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LG Gets Official with the Optimus Black

Posted on 05 January 2011

Today at CES LG have gone official with their latest Android smartphone. It sports a 4-inch NOVA display which LG claim is “the brightest, clearest and most readable inch mobile screen available, promising to be extremely bright while at the same time being more power efficient than both LCD and AMOLED mobile screens. If the name doesn’t give it away, the phone has a black finish and LG also claims it’s the worlds slimmest mobile phone at an impressive 9.2 mm, which is 0.1 mm thinner than Apple’s iPhone 4. […]

Asus Get Official With Four New Tablets

Posted on 05 January 2011

Chippy is working hard over at CES 2011 and yesterday live blogged the Asus press conference in which Asus announced four new tablets. Eee Slate EP121 [product tracking] The Eee Slate is the only Windows based product of the bunch but comes packed with a 1.33GHz Intel Core i5-470UM processor, 2 or 4GB’s of memory and either a 32 or 64GB SSD drive. The 12.1 inch (1280 x 800) IPS display is capacitive multi touch but also includes a Wacom digitizer for pen input using the included stylus. For a svelte 1.1kg […]

Asus Get Official With Four New Tablets [Video]

Posted on 05 January 2011

Chippy is working hard over at CES 2011 and yesterday live blogged the Asus press conference in which Asus announced four new tablets. Eee Slate EP121 [product tracking] The Eee Slate is the only Windows based product of the bunch but comes packed with a 1.33Ghz Intel Core i5-470UM processor, 2 or 4GB’s of memory and either a 32 or 64GB SSD drive. The 12.1 inch (1280 x 800) IPS display is capacitive multi touch but also includes a Wacom digitizer for pen input using the included stylus. For a […]

ASUS Eee Pad Slider. Details and Video [Updated]

Posted on 05 January 2011

If you’ve read the live blog of the ASUS event today you’ll be aware that 4 devices were launched. It’s interesting to note that there were no traditional netbooks launched which indicates a mainstream status (some will call that ‘death’) of the netbook. What ASUS are doing here is looking for new form factors and operating systems for the 10 inch category and this Eee Pad Slider [product tracking] is one of them. Priced at $499 $799, this looks to be a rather good variant of a ‘netvertible.’ In fact, […]

Onkyo TW317 Overview Video

Posted on 05 January 2011

We’re still busy taking the Onkyo TW317 for a spin and have put together a little video to show you a bit about what Windows 7 life is like without a keyboard or standard mouse. After a somewhat heated comment debate in a recent article, I’m interested to see people’s thoughts on the usability of this device, lets hear what your thoughts are in the comments below.

Google Working on “Digital Newsstand”, Kindle Coming to Tablets

Posted on 04 January 2011

Vic Gundotra, VP of Engineering for Google, explained at Google I/O last May that Google intend to deliver a whole lot more than just applications on the Android Market by demonstrating a Android music download service. It seems Google don’t plan on stopping with just music downloads as a recent report in The Wall Street Journal explains that Google are trying to lure publishers into supporting a “digital newsstand” service for Android. Sources say that Google’s newsstand service will provide apps from publishers that allow Android users to view newspapers […]

Google Working on “Digital Newsstand-inch, Kindle Coming to Tablets

Posted on 04 January 2011

Vic Gundotra, VP of Engineering for Google, explained at Google I/O last May that Google intend to deliver a whole lot more than just applications on the Android Market by demonstrating a Android music download service. It seems Google don’t plan on stopping with just music downloads as a recent report in The Wall Street Journal explains that Google are trying to lure publishers into supporting a “digital newsstand inch service for Android. Sources say that Google’s newsstand service will provide apps from publishers that allow Android users to view […]

ASUS Press Conference Live Blog – Update : 4 new tablets.

Posted on 04 January 2011

We’re in and waiting. I’ll try and update as we go along… 1341hrs now. It starts at 1400. Lets see how the Wifi holds up! MeetMobility co-podcasters next to me… Nicole Scooter (Netbooknews.com)  and me…. Joanna Stern of Engadget next to me. I’m honoured! View from outside. This is what we can expect today. Will be interesting to hear if Windows 7 Compat is to be used or if they went Android. 1353…still waiting. Journos at back of hall are scoffing all the sandwiches. Typical! 1400 and just as expected. […]

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