Archive | December, 2009
Don’t everybody rush out and buy the Onyx Boox 60 eReader all at once now

Don’t everybody rush out and buy the Onyx Boox 60 eReader all at once now

Dulin’s eBooks has brought a few eReaders stateside in the past — like the PocketBook 301 and 360 — and now is trucking the Onyx Boox 60 across the Pacific as well.
The Onyx Boox 60 has been out there for a while now. In fact we talked about it way back in September when [...]

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Owen E1 eReader offers 5 inches of E-Ink reading

Owen E1 eReader offers 5 inches of E-Ink reading

Chinese manufacturer Owen released some specs on their new E1 eReader today. It looks to be a 5-inch E-Ink screen with MP3 player capabilities.
Owen is used to making PMPs for the Asian market, so we’re interested to see how their new foray into eReaders goes. Instead of typical resolution, the E1 lists that it [...]

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Rumor: Asus Eee Pad tablet to use Tegra and debut in March

Rumor: Asus Eee Pad tablet to use Tegra and debut in March

Here’s some more healthy Asus Eee Pad rumors that we hope are true. Asus is known for doing two things: building a cheap product and satisfying a niche consumer need. Both of these sound like good news when applied to the tablet market.
To start, the Asus Eee Pad is now rumored to be using [...]

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The Archos 9 PC Tablet gets a hands-on review by Chippy

The Archos 9 PC Tablet gets a hands-on review by Chippy

Chippy at UMPCPortal always gets the nicest toys. In this case he’s managed to finally get his hands on the elusive and endangered (due to an entirely botched launch) Archos 9.
We had a lot of hope for the Archos 9. We saw it as potentially heralding in the new age of tablets. Unfortunately after [...]

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Apple Tablet Rumors: 7-inch iTablet in January?

Apple Tablet Rumors: 7-inch iTablet in January?

It’s been a while since we’ve posted Applet Tablet rumors just because they’ve been fast and furious but not really saying much. The last somewhat stable rumors we received said that the Apple Tablet would have a 10-inch screen and most likely be available around March or possibly later.
Today there’s a new batch of [...]

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PMP Brief: Ainol V6000HDK Bumblebee, Ramos T17 Mumu, Chuwi PHG and Cowon V5 HD

PMP Brief: Ainol V6000HDK Bumblebee, Ramos T17 Mumu, Chuwi PHG and Cowon V5 HD

It’s time for another PMP brief. This time we’re looking at the Ainol V6000HDK Bumblebee, the Ramos T17, the Chuwi PHG and Cowon V5 HD.
To start, the Ainol V6000HDK Bumblebee is a followup to Ainol’s metal encased V9000HDX Megatron offering. If the trend continues we should see an Ainol V50HDA Soundwave Soundwave regression. The [...]

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Borders CEO says there is no exclusive Borders eReader coming

Borders CEO says there is no exclusive Borders eReader coming

A few days ago we reported on the Borders/Kobo partnership in which Borders bought 20% of the former-known-as Shortcovers company. Kobo announced they were bringing their overhauled eBook marketplace to Borders.com and would be developing an eReader that would be available to their partners.
According to Reuters, Borders CEO Ron Marshall is saying that he [...]

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ICD Ultra Tegra 7-inch Android tablet makes an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show

First the Crunchpad, then the Apple Tablet. Is the next media darling ICD’s prototype Tegra-powered tablet PC?
Last month NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang was shown with a mystery tablet that many speculated was an Apple Tablet prototype. That speculative dream was quickly crushed when the tablet was revealed to be a prototype made by ICD to [...]

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Notion Ink smartpad is first tablet to use Pixel Qi screen

Notion Ink smartpad is first tablet to use Pixel Qi screen

SlashGear broke the goods on the Notion Ink smartpad this morning. It looks to be a rather complete slab tablet — running a Tegra T20 chipset and Android OS — and is the first tablet announced that will be using a Pixel Qi screen. We’ve been talking up Pixel Qi displays for a while [...]

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PMP Brief: Bmorn BM-996SHD, MSI MT-V660, Sigo S40 and Window G85 Touch Viva

PMP Brief: Bmorn BM-996SHD, MSI MT-V660, Sigo S40 and Window G85 Touch Viva

It seems like only yesterday we compiled our first PMP Brief post (oh, it was) and in that 24 hours we have another batch of four PMPs to discuss. This time it’s the Bmorn BM-996SHD, MSI MT-V660, Sigo S40 and Window G85 Touch.
We’re starting with the Bmorn BM-996SHD PMP which has a large 7-inch, [...]

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