Taiwan based Industrial Technology Research Institute, or ITRI, has come up with something that can be considered the nearest to a true blue replacement for paper, a highly flexible electronic paper that's both re-writable and re-usable. Further, the technology which has gone into the making of the e-paper has ensured it does not require any electricity for retention of the … [Read more...] about Re-Writable, Flexible, and Electricity-Free e-Paper Set to Be a Reality Soon
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E-Paper Sales Rise in Taiwan
If statistics brought forth by Photonics Industry and Technology Development Association (or just PIDA) are to be believed, e-books sales are on the rise. This is perhaps the clearest signal so far of e-books gaining on consumer preference. In numeric terms, this transforms to NT$13.2 billion (US$444.67 million) in first half, earning of Taiwan's e-paper industry in 2011. This … [Read more...] about E-Paper Sales Rise in Taiwan
Motorola Xoom price slashed
The world's first tablet to feature Android Honeycomb came along with a lot of promise though it did not take much time for the initial excitement that the tablet generated to fizzle out soon - thanks to the absurdly high price tag that the tablet came with. However, the company now seems to be in a damage control mode and as a first step, price of the 32GB Wi-Fi enabled Xoom … [Read more...] about Motorola Xoom price slashed
Acer Readying AMD Z-Series APU Based Window 7 Tablet
That Acer intends to make it big with a suitable tablet for use in the enterprise segment can be gauged from the recent disclosure of sources in Acer's component market having placed an order for Z series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) from AMD. The size of the order amounts to 80,ooo APUs, though neither AMD nor Acer have confirmed the latest development. The other … [Read more...] about Acer Readying AMD Z-Series APU Based Window 7 Tablet
Asus Eee Pad Transformer set for a weekend launch in Taiwan
Its Friday the 25th of March that the Eee Pad Transformer from Asus will first be seen entering retail space. However, the Transformer tablet PC will kick off its commercial journey from Taiwan first with other countries to follow suit. The Transformer was first unveiled at the CES early in the year when it was announced the tablet would be launched in April. Now, for a change, … [Read more...] about Asus Eee Pad Transformer set for a weekend launch in Taiwan
ASUS to launch 10 inch tablet at CES
Asustek Computer Inc, the Taiwan based company batter known as Asus will be there at the CES in Texas Nevada with a unique tablet concept, a 10 inch tablet PC which will also include a keyboard that will slide in and out from under the tablet display. And that's not all - the tablet which is yet to have a name will run the tablet specific version of Android - version 2.3 … [Read more...] about ASUS to launch 10 inch tablet at CES
Motorola tablet spotted again
Google's Andy Rubin had first offered us a glimpse of what the upcoming tablet device from Motorola running the Android 3.0 Honeycomb would be like though he had no other details of the tablet to share then. But that seems to have changed now as the Motorola tablet has popped up again from somewhere in Taiwan and fortunately, this time, we have quite a few details of the tablet … [Read more...] about Motorola tablet spotted again
Asus Eee Note launching this week in Taiwan
It seems things have suddenly picked up the pace at Asus. It was just a week ago that the company came up with the name of the device that we now know as the Eee Note EA800 digital notebook - a tablet PC with an 8 inch LCD display having a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels and running the Linux operating system. A good thing with the Eee Note is that it is reasonably priced at … [Read more...] about Asus Eee Note launching this week in Taiwan
Acer to launch two tablets today
Today we have two more tablet PCs to play around with. Both will be launched by the Taiwan based manufacturer Acer and will be in two size categories and running two different operating systems - a 10 inch device running Windows 7 with an Intel core and a smaller 7 inch tablet running Android 2.2. The launch event has been planned to take place in New York which shouldn't … [Read more...] about Acer to launch two tablets today
Galaxy Tab launched in Taiwan + more news
Continuing with the Galaxy Tab's expansion story in Asia, Samsung has announced it will be Taiwan to have the Android 2.2 tablet next. Galaxy Tab will go on sale in Taiwan from the mid November and is partnering Chunghwa Telecom for the initial launch though other domestic telecom operators like Taiwan Mobile Co. or Far East Tone Telecommunications Co. too are expected to the … [Read more...] about Galaxy Tab launched in Taiwan + more news