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May/10

29

Achos 8: First Real Photo

Until now, the only image of the Archos 8 Home Tablet has been a scanned image.  Though the image is not of the whole tablet its self, but a image of the screen bezel, it still gives everyone a sneak peek of the device.
French tablet manufacturer Archos passed their Archos 8 Home Tablet [...]

An analyst reports that not only will CEO Steve Jobs return to Apple’s WWDC 2010 (Worldwide Developer Conference) this year, but that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is scheduled to make a seven-minute appearance to present a product from Microsoft: Visual Studio 2010 for Mac OS X, iPhone and iPad.
It is reported that the stage time [...]

May/10

2

iPad 3G First Impressions

      The much hyped dual-screen Microsoft Courier tablet project has been cancelled before it had even left the research lab.
Microsoft has reportedly canceled internal work on the tablet, says Gizmodo.  Until now, Microsoft has never publicly announce the device, but Gizmodo was given a glimpse of the project last September, around the time rumored Apple [...]

Jun/10

15

ICD Gemini

Specifications
ICD Ultra
ICD Vega
ICD Gemini

Processor
Nvidia Tegra T20 / 1 Ghz
Nvidia Tegra T20 / 1 Ghz
Nvidia Tegra 2 / 1 Ghz

RAM
256MB DDR2 or 512 MB DDR2
512 MB DDR DRAM
512 MB DDR RAM

Screen
7″ / resistive Touchscreen (capacitive option) / 1024 x 600 or 800 x 480 pixels / 16bit colors (262′000 colors)
15.6″ / resistive Touchscreen / [...]

Apr/10

8

HTC Dual-Screen Patent

A patent filing spotted by Chinese site Zol and translated by GadgetMix reveals that the company is working on a dual-screen device much like the Nintendo DS and the rumored Microsoft Courier.
When the screens are fully opened, the UI merges to form one screen much like current tablet PCs.  When using a single screen, the [...]

Apr/10

8

Apple working on iPad Mini for 2011. WHAT?

            It been less than one week since the iPad debuted and there are already rumors that Apple is planning a smaller version of the iPad that could arrive as soon as the first quarter of 2011.
According to DigiTimes, citing its own research arm, says Apple is scheduling a 5-inch to 7-inch version of the [...]

Both Apple [AAPL] and Microsoft [MSFT] announced press events Monday. Apple’s event is to showcase their new iPhone OS 4 on April 8th, but Microsoft’s was a little more cryptic invitation to select reporters for an upcoming event being held on Monday, April 12th in San Francisco.
Microsoft’s notice itself doesn’t mention much more than that [...]

Just days after the iPad debut, an Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ)  internal document with specifications of the upcoming HP Slate tablet was acquired by Engadget.  The HP Slate base model will run $549 and have a 8.9 inch screen with capacitive multi-touch panel supporting 1024×600 pixel resolution.  The Slate will run on Microsoft Courier Home Premium [...]

Apr/10

3

Use iPad as a 2nd Display?

             Who would have thought this? Using iDisplay, your iPad now becomes an extension of your monitor. Play videos from your iMac on your iPad while you’re working… or playing. The iPad is a whole new type of device. There are going to be uses designed for it that we can’t even think of now. [...]

Apr/10

2

Stephen Colbert Trades Kindey for iPad

           Stephen Colbert pulled out an iPad during Thursday night’s “Colbert Report” on Comedy Central.
First, Colbert answered questions as to how he obtained an iPad before its official launch. His secret, he said “Never mind how I got it. I had two kidneys,” said Stephen Colbert.
“Luckily, there is an app that filters urine,” he noted.
Excited [...]

A week before the iPad release, Apple (AAPL) was assigned the trademark of ‘iSlate,’ on  March 20, 2010 according to Chinese Trademark Records discovered by Patently Apple.  The Apple trademark application is dated March 25, 2010 and on this same day the iSlate trademark carried by Slate Computing in the US was granted a third [...]

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