Toshiba Libretto W100 dual screen mini-laptop unboxed – Video
The Toshiba Libretto W100 is an innovative little computer which is either a dual screen tablet or a mini-laptop with a virtual keyboard instead of a physical one, depending on how you look at it. Toshiba plans to offer a limited number of the devices soon, but right now it’s only available in Japan — [...]
Get Pandigital Novel 7 inch Android tablet for $100 (today only)
At about $150, the Pandigital Novel is already one of the cheapest 7 inch Android tablets available in the US. While it’s sold as an eBook reader, users have already figured out how to make the tablet more useful by installing third party apps and making other tweaks.
But if $150 still seems like a [...]
More Samsung YP-MB2 Galaxy Android PMP pictures arrive
The Samsung YP-MB2 may not be the only phone-sized portable media player running Google Android on the horizon anymore. But this iPod touch competitor will always have a special place in our hearts… because it just looks so darn much like an iPod touch.
The YP-MB2 also happens to have some pretty awesome specs including a [...]
This week in Mobiputing
Here’s a roundup of some of the week’s top stories about smartphone apps and news from Mobiputing:
Google Android
Chrome To Phone lets you push content from your browser to your phone
Universal Androot offers 1-click rooting for a dozen Android phones
TweetDeck beta for Android now available
Google launches Voice Actions for Android
Open Source RockBox audio software could be [...]
Asus Eee Tablet to drop in October for $300?
The other day we heard that the Asus Eee Tablet could hit the streets for “under $599.” If PC World is correct, we can put the emphasis on under, which is a good thing, because $599 would be a ridiculously high price for a device that’s basically an eBook reader — even an eReader on [...]
Deals of the Day
Netbooks and Notebooks
Refurb ASUS Eee PC Celeron 630MHz 7″ Netbook for $100 + $11 s&h – UncleVic
Refurb Asus Eee PC 1005HAB 1/Atom N270, Win XP, 3 cell battery for $185 – Woot
Dell Inspiron 11z Celeron 1.3GHz 12″ LED Laptop for $350 + $9 s&h – Dell
Acer Aspire One Intel Atom 1.66GHz 10″ Netbook for $255 [...]
Dell Streak Android 2.1 update leaked
The Dell Streak Android tablet/smartphone with a 5 inch display and Google Android operating system may have just gone on sale in the US today, but it’s been available in the UK for a few weeks — and now members of the Modaco forums have intercepted a pre-release build of Android 2.1 for the [...]
While we wait for Tegra 2-based products, NVIDIA sets sights on Tegra 3
NVIDIA’s Tegra platform combines a low power ARM-based chip with a high performance graphics processor. This allows low power devices such as smartphones, portable media players, tablets, or handheld game consoles to handle HD video playback and 3D gaming without killing the battery too quickly. But as cool as the Tegra chipset is, it hasn’t [...]
Good news, bad news: Android Eee Pad to cost $399, ship in March
The Asus Eee Pad EP101TC is a 10 inch tablet that Asus plans to launch as a competitor to the Apple iPad. While we’d heard reports last month that Asus had dropped plans to ship the tablet with Windows Embedded Compact 7 and instead use Google Android, PC World reports that Asus will actually launch [...]
Inside the Smartbook Surfer
Just in case you needed any more evidence that the Smartbook Surfer 7 inch Android tablet now shipping in Germany is basically the same device as the Augen GenTouch78 tablet available in the US, one customer decided to take the back panel off of his Surfer and see what he could see.
And what he saw [...]