Tablets

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. I hadn’t heard of ICD before, either: they’re actually based in the UK and Seattle.…

Tech News Danny Allen

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: https://gizmodo.com/nvidia-ceo-reveals-tablet-declares-his-love-for-apple-5401188 Engadget says a credible tipster suggests it currently runs Windows CE and has a…

Tech News Danny Allen

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. An accelerometer tied to a touchscreen. Why not, right? Seems like a logical progression after we saw this tiny tot of a netbook hacked to serve as a stylus-driven tablet. https://gizmodo.com/converted-dell-mini-9-netbook-makes-for-a-great-interne-5381552 It’s no Courier, certainly,…

Tech News Jack Loftus

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. Here’s what we know: Not much. The leaked sheet contains no image, no real specs and no launch date. The tablet…

Tech News Jack Loftus

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. At 1.5 inches thick, it’s the thinnest 12.1-inch rugged convertible tablet—um, even with that massive…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

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? https://gizmodo.com/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet-5365299 All-in-One Media Tablet or E-Ink Book Reader(poll)

Tech News Brian Lam

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. To quickly summarize, it’s lack of proper manufacturer commitment, the lack of hardware and software, the lack of proper input systems, the high…

Tech News Jason Chen

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. https://gizmodo.com/apple-tablet-to-redefine-newspapers-textbooks-and-maga-5370252 Starting today, four Vooks are available for $7 a pop. They’re essentially part-book, part-video stories and instructional…

Movies Mark Wilson

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). https://gizmodo.com/crunchpad-web-tablet-landing-as-soon-as-possible-for-5307487 The 7-inch (800×480) tablet runs Ubuntu and a browser based upon WebKit. The light footprint software allows its 667MHz ARM processor with…

Tech News Mark Wilson

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. https://gizmodo.com/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet-5365299 The prototype was shown at the Intel Developer’s Forum last week, so it probably has an…

Tech News Danny Allen

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. https://gizmodo.com/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet-5365299 From the concept shots and information leaks, both Microsoft and Apple’s feature on-screen inputs for doing a lot of things, but they don’t…

Tech News Jason Chen

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. https://gizmodo.com/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet-5365299 The Navigator is sort of like a Microsoft Courier in terms of its formfactor and project sharing capabilities, while it unfolds more like a Surface on the table. But…

Tech News Mark Wilson

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. https://gizmodo.com/multi-touch-supporting-bamboo-tablet-joining-wacom-fami-5360362 The $69 Bamboo Touch is basically the product to add a multitouch trackpad to your…

Tech News Joanna Stern

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. https://gizmodo.com/viliv-s5-lightning-review-netbook-meet-mid-5220569 The S10 has a 10-inch resistive, swivelling touchscreen (which means no multi-touch, sorry guys)…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

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. The Price Starts at $630 (with 1.3GHz Atom, 1GB RAM, 32GB SSD, Win XP) The Verdict…

Reviews Mark Wilson

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] https://gizmodo.com/archos-5-internet-tablet-hands-on-android-power-but-w-5358355

Tech News Danny Allen

Add the Fujitsu LifeBook T5010 to the Windows 7 Mulitouch Laptop List

Don’t say we didn’t tell you. Windows 7 is bringing the multitouch laptops and Fujitsu’s T5010 is jumping in the pool too. It can’t do four way touch like the ThinkPadT400s, but it will take two fingers no problem. https://gizmodo.com/windows-7-touch-and-multitouch-gesturing-pen-controls-5147307 You will have to pick up the LifeBook T5010 with its new capacitive touchscreen with…

Tech News Joanna Stern

Lenovo ThinkPad T400s with Multitouch Review: Finger Flicking Fun

The Lenovo ThinkPad T400s looks like your boring tray-table business notebook. But what the flight attendant doesn’t know is that the Windows 7 14.1-inch capacitive touchscreen laptop is the first capable of four finger multitouch and it’s fingertastic! Four Freakin Fingers Up until now most notebooks with multitouch have pretty much blown (including the Dell…

Reviews Joanna Stern

Lenovo Goes All Multitouch On Us With the X200 Tablet, T400s

The most important thing to remember about the multitouch Apple tablet is that it doesn’t exist. So how about two multitouch laptops that do, from another hardware manufacturer that people actually like? Enter Lenovo’s ThinkPad X200 tablet and T400s. The big news of these two is the 14.1-inch T400s business portable which Lenovo has turned…

Tech News John Herrman

ASUS’ Future Netbooks (Including Nvidia Ion and Multitouch Models) Forget XP, Run Windows 7

Arrivederci Windows XP on netbooks? If you believe leaked road maps, ASUS will release a handful of new netbooks in the U.S. running Windows 7 (Starter and Home Premium editions) and a 12-inch Eee PC with Nvidia’s Ion. There was speculation that many netbook vendors wouldn’t choose Windows 7 Starter because of its limitations, including…

Tech News Joanna Stern

Sleek Vega Tablet with Android 2.0, Touchscreen, and 3G Arrives Next Year

Mystery Nvidia Tablet Identified: 2010 Arrival and Android Rumored

Dell Mini 9 Accelerometer Hack Creates One Affordable Little Windows Tablet

Mysterious Cowon W2 Is an Atom-Equipped Something or Other

Dell Latitude XT2 XFR Is the Mil Spec Multitouch Tablet for Judge Dredd Wannabes

Your Choice: A Universal Media Tablet or an E-Ink Reader?

Five Reasons Why Tablet Computing Wasn’t Successful

Apple Tablet Books Need to Be Better than Vooks

Lighthouse SQ7: A Tablet that Shouts at Twitter

Hanvon Slate Packs Windows 7 Multitouch Into a Shiny Aluminum Shell

Apple and Microsoft Tablets: Hardware Keyboard or Software Keyboard?

Apple’s 1987 Knowledge Navigator Makes New Tablets Look Bad

New Wacom Bamboo Is First Graphic Tablet with Tactile Multitouch Capability

Viliv’s S10 “Blade” Netbook Tablet Boasts 10 Hours of Battery Life and Windows 7

Viliv S7 Review: Looks So Good, Tastes So Bad

Archos 5 Android Internet Tablet: Amazon Taking Pre-Orders

Add the Fujitsu LifeBook T5010 to the Windows 7 Mulitouch Laptop List

Lenovo ThinkPad T400s with Multitouch Review: Finger Flicking Fun

Lenovo Goes All Multitouch On Us With the X200 Tablet, T400s

ASUS’ Future Netbooks (Including Nvidia Ion and Multitouch Models) Forget XP, Run Windows 7

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