The Vivitek 8.2-inch screen (960 x 768 pixels) ereader from China uses QR-LPD display that not unlike Pixel Qi seeks to combine the benefits of eInk and LCD, basically sharp images, less load on the battery, and of course color images.
The ViewSonic ViewPad 10S tablet shown at the CES seeks to redress the shortcomings of the original ViewPad 10 and it does succeed. It is expected to be available in the U.S by the end of Q1 and cost around $399. The 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen has a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. The ViewSonic [...]
The Buffalo CloudStor two-bay NAS shown at the CES will be available in February in two storage capacities – 1TB CloudStor (CS-WX1.0TL) priced at $170 and 2TB CloudStor Pro (CS-WV2.0TL) costing $270.
Victorinox, which makes the popular multiool with everything thrown into it, has now added more to the gadget. You can now choose the pocket knife plus scissors plus assorted stuff with your choice of USB flash drive, either the Slim with up to 64GB storage or the Slim Duo, with up to 128GB storage. Apart [...]
The 10.1-inch multitouch display OpenPeak OpenPeak tablet shares many things in common with its smaller cousin – the OpenTablet 7 (which, incidentally still has to see the light of day). It is on display at the CES 2011 and like the smaller one, this too boasts a transreflective LCD screen for improved readability. It has [...]
Fujitsu has introduced a laptop with a twist at the CES 2011. It’s the Lifebook 15.6-inch screen AH572 laptop and you get a pair of 3D glasses when you purchase this gadget. Why, because this laptop which will be available from February and will cost $999, comes with a 3D web camera for video recording [...]
The iRiver Story HD is a 6-inch screen ereader that claims to be the first with XGA technology. This gives it 63.8% more pixels and faster page turns. Its got a screen resolution of 768×1024 pixels. The XGA electronic paper display used by the Story HD has been developed by LG. The device has WiFi [...]
Lexar has introduced JumpDrive S70, S50, and V10, all of them USB flash drives. All available in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models and each with a quirk of its own. No word on pricing but these are expected to hit stores this quarter.
The Verbatim USB 3.0 External SSD is just what the name suggests, a portable drive capable of supporting data transfer rates of up to 190MB/sec when used with the USB 3.0 connection. This comes from its 8-channel I/O standard. A single mini-USB port works as both power and data connection. And I find that risky, [...]
Phew…a data card for $1500. What are we coming to. Well, that’s what you pay for in a world where small is powerful, beautiful, and prized. We’re talking about the Sandisk 128GB flash card shown off at the CES in Vegas – it’s been dubbed the Extreme Pro CompactFlash. Apart from the 128GB storage, the [...]
The Acer Aspire AS8950G would have use believe that the market for laptops is not in any way threatened by tablets. In fact, it would want us to believe that laptops are the way to go as far as gaming devices are concerned, in any case mobile gaming device. Again, that is if you can [...]
The Casio G’zOne C771 Android smartphone has managed to keep a low profile at the CES 2011 thus far. It is destined for Verizon. The G’zOne phones are known for their military specs and hardiness, i.e. resistance to dust, dirt, falls, spills, etc. Accidents that would knock the screen off lesser phones or fuse a [...]
The NEC LT-W dual-screen Cloud Communicator tablet features two 7-inch resistive multi-touch screens with a resolution of 800×600 pixels on each screen. The tablet is powered by an ARM Cortex A8 CPU. NEC hopes to push the dual-screen feature and cloud connectivity as the device USPs; but a cursory look tells us that the hardware [...]
The Motion CL900 tablet has a few good things going for it – a 10.1-inch multitouch display and the display is covered by Gorilla Glass a full-fledged Windows 7 Home Professional OS Intel Oak Trail 1.5GHz CPU rugged build to resist dust and water splashes Gobi 3000 chip for wireless broadband docking station with 3 [...]
The RIM Blackberry Playbook unveiled at the CES today is still pre-beta. So, from those that got to handle the tablet we get some performance-related information. This 7-inch touch screen tablet is solidly built, has a flash-capable browser, and if you wish to make use of messaging related functions such as email app, calendar, contacts, [...]
Velocity Micro has announced three new Android 2.2 tablets under its Cruz brand at the CES. These Micro Cruz tablets will be available in 7-inch (Cruz Tablet L37), 8-inch (Cruz Tablet P38), and 10-inch (Cruz Tablet L510) capacitive touchscreens. No information on price and release date, but when it happens we can expect to find [...]
Canon has introduced five new Pixma inkjet printers targeted at the SOHO market. Of these the MX882, MX420, MX410, MX360 are AIOs and the IX6520 is a single function wide format inkjet printer.
Panasonic has announced its plans to come up with a number of Android tablets – the Viera tablet which will debut in 4-, 7-, and 10-inch screen sizes and all models will feature similar hardware specs. No word on a U.S launch or pricing, but information on a Japanese launch for the device is expected [...]
So finally, all those rumors regarding the nature of update to Android 2.3 have been put to rest. Gingerbread gives way to Honeycomb and v2.3 makes way for v3.0. A 1 minute and 33 seconds video is a teaser that tells us a little about the advances to the UI keeping in mind that this [...]
Samsung has announced that the WiFi-only Samsung Galaxy Tab is going to be available for purchase in the U.S in the first quarter of 2011. No information on price, launch date, or retail partners but we can always consider Best Buy and Amazon to be a cinch in such cases. But is it a little [...]
The Samsung Sliding PC 7 series features a notebook with a 10.1-inch capacitive multi-touch display that slides up to reveal a physical keyboard; clearly an attempt to offer the best of both worlds – a notebook plus tablet-like hybrid. It is an interesting form factor and at 2.18 pounds, the PC 7 series is not [...]
Enspert from Korea has introduced, at the CES of course, its 2011 Identity range of multimedia tablets. Of these Android-run tablets the IDENTITY Tab E201 will be WiFi-enabled and the E301 will have 3G and WiFi both and may be introduced in the U.S through a wireless carrier at the end of summer. It is [...]
The 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen HTC Freestyle runs the BREW MP platform developed for Quick Messaging Phones. It’s not your heavyweight smartphone. Its specs and 528MHz Qualcomm CPU are a throwback to the days of feature phones. It does come with the HTC Sense UI though which means it will also have GPS and potentially capable [...]
The Acer Aspire Predator AG3600-U4082 gaming PC introduced at the CES comes with the following set of specs – Intel Core i5 2300 CPU, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 graphics, and 1.5TB hard-drive. It has got a whopping 10 USB 2.0 ports. The PC is available now for a price of $899 [...]
The HTC Inspire 4G displayed at the CES some time back too strives to bring something fresh to the table, unlike other smartphones covered thus far on this blog, the HTC piece stays clear of the slimness fad and instead gives us a new user interface, the HTC Sense UI…to be precise. What does this [...]
