Shuttle, a company in Taiwan named for making Mini-PCs, has now come out with a tablet PC aimed at students and teachers. The yet unnamed device comes with integrated software that is more educationally inclined. Three elementary schools in Taiwan have been identified for the pilot project, where the tablet device will be put through its paces by the students.The difference … [Read more...] about Shuttle Developing Tablet PCs Aimed at Students
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News Corp’s ‘The Daily’ Will Debut on Android Tablets This Month
The Daily will soon be available for Android based devices. The first to get this application brings news live to gadgets are the Android tablets from Verizon, via an update this month. Currently, this news application is only available for iPad's and is the only news application that iPad users have access to.The Galaxy Tab 10.1 from Samsung will be the first to feature … [Read more...] about News Corp’s ‘The Daily’ Will Debut on Android Tablets This Month
Toshiba Portege Windows 8 Tablet Shown at the CES
Toshiba is working on a new convertible device that can both be a tablet and a netbook at the same time. However, the device was nowhere to be seen at the Toshiba booth at the just concluded CES. Instead, the Toshia Portege M930 was seen jostling for space at the Windows camp among a sea of other ultrabooks.Under its covers, the Portege M930 plays host to an Intel Core i5 … [Read more...] about Toshiba Portege Windows 8 Tablet Shown at the CES
Ice Cream Sandwich Soon to Be a Reality on the Nook Tablet
Last week Android developers managed to bypass the encrypted Bootloader that was preventing people from augmenting the Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet. This set the stage for people to load in the latest iteration of the Google Android OS, Ice Cream Sandwich.Some enterprising young users have managed to get CyanogenMod 9 to work on the Nook Tablet, giving you a full unbridled … [Read more...] about Ice Cream Sandwich Soon to Be a Reality on the Nook Tablet
Introducing the Good e-Reader Android App Store
We have just launched the Beta version of our new Good e-Reader Android App Store! Many Android Application stores on the internet make you install their own personal app on your tablet or phone in order to download and install applications. Many others do not have a wide variety of ebook reading or comic book apps for you to buy content or load your own in. Wouldn't it be … [Read more...] about Introducing the Good e-Reader Android App Store
Pure White Galaxy Tab 10.1, 7.0 Plus to Debut in Vietnam on Jan 23
Tablet enthusiasts in Vietnam can celebrate their New Year in style with the Samsung Galaxy Tab all done up in pure white. Right now, Samsung has given a color treatment to two of its tablet offerings—the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 7.0 Plus. Also, the two tablets sport a full white exterior, unlike their previous whitening attempts that had been limited to just the rear of the two … [Read more...] about Pure White Galaxy Tab 10.1, 7.0 Plus to Debut in Vietnam on Jan 23
Why Coby Is Destined to Fail in the Tablet Market
Every year at CES Coby shows off between 7 and 10 new tablets and this year was no exception. Their entire lineup would be considered really towards the low-end of the spectrum, with a fleet of single core processors and a paltry amount of internal memory and RAM. The only redeeming factor is that they will be running a modern version of the Google OS, Ice Cream Sandwich. The … [Read more...] about Why Coby Is Destined to Fail in the Tablet Market
Ice Cream Sandwich Brought to the HP TouchPad via CyanogenMod 9
The HP TouchPad continues to see a massive community effort to bring the Google Android operating system to replace webOS. The big movement right now is to port over Ice Cream Sandwich to the platform and we have a new video showing off some of the new features.The new initiative to bring Ice Cream Sandwich over to everyone's favorite $99 tablet is entitled CyanogenMod 9. … [Read more...] about Ice Cream Sandwich Brought to the HP TouchPad via CyanogenMod 9
Motorola XOOM Starts Getting Google Android ICS Update
Motorola has started rolling out the update to Android 4.0 ICS for XOOM users. However, it's still in the experimental stages right now, and the update will be available to only select users in the United States at first. It's still under what can be termed as the "Soak Test," and the update is only being provided to those who had agreed to be part of the test group.The … [Read more...] about Motorola XOOM Starts Getting Google Android ICS Update
Samsung Galaxy Tab 620 aka 7.0 Plus launched in India
It has been known by the name of Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus else where in the world though Samsung is making available the same in India as Galaxy Tab 620. However, while Samsung is officially quoting the price at INR 30,250, the same can be picked up at Flipkart for INR 26,499 and at Letsbuy for INR 25,900.Specification wise, the tablet boasts of dual cameras with the rear … [Read more...] about Samsung Galaxy Tab 620 aka 7.0 Plus launched in India
HP releases webOS 3.0.5 update for TouchPad
The HP TouchPad came, did not quite win the game and then went off. However, it has not been as simple as it might suggest as the WebOS tablet had made it to the top of the popularity charts even if that has been for a brief period of time and after having been provided with one of the heaviest discounts ever meted out in Tablet history.The end result, there are around a … [Read more...] about HP releases webOS 3.0.5 update for TouchPad
Samsung launches Galaxy Tab 7.0N in Germany to circumvent Apple ban
Apart from its bigger 10 inch brethren, Apple has also been pursuing a legal campaign against the smaller Galaxy Tab 7 in Germany. So what does Samsung do? Of course it won't have to reinvent the wheel all over again as doing a thing similar to what they have already done with the Galaxy Tab 10.1N has proved to be enough. Hence, its all too easy for Samsung to apply the same … [Read more...] about Samsung launches Galaxy Tab 7.0N in Germany to circumvent Apple ban
The Progression of Ebooks into Reality Literature
While one of the great benefits to digital publishing has been the access authors now have to a variety of methods for putting their books into the hands of readers, one could argue that the same thing could be its undoing for authors who are struggling to be heard in a market that is quickly being overrun with content. In order to make themselves stand out, entirely new … [Read more...] about The Progression of Ebooks into Reality Literature
Good e-Reader CES Best of Show 2012
CES is officially over and we had a great time in Las Vegas checking out the latest e-readers and tablets! This year there was not many pure e-ink readers being shown off but we did see a number that tickled our fancy. Two of the best we saw that made our Best of Show list was the Cybook Odyssey by Bookeen and Jetbook Color by Ectaco! This year it was tremendously evident that … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader CES Best of Show 2012