ACER ICONIA TAB A200 NOW AVAILABLE FOR $350

Best Buy has started selling the Acer Iconia Tab A200 Android tablet in the US. It runs $349.99. The Iconia Tab A200 is a budget-minded tablet with a dual core 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating system. It has a 10.1 inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels.


Although the Iconia Tab A200 has decent hardware, it can’t claim to be top-of-the-line

NOTION INK ANNOUNCES ADAM II WITH TI OMAP 4 CPU AND ANDROID 4.0

Notion Ink has announced its plans to build a second generation Adam tablet. The Adam II will have a Texas Instruments OMAP 4 processor and PowerVR graphics. It will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.


The original Adam was the first tablet to launch with a NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor and optional Pixel Qi low power sunlight readable display. While the tablet had

ULTRABOOKS TO DICTATE ACER NOTEBOOK LINEUP IN 2012

According to Acer Chairman ultrabooks could account for as much as 35% of the company’s entire notebook lineup in 2012. The first of these models will be the Acer Aspire S5 and Timeline Ultra. Acer also plans to launch more models in summer.

Acer doesn’t expect its market share to improve in the US and Europe where it is facing stiff competition from iPads and Macs. However, it is confident of

QUANTA BUILDING ARM-BASED WINDOWS 8 TABLETS FOR LENOVO AND TOSHIBA

Word is that OEM maker Quanta Computer is building Windows 8 tablets for Toshiba and Lenovo. First models are expected to hit the market early next year. They will have ARM-based processors. Windows 8 will be the first version of the Windows OS compatible with ARM-based processors. Right now most of the tablets powered by ARM processors run Google Android.

Microsoft will launch Windows 8 for

LENOVO IDEAPAD A1 TABLET NOW AVAILABLE FOR JUST $167.20

The Lenovo IdeaPad A1 tablet can be purchased for just $167.20 this week: you only need to use the coupon code EMPLOYEEPRICE0119. This is perhaps the best price for this tablet to date. The IdeaPad A1 usually retails for around $200.

As you may have already guessed, the IdeaPad A1 isn’t a high-end tablet. It has modest hardware including a 1Ghz TI OMAP 3622 single core processor, 512MB of RAM

CLOSER LOOK AT ASUS B23E BUSINESS NOTEBOOK

Besides a whole new line of low cost notebooks and netbooks, Asus introduced a high-end ultraportable laptop at CES last week. The Asus B23E is a 12.5 inch notebook aimed at businesses. It will be available with a choice of Intel Core i3, i5 or i7 processors and Windows 7 Home, Professional or Ultimate operating system.


The 12.5 inch LED backlit anti-glare display has a resolution of 1366 x

2ND GENERATION SAMSUNG CHROMEBOOK HAS INTEL CELERON CPU

It is not easy to find Intel Celeron-based laptops these days. In fact, none of the laptops announced since mid-2008 has an Intel Celeron processor. But that didn’t prevent Samsung from announcing one at CES last week. The second generation Series 5 Samsung Chromebook the company unveiled at CES sports an Intel Celeron processor.

The unnamed Celeron processor will replace the Atom N570 found in