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Catch a Glimpse of the Design Process at the Notion Ink Adam 2 Dev Blog

Posted on 28 January 2012

I’m sure there’s lot’s of extremely interesting  stuff that goes on during the development of any smartphone or tablet made by some of the biggest companies out there; unfortunately, these companies are often extremely secretive about what they’re working on, and it’s tough to get a good behind-the-scene look at how these devices are made. Fortunately for us, Notion Ink, the company behind the original Adam tablet, has opened up development blog to give us a glimpse into their work on the upcoming Adam 2. We know nothing yet of […]

Today Only: HP TouchPad 32GB Deal, $219 From Woot!

Posted on 27 January 2012

The HP TouchPad is dead right? Well, apparently there’s still some stock floating around, and Woot seems to have snatched it up. Today, they’ve got it on sale for you. It isn’t quite the firesale price of many months ago, but still a good deal if you like the HP TouchPad. While I haven’t had the chance to give them a try myself, pretty much everyone I’ve heard from has really enjoyed WebOS products, including the TouchPad. It’s of course a shame that HP decided to halt the production of the HP […]

Here’s What Apple Needs to Add to the iPad 3 for Me to Adopt a Third Device

Posted on 26 January 2012

The iPad 3 is expected to be unveiled by Apple in the next few months. I decided to sit down and come up with a little wish list of the iPad 3. This might be somewhat different from other lists that you see out there because I don’t actually own an iPad. In fact, I don’t own any tablet at all. When the original iPad launched, I picked one up, and although I could appreciate the device, I found that I wasn’t using it as much as I would like […]

The Amazing Open Pandora Story Continues

Posted on 24 January 2012

The Open Pandora project has been an amazing project to follow. We first reported on the product, an OMAP-based Linux mini-laptop primarily focused on gaming emulation (but kitted out with some interesting features for anyone interesting in mobile computing) in Dec 2007 and in the last 4 years the product has gone through some amazing ups and downs with spec changes, production issues and community financing but it looks like they’ve made a break-through and that Open Pandoras will be shipping soon. Update: The first devices off the production line […]

10 Reasons Why Ultrabooks will be Cheaper than Traditional Laptops

Posted on 24 January 2012

You might think of Ultrabooks as a marketing push by Intel or an attempt to copy the successfully MacBook Air and in some respects you’d be right but there’s a whole lot more to it than that. We’re witnessing a complete change in laptop design, manufacturing, performance, efficiency, weight, aesthetics and features. It brings real advantages to the end user. It also brings advantages to the design and manufacturing process too and, you might be surprised to hear, will reduce the cost of laptops over time. At the end of […]

A Closer look at the HP Folio 13

Posted on 23 January 2012

Ugly? Practical? Heavy? Flexible? The HP Folio 13 is a strange Ultrabook in that while it doesn’t follow fashion in terms of looks and weight, it’s possibly a good thing because it also packs ports, features and battery capacity that other Ultrabooks don’t.  The HP Folio 13 could turn out to be the sensible choice among Ultrabooks in the first half of 2012 Video overview below. Full specifications, gallery, links to videos and reviews available in the HP Folio information page.

Notion Ink Announces Adam 2 ICS Tablet, Partnering With Texas Instruments

Posted on 23 January 2012

The Adam 2 has been made official by Notion Ink, the startup responsible for the original Adam tablet. According to Notion Ink, the company has partnered with Texas Instruments to incorporate TI’s OMAP 44xx platform into the upcoming tablet. The original Adam tablet may have been a bit too ambitious for the India based company. The original used the Tegra 2 platform, and Notion Ink built a completely customized tablet interface on top of an Android 2.x build. Unfortunately for Notion Ink, Google released the tablet-specific Android build, Honeycomb, shortly […]

Update: Sold out! — Today Only: Acer Icona Tab A500 32GB Honeycomb Tablet for $299

Posted on 22 January 2012

Update: Sorry folks, looks like this deal was too good to last, it’s sold out! We love a nice tablet deal from Woot, and today they’re hooking you up with a refurbished Acer Iconia Tab A500 for a mere $299. Woot sells just one item per day and this deal will be gone at 1AM EST (and could possibly sell out before then). This A500 is the WiFi only variant with 32GB of built-in memory. Out of the box it runs Android Honeycomb 3.1 with a 10.1″ 1280×800 screen, all powered by […]

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