Category: Gadgets

ViewSonic finally got its Android tablet out of Froyo doldrums and it is first in the market with a Honeycomb slate of 7-inch variety. According to Pocket lint, the company will debuts the ViewPad 7x features Tegra 2 processor, Wi-Fi, HSPA+, HDMI port, DLNA support, weighs 0.84 pounds. There is no word on the pricing yet and it will hit the market on June.

The NECs VersaPro VK15V/TM-C looks like a slate it is, but packs like a netbook like specs. It runs on Windows 7 Professional. It features 1.5GHz Intel Atom Z760 processor, 2GB RAM, HDMI-out, SDHC slot, it comes with 10.1-inch, 1280*800 display, 64GB SSD. No words of pricing and battery life of the tablet, but it expected to go on sale this summer in Japan.

Kajimoto Lab in Japan brought this one with maximum sensation. You only have to exert gentlest of pressures on this prototype touch pad and it zaps your fingertip with little electrical signals, feeling of sliding your finger over surface. If you dont mind stretching your finger to your old style mouse or track pad, then check out the video.

Google said that the new Galaxy Tab 10.1 would be getting Android 3.1 update in next couple of weeks, now its time for Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi only model got the update. In Motorola Xoom official forum, it seems like few individuals have already received their update on their Wi-Fi only Xoom. 3G Xoom Users also have another option besides waiting for the OTA update, they can install it manually as explained in Android Total, Click on the source links to update your Android 3.1 manually and dont forget to check the press release

The Motion Computings CL900 tablet is now available for the orders with starting price at $899. The tablet features 2.1-pound Windows 7 Slate, 1.5GHz Intel Oak Trail Atom Z760 processor, 10.1-inch display, 1366*768 resolution multi-touch displays shielded with Corning Gorilla Glass. It got 1.3MP front-facing camera and 3MP sensor keeping back side camera. The tablet thickness is around 15.5mm, also offers 2GB RAM with 30GB or 62GB SSD. The battery life is up to 8 hours, with USB support, SD card slot, and Bluetooth 3.0. Click on the source link for ordering your CL900.

Google has been planning to bring peer-to-peer NFC sharing to the Ice Cream Sandwich release of Android. It got 0-click contact, webpage, and YouTube video sharing between your NFC-equipped Android smartphones and tablets. Just the bring the devices together and voila, data shared without launching an application or navigating through the UI. Google plans to build this functionality into as many systems apps as it can while providing the API to developers to 0-click enable their third-party applications. Dont forget to check out the video.

The Googles Ice Cream Sandwich will be a Universal OS that runs on everything from teeny tiny Android phones to 10-inch tablets and will adapt to each form factor with things like a resizable status bar. Some other fancy new additions were demonstrated during Googles I/O conference, it includes face-tracking and camera focus shifting based on voice recognition, most of the salient features remain under lock and key for now.

Google announced its movie rentals in the Android Market at its I/O conference. They demonstrated about renting movies on the Android Market from your phone, tablet, and PC with a single click. Pinning mirrors the experience with apps and books, you can select it on your PC and download device in the background for offline viewing. Movies are live in the Market now, support all Android 2.2 or higher devices is expected in a couple of weeks and tablets will get support with their upgrade to Android 3.1. On PCs it ties back to the recently expanded YouTube rental service with same restrictions and pricing, market that per-movie VOD price a bit easier to swallow with its cross platform support and few HD selections for $4.99.

Google announced that Android 3.1 is now available for Verizon Xoom 3G users. It got a lot of improvements and refinements, includes resizable widgets, a new host mode lets you to improve photos to your tablet directly from your camera, takes advantage of number of USB devices, including XBOX 360 and PS3 controllers. It also includes Googles Movies Apps let you to purchase and rent thousands of movies and updated version of most of the Googles main apps, includes faster web browser with new Quick Controls menu, the OS will be hitting Google TV sometime this summer. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be getting these updates in a couple of weeks.

Android has recently crossed its 100 millionth activation milestone, and also growing at its fastest pace yet, 400,000 devices are activated daily. There are now 200,000 Android Applications in the Android Market, it has accumulated a total of 4.5 billion installs, and Google says it as accelerating.

Double Twist introduces a media and mp3 sharing between two devices now. Play the video below on how DoubleTap works but basically you will need two Android phones with NFC, then tap them together and watch the file sharing magic happen automatically over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. The new update went live in Android Market overnight, for more details read the press release and dont forget to check out the video

Advents Vega tablet with its Tegra2 innards costs 199 ($326 approx), some couple of hackers have replaced the Vegas antiquated Android2.2 with a heaping help of Honeycomb. Its in alpha phase now, the widgets and apps are working well, camera capabilities, screen rotation, web surfing on Wi-Fi, and most everything is currently off limits. There is lot of work to be done, but seeing Advents slate running smooth with Android 3.0 with aplomb makes things better. Dont forget to check out the video

The Xplore technologies got its new bombproof tablet, the iX104C5. The model follow its progenitor PCs, the C2, C3, and the C4, in that it has a 10.4-inch XGA display and rugged good looks. The C5 improves on earlier models with specs, 2.13GHz Intel Core i7-620UE Processor, 2GB RAM (expandable up to 8GB) running Windows7. It has dedicated GPS, Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 2.1, 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi and Gobi 2000 mobile broadband card to keep you flush with 3G data. It got swappable 10-cell Li-Ion battery and dual SSD drive capability with RAID support. No words about pricing yet.

Watch ESPN App is now available on Android devices, brings the live video streaming of ESPN channels it features its debut on iOS last month. The interface running will require the installation of Adobe AIR on your Android 2.2 or higher device (no tablet optimizations yet and no mention on Honeycomb too read the press release for more details). Only TV subscribers to ESPN Networks enabled providers can stream everything while those with FiOS internet can access ESPN3, and all others are locked out entirely. If you have the right service click on the source link and download the app, dont forget to read the press release.

Here is the news about Microsofts upcoming Mango OS update. The date rumoured is now fixed for the preview on 24th of May as the date Redmond will dish the full details of its next major software release. The mangoish colored invite makes no mention of Windows Phone 7 anywhere, leading us to suspect that Microsoft will likely upgrade its mobile nomenclature as well as future set.

Windows Phone 7s Mango release got the extra bubbles for regular users; Microsoft will reportedly add new features to Bing in the near feature can prove useful. A new function called Bing Audio will act like a Shazam for recognizing music while Bing Vision will use your smartphones camera to read barcodes and do optical character recognition and provides support for segmented reality apps. The voice direction for Bing Maps and a native podcast player, and voice-to-text for sending SMS messages without lifting a finger.

Today the fresh Sprints Nexus S 4G goes on sale, as just planned, features same 4-inch curved Super AMOLED display, 1GHz Hummingbird processor and NFC capabilities your T-Mobile counterparts have enjoyed for months plus promise of Google Talk video chat. You can directly buy it from Sprint at $200 on contract or a $50 off price on Best Buy. Click on the source link for your orders and check out the full spec sheet

The 12.1-inch EliteBook 2760p convertible tablet a secret these days, the FCC made plenty of pictures and documentation available in filling by Sierra Wireless. It is the company that supplies the Qualcomm Gobi3000 dual-mode GSM/CDMA cellular radio on this tablet. The HP is already listed three versions starting at $1,499, with the base model features 2.3GHz Core i5-2410M processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM, dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi and a 320GB hard disk.