Archive | October, 2009
Aussies to get Telstra T-Hub tablet – a “fourth screen” device for the home

Aussies to get Telstra T-Hub tablet – a “fourth screen” device for the home

Telstra, which is kind of like the Australian version of Verizon, is introducing a “fourth screen” device called the T-Hub tablet. What’s a fourth screen device, you ask? Well it’s not your TV, your PC or your mobile phone. It’s a burgeoning category for any supplemental media device made for your home — like [...]

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An Archos 9 PC Tablet launch followup with pictures!

An Archos 9 PC Tablet launch followup with pictures!

October 22nd was a day that many tech-heads had been anticipating. I vaguely recall some type of software OS release, but most people were on pins and needles for the Archos 9 PC Tablet. Well, the day came and went with little fanfare or word from Archos when the Archos 9 tablet failed to make [...]

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The Soyea Z5 MID tablet shakes up the Chinese MID market – by being expensive

The Soyea Z5 MID tablet shakes up the Chinese MID market – by being expensive

We’ve seen a slew of cheap PMPs and MIDs from Chinese companies lately. So much so that we’ve come to expect most to be listed at netbook prices or below. And that’s why stereotypes are wrong.
The Soyea Z5 MID shakes up that whole “cheap tablet” stigma by putting a hefty ¥6,999 (over $1,000 U.S.) [...]

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Hyper Gear develops eReader that protects your sensitive files

Hyper Gear develops eReader that protects your sensitive files

Are you an evil genius who is tired of issuing your henchmen memos via boring paper? Do you want to step up your tech, but not risk exposing your plans to blow up the moon? Well we’ve got just the thing for you.
Hyper Gear is an eReader/software package developed by Japanese company Haipagia that [...]

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M-Tube making Android MID tablet for your living room

If you’re a regular reader of Best Tablet Review you can attest to the idea that tablets are a versatile device. Even though we write strictly about slab tablets we have categories about tablet PCs, mobile tablets, personal media players, eReaders or eBooks, MIDs and graphics tablets. That’s why we’re excited to see another entry [...]

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Bridgestone QR-LPD ePaper Reader – flexible color touchscreen eReader

Bridgestone QR-LPD ePaper Reader – flexible color touchscreen eReader

Now this is more like it. Bridgestone announced their QR-LPD (“Quick-response Liquid Powder Device) eReader today which they claim is the “World’s first flexible ePaper device.”
While we wouldn’t go so far as to validate the “world’s first flexible” claim (that title should probably go to the prototype version of the Plastic Logic QUE Reader [...]

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Plastic Logic QUE Reader to be sold in Barnes & Noble locations next year

Plastic Logic QUE Reader to be sold in Barnes & Noble locations next year

Plastic Logic confirmed through press release today that their QUE Reader will be available for sale in retail Barnes & Noble stores and on the B&N website.
While the announcement wasn’t unexpected after knowing that the QUE would tap into the B&N online eBook store, it’s the first confirmation that the QUE would have a [...]

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Photo of NEC tablet PC leaks, looks to be aimed for commercial use

Photo of NEC tablet PC leaks, looks to be aimed for commercial use

Crunchgear has a rather small picture of the new NEC tablet PC prototype, but a picture none-the-less. And while the picture isn’t necessarily that satisfying, what NEC plans on doing with their tablet PC is.
Following the same concept as the prototype CrunchPad, NEC will design their tablet to utilize cloud computing. The benefit to [...]

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Another 1080p HD PMP – the Onda VX575 tablet

Another 1080p HD PMP – the Onda VX575 tablet

Are small PMPs really this popular in Asia? They seem to be proliferating at the same rate of eReaders.
This time it’s the Onda VX575 PMP tablet. Onda has only released limited information on the VX575. There’s no mention of screen size or resolution, only that it can play the same familiar video codecs as [...]

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iToos M8 PMP — a five inch tablet with 1080p output

iToos M8 PMP — a five inch tablet with 1080p output

China is quickly becoming the land of the HD PMP tablet. There have been a few PMPs lately — notably the Cube HD600HDMI and Chuwi P7 — that can output 1080p through an HDMI and are priced around $100 or less.
The iToos M8 PMP enters into that same category. It has a five [...]

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