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Asus has revealed the official specifications of the Eee PC X101. As expected, the laptop will have a starting price of $199. For that price you will get a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixels display, 1.33Ghz Intel Atom N435 processor, 1GB of DDR3 memory and 8GB of Flash-based storage. It runs MeeGo Linux operating system. Higher-end configurations with 2GB of RAM,and a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N455 single

The Lenovo ThinkPad business tablet will launch in the US on August 23rd. It will be available internationally during the third quarter of this year.


The Lenovo ThinkPad tablet has a 10.1 inch capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. It is powered by a dual core NVIDIA Tegra processor. The tablet runs Google Android 3.1 Honeycomb operating system. It will have up

Dell has officially launched its Streak 10 Pro Android tablet in China. It has the same specifications as other 10 inch Android Honeycomb tablets on the market. That isn't a bad thing, though.

While the hardware doesn't make the tablet stand out from the rest, it does come pre-loaded with interesting software. For example, there is this feature called Dell Divide which allows you to create

Search Amazon.com Computers for PANASONIC TOUGHBOOK CF-H2 The Panasonic Toughbook CF-H2 rugged business tablet has started shipping. The device has a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 768 sunlight-readable display which accepts both touch and digitizer inputs. It runs Windows 7 Professional operating system.

The Toughbook CF-H2 is powered by an Intel Core i5-2557M vPro ULV processor. Other specifications include 4GB of RAM (supports up to 8GB), a 320GB, 7200 rpm hard

A certain Pandigital tablet eReader called SuperNova has made an appearance at the FCC website. You can also find a user manual and some photos at the FCC website. Pandigital has a history of launching eBook readers that are actually tablets. This machine is no different.

The tablet comes pre-loaded with a Barnes and Nobles eBook reader app and store. The Supernova has an 8 inch, 600 x 800

The 7 inch Acer Iconia Tab A100 is getting closer to its launch in the US. Several US retailers have started taking pre-orders for the tablet. Incidentally the tablet still hasn't got an official price tag. While Excaliber PC is taking pre-orders for $329, Negri Electronics has a higher pre-order price tag of $390. While Engadget reports that it will go on sale in the US in early August for

Apple's iPad 2 has always been known for its super bright retina scorching display. But is it still the tablet with the best display? Well, it looks like it isn't. A comparison test held recently suggests that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 has got a better display. In the comparison test, the iPad 2 display was compared with those of various tablets including the Motorola Xoom, Acer Iconia Tab A500 and the

We have already heard that Dell is building a 10 inch Android tablet. We have also heard that that machine will hit China before it reaches North America, Europe or Japan. While there is still no official word on a launch date, rumors suggest that it could launch this week. A Chinese tech blog has also published images of the tablet.

The 10 inch Dell Streak 10 Pro runs a version of Google

Ultraportable laptops have never really been cheap. Of course, there are those cheap and portable laptops called netbooks. Unfortunately, they are not good enough to meet all of your computing needs. If you need a portable laptop with decent specs, you still have to shell out a fortune.


When Intel introduced an 'Ultrabook' platform this summer there were talks about it being affordable with

The Asus Eee PC X101 with MeeGo Linux will start shipping in September. It will be one of the cheapest netbook ever to hit the market.


Asus introduced the 10 inch laptop in May. It has a low power 1.33GHz Intel Atom N435 processor, 8GB of SSD storage and a low capacity 3-cell battery. As you can probably see none of these components are high-end. Actually, they were chosen not because they were

Acer may soon launch its 7 inch Android tablet called Acer Iconia Tab A100. Digitimes report that the Taiwanese PC maker has asked Compal Electronics to deliver 30,000 units of the tablet this month.


Digitimes also report that Acer's first ultrabook will launch in the fourth quarter of this year. An Ultrabook is a new kind of ultrathin laptops sporting Intel's latest processors. According to

The AMD Llano based laptops from Acer, Gateway and Lenovo have started shipping. The Acer offering is the Aspire AS5560G-SB485. It has an AMD Quad-core A8-3500M APU with Radeon HD 6470M integrated graphics. This model also has 4GB of DDR3 memory, a 500GB hard drive and a DVD burner. Newegg is taking orders for this laptop for $700.


Gateway, which is owned by Acer, also has launched an AMD

Asus has launched a new laptop in the US. The Asus U56E is a 15.6 inch portable laptop with Intel's 2nd generation Core processors. Best Buy is taking orders for a certain model called U56E-BBL5. It runs $630. The laptop has an Intel Core i5-2410M dual core processor, integrated graphics, 6GB of RAM, a 640GB hard drive and DVD writer.

The Asus U56E-BBL5 measures 1.1 inches in thickness. It

The MSI WindPad Enjoy 10 Android tablet has hit the FCC. According to the user manual the Windpad Enjoy 10 has a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor. It runs the dated Android 2.3 operating system. While the processor isn't all that bad, other specifications are somewhat shabby. The 10 inch display, for instance, has a ridiculously low 800 x 480 pixels resolution.

Other specifications include 512MB of

Taiwanese company WIN Accord has launched a cheap Android tablet in the US. The company's CT 704 tablet has made an appearance at the FCC website. The WIN CT 704 doesn't have high-end hardware. Nonetheless, it is an attractive machine in its own right. Here is a little tablet that you can use as a portable media player or ebook reader.


The tablet has a 7 inch, 800 x 600 pixels capacitive

The Lenovo ThinkPad tablet has the same internals as the IdeaPad K1. But while the K1 is aimed at consumers, the ThinkPad tablet is aimed at businesses and sports some enterprise features.

As we have already stated, specs-wise it isn't different from the IdeaPad k1. It has the same 10.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixels display, a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, WiFi, HDMI and optional 3G. It runs Android

The Samsung Series 3 notebooks are now available for purchase. Currently three models are available - 15.6 inch, 14 inch and 12.1 inch. All models sport Intel Sandy Bridge processors.

The 15.6 inch NP300V5A-A03 has an Intel Core i3 2310M processor, 4GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive and DVD drive. It runs Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit operating system. Other specifications include WiFi, Bluetooth

Digitimes report that Acer will launch a NVIDIA Tegra 2 netbook in the coming months. There will also be an Intel powered Ultrabook and tablets running Google Android 3.2 operating system.

Of course, the most unusual among these is the Tegra 2 powered netbook. While Tegra processors are quite common in tablets, there aren't many laptops with that processor. Although it is highly power efficient

Retailer Staples is offering a $100 discount on most tablets. The promotion is valid through July 30th. To avail of this offer, you have to print out the coupon and take it to a bricks and mortar Stapes store. If the tablet you are looking for is in stock, you will get it for $100 less.

Note that this offer isn't applicable to HP TouchPad, Amazon Kindle or Nook Color.
The tablets that can be

Samsung N100 is a cheap MeeGo Linux netbook for the Indian market. The device has a 1.33GHz Intel Atom N435 processor. It will run the local equivalent of about $275 US.

Like other Samsung netbooks, the N100 also has a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixels matte display. Other specifications include 1GB of DDR3 memory, a 250GB hard drive, an SD card slot, 2 USB ports and Intel GMA 3105 integrated

HP has launched a new consumer-oriented notebook. In terms of looks the HP Pavilion 2000-210US isn't all that different from the business oriented HP 630. Both models have the same charcoal gray chassis. But while the Pavilion 2000-210US has a glossy BrightView display, the HP 630 has an anti-glare display.

The Pavilion 2000-210US is powered by a dual core Intel Pentium P6200 processor with

Apple has finally refreshed its MacBook Air with Intel's latest Sandy Bridge processors. Apple has left the chassis unchanged. The new MacBook Airs still sport that classy narrow aluminum casing. The keyboard is now backlit. The original MacBook Air had backlit keyboards, but Apple dropped that feature when they refreshed the laptop in 2010. Now the illuminated keys are back making typing a much

Most top of the line tablets on the market have a dual core Tegra 2 processor now. But it was Notion Ink, an unknown Indian startup, that first launched a tablet with the said processor. The Notion Ink Adam has several other firsts too. It is still the first and the only tablet on the market to have a 10 inch sunlight readable Pixel Qi display. Now the company is all set to launch Adam 2.

Samsung will launch several new notebooks in the coming months as part of the company's back to school lineup. Here is an overview of some of the models.

Samsung Series 3 NP300U1A-A1US
This 11.6 inch laptop is due out in July. It has a suggested retail price of $679. At launch, this model will be a Staples exclusive. The laptop has a 1.2GHz Intel Pentium 957 dual core processor and a 1366 x 768

Lenovo has officially launched its IdeaPad K1 Android tablet. The IdeaPad K1 resembles the LePad in many respects. It will go on sale in the US today for $499 and up.


The IdeaPad K1 has a 10.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixels display, 1GB of RAM and up to 64GB of storage. It is powered by a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor. Other specifications include Bluetooth, WiFi 802.11b/g/n and optional 3G

At last Lenovo has officially introduced its IdeaPad P1 Windows 7 tablet. The company first showed off the tablet at CES in January. The Lenovo Ideapad P1 has a 1.5Ghz Intel processor and a 10.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixels display. Other specifications include 2GB of RAM and up to 64GB of storage. The tablet will reportedly be available in the US during the fourth quarter of this year. That means it

Vizio VTAB1008, the first Android tablet from Vizio, is now available for purchase from the Vizio website for $379.99. The tablet will be available in stores next week. You can also place your order through Amazon, Walmart and other retailers. But while the Vizio website says that the tablet is in stock, Amazon and other retailers are still taking pre-orders.
The Vizio VTAB1008 tablet has been up

A 10 inch HTC Android tablet codenamed HTC Puccini could hit the market sometime soon. It has received green signal from the FCC. And now word is that the company has also started mass production.


The HTC Puccini could very well be the first 4G LTE tablet on AT&T's network. The FCC documents reveal that Puccini is compatible with AT&T's existing 3G network. It will also work with the carrier's

RIM launched its first ever tablet - the BlackBerry PlayBook - earlier this year to mixed reviews. While most reviewers praised the tablet for its nice operating system and excellent multitasking capabilities, many also pointed out that it had several shortcomings. The tablet, for instance, runs the QNX based BlackBerry operating system which has few apps available at the moment. Although RIM is

The Asus Eee PC X101 is a 10 inch laptop designed to run MeeGo Linux. It runs just $200 and uses an 8GB SSD for storage. The laptop is expected to launch in the US later this summer.

There will also be a slightly different version of this laptop called Eee PC X101H. It will run Windows operating system and will have a higher capacity battery. The X101H has now hit the FCC, but that doesn't

Intel has announced three new Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) processors for notebooks. The new Core i5 and i7 ULV processors have clock speeds ranging between 1.7GHz and 1.8GHz.
The new ULV processors belong to Intel's latest Sandy Bridge platform. They have a total power draw (TDP) of 17W which makes them twice as power efficient as standard voltage Core i5 and i7 processors. All three chips can be

Samung has made new additions to its Series 9 laptop lineup. The new models added to the lineup are the 13 inch Samsung NP900X3A and the 11-inch Samsung NP900X1B. These are part of Samsung's back-to-school thin and light laptop offerings.
There are three new 13.3 inch models. They measure just 0.62 inches in thickness and weigh 2.89 lbs. All models feature Intel's Core i5 and i7 processors. The

AMD has announced a new gaming graphics card. According to AMD, its Radeon HD 6990M is the fastest gaming graphics card in the world. The chip maker has even gone to the extend of claiming that the 6990M GPU is up to 25% faster than any other announced notebook graphics card. That means it is even faster than the recently announced NVIDIA GTX 580M GPU.

The Radeon 6990M is compatible with

The 10 inch Acer Iconia Tab A500 Android tablet has been available for a while. Currently two models are available - one with 16GB of storage and another with 32GB of storage. It looks like a third model with 64GB of storage is also coming.


Acer has filed documents with FCC for a model with a 64GB of SSD and AT&T's 3G modem. The new model is called Acer Iconia Tab A501. There is no word on

The HP TouchPad tablet is now available for purchase in Europe and Canada. The device has been available in the US for a few weeks.

The 16GB model is selling for 479 Euros in France and Germany. In Canada it runs $450 and up. In the UK, it is priced at 399 pounds. A 32GB model is also available in all of these countries.

The HP TouchPad has a 9.7 inch multitouch display with a resolution of

The 10 inch ViewSonic ViewPad 10pro Windows tablet could launch in the US soon. A listing for the tablet has hit the FCC website with test results and a user manual.


The ViewPad 10Pro is powered by Intel's latest 1.5GHz Oak Trail Atom Z670 processor. The tablet comes standard with 32GB of storage and has a 3500mAh battery. The FCC documents suggest that the tablet will have front and rear

An Asus Eee PC laptop running Ubuntu Linux has been spotted at an Italian retail site. Last month Asus had announced its plans to launch netbooks and notebooks with Ubuntu Linux instead of Microsoft Windows. The idea is to cut down on the cost. Because Ubuntu Linux is an open source operating system, consumers will not have to pay the Windows license fee when they configure the laptop with Ubuntu

Haier, Chinese consumer electronics company, has introduced a new 7 inch Android tablet in the Chinese market.

The Haier HaiPad runs a dated Android 2.2 operating system with a custom user interface running on top of it. The custom UI features an app tray at the bottom of the screen. The app tray gives quick access to up to four apps.

The HaiPad doesn't have particularly impressive specs. It

The Dell Latitude E6420 notebook is now available with Verizon's 4G LTE broadband connectivity. The Dell Latitude notebooks are aimed at mobile professionals. They offer 12 hour battery life, enterprise class security and durability.


The Dell Latitude business laptops were launched earlier this year. The Verizon 4G LTE mobile broadband technology is only available to customers in the US.

The Sony Vaio Z series ultraportable notebook is now available for purchase. Sony claims that its VAIO Z series is the world's lightest 13 inch laptop with a standard voltage processor. The machine is thinner and lighter than the MacBook Air. Better still, it has faster processors and better graphics options.

The most distinguishing feature of the Sony Vaio Z is its vertical Power Media Dock

Sony's first ever Android tablet - the Sony S1 - could launch in the UK this fall. Word on the street is that Sony Centre stores in the UK will start taking pre-orders for the S1 tablet on September 1st.
The Sony S1 tablet has a 9.4 inch display and a unique design that makes it easier to hold. It will be powered by a dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and will run a version of Android

Microsoft has confirmed that computers capable of running Windows 7 will be able to run Windows 8 just as well. That means system builders will be able to use the same hardware they use today. They just need to replace Windows 7 with Windows 8 when the OS becomes available.

One of the chief reasons behind the failure of Windows Vista was its requirement of better hardware. Many computers which

A 4G-enabled version of the HP TouchPad tablet will be available soon. The HP TouchPad 4G will be powered by a faster 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual core processor. It will have an HSPA+ modem to connect to AT&T's wireless network.
A WiFi-only version of the HP TouchPad is already available in the market. It has a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The new model will also have 32GB of

Gateway, an Acer subsidiary, has launched a new thin and light laptop. The new Gateway ID47 sports a brand new display technology, USB 3.0 ports and an aluminum body. The ID47 has an extremely thin bezel. Needless to say the 14 inch laptop can easily fit inside the case of a 13.3 incher.

Aside from the display, the ID47 has a 2.3GHz Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive.

The solar powered Samsung NC215s netbook is now up for pre-order. The laptop will get 1 hour of battery life for every two hours of charging time in the sun.

Samsung was supposed to launch the netbook in the US during the first week of July. Although the company couldn't deliver the laptop during that launch window, stores have started taking orders now.

The Samsung NC215s has a 10.1 inch

The Asus Eee Pad Slider is one of the four tablets Asus introduced early this year. Its stand-out feature is its slide-out keyboard which will hide itself behind the display when you are not using it.

The 10 inch machine was supposed to launch in the UK in August, but now Asus has confirmed that it won't ship until this fall.
The Eee Pad Slider has a 10.1 inch HD display with a resolution of

The MSI Windpad 110w Windows tablet is now up for pre-order. It is expected to start shipping on August 1st.

The Windpad 110w is a 10 inch Windows tablet with a 1GHz dual core AMD Z-01 processor. The AMD Z-01 has a total power draw of 5.9 Watts. Nonetheless, it comes bundled with the Radeon HD 6250 graphics. What this means is that the tablet will deliver better graphics performance than

AMD has launched a new notebook processor. The AMD E-450 is an upgraded version of the AMD E-350 Zacate processor. Sources claim that the E-450 will have a higher CPU clock speed than the E-350. It will also have more powerful graphics, while maintaining the same 18W TDP.

The AMD E-350 Zacate dual core processor has a clock speed of 1.6GHz. It uses the Radeon HD 6310 graphics. The new AMD E-450

The Motorola Xoom was the first tablet to ship with the tablet-optimized Google Android Honeycomb operating system. It hit the streets early this year. There was considerable hype surrounding the tablet, but unfortunately it launched with a high price tag. Till recently a WiFi-only model was selling for $599. A 3G enabled model costs a whooping $799.
But now Motorola has dropped the price of the

It looks like the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 Android tablet is getting closer to its launch. Lenovo is yet to announce a launch date or pricing for the US market, but the tablet has started showing up at many online stores. It is expected to start at $499.99.
The Lenovo IdeaPad K1 is essentially the US version of the Lenovo LePad Android tablet. The LePad has been available in China for a while. The

The Samsung Series 3 notebooks which were introduced at an event a few weeks ago are now up for pre-order. The notebooks in the Samsung Series 3 have screen sizes ranging between 11.6 inches and 15.6 inches. The smaller models sport a thin profile and lack an optical drive.
Although Samsung is yet to officially launch the products, retailer J&R has started taking pre-orders for a 12.1 inch model

Sony has launched a brand new VAIO laptop. The 13.1 inch Sony Vaio Z has extremely attractive looks. The biggest USP of the laptop is its vertically standing dock which adds an external GPU and optical drive. The Power Media Dock, as it is called by Sony, uses Intel's Light Peak technology via a proprietary USB 3.0 port and optical cable to connect to the laptop. The dock adds the AMD Radeon HD

Lenovo has launched a new ultraportable ThinkPad laptop.Unlike the ThinkPad X100e and ThinkPad X120e which are only available with AMD processors, the ThinkPad X121e can also be configured with an Intel processor.
At launch the ThinkPad X121e will only be available in Japan and Europe. Available processor options are:

1 GHz AMD C-50 dual core processor with Radeon HD 6250 graphics
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The HTC Flyer is a 7 inch Android tablet computer running HTC's custom Sense software on top of Android 2.3. Although the tablet has a capacitive touchscreen display it comes with an active digitizer and a pressure sensitive digital pen with which you can draw and write on the screen.
When the Flyer launched in the US last month, Best Buy was selling the tablet for $499.99. If you needed the