How about tablet PCs that respond to your gesture in much the same manner as Microsoft’s Kinect on the Xbox 360? We might see that reality soon, as a result of some new acquisitions made by Qualcomm. The chipmaker has requisitioned several gesture recognition technologies made by GestureTek and hopes to integrate them in the Snapdragon chipsets that are being developed. … [Read more...] about Qualcomm Acquires Gesture-Recognition Tech from GestureTek
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AMD tablets to arrive next year
AMD has set its eyes on the booming tablet segment saying tablet PCs are more likely to be seen with AMD chips onboard than smartphones. However, the company will only be in a position to enter the tablet segment from next year onwards, by which time it hopes to have several chips in its arsenal that have extremely low power requirements. Extended battery life is one of the key … [Read more...] about AMD tablets to arrive next year
New Viewsonic 10 and 4 inch tablets
ViewSonic had made its presence felt at the just concluded Consumer Electronic Show with a few tablet devices the most notable amongst which is a 10 inch and a 4 inch device. These two tablet PCs will add to the ViewPad series of tablets - the Android running ViewPad 7 and ViewPad 10 that dual boots both Windows 7 and Android. Coming to the two tablets, the larger 10 inch … [Read more...] about New Viewsonic 10 and 4 inch tablets