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Intel said today that its “Oak Trail” chipset is now available and it will be in tablets and tablet-hybrids throughout the year. Will this be enough to help it compete against ARM? The new Atom Z670 appears to be the main part of its tablet push and this offers 1080p video decode, support for Adobe…
Thanks to a leaked sales training guide, we’ve got a glimpse of an unannounced official BlackBerry PlayBook accessory: the Mini Bluetooth Keyboard. As you might have guessed, this will pair up with your tablet (and presumably BlackBerry smartphones) for those times you need a big, physical keyboard. Although this is just a rendering, the live…
The Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread-based custom ROM, CyanogenMod 7, has officially gone final with its newest, stable release. The team behind CyanogenMod has been working tirelessly to get a stable build of this Gingerbread-based ROM out to the community, and with support of over 30 devices out of the gate, they’ve done just that. The stable…
A few weeks ago, Adobe gave a glimpse of full Photoshop running on the iPad, but Apple’s not the only one getting some love; Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Extend will include an SDK for developers to interact with desktop Photoshop through their tablet apps for the BlackBerry PlayBook, iOS, and Android products. In order to…
When it comes to the BlackBerry PlayBook, it doesn’t seem like RIM has the confidence it needs to really make it a huge success. In a recent interview with the New York Times, co-chief Mike Laziridis seemed to complain about why RIM isn’t getting the respect and praise it deserves. “Why is it that people…
If the Motorola Xoom is a bit pricey to you, then you may be happy to hear that a cheaper version may be on the way. The new version looks to be essentially an identical twin to the original, but cuts the internal storage in half, giving you 16GB. The smaller memory should bring the…
After months of saying it will happen, the Android Honeycomb tablet flood is actually beginning to take shape. One such tablet is Acer’s Iconia A500, which is now available for pre-order at Best Buy. What differentiates the Acer from other Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets like the Xoom? Well, it’s reasonably priced. Starting today, you can…
Hello again, dear readers. No, you’re not experiencing a case of déjà vu. We’re holding another fantastic giveaway this week with ANOTHER 16GB WiFi iPad 2 in either black or white to give away in case you weren’t the lucky winner of our previous giveaway. Trust me when we say the iPad 2 is one…
RIM has been cagey about showing everything the BlackBerry PlayBook has to offer as they continue putting the final touches on the OS and its apps, but one lucky guy got some time with the tablet to check out App World briefly. The layout is largely the same as App World on BlackBerry smartphones, with…
The BlackBerry PlayBook missed its end of March release date, which has since been moved back to April 19. Why the change? Rumour has it that Apple had booked up capacity of touch panels from Chinese manufacturing partners Quanta and Foxlink. Foxlink also provides connectors for both the iPad 2 and the PlayBook, apparently, which…