any product besting this 1987 simulation demo of the Apple Knowledge Navigator. More » -
#wacom
New Wacom Bamboo Is First Graphic Tablet with Tactile Multitouch Capability
Wacom seems to finally understand that sometimes a stylus isn't as good as a finger. The new line of Bamboo tablets includes one that is touch only, another that is pen only, and three with a combo of both. More » -
#netbooks
Viliv's S10 "Blade" Netbook Tablet Boasts 10 Hours of Battery Life and Windows 7
Viliv, who's previously made the S5 and S7, seems to always have a bigger gadget on the horizon, and here at IDF they showed off the S10, a 10-inch convertible tablet running Windows 7. It's super-thin and looks really promising. More » -
#review
Viliv S7 Review: Looks So Good, Tastes So Bad
As a kid, I never ordered a deep sea submarine off the back of a cereal box only to discover it was a lousy little model. But I did fall for the promise of the Viliv S7 convertible netbook. More » -
#internettablets
Archos 5 Android Internet Tablet: Amazon Taking Pre-Orders
The 4.8-inch screen tablet won't get full Flash support until December-ish, but you can slap down your plastic now if you don't wanna wait: 160GB ($330), 500GB ($430), 32GB SSD ($380). No word yet on the shipping date. [Amazon] More »
