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fatih on Sabtu, 31 Desember 2011
A promotional video for an unannounced Lenovo netbook has hit YouTube. The netbook in question is the IdeaPad S110. While the promotional video doesn’t show what processor the computer has, word is that it will sport an Intel Atom N2600 Cedar Trail processor.
According to the video, the netbook has got a nearly full-sized keyboard. It measures 0.6 inches in thickness and weighs 2.5 pounds. The
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Acer will launch at least two new tablets in early 2012. Of these, the Iconia Tab A200 has already gone up for pre-order in the UK. The second tablet – the Iconia Tab A700 – will reportedly have a 1080p HD display.
According to the folks at the Russian site NoMobile.ru, the Iconia Tab A700 has a 10.1 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixels display. It will be powered by a 1.3GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core
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An unknown Taiwanese company called BungBungame has announced a tablet for business customers. The device was spotted at the FCC website last week, but few details were available then. Now that BungBungame has officially announced the tablet we have got all the details that we need.
The BungBungame Photon 100 tablet is aimed at the enterprise market. Needless to say it runs Windows 7. It has
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fatih on Jumat, 30 Desember 2011
Amazon is not known for giving precise sales figures of the Kindle devices. The company has always maintained that Kindle tops its list of best sellers. But exactly how many Kindles have been sold so far? Well, we don’t know but yesterday Amazon announced that the Kindle Fire and Kindle eReader family have been extremely popular this holiday season. Although the online retailer stopped short of
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The 10 inch Acer Iconia Tab A200 is now available for purchase in the UK for 299 pounds. The tablet is powered by a NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor and runs Google Android. The 10 inch display has a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. Other specifications include 1GB of RAM, a 2MP front-facing camera, WiFi 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1 and a microSD card slot.
In the UK retailer Very is taking
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fatih on Kamis, 29 Desember 2011
Intel is all set to launch its Medfield processors for tablets and smartphones. Intel has been working on the low-power system-on-a-chip platform for a while, but the company never really disclosed the actual specifications.
But now leaked specifications of the chips have hit the cyberspace. Benchmark tests done on a prototype tablet with a 1.6GHz x86 Medfield processor and 1GB of RAM shows
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Intel has started shipping its Cedar Trail Atom processors for netbooks. Devices sporting this third generation of low power Atom processors are expected to hit the streets in early 2012. The companies that are going to launch Cedar Trail netbooks include Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, Samsung and Toshiba.
Interestingly we will not see any Dell netbooks with Cedar Trail processors. The US-based PC
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Sony has kind of confirmed that its Tablet S and Tablet P are getting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade. Neither tablet was all that popular but that didn’t prevent Sony from offering continued support for them.
Samsung, unfortunately, thinks a little bit different. The company has revealed that its Galaxy Tab 7 inch tablet will not be getting the Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade. The reason,
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Asus expects to ship 3 to 6 million tablets in 2012. The company shipped around 1.8 million units in 2011. Asus chairman says that the company’s Transformer Prime tablet will be the most popular of its devices thanks to its unique detachable keyboard design. The design is patent pending and Asus plans to optimize the technology even further.
The Eee Pad Transformer Prime is the successor to
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The Sony Tablet S and Tablet P are all set to get the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update. Sony is yet to confirm when the update will arrive, but it is definitely on the cards. The Sony Tablet S is a 10 inch tablet computer that resembles a magazine in its folded shape. Sony says that the unique form factor makes the tablet easy to hold in the hand.
The Tablet P has a pair of 5.5 inch
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Notion Ink is working on bringing the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to its Adam tablet. The India-based startup company has released an early build which anyone can download and test. Right now the new build only supports WiFi, GPS, graphics and some other key functions. No support for Bluetooth, 3G, audio or the camera is available at the moment.
The Notion Ink Adam is a 10 inch Android
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fatih on Selasa, 27 Desember 2011
CTL has launched a new 14 inch laptop with an Intel Sandy Bridge processor and Ubuntu Linux operating system. Notebooks sporting higher-end Intel processors usually run the Windows operating system. The CTL MB40U, on the other hand, comes pre-loaded with the open source Ubuntu 11.10 ‘Oneiric Ocelot’ 64-bit operating system which has a wide range of free apps written for it.
The notebook can be
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The first Samsung ultrabook – the NP530 – is now up for pre-order in Europe. The Series 5 NP530 has an Intel Core i5 2467M processor, 4GB of DDR3 memory and a 4-cell 44Whr battery which will reportedly get up to 6.5 hours of endurance.
The storage option is a hybrid drive with 500GB of HDD and 16GB of SSD. The 13.3 inch display has a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels.
The Samsung NP530 is
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The Lenovo IdeaPad U300s is now available for purchase from retailer NewEgg. The 13.3 inch notebook has been up for pre-order since September.
The version that Newegg sells has the model number U300s 108026U. It has an Intel Core i7-2677M processor, integrated Intel HD graphics, 4GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD. All that high-end components come at a price. The notebook runs $1600.
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Like most other tablet makers, ViewSonic too has launched 7 and 10 inch Android tablets. And now it looks like the company is taking a leaf out of Apple’s book. The new ViewSonic ViewPad 97a has a 9.7 inch, 1024 x 768 pixels IPS display. The Apple iPad too has a 9.7 inch display with similar pixels density.
The tablet is expected to go on sale in China later this month. It is powered by a
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It looks like Asus is getting ready to launch a new notebook called the Eee PC 1225B. Few details are available about this machine at the moment, but sources suggest that it will have a 12.1 inch display and an AMD processor. If that is indeed so, then this could be a successor to the Eee PC 1215B introduced earlier in 2011.
The Eee PC 1225B has already showed up at some retails websites.
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fatih on Minggu, 25 Desember 2011
A relatively unknown company called Skytex has started taking orders for its Skypad Alpha 2 Android tablet. The device has a 7 inch display and a 1.2GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor. It runs the Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread operating system. Skytex claims that the tablet can recognize up to 5 touch inputs at the same time. The tablet has an HDMI output port. It is also capable of handling 1080p HD video
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A German court has ruled that Samsung can sell its 10 inch Galaxy Tab 10.1N Android tablet in Germany. The Galaxy Tab 10.1N is a slightly different version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. It has a plastic bezel which extends over the sides of the tablet.
The original Galaxy Tab 10.1 looked an awful lot like the Apple iPad 2. Needless to say, Apple wasn’t all that happy with this and filed a lawsuit
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Best Buy has started selling the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime Android tablet for $500. The Transformer Prime is the first tablet to launch with a NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor.
The tablet went on sale recently, but the demand was so high that it was soon sold out.
The Eee Pad Transformer Prime is not yet available from stores. Best Buy says that orders placed today will ship within 24
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fatih on Kamis, 22 Desember 2011
Intel is getting ready to launch its next generation Atom processors code-named Medfield. These are highly power efficient chips designed for tablets and smartphones. Although Intel is the reigning king in the netbook space, the company hasn’t had much success in the tablet and smartphone segment where ARM-based chips are in demand.
The new Medfield processors are reportedly as power efficient
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The Lenovo ThinkPad X130e has been delayed. The ThinkPad X130e is a rugged laptop for students. It is the latest model in the company’s 11.6 inch Thinkpad lineup. Lenovo already has launched two other 11.6 inch ThinkPads called X120e and X100e.
Starting today Lenovo was supported to take orders for the laptop for $469 and up. But now the launch has been pushed back to February 2012. Nonetheless
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fatih on Rabu, 21 Desember 2011
The $199 BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is now up for sale again. Retailer Staples offer the 16GB model for $199 and the 32GB model for $299. The 64GB version runs $399. Best Buy and Office Depot are also offering the base model for $199.99. The 32GB model runs $249.99 at these retailers.
The BlackBerry PlayBook launched earlier this year with a price tag of $499. However, due to poor sales RIM
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That Lenovo is working on a quad-core tablet is now known to almost everybody. Last month Engadget published some images of the tablet. Some leaked benchmarks too are available online. And now Digitimes report that the tablet is getting ready to launch.
The Lenovo tablet is reportedly being built by Taiwanese OEM Pegatron. The same OEM is building tablets for Acer and Toshiba as well.
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fatih on Senin, 19 Desember 2011
The Samsung Series 7 Slate PC is a Windows-based tablet computer with an 11.6 inch display. It has impressive hardware including an Intel Core i5 processor. The tablet offers support for both finger and stylus input.
Although Windows isn’t quite a touch-friendly operating system, a Windows tablet has some advantages over a tablet running Android. For one thing, it can run all Windows
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Google officially released the Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich this week. This is the latest version of the company’s mobile operating system.
The first device to get the Android 4.0.3 update will be the Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone. Other phones and tablets should get the software soon as well. Note that this OS is optimized for both tablets and cell phones. That is, from now onwards, there
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fatih on Minggu, 18 Desember 2011
It looks like the Grid10 is going to be the next JooJoo tablet for Fusion Garage. The device started shipping this summer and at least a few units have been shipped but that is all we know at the moment. A number of customers who have placed their order are yet to receive their tablets. Worse still, Fusion Garage hasn’t updated its Twitter or Facebook accounts in several weeks.
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Within weeks of retiring the Streak 7 and Streak 5 Android tablets, Dell has pulled the plug on its Mini line of laptops too. If you search for the netbooks at Dell’s online store you get a variety of messages indicating that they are no longer available. Among the netbooks that are discontinued are the Inspiron 910 and the Dell Inspiron Mini 1012. The Inspiron Duo convertible tablet style
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fatih on Sabtu, 17 Desember 2011
The BlackBerry PlayBook was available for as little as $200 in November, but those folks who didn’t manage to buy the tablet during that promotional window don’t have to lose to heart. The tablet will be on sale again after Christmas.
The US wireless carrier Sprint will be selling the tablet for $200 from December 26th and January 7th as part of its after-Christmas sale promotion.
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Amazon is not known for providing precise sales figures of its Kindle line of tablets and ebook readers. However, according to a major announcement the retailer made yesterday, the Kindle products are fast flying off the shelves.
Amazon reportedly sells more than a millions Kindles per week. That figure includes all products bearing the Kindle name.
A number of Kindle devices are available at
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Apple could be working on a smaller iPad. The company’s flagship iPad has a 9.7 inch display. Not so long ago, Apple CEO Steve Jobs had rubbished rumors that his company would build a smaller iPad. Jobs had said that existing iPad apps wouldn’t run well on tablets with smaller displays.
At that point the iPad faced hardly any competition in the market. The only other tablet that was selling
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Research in Motion shipped 850,000 BlackBerry Playbooks this year 150,000 of which were sold during the quarter ending on November 26th. That is not a huge figure and clearly shows a remarkable dip in sales.
RIM has been aggressively promoting the tablet for a few months. The PlayBook launched earlier this year with a launch price of $499.99. Interestingly, during the quarter the tablet launched
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fatih on Rabu, 14 Desember 2011
Toshiba has already launched a few Android tablets, but the company’s latest runs Windows 7 Professional operating system. It is aimed at business customers and will be available in Japan sometime soon.
The Toshiba Dynabook WT301/D has a 10.1 inch display with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. It is powered by an Intel Atom processor. Other specifications include 2GB of RAM and a 64GB solid
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The Archos 80 and Archos 101 G9 tablets will hit the market in time for Christmas. The Archos 80 has an 8 inch display while the Archos 101 G9 has a 10 inch display. Both models have 1.5GHz dual core processors. Archos already offers tablets with 8 inch and 10 inch displays. But these models have either 1 GHz or 1.2GHz processors.
The new Archos 80 and 101 G9 tablets run 350 Euros or less in
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The Toshiba Z835 ultrabook is now available for as little as $699.99. It looks like it is a promotion which may not last forever, but this week you can pick up the Z835 for the afore-mentioned price.
Ultrabooks are ultrathin notebooks sporting Intel’s latest processors and fast and durable SSDs. They have fast boot and resume-from-sleep speeds. They aren’t exactly cheap: prices usually start at
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fatih on Selasa, 13 Desember 2011
Generally speaking, ulltrabooks are ultrathin laptops with 13.3 inch or smaller displays. But they can be larger too. Samsung has just announced that it is building ultrabooks with 14 inch displays. The new laptops will be part of Samsung’s Series 5 lineup. The company will reportedly offer 2 models.
One of these Series 5 ultrabook has a 14 inch display, an optical drive, 8GB of RAM and an
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The Samsung Series 7 Slate PC is one of the few Windows tablets on the market. With a starting price of $1149, the Slate PC isn’t cheap. On the bright side, it has the hardware that kind of justifies its huge price tag. It is also designed to take full-advantage of the touch-based features of Windows 7 OS.
Since the Series 7 Slate PC runs Windows 7, it is capable of running all desktop
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The 7 inch Toshiba Thrive Android tablet is now available for purchase for $379.99. At the price point it is kind of costly. Some big name companies like Amazon now sells decent tablets for as little as $200. That said, the Toshiba Thrive has better specifications than Amazon’s Kindle Fire.
The Toshiba Thrive is powered by a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor and runs Google Android 3.2
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Intel was the first to coin the term ‘ultrabook’. These are ultraportable laptops featuring Intel’s newest processors and solid state disks. They also feature fast boot and resume-from-sleep speeds. Ultrabook is now a registered trademark of Intel. That means you will never find an ultrabook with an AMD processor. That, however, doesn’t mean that AMD is taking things lying down. The company is
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At the BlackBerry DevCon Asia 2011 developer conference BlackBerry announced that a major software update to its PlayBook tablet OS is ready. The PlayBook OS 2.0 will bring in folder support, Android app support and better user customization. That means, now you will be able to run Android apps on your Playbook. Another notable feature is the new customizable ‘favorites’ strip which allows you to
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fatih on Minggu, 11 Desember 2011
The Asus Eee PC X101CH sporting an Intel Cedar Trail processor has been caught on a video. It is an update to the previous generation Eee PC X101/X101H netbooks which had the Intel Atom N435 or N455 single core processors.
The Eee PC X101CH has an Intel Atom N2600 dual core processor. It runs Windows 7 Starter edition. A notable feature of the laptop is its HDMI output which allows you to
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The 15.5 inch Sony VAIO VPCEL22FX/B is now available for just $350. At that price point it is the cheapest VAIO on the market. Sony is not known for launching affordable laptops. Although the VAIO VPCEL22FX/B is cheap for a Sony laptop, many laptops having comparable specs are available on the market for less. But if the Sony brand name is important for you, this is a good opportunity to own a
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fatih on Jumat, 09 Desember 2011
Toshiba is getting ready to launch yet another Android tablet. The new Toshiba Excite AT200 will have a 10.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixels display, just like the Thrive tablet. The Excite tablet, on the other hand, is thinner and lighter. It measures just 0.3 inches in thickness. While the Thrive has a NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, the Excite will feature a 1.2GHz TI OMAP 4430 dual core processor.
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Word on the street is that Samsung is planning to launch an 11.6 inch tablet with a whopping 2560 x 1600 pixels density. If it is indeed true, then this tablet will have a pixel density comparable to the Retina display found on the new iPhone.
According to sources, the new Samsung tablet will have a thin bezel which means that it won’t be much larger than the 10 inch Galaxy Tab 10.1. It is also
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Archos is all set to launch a successor to its Archos 70 Gen8 tablet. The 7 inch Archos 70 has been available since 2010. While the original Archos 70 had 256MB of RAM, the new version has 512MB. It also has a higher resolution (1024 x 600) display. The previous model had 800 x 480 pixels panel.
While most Archos tablets ship with Android 2.2, the new model has Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating
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fatih on Kamis, 08 Desember 2011
Seagate has launched a next generation hybrid hard drive which combines SSD storage with traditional HDD platters. The new Seagate Momentus XT ST750LX003 spins at 7,200 rpm. It is essentially a SATA 2 6 Gbps hard drive with 8GB of SLC type NAND Flash memory embedded.
Flash-based Solid State Drives (SSDs) are faster and more durable than traditional hard drives. On the flip side, they are costly
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The 17.3 inch Toshiba Satellite L775-S7307 desktop replacement laptop is now available from online stores of Best Buy for $350. But before you reach for your credit card bear in mind that you get what you pay for. The laptop doesn’t have a bleeding-edge processor. It is powered by a 2.1GHz Intel Pentium B950 processor. Other specifications include 4GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, integrated Intel
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The HTC Flyer owners in France have started getting over the air (OTA) update to Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating system. The stylus-friendly tablet launched with Android Gingerbread a few months ago. The fact that the tablet-friendly Android Honeycomb was available at that point prompted many to question HTC’s decision to launch its tablet with an OS that had already become dated by then. HTC,
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fatih on Rabu, 07 Desember 2011
Toshiba has launched a 7 inch version of its Thrive tablet. The tablet is available at some lesser-known retailers like eCost and Applies Computer. While eCost lists the tablet for $468, Applied Computer sells it for $441. Interestingly the tablet is not yet available from big retailers like Best Buy or Amazon.
The 7 inch Toshiba Thrive has a 1280 x 800 pixels display. It is powered by a 1GHz
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Lenovo has launched a new Thinkpad notebook. The Lenovo ThinkPad X130e is aimed at students. Needless to say, it sports a rugged case with design elements such as recessed and reinforced ports, strong hinges and a rubber bumper on the top cover.
The ThinkPad X130e has an 11.6 inch display. It will start shipping towards the end of this month for prices starting at $469.
The laptops will be
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LG is the latest PC maker to throw its hat in the ultrabook ring. The company has just unveiled an ultrabook called LG Xnote Z330. The 13.3 incher will be available with a choice of Intel Core i5 or i7 processor. The Xnote Z330 has a small screen bezel which means that it isn’t much larger than a 12 inch notebook.
The 13.3 inch display has a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. Like other
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fatih on Selasa, 06 Desember 2011
The Asus K53E-BBR4 has had a major price drop. The 15.6 incher has an Intel Core i5-2430M Sandy Bridge processor. That Core i5-processor is the kind you would find in mainstream laptops running $700 or above. But the K53E is now available for just $450.
The Intel Core i5-2430M is a dual core processor with a normal clock speed of 2.4GHz. In the Turbo Boost mode it can reach up to 3.0GHz.
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Chip designer MIPS has announced a $100 tablet with Android 4.0 operating system. Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich is the first version of Android optimized for both tablets and phones.
The MIPS Novo 7 tablet has a 1GHz Ingenic Xburst processor which may not be able to run some of the apps designed for Android. Other specifications include a 7 inch capacitive touchscreen display, WiFi 802.11b
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fatih on Minggu, 04 Desember 2011
A certain Gigabyte convertible tablet-style netbook has showed up at the FCC website. The Gigabyte T1006 has a 10.1 inch capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. It is powered by an Intel Atom processor although we don’t know which Atom processor we are talking about. Other specifications include Intel GMA 3650 integrated graphics, VGA, HDMI, 1 USB 3.0, 1 USB 2.0 and
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Samsung can continue selling its Galaxy line of smartphones and Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablet in the US. Apple had filed a law suit against the Korean company alleging that some of its smartphones and latest tablets infringe on their copyright. While Apple managed to obtain a preliminary injunction against Samsung in Germany, in the US a federal court denied a request for a similar ban.
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Dell has pulled the plug on its 7 inch tablet called Dell Streak 7. The Streak 7 was supposed to be a successor to the 5 inch Streak 5. Neither tablet is now available for sale online. In other words, Dell currently has no Android tablets for sale. The company still offers a couple of convertible tablet style netbooks.
The Dell Streak 7 launched with Android 2.2 earlier this year. The tablet
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fatih on Sabtu, 03 Desember 2011
Acer has officially unveiled its Iconia Tab A200 Android tablet. A couple of days ago the company had launched a promotional video for the same. Now we have other details too including a press release, launch information and spec sheet.
In terms of looks, the Iconia Tab A200 isn’t all that different from the Acer Iconia Tab A500. There are some differences though. The A200 will run Android 3.2
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fatih on Jumat, 02 Desember 2011
A certain Archos tablet called Arnova A9 G2 has made an appearance at the FCC website. The Arnova 9 G2 has a 9.7 inch IPS display with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. It runs the dated Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. The tablet has a 1 GHz ARM Cortex A8 single core processor. It can recognize five finger multitouch input at the same time.
The Arnova 9 G2 has built-in stereo
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Ultrabooks are a new category of ultraportable computers with Intel’s latest processors and solid state disks. Although Intel said that they would cost less than $1000, only the entry level models sport that price tag. Higher-end models have prices ranging between $1500 and $2000. But PC makers are hoping that competition will drive prices down.
According to Intel within the next two years,
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Serendipity: ser·en·dip·i·ty/ˌserənˈdipitē/
| Noun: | The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way
A couple of months ago, I sent out a blog post looking for classrooms that wanted to participate in our This I Believe Goes Global project. We had more responses this year than any other matching up classes from Poland, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, South Korea and all over the United States.
As Karl and I were sorting through the responses. We notice one response from a teacher named Jeff Boyce. About three years ago, we had a teacher named Jeff Boyce here at AHS. Karl and I wondered if this was the same Jeff Boyce. So, after an email exchange, we discovered it was a former colleague now teaching in South Korea. Serendipity #1
My all boys' class was matched up with Jeff's class in South Korea at the Korea International School. I knew that my all boys' class was going to be writing their "This I Believe" essays on something important to them, something they strongly valued. Jeff let me know early on that his class was going to be writing their essays with a slight twist to the assignment: "I Believe in Evolution...". To help you understand his requirements for their essays, Jeff is a science teacher, thus they were going to be writing about evolution. Serendipity #2
Now, to make this collaboration even more interesting, my all boys' class is currently reading Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee's Inherit the Wind, a play based upon the Scopes Monkey trial of 1925 and the teaching of the theory of evolution in a fundamentalist Christian town. Serendipity #3
To prepare for our reading of Inherit the Wind, and help my all boys' class understand what John Scopes and Bertram Cates were facing with teaching the theory of evolution, I brought in one of our own biology teachers, Adam Wallace, to talk to the gentlemen about what it is like to be a modern day biology teacher and the theory of evolution. Serendipity #4
A few weeks ago, after Jeff and I figured out the logistics of our timelines, I asked Jeff if it was possible for him and his class to Skype into our class here at AHS. I didn't know upon asking him what the time difference was between Seoul and Littleton, CO. Jeff talked to his kids. They were all willing to stay up till 1 am their time in order to Skype into our class. We planned 1-1 connections with a kid from Seoul to a kid in my class. Serendipity #5 (more forced Serendipity, but it goes with the theme of this post)
I talked with Karl about whether this would be possible with our EEE's and their built in web-cam. He assured me we could do it, we just needed to test out the Skype feature since Skype and the built in webcams hadn't been used before. We practiced in class with one another everything seemingly looking splendid. Then came the test call...
Jeff and I decided we should do a practice call before the big day. Wednesday he had a group of kids call into my class first to me on the teacher computer and then to each of the kids they were assigned to. The calls to me were flawless with our wireless system. However, problems arose with the calls to the individual students in class. We could hear and see the kids in South Korea perfectly, but they could only see us, there was no sound! Oh no...
So, I asked some of my kids to go and get Karl to assist with our technical difficulties. Some of my boys have Karl as their math teacher and relayed to me that he had a family emergency and would be gone the rest of the week. OH NO....
I sent off a couple of emails to our district personnel to seek out some help. Later that day, after I had chewed my fingernails down to the nubbins and aged myself another 10 years, I got an email back from Rody Smith. Rody brought over two other district tech folks to help me solve my problem with the sound.
At 7:30 am Thursday morning, after being told what I wanted to do wasn't possible, somehow the thoughts shifted to make the impossible possible. Mark Lindstone, Randy Stall, and my favorite Rody Smith figured out a solution to the problem. Rody imaged a brand new set of EEE's for my gentlemen. Our library lent us enough USB headsets for each kid to have their own. Additionally, Rody delivered the brand new EEEs to AHS, helped me set up the classroom with a wired switch for all 24 netbooks (we decided to move from wireless one to one connections to wired connections), and managed to help me facilitate the day today. Serendipity #6
I relayed all the events of Thursday morning to my all boys' class during our class time on Thursday managing to break into tears in front of them. I stressed to them the importance of what we were about to do on Friday, the opportunity that this presented to them as men, as learners and as agents of change. The pressure was on! Since it is an all boys' class, I reminded them that this was like preparing for game day. We needed to prepare ourselves for the challenges but then also embrace the opportunities as well.
And how did it go? It was awesome- we even had cookies and juice thanks to one of our moms. The kids connected both technologically and literally. They didn't stop talking until I told them that we needed to start wrapping up things. The discussed their essays, their lives, their schools, their interests, and their beliefs. They changed the world by getting to know one another, by shaping one another's understandings and learnings. I couldn't stop smiling and neither could the kids. The kids started talking one to one, and before I knew it, they were moving around the room talking to all the other South Korean students. What a fantastic day. What a fantastic learning opportunity. We couldn't have done this without the help of Jeff Boyce, the students in South Korea, Rody Smith ( my all boys class voted him as President for all his hard work), Mark Lindstone, Tracy Murphy, Karla Brachtenbach, Mr. Booth, Karl and of course my gentlemen. Serendipity #7 (which just happens to be my favorite number).
Here are some more pictures of the day...
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| Jeff Boyce and I excited to listen to what was happening in class |
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fatih on Kamis, 01 Desember 2011
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime can proudly claim to be the fastest Android tablet on the market. It is the first device to sport the NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor which also comes bundled with high performance graphics.
The Eee Pad Transformer Prime has a 10.1 inch Super IPS display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. Other features include 1GB of RAM, an excellent camera and an
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