LG OPTIMUS PAD CONFIRMED WITH LTE AND 1.5GHZ PROCESSOR

While most device makers launch their devices at CES, LG waited until after CES to launch its Optimus Pad LTE. The 8.9 inch tablet is a successor to its original predecessor called Optimus Pad. It has got a 1280 x 768 pixels IPS display and a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The original model had a 1GHz Tegra 2 processor. And as the name itself suggests the Optimus Pad LTE also supports 4G

ARCHOS ARNOVA 7B G2 ANDROID TABLET UP FOR PRE-ORDER FOR 99 EUROS

Amazon.de has started taking pre-orders for the Archos Arnova 7b G2 Android tablet for 99 Euros. The device has a 7 inch resistive touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. It is powered by a 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor and runs Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. The display doesn’t support multitouch inputs. Other specifications include 4GB of RAM, WiFi, a

APPLE LAUNCHES IBOOK 2

Apple launched a new service called iBooks 2 for the iPad yesterday. It offers support for digital textbooks that make use of features such as image galleries and video 3D animation.

The best thing about digitial textbooks is that you can constantly keep them up-to-date. They are also much lighter. Carrying an iPad is easier than carrying four or five heavy textbooks in your backpack. Already

MOTOROLA XOOM GETS ANDROID 4.0 OTA UPDATE

The WiFi-only version of the Motorola Xoom tablet has started getting the Android 4.0 update. The Xoom hit the market in early 2011 as the first tablet to ship with the Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system. Right now it is the second Android tablet to get an OTA update to Android 4.0. The Eee Pad Transformer Prime is the first.


The new version of Android sports an improved user interface. It

LENOVO THINKPAD T430U LISTED WITH FULL VOLTAGE CORE I5 PROCESSOR

A Vietnamese website has posted a listing for a Lenovo ThinkPad T430u ultrabook with an Intel Ivy Bridge processor. What is interesting about this listing is that it shows the laptop as having an Intel Core i5-3320M standard voltage processor. Ultrabooks are supposed to have ultra-low voltage processors. This IS probably a typo, or maybe we are looking at a standard laptop with higher-end specs.

UPCOMING OLPC LAPTOP AND TABLET CAN RUN ENTIRELY ON SOLAR POWER

Modern computers use much less power than the computers of yester years. They are much more powerful too. But can a computer run directly off the power generated by a small solar panel? Well, OLPC says that it can. The upcoming OLPC XO 1.75 laptop and the XO 3.0 tablet can run entirely on solar power.

You can plug the devices into the solar panel and remove the battery altogether. They will

FUJITSU WORKING ON AN ANDROID TABLET CALLED STYLISTIC M532

Fujitsu is the latest company that wants to make its presence felt in the tablet space. The Japanese PC maker is reportedly working on a Tegra 3 powered tablet. The machine will launch in May.


The Fujitsu tablet will have a 10 inch HD display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. It will have two cameras – a 3 megapixel camera on the front side and an 8 megapixel camera on the rear side. The

LG OPTIMUS PAD LTE ANDROID TABLET GETS OFFICIAL

LG has officially announced its Optimus Pad LTE tablet. We have already spotted this machine in the wild. The Optimus Pad LTE is an 8.9 inch tablet with a 1280 x 768 pixels IPS display. It is powered by a 1.5GHz dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU.


The tablet has got an 8 megapixel camera on the rear side a 2 megapixel camera on the front side. The tablet measures 9.3mm in thickness. It has also

ASUS LAUNCHES B23E BUSINESS LAPTOP

The just-released Asus B23E-XH71 is a 12.5 inch business laptop with a full-voltage Intel Core series processor. The laptop has a matte black exterior and a magnesium-alloy chassis designed for durability. Other features that make the laptop more durable than consumer oriented laptops include spill-resistant keyboard, metal hinges and anti-shock hard drive.


The Asus B23E has a 500GB hard drive

ACER ICONIA TAB A200 UP FOR PURCHASE IN THE US

The budget-minded Acer Iconia Tab A200 is now available for purchase from retailer Staples. It runs $350. The tablet has a 10.1 display and a NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor. The supported connectivity options are WiFi and Bluetooth. The 10 inch multitouch panel has a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels.


The model that Staples is offering has 16GB of storage, 1GB of RAM and a 2 megapixel

FIRST CEDAR TRAIL NETBOOKS UP FOR PRE-ORDER

Intel has officially launched its third generation of Atom processors code-named Cedar Trail. The Cedar Trail processors have better graphics capabilities than the Pine Trail processors of Today. They also get better battery life. Some of the Cedar Trail netbooks even support Intel Wireless Display technology.

Some of the first netbooks with Cedar Trail processors are now up for pre-order. Here

10 INCH BLACKBERRY PLAYBOOK COMING SOON

Research in Motion’s 7 inch BlackBerry Playbook tablet didn’t break any sales records. It is a nifty little machine with decent hardware. Unfortunately it didn’t sell well. But that hasn’t deterred RIM from working on more PlayBook tablets.

According to a leaked product map, RIM will launch a 3G-enabled version of the PlayBook in April. In December, we will see a larger PlayBook with a 10 inch

ASUS EEE PC 1225B NOW AVAILABLE IN ITALY

The Asus Eee PC 1225B ultraportable notebook is now available for purchase in Italy. The notebook sports an 11.6 inch display with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. It will be available with a choice of the 1GHz AMD C-60 or the 1.65GHz AMD E-450 dual core processor. The model with the C-60 chip has the Radeon HD 6290 graphics while the E-450 configuration boasts of the speedier Radeon HD 6320

NOTION INK LAUNCHES ANDROID 4.0.3 ALPHA VERSION FOR ADAM TABLET

Notion Ink has released an alpha version of Android 4.0.3 for its Adam tablet. The company had released a pre-alpha version of the software a couple of weeks ago. The new version fixes many bugs. Features like Bluetooth, audio and GPS now work smoothly. That said, this alpha version too is far from perfect. There is still no support for camera or USB mass storage.


The Notion Ink Adam is a 10

LENOVO UNVEILS IDEAPAD K2110 ANDROID TABLET

Lenovo unveiled a new IdeaPad tablet called K2110 at CES last week. The new Lenovo IdeaPad K2110 has a 1.6Ghz Intel Atom Z2460 Medfield processor. The Intel Medfield processors are meant for use in tablets and smartphones. They are more power efficient than the Atom processors. In terms of power efficiency and performance they are comparable to the ARM-based processors built by NVIDIA, Qualcomm

NEW IDEAPAD U310 AND U410 LAPTOPS COMING IN MAY

Lenovo is expected to launch two new U series ultraportable laptops in May. The new models are the 13.3 inch IdeaPad U310 and the 14 inch U410. These appear to be the sequels to the U300 and U400.

The new IdeaPad U310 and U410 will ship with Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors. That is kind of disappointing because the latest Ivy Bridge processors are expected to be available in April. The storage

LENOVO UNVEILS THINKPAD T430U ULTRABOOK

The Lenovo ThinkPad T430u is a 14 inch ultrabook powered by Intel’s Core i-series processor. It is not exactly clear whether it has the existing Pine Trail processors or the upcoming Ivy Bridge processors. My guess is that it will sport the latter.

With its 14 inch display, the ThinkPad T430u is bit bigger than typical ultrabooks. It has got more features too. For instance, this model will be

TOSHIBA UNVEILS PORTEGE M930 CONVERTIBLE TABLET STYLE NOTEBOOK

Toshiba showed off a convertible tablet style notebook at CES last week. The Toshiba Portege M930 has a 13.3 inch display and an Intel Core i5 processor. It has also got 4GB of RAM and a 256GB Solid State Disk.


Convertible tablet style notebooks usually have a swivel that would let you rotate the display down over the keyboard. But this model is different. It requires you to push the top of

FUJITSU LAUNCHES LIFEBOOK SH76/G

Fujitsu has announced a new thin and light notebook called Fujitsu Lifebook SH76/G. The Lifebook SH76/G is powered by an Intel Core i5-2450M processor with a clock speed of 2.50GHz. It has a 13.3 inch display with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. Other specifications include 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 128GB Solid State Disk, built-in webcam and DVD burner. The laptop runs Windows 7 Home Premium

BEST BUY LISTS THE SAMSUNG SERIES 7 NP700 IVY BRIDGE-BASED LAPTOP

The Samsung Series 7 laptop lineup is going to get updated with 17 inch models. Best Buy has already uploaded the product pages for a Series 7 laptop called NP700G7C-S01US. The most interesting thing about this laptop is its quad-core Intel Core i7-3610QM Ivy Bridge processor. We haven’t come across many product listings with Ivy Bridge chips. These are the processors that will replace the Sandy

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