Category: Gadgets

Vizio VTAB 1008 tablet priced at $349 in Walmarts system earlier this week, and now the device passed through the FCC. It indicates the launch is finally being imminent. The FCC listing doesnt provide much in the way of details beyond the expected ones (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and HDMI), the agency asked to hold back the confidential parts of filling until August 30th.

The Panasonic convertible 10-inch tablet to get its annual refresh and not mush as changed visibly. The company gave its internals a boost with Sandy Bridge goodness and a TransflectivePlus screen in its military-grade machine for computing in direct sunlight. The Core i5 found inside is not of the ULV variety, it is a standard voltage 2520m powering this sealed, fan less design. It also comes with 4GB of RAM and a pair of SSD options. It can hit on September and priced at $3,349. For more details read the press release

US and Canada are already worrying about recalls, while the rest of the world is still waiting for its crack at BlackBerry PlayBook. RIM today announced that its enterprise- friendly tablet is hitting 16 more markets over next 30 days, some of the locations like UK, have been already announced. The users include Hong Kong, India, and Australia. For more details read the press release

According to Korean News site Etnews, Samsung is having trouble getting it to market due to low yields of 8.9-inch G1F touch panel, uses one less film layer than conventional GFF panels. The G1F architecture is behind Samsungs Super LCD which you can find on Sammys own Galaxy Player, Nexus S, and Wave II devices. They claims that Samsung will offset the G1F shortfall with GFF-type touch panels that are 30 to 40 percent thicker and dimmer got the extra layer.

We got some message about MOTOBLUR, during the announcement of Motorola Photon 4G with the company. The mentioned the UI by name during our hands-on with the device, but failed to discuss the Android skin in any press materials discussing the device. Motorola spokesperson CEO Sanjay Jha comments that the device manufacturer is moving, due the public feedback. The UIs Social functionality will remain in the devices, combined with more enterprise focused features that delivers as a part of 3LM.

The Android Market Web Store now to show the users which apps are compatible with the devices. The compatibility screening was already in place for users who accessed the Market from within their device, this update will be useful to those who surf the web store, if they have multiple devices or tablets plus phone combo.

The boosting of Windows Phone 7 is now done with a different thing; Windows Phone 7s challenged Marketplace by encouraging developers to port apps across from other platforms. It helped iPhone devs out a couple of months ago with an API mapping tool to translate iPhone APIs to WP7 code. Now the mapping tool is extended to work with Android Apps too and back it up with 90-page white paper and promised to get more involved in developer forums.

The HP TouchPad will be on sale to the US on July 1st, with the UK, Ireland, France, and Germany and a few days later in Canada in mid-July. After that it takes to Australia, Hong Kong, Italy, New Zealand, Singapore, and Spain later this year. The price seems to be $499.99 for 16GB model and $599.99 for 32GB you can hit with the pre-orders from now on. For those who are looking higher version of 3G will be available on AT&T later in the summer. For more details read the press release.

The new Nook Touch has its web browser of its own, it you can access from typing the URL into the search bar. Barnes & Noble kept this feature under wraps for a reason, as actually browsing the web using it seems to be somewhat hit and miss. If you got the Nook Touch check out the video.

The company now launching the VPL-HW30ES 3D projector features some of 240Hz SXRD tech in a cheaper package. There is no word yet on shipping and price details here in US, but confirmed shipping in Europe and Japan Next month with price tag of 370,000 yen ($4,626). Some of the specs are it claimed a 70,000:1 contrast ratio and 1,300 lumens of brightness and the picture adjustment settings befitting a product rocking the standard tag along with the 3D system to reduce crosstalk. 3D is achieved with the Sonys new lighter active shutter 3D glasses and an add-on IR sync device. For more details read the press release.

Vodafone UK got the hands on with Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v, but with the impending UK release of younger, slimmer model, the carrier is giving the 10.1v the boot. The customers who showed interest in the thicker version of the tablet have received an important update from Vodafone saying Weve decided to add the slimmer version of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to our range, which will take now on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v. The landing page for original one has been disabled from Vodafones website, hit on the source link the see the new one.