3 MORE ARCHOS TABLETS HIT FCC

Three more Archos tablets have showed up at the FCC website but few details are available at the moment.

The Archos Arnova lineup consists of the company’s low cost tablets. They don’t have high-end hardware, but the new models are all expected to run Google Android 4.0 operating system. According to the FCC documents two of these tablets – the Arnova 7b G3 and Arnova 7f G3 – have 7 inch

NEW IPAD CAN RUN AS A 4G HOTSPOT FOR 25 HOURS

The new iPad has mobile hotspot features. That means if you have a supported device and a supported data plan, you can use the tablet as a portable 4G modem for your laptop. You just need to turn on the mobile hotspot feature and then connect your laptop or another mobile device over WiFi.


Although it is a useful feature, the iPad isn’t the first device to sport this feature. Some versions of

TESO K116 IS AN ULTRABOOK WITH A TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY AND DETACHABLE KEYBOARD

A certain Chinese company called Teso has launched an 11.6 inch ultrabook with an Intel Ivy Bridge processor and detachable keyboard. The device showed up at the Alibaba site recently.

The computer has a list price ranging between $400 and $600 per unit, but keep in mind that this is not the price at which it will hit the market. It is the price for distributors who order 1000 or more units.

JAPANESE COMPANY LAUNCHES BUDGET-FRIENDLY LESANCE ULTRABOOK

A Japanese company called Unitcom has launched a new thin and light ultrabook in its Lesance notebook lineup. The laptop is quite attractively priced. In Japan it will go on sale this weekend for prices starting at the local equivalent of just $730. At that price point, it is definitely one of the cheapest ultrabooks around. What’s more, it could be even cheaper in other countries because in

UNANNOUNCED SONY VAIO CHROMEBOOK HITS FCC

Sony is yet to officially announce that it is working on a Chrome OS notebook. Nonetheless, a certain Sony laptop bearing the model name Sony VAIO VCC111 has showed up at the FCC website. Although it is not exactly clear which operating system it runs, rumors suggest that it could be Sony’s first Chromebook.


A Chromebook is a laptop that runs Google’s Chrome operating system. The VAIO VCC111

MEET BODHI LINUX: A CUSTOMIZABLE OS FOR NETBOOKS, TABLETS AND DESKTOPS

Bodhi Linux is a light-weight highly customizable Ubuntu based operating system. It also comes pre-loaded with several apps you will find in Ubuntu. However, there is a major difference between Bodhi and original Ubuntu. Bodhi is quite customizable. It allows a user to choose environments suitable for laptops, tablets and desktop computers.


Bodhi Linux 1.4 was released this week. The update

NVIDIA LAUNCHES 28NM GRAPHICS PROCESSOR FOR ULTRABOOKS

NVIDIA has launched a new 28nm graphics processor for ultrabooks. The first ultrabook to sport this graphics card will probably be the Acer M3.

The NVIDIA GeForce GT640M graphics processor is based on NVIDIA’s 28nm Kepler architecture. NVIDIA says that PC makers like Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, LG, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba are expected to launch ultrabooks and notebooks with the Kepler