Budget tablet maker Leader International will launch two new Android 4.0 tablets to market during the first quarter of the year. The Impression 10A tablet has a 9.7 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel display and NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor and a price tag of $299, while the Impression 7A has a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display…
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The Asus Eee Pad Transformer may not have a quad-core processor like the new Transformer Prime, but it’s still no slouch in the performance department. The 10 inch tablet has an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor, long battery life, and an optional keyboard docking station that lets you extend your battery life while using the tablet like a laptop….
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Once you’ve rooted an Amazon Kindle Fire and installed the FireFireFire bootloader and TWRP custom recovery, installing custom software such as CyanogenMod 7 or Android 4.0 is incredibly easy. Unfortunately installing TWRP and FireFireFire can be a little bit of a headache — especially if you’re using a Windows computer. If I had a nickle for everyone who had sent…
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ZiiLabs is introducing a speedy new mobile processor for Android tablets. The ZMS-40 is an ARM Cortex-A9 quad-core processor with a clock speed of 1.5 GHz. The company says it will be twice as powerful as last year’s ZMS-20, while using as little has half as much electricity. The new chip can handle 1080p 3D video, with resolutions up to…
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The 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N2600 and 1.86 GHz Atom N2800 chips aren’t the only new netbook processors in Intel’s 2012 lineup. The company has released a detailed document looking at features in the new Cedar Trail chips and it includes a few previously unannounced model numbers. The Intel Atom N2650 will be a 1.7 GHz dual core chip with…
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As Amazon and Barnes & Noble have discovered, there may be a market for 7 inch Android tablets… at the right price. Now it looks like Toshiba wants in on the action. Toshiba introduced a 7 inch Thrive tablet with a 1280 x 800 pixel display in late 2011. But Notebook Italia has a few details about a new Toshiba…
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LG will show off two new ultrabooks at the Consumer Electronics Show next week. The LG Z330 features a 13.3 inch display, while the LG Z430 is a 14 inch model. Both laptops will be available with a choice of Intel 2nd generation Core i3, Core i5, or Core i7 processors and Intel GMA 3000 HD graphics. They will run either Windows…
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It’s easy to dismiss eFun as yet-another me-too tablet maker. The company’s low-cost Nextbook Android tablets sell for as little as $120, and tend to feature underwhelming specifications. But eFun also offers a few higher-end tablets with “premium” features. Now Engadget reports eFun is getting ready to launch its first tablet with Android 4.0 and a dual core processor. The…
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The Toshiba Thrive isn’t the thinnest or lightest Android tablet around, but it’s still one of the best options if you’re looking for a 10 inch Android tablet with a removable battery and full-sized SD card and USB ports. Today it’s on sale for just $280 from Woot. Here’s a roundup of some of the day’s best deals. Refurb Toshiba…
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Toshiba plans to launch a new line of netbooks with 10 inch displays and Intel Atom Cedar Trail processors. The folks at Notebook Italia have obtained a few photos of the upcoming mini-laptops, and we should have more details once the Consumer Electronics Show is underway next week. The Toshiba NB510 netbooks will be available with Intel Atom N2600 or…
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Amazon and Barnes & Noble have both announced that their latest tablets and eReaders sold like hotcakes over the holiday season. But what about Kobo? While Kobo doesn’t get as much attention as its peers, the company’s latest product lineup actually looks a lot like its peers’. Kobo sells an E Ink eReader for $100, a touchscreen version for $130,…
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Barnes & Noble has announced that people are buying up NOOK devices and digital content faster than ever. In the months leading up to December 31st, B&N says it sold 70 percent more NOOK devices than during the same period in 2010, and digital content sales including eBooks and Android apps grew by 113 percent. But while the NOOK division…
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