Nvidia is doing relatively well in the tablet space, with its Tegra 2 SoC being the core piece of silicon inside Honeycomb tablets like the Xoom and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. But Android was off to a slow start…
Posted May 5, 2011, 11:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Mobile Computing
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer officially arrived in the U.S. little over a month ago amid favorable reviews and decent sales, due in part to its attractive price point -- it's the cheapest Honeycomb tablet -- but also for its…
Nvidia has dropped some impressive news during this year's Mobile World Congress, unveiling a quad-core Tegra processor and a three-year roadmap for its speedy SoC. Codenamed "Kal-El," the new Tegra chip is already sampling and could land in products as…
We are just starting to see Nvidia’s Tegra 2 as the platform of choice for several upcoming tablet computers, but it seems a couple of successors are already on the way. According to a recently leaked roadmap, the graphics firm…
Motorola has officially entered the tablet market, unveiling its 10.1-inch Xoom slate today. As teased in a video last month, the slate runs Google's Android 3.0 Honeycomb, which is specifically optimized for tablets -- and only tablets, apparently. The device…
Posted December 27, 2010, 6:07 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
Most tablet manufacturers are reserving their product launches for CES next week, but Onkyo wants to beat its competition to the punch. The company has unveiled its TA117 tablet, which will ship in two versions: the TA117C1 and TA117C3. Both…
While there should be plenty of tablets to choose from next year, the pickings are still slim for anyone that wants an iPad alternative this holiday season. One potential option, the ViewSonic G, has begun rolling out to retailers this…
Much like Asus, LG Electronics is also interested in joining the tablet wars in early 2011. Unlike Asus, however, the world's third biggest handset vendor is only working on one device (that we know of).
Posted September 13, 2010, 4:03 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
In a last minute decision, Boxee has decided to power its upcoming set-top device with an Intel chip instead of Nvidia's second-generation Tegra SoC. Apparently, the Tegra 2 just couldn't cut it in the lab. "The major problem we had…
Tablets are slowly creeping onto the scene, and Stream TV Networks is looking to cut itself a small slice of the market. The company's eLocity A7 tablet is now up for preorder on Amazon for $370, but there's no word…
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