Archive for the 'Tablets' Category

Android 4 Ice Cream tablet demonstrated

Posted by Uday on December 2 2011 Add Comments

Though Android 4 Ice Cream operating system based tablet is yet to be available in the market, a tablet has surfaced in China which boast of the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. The tablet is a copy of Motorola Xoom and is powered by dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor. Features include 10.1-inch multi-touch display, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, dual cams, WiFi, 3G SIM card slot, GPS, HDMI, and a 7000mAh battery. Read more

ZiiLABS Jaguar tablet with Android 4 demonstrated

Posted by Uday on December 2 2011 Add Comments

Though ZiiLABS didn’t give any technical information about the tablet running Android 4.0 operating system, it’s Jaguar3 reference tablet has a  10.1-inch multi touch display (1280×800 pixels resolution) and is powered by dual-core ZMS-20 or quad-core ZMS-40 StemCell processor. It also feature 1GB RAM, 64GB NAND flash storage, HD front facing camera, and 12MP rear facing camera. Read more

Tried wiping your BlackBerry PlayBook on OS 2.0 and lost everything? Here’s how to fix it

Posted by Uday on October 25 2011 Add Comments

This morning I was having some trouble with a few games and some videos on my BlackBerry PlayBook. I had updated to the Beta 2.0 software during Devcon, and I have to say I was pretty happy with the new UI and added features. The glitches I was experiencing were a bit annoying, so I figured a fresh start would be a good option. I jumped into the security wipe, let ‘er rip, and when my PlayBook came to life again I noticed I had no apps aside from Setup andBrowser. Not sure what to do from there, I tried a wipe again to no avail. It was then that I turned to the CrackBerry forums for my solution. If you’ve wiped your PlayBook running OS 2.0 already and aren’t sure Read more

Ocosmos OSC9 tablet with Windows 7, smart remote coming next month for $649I

Posted by Uday on October 24 2011 Add Comments

If you’re looking for a business tablet with Windows 7 operating system but haven’t found any thing interesting yet then here’s a great option for you — the Ocosmos OSC9 tablet. This one’s a 10.1-inch slate tablet powered by 1.5GHz Intel Atom Z670 “Oak Trail” processor. The tablet provide 10.1-inch multi-touch display (1280*800), 2GB RAM, 16GB or 32GB flash storage and Windows 7 operating system. It also has front-facing 1.3MP webcam, 802.11bgn WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, microSD card slot, and 2x USB 2.0 ports. But is interesting is that it offers optional Smart O-Bar Multi-controller. It is basically a remote control exclusively designed for OSC9 Read more

HP, Dell Windows 8 tablets coming in Q3 2012

Posted by Uday on October 24 2011 Add Comments

ust the other day we told you about HP and Dell’s plan of entering the ultrabook bandwagon in early 2012 and now word on internet has it both the companies are planning to launch slate tablets with Windows 8 operating system in the third quarter of 2012. Earlier HP was working on a slate tablet based on Windows 7 OS but dropped the project in favor of webOS based TouchPads. Unfortunately even that project failed miserably and HP had to call it quit from tablet segment. As for Dell, it has a tablet in the form of Streak 10 Pro in China. But there is nothing big in Dell’s tablet platter right now. So if this piece of news is correct then HP as well as Dell will get a good Read more

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus available Nov. 13 for $399

Posted by Uday on October 22 2011 Add Comments

Samsung has announced that the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus — its 7-inch Honeycomb tablet — will be available Nov. 13 for $399. It’ll be available at Best Buy, Amazon, Tiger Direct, Fry’s and other retailers. Preorders start Oct. 23. In addition to having Android 3.2 Honeycomb, The Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus has a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, a 3MP rear camera and 2MP front camera and Samsung’s TouchWiz UI on the 7-inch, 1024×600 display. It’ll come in either 16GB or 32GB flavors, with a 4,000 mAh battery, and weigh 345 grams. It’s also got the Peel Smart Remote TV application. So, who’s lining up? Full presser’s after the Read more