BLACKBERRY PLAYBOOK GETS OS 2.0 UPDATE; STILL SELLS FOR $199

RIM has already rolled out the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 update for its PlayBook tablet. And as you would expect, the update has certainly made the tablet more useful. It now has the capability to run select Android apps. The update has also added email, contacts and calendar apps to the tablet.


RIM launched the PlayBook last year with a starting price of $499. However, the tablet had few

ASUS EEE PAD MEMO 171 PRODUCT PAGE GOES LIVE

Asus introduced a new 7 inch tablet called Eee Pad MeMo at CES in January. It had a 1280 x 800 pixels display, a NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad core processor and a $249 price tag.

Recently Asus added a product page for another tablet called Eee Pad MeMo 171. It also has a 7 inch display, but it looks like it is the MeMo tablet the company introduced at CES in 2011.


The MeMo 171 has a 1.2GHz Qualcomm

UNANNOUNCED VIEWSONIC VIEWPAD G70 MAKES AN APPEARANCE

An unannounced tablet called the ViewSonic ViewPad G70 has showed up at some retailers. The device runs Android 4.0 operating system.

Few details are available at the moment but the device seems to have a 7 inch 1024 x 600 pixels display, 4GB of storage and 1GB of RAM. It has also got an HDMI output port and front and rear facing cameras. The supported connectivity options are WiFi, Bluetooth

8GB NOOK TABLET NOW AVAILABLE FOR $199

The 8GB version of the Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet is now available for purchase. This is a cheaper version of the original 16GB Nook Tablet. While the 16GB version has 1GB of RAM, this model has only 512MB. The difference in specs also reflects in the price. The 8GB model is priced at just $199. The 16GB version runs $249.


Like the Amazon Kindle Fire, the Nook Tablet too has a 7 inch display.

LENOVO IDEAPAD U300E UP FOR PRE-ORDER

The budget-friendly Lenovo IdeaPad U300e is now up for pre-order. It is a cheaper version of the IdeaPad U300s. While both laptops have identical specs, they differ in the processor and storage options.


The IdeaPad U300e is available with a choice of Intel Core i3-3467M or Core i5-2467M processor. The U300s is also available with a Core i7-2677M processor. While the only storage option

ASUS X54C-BBK7 15 INCH LAPTOP AVAILABLE FOR $350 FROM BEST BUY

The Intel Pentium based Asus X54C-BBK7 is now available for purchase for just $350 from Best Buy. The 15.6 inch laptop has a 2.2Ghz Intel Pentium B960 dual core processor. It is the fastest mobile Pentium CPU available at the moment. While it is not fastest processor out there it has enough power to handle every day computing needs.


In some benchmark tests this processor performs better than

7 INCH EDENTAB WITH MIUI ANDROID HITS JAPAN

MIUI built by a company called Xiaomi is a custom version of Google Android with its own home screen design and a number of unique apps. In a sense it is similar to Samsung’s TouchWiz and HTC Sense. The OS isn’t all that popular with the general public because few devices ship with it right now. Nonetheless, hackers have been using it for a while. And now the first tablet with MIUI is going to