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Asus Releases PadFone 2

July 10, 2023 By 901am

 

Asus has officially announced the PadFone 2, the second generation of the company’s innovative smartphone – tablet combination device. The product was launched in two simultaneous events that were held in Milan and Taipei.

 

The PadFone 2 has undergone a major redesign and this more intuitive design is what Asus is trying to sell to consumers. The original PadFone had a small door located at the back of the dock for the PadFone tablet. This is where the smartphone is attached. [Read more…]

Originally posted on October 16, 2012 @ 8:51 pm

Filed Under: ASUS, Smartphones, Tablets Tagged With: Asus, Milan, PadFone, PadFone 2, Random-access memory, smartphone, tablet, Taipei

Amazon May Release Two Kindle Fire 2 Models

July 10, 2023 By 901am

Amazon has announced that it will hold an event on September 6 in Santa Monica, California. Many industry pundits are already guessing that this event will be an announcement of new Kindle products.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon is going to launch two Kindle Fire tablets during the event. Following the strategy it used with the Kindle e-book readers. The two models will be a regular one and one that is ad-supported. The ad-supported Kindle Fire model will reportedly be sold at a price that is much lower than the $199 price of the original Kindle Fire. With the current ad-supported platform for the Kindle e-book reader, the ad-supported model is $30 cheaper than the regular model. [Read more…]

Originally posted on September 3, 2012 @ 6:32 am

Filed Under: Amazon, Kindle Fire, Tablets Tagged With: Amazon, Kindle Fire

North Korea Comes Out With Its Own Tablet

July 10, 2023 By 901am

North Korea may be one of the most secretive countries in the world and news involving the country are generally not always positive. Thank heavens, then for good pieces of tech news like this – North Korea has launched its own tablet that it will be bringing to its consumers. [Read more…]

Originally posted on July 27, 2012 @ 9:06 pm

Filed Under: Tablets Tagged With: North Korea, tablet

Samsung To Release Galaxy Note 10.1

July 10, 2023 By 901am

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 was a new product by Samsung that was first shown during the Mobile World Congress held last February. The Galaxy Note 10.1 was a mashup of a device – bringing together the Galaxy Tab with the S-Pen stylus that was one of the major innovations of the Galaxy Note.

Unfortunately, it did not get a lot of excited reception from the people who saw it, mainly because some of the specifications were a little suspect. First, it only has a relatively vanilla 1.4Ghz dual core processor and a 1280 x 800 pixel display resolution. These were specs that was unimpressive, to say the least and it became immediately unattractive when Apple release the New Ipad and its far superior hardware. [Read more…]

Originally posted on August 7, 2012 @ 9:00 pm

Filed Under: Samsung, Tablets Tagged With: Galaxy Note, tablet

Barnes & Noble Cuts Nook Prices

July 10, 2023 By 901am

There’s a reason why stiff competition among manufacturers is always beneficial to us consumers. Just look at what’s happening right now at the 7-inch tablet market segment.

With the Google Nexus 7 launching to massive success both with critics and consumers, the other players in its market segment are beginning to feel the pressure. The first to blink is Barnes & Noble. The book retailer has announced that it has cut the prices of its tablet products.

According to the announcement, the Nook Color’s price has now been reduced from $169 to $149. The Nook 8GB tablet is now priced at $179 from its original price of $199, and the 16GB variant of the Nook tablet is now going to retail for $199 from its previous price of $249. [Read more…]

Originally posted on August 13, 2012 @ 5:40 am

Filed Under: Barnes & Noble, Google, Tablets Tagged With: Barnes & Noble, Google Nexus 7, nook

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