NVIDIA's quad-core Kal-El used to demo next-gen mobile graphics, blow minds (video)
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You might think yourself too grown-up to be wowed by shiny, glittery things, but we doubt many will be able to watch NVIDIA's new Glow Ball tech demo without a smidgen of childlike glee.
Chrome OS Notebooks Have Subscription Fees?
Researchers display evidence that iOS 4 records all your travels, again (updated)
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If you didn't already think your smartphone knows too much about you, here's a handy reminder. A duo of UK researchers have uncovered a potentially worrying (and oddly enough, undocumented) feature in iOS 4: it asks your iPhone to record your location constantly, then timestamps that data and records it for posterity.
HP may bless webOS with cloud-syncing music store
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Rumor has it that HP is preparing to enter the cloud-based music storage fray. A reader at PreCentral sent in what purports to be a confidential PowerPoint presentation indicating the TouchPad will launch with an HP-branded music and
Samsung's super slender Galaxy Tab 10.1 snacks on some Honeycomb (video)
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Honestly, we were a little bit worried that Samsung's rail-thin Galaxy Tab 10.1 was a mockup -- you know, seeing as how Sammy never turned it on -- but fast-forward to today and there's a working model in Tinhte.vn's
HTC Flyer now includes stylus at Best Buy, you can hang on to your 80 bucks
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Pinching pennies so you can buy the HTC Flyer and the optional $80 stylus? Give your thumb and index finger a rest for a while.
HP may open WebOS to other manufacturers
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WebOS, the mobile operating system originally owned by Palm and now HP, could become an open platform.
Microsoft to Impose Hardware Restrictions for Windows 8 Tablets
Android 3.1 on the Motorola Xoom: hands-on (video)
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That Android 3.1 update that Google announced during I/O is slowly rolling out to 3G Xoom owners as we speak. How'd we know such a thing? Why, it just landed on our in-house Xoom, of course!
TouchPad homebrew patches surface in Preware, devs keep on giving
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Earlier this month, we told you about the free TouchPads being custom wrapped for the devs at WebOS Internals.
HP announces Pivot for TouchPad, the curated, magazine-like way to find some apps
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Finding apps can be tough, especially when your Store or Marketplace is overwhelmed with a daily flood of debutantes. That's not exactly a problem for HP, whose App Catalog for the webOS 3.0 TouchPad officially launches on July 1st and will be, the company admits, a little spartan at first.
Pixel Qi takes aim at Android tablets with higher-res 10-inch and 7-inch reflective LCDs (hands-on)
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We've been holding out hope for Pixel Qi devices for years, ever since we first heard that the OLPC spin-off would begin manufacturing its displays for use by any OEM looking for a battery-sipping LCD.
Android Honeycomb has hidden Gingerbread interface, enabled by higher LCD density
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Google's already indicated that tablets and smartphones won't be sharing the same Android build until Ice Cream Sandwich in Q4, though interestingly enough, it turns out that the tablet-friendly Honeycomb actually has Gingerbread's interface quietly tucked underneath. According
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HP announces 'Pivot' magazine for Touchpad
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HP will be making a monthly magazine for customers who buy its upcoming Touchpad tablet.
Qualcomm says it is ready for Windows 8
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Qualcomm has confirmed that its upcoming lineup of Snapdragon processors are "designed" to power mobile devices running Windows 8.
Madfinger announces new Shadowgun game, with Tegra 2 and Kal-El support
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Madfinger Games, the Czech Republic-based company behind Samurai II: Vengeance, has just announced Shadowgun -- a futuristic, shoot 'em up game for Tegra 2-equipped Android phones and tablets.
Panasonic's 7- and 10-inch BizPads port the Honeycomb drizzle to Japan's enterprise set
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Salarymen, get those contactless employee IDs set to swipe. Panasonic's throwing your overcaffeinated ilk a bone with two Honeycomb-based enterprise slates for release this winter.
Surprising report reveals Android's 30% tablet share
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Just one year after we were talking about numbers like Apple's ~95% monopoly in the tablet race, Android has managed to take a huge bite out of the lucrative market
HP TouchPad going on sale in UK on July 15th starting at £399
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HP's TouchPad may not have quite lived up to our lofty expectations, but that's not stopping the world's first webOS tablet from going global. UK availability for HP's 9.7-incher has been revealed as coming on July 15th with
OnLive outs universal wireless controller, seamless Facebook integration and more -- we test the tablet experience on an HTC Flyer (video)
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We told you that OnLive was coming to tablets, TVs, and other devices a while back, but perhaps you were vexed by the thought of controlling Duke Nukem via touchscreen or IR remote.
NVIDIA CEO sees major growth in mobile processing, quad-core tablets coming this year
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During a sitdown with reporters yesterday, NVIDIA Chief Executive Jen-Hsun Huang discussed his company's near- and long-term financial outlook, while providing some insight into the chipmaker's quad-core future.
Logitech trots out another keyboard case, this time for the Galaxy Tab 10.1
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You might have noticed that accessory makers have a habit of churning out stuff for iDevices first and everything else second. Specifically, though, we're noticing that in the world of tablets, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is fast becoming companies'
Do HDDs have a place in a tablet-dominated future?
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Although shipments of SSDs for notebooks will be minuscule compared to HDDs over the next few years, the flash-based components are already shaving off market share from traditional hard drives.
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