Ipad 2 specs, Sale on March 25th starting in the U.S

Next generation iPad (Ipad 2) is now official. Here are some key specifications of Ipad 2:

• Apple A5 processor, dual core CPU
• 2x CPU speed, 9x graphics speed improvement
• Front and rear cameras
• Gryoscope
• 33% thinner, 13.4mm to 8.8mm thin — thinner than an iPhone 4, and lighter than the previous iPad
• AT&T and Verizon models, white and black iPads
• Same original iPad battery life, over 10 hours of usage and a month of standby time

Pricing for the new iPad lines up exactly with the original model:
iPad Wi-Fi will be available in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB capacitties for $499, $599, and $699 respectively.

The iPad Wi-Fi + 3G will be available in the aforementioned sizes for $629, $729, and $829.
The new model will go on sale in just under two weeks starting in the U.S. with many more countries joining in on March 25th.

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Fujitsu introduce Stylistic Q550 Windows 7 tablet, Specs, Video

Fujitsu has dropped all the details on its Oak Trail-based Stylistic Q550 Windows 7 tablet here at CeBIT this week.
 Stylistic Q550 Specs:

Storage: Along with your choice of 30GB or 64GB SSDs
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional 
Screen: 10.1-inch WXGA IPS display capable of four-finger multitouch with stylus input
RAM: 2GB of RAM
Optional: Gobi radio that'll push 14.4Mbps down and 5.76Mbps up over HSPA. 
Pricing: starting at €699 (roughly $966) 
On sale 2/3/2011.

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[MWC 2011] MeeGo Tablet UI more picture and video

Intel's landed at MWC with that very same tablet user interface, except it has done a bit of work to the underlying software and it's finally ready to start letting the press play around with it.

MeeGo is a collaboration between Intel’s Moblin and Nokia’s Maemo, an announcement the two companies made just one year ago from the stages of MWC 2010 in Barcelona. 

If you were to closely compare the design of the UI or what Intel is calling its "tablet user experience" to the one we saw back in June, you probably wouldn't notice much of a difference in terms of aesthetics, and that's because most of the work Intel's been doing has been to the code and framework.

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10 Reasons To Buy A Tablet and 5 Reasons Not To

You’ve held out for months, waiting and watching the market for some sign of a tablet that you think you’d like. But maybe you’re asking the wrong question. Instead of “Which tablet should I buy?” maybe you should be asking why you need a tablet in the first place?

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Viliv X7 and X10 Specs

Viliv says they are trying to work with Sprint to release the X7 on their network, but in their press release it’s stated that both of the devices will either land on WiMAX, 3G HSPA, or EVDO networks. Both will support bluetooth and have an “always-on” internet connection so checking email and surfing the internet will always be snappy.Android 2.2 Froyo was preloaded on the device but they hope to have Android 3.0 Honeycomb up and running if at all possible before their releases in March and April. The two tablets will contain stand-alone GPS, a 3MP rear facing camera, and a 1.3MP front facing camera for video conferencing.

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Archos 70 Android Tablet with 250GB HDD

The Archos 70 Internet tablet may just look like another tablet on the outside, especially when compared to previously released Archos-branded Android-based tablet devices. Archos 70 is the first Android tablet to feature a 250GB hard drive under the hood.The device is available with Android 2.2. The press release doesn’t make a mention of upgrade plans, either. The tablet is available right now from Archos.com. It has a price tag that will set you back $349.99.

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Onkyo introduced TA117 tablet with dual-core Tegra in Japan (specs)

Onkyo  has revealed its latest tablet, the TA117 tablet with NVIDIA's dual-core, 1GHz Tegra 250 chipset and gets Android 2.2. Its 10-inch, 1024x600 screen is mated with a front 1.3-megapixel camera, a microSD memory card slot, an HDMI output and two USB ports. Two models will be offered, including an 8GB C1 that also has 512MB of RAM and a more capacious and faster C3 that gets 16GB of storage and 1GB of memory. A dock is optional, and turns the tablet into a little monitor or photo frame. Claimed battery life is 6.5 hours. Pricing for the TA117 hasn't been revealed, but Japan will get the slate on December 31. The dock arrives late in January.

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Image ASUS Eee Pad models teased

Images ASUS Eee Pad tablets from ASUS have leaked via Techinstyle.tv, possibly in a fashion similar to the controlled “leak” from HTC last week. The images appear to show three different Eee Pad models, each with a 10-inch touchscreen display. While little can actually be gleaned from the photo set, we know at least one model will be powered by Android due to the presence of touch sensitive Android-style menu buttons. This model also appears to have a convertible QWERTY keypad. Another Eee Pad model appears to feature a physical keypad as well. According to previous rumors, one of these tablets should run Windows 7 and sport Intel’s Oak Trail processor, while the other two tablets may run Android atop NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 CPU.

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Notion Ink Adam Android tablet gets demo video, interface UI Eden

Notion Ink has released demo video of their Adam Android tablet in action, with the company’s innovative Eden UI interface improvements and management of multi-tasking system. Coaxed into a run-through by Android Police, the demo shows Notion Ink CEO Rohan Shravan made some actions switch between applications customized specifically for Adam applications such as e-book reader, drawing with Canvas, Computer, Gmail, etc. .. together with its USB connectivity.

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Tablet eLocity™ 7-Inch run Android 2.2, NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2, Capacitive Touch Screen, Specs

Manufacturer's information

This revolutionary new Internet Tablet from eLocity combines the power of a lightning-quick PC with the functionality and mobility of a smartphone to create the ultimate technology companion. Built for the Android 2.2 operating system, this versatile device allows constant access to the web with built-in Wi-Fi and can be customized in virtually unlimited ways through thousands of Android apps available online. Power and speed are key features, but equally impressive are the bright, crisp 7-inch screen and the 3-axis accelerometer that will bring your games to life… arcade style. Enjoy your favorite movies, music, or 3D games on the go and never worry about power - with up to 5 hours of video or a hundred hours of music on a single charge of the 2-cell Lithium Polymer battery, this affordable tablet will probably outlast you!

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iPhone 4 Clone Turns into a 7 inches Tablet PC Multitouch

After copying the iPhone 4 in every sense, the Chinese counterfeiters headed to a new declination, the iPhone Pad 4. Indeed, why not turning the iPhone 4 into a tablet PC?
Here is a giant clone not running iOS but Android 2.1. It adopts a capacitive 7-inch multitouch screen 5 point displaying 800×600 pixels and weighs about 500g. You will find a platform Telechips TCC8902 to play 1080p files and it integrates a 3D chip. It has many connections with 2 mini USB, HDMI output, a miniSD slot, WiFi and 3G plug-in. Finally it features a webcam and its battery has a capacity of 3000mAh.
No price announced or availability date.

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Samsung Gloria, the future Galaxy Tab 10?

Galaxy finished the Tab?  Not at all, the line of tablet 7 "and below will still exist but will be joined by their features, their name and their Android phones. A shelf 10 "will actually exist at Samsung but would bear the name of Gloria! So a new line but no longer runs but a Google on Microsoft Windows 7.
But this tablet 10 "would not only Windows 7, it would also have a sliding keyboard, just like the phones of the brand. This keyboard would better handle the touch screen is not optimal for machines running Windows 7. The craft will have more of an overlay software made-in-Samsung. The brand is not new at this, it has launched many such devices in the past.  But never in 10 "and never with the current functionality provided by existing bullets. This device may appear between March and April 2011.

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Prototype Motorola Tablet : Android 3.0 Honeycomb, dual-core Nvidia chip

In conference All Thing D, Google’s Andy Rubin came with a prototype Motorola Android tablet, running a dual-core Nvidia chip and Honeycomb, the next iteration of Android. And he used it to show off a forthcoming update to Google’s mobile maps application.

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HP Slate picture show, spotted in China

HP Slate look at this 10-inch Windows 7, with a couple of interesting features: a 1366 x 768 resistive multitouch display (ideal for tackling the complicated Chinese characters with a stylus) and a webcam. You'll also find a handful of regular tidbits on this 1.66GHz Atom N450 device: a regular USB port, 3.5mm headphone jack, VGA port, LAN port, accelerometer, Bluetooth, WiFi and 3G.

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MSI Wind Pad Tablet PC

Could this be an iPad Hackintosh? The MSI Wind notebooks are a favorite of hackers looking to install Mac OS X on an inexpensive device, and the MSI Wind Pad 100 does share some of the same specs as the netbooks in the Wind product line.

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Asus Eee Tablet eReader/Writer with Integrated Digicam

After announcing their Eee Pad tablet PC, Asus gave us a closer look at their slick looking e-Reader/e-Writer creation designed for students and mobile business professionals. The little slate's features include a 10 hour battery life, 2450 dpi touch resolution screen, pen writing and input controls, a fast screen refresh response time, 2MP camera, USB port, and a MicroSD slot. With a $199 asking price and a September release date, we came away impressed with the new gadget form Asus, but don't just take our word for it.

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Elgato EyeTV HD hands-on

Elgato produces award-winning TV software together with a complete range of TV tuners and capture devices to watch, record, and edit TV and HDTV on Macs and PCs. Elgato is the home of EyeTV, the world's leading television solution for Mac computers. Elgato also produces a variety of world-class H.264 video conversion and streaming products. Elgato is privately held with offices in Munich, Germany and San Francisco, California.

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10-inch Android tablet of Marvell

Marvell's Moby reference design, which uses its Snapdragon-class Armada 610 processor, and will run Android 2.1 Eclair. The rest will be up to whatever Marvell customer is bringing this bad boy to market -- the Marvell executive that let us catch a glance at the device wouldn't turn it on as he feared we may see the mystery customer's logo. We told you we didn't know much, but from what we saw today it sure looks promising. Now, if only we felt Android was ready for these tablets...

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iPad 3G works on T-Mobile, can be hacked to send text messages

Here's a pair of interesting iPad 3G hacks for your lazy Sunday -- first, Apple's tablet is apparently unlocked out of the factory, so trimming a T-Mobile SIM to micro SIM size will get you up and running on EDGE with no further hassle. Not terribly useful in the States, but good news for Europeans who'll have several carrier options right out the gate.

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