VIEWSONIC VIEWPAD 7X TO START AT $379

The 7 inch ViewSonic ViewPad 7x Android tablet will start shipping in October $379. At that price it is costlier than the Lenovo IdeaPad A1 and Acer Iconia Tab A100. Still, it is a whole lot cheaper than the 7 inch HTC Flyer which is selling for $499.

The ViewSonic ViewPad 7x has a 7 inch capacitive multitouch display with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. It runs Google Android 3.2 Honeycomb

BLACKBERRY PLAYBOOK NOT SELLING WELL

RIM isn’t selling a lot of its PlayBook tablets. While reporting its quarterly earnings, the company announced that it shipped just 200,000 PlayBooks during this quarter. It is much less than what analysts had predicted.

Worse still, that 200,000 is not the actual figure of the tablets sold. It is the number of tablets RIM shipped to stores, wireless carriers and other partners. It is not

SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB 8.9 UP FOR PRE-ORDER

Best Buy has started taking pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9. Incidentally, Best Buy is the first retailer in the US to offer the tablet. The 16GB model is priced at $469.99. The 32GB model runs $569.99. The 10 inch Galaxy Tab 10.1 runs $499.99.

Perhaps the only difference between the Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1 is in the screen size. Other specifications are nearly the same. The Galaxy Tab

ARCHOS 80 G9 AND 101 G9 TABLETS TO START SHIPPING SOON

The new Archos 80 G9 and Archos 101 G9 tablets will go on sale on September 20th for prices ranging between $299 and $469.
Here is a quick overview of both models.

Archos 80 G9
The Archos 80 G9 is an 8 inch tablet with a 1024 x 768 pixels capacitive touchscreen display. The base configuration which runs $299 has a 1GHz dual core processor and 8GB of flash storage. Other specifications include

QUALCOMM'S 2.5GHz CHIPS COULD COME IN EARLY 2012

Chipmaker Qualcomm says that its superfast 2.5GHz quad-core processors will start showing up in tablets early next year. The company announced plans to build these chips early this year.

The new chips will reportedly be available in single, dual and quad-core variants. The top-of-the-line among them will also feature next-gen Adreno graphics which provides support for 3D graphics and 1080p HD

ASUS X101 MEEGO LINUX NETBOOK UP FOR PRE-ORDER

The Asus X101 MeeGo Linux netbook is now up for pre-order from Amazon and some other retailers. The Asus X101 is a 10.1 inch netbook running the MeeGo Linux operating system.

Currently two models are available for pre-order. The white model called Eee PC X101-EU17-WT runs $199. There is also a black model called the X101-EU17-BK. It runs $226.99. Meanwhile CDW is taking pre-orders for the same

FUSION GARAGE GRID 10 TABLET TO START AT $299

Fusion Garage, the company which launched the disastrous JooJoo tablet, is back with another offering. The new Fusion Garage Grid 10 tablet runs the GridOS software. It is expected to start shipping in the first week of October. Incidentally, Fusion Garage has dropped the price of the tablet by almost $200. The WiFi-only version now runs $299. The 3G-model will set you back $399.

The Grid 10