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(Update: Sold Out!) Today Only: Samsung Galaxy Tab 7” WiFi+3G (Sprint) for $259–No Contract!

Posted on 25 May 2011

Update: As predicted, the Galaxy Tab has already sold out from Woot. Some interesting stats: During the sale, Woot sold one Galaxy Tab every 27 seconds. The first one sold after only 1 minute and 42 seconds of the deal being available. Total number of units sold was 1755. ———————————————– Our favorite deal-a-day site, Woot.com, has a great deal on the tablet that’s been topping our popularity charts for months on end: the Samsung Galaxy Tab. This particular version is a 16GB WiFi+3G model which doesn’t appear to be well […]

(Update: Sold Out!) Today Only: Samsung Galaxy Tab 7-inch WiFi+3G (Sprint) for $259-No Contract!

Posted on 25 May 2011

Update: As predicted, the Galaxy Tab has already sold out from Woot. Some interesting stats: During the sale, Woot sold one Galaxy Tab every 27 seconds. The first one sold after only 1 minute and 42 seconds of the deal being available. Total number of units sold was 1755. ———————————————– Our favorite deal-a-day site, Woot.com, has a great deal on the tablet that’s been topping our popularity charts for months on end: the Samsung Galaxy Tab. This particular version is a 16GB WiFi+3G model which doesn’t appear to be well […]

iBuddie MeeGo Tablet Pics and Video

Posted on 24 May 2011

  Hat tip to @tnkgrl from Engadget who spotted this Oaktrail tablet running Meego with the tablet UX and Intel Appup app store. it turns out its the ECS S10 Oaktrail tablet that we saw at CeBIT which means it’s an OED product looking for a customer. You may or may not see this in the shops. Working for our sister site Meegonews this week I tracked down that tablet and delved a little deeper into the device to discover it’s relatively light and makes a far better demonstrator product than […]

How to Not Get Ripped off when Shopping for HDMI Cables for Your Gadgets

Posted on 23 May 2011

The age of HDMI is finally upon us. Go to the store and pick up any HDTV and there’s about a 95% change that it’ll have at least one HDMI port. It’s not just TVs either. From the Motorola Atrix to the Acer Iconia Tab, HDMI is being included on a number of devices for connectivity to monitors and HDTVs. However, as always tends to happen with new technology, people are jacking prices up tremendously (remember when DVD players used to cost $1000)? Rule #1: Never buy first-party as an […]

Today Only: 32GB iPod Touch (latest generation) for $229

Posted on 22 May 2011

If you’ve been eyeing the latest iPod Touch, the folks at Woot.com have the 32GB model for $229. This is a refurbished unit, but presumably it’ll work like new. If you go the Woot route, you’ll save $70 (24%) over the price that you’d be paying if you bought one new from Apple, and $45 (17%) if you bought one new from Amazon. The deal also beats out Apple’s own price on a refurbished 32GB iPod Touch by $30 (12%). The iPod Touch on offer is indeed the latest-generation (4th) […]

MeeGo 1.2 Goes Live

Posted on 19 May 2011

Via my report at MeeGoNews. The first of the MeeGo 1.2 core images have gone live in the repository along with an official statement at MeeGo.com. I have the netbook edition running here and i’m doing some testing although it has to be said that at first glance, not much has changed. 1.2 is all about core changes though. Here’s a list of the main changes. Complete MeeGo Compliance packages for ensured compatibility. GCC 4.5.1 toolchain with great support for the Intel Atom* micro-architecture and the Intel SSSE3 instruction set, […]

MeeGo 1.2 Images Now Available

Posted on 19 May 2011

Via my report at MeeGoNews. The first of the MeeGo 1.2 core images have gone live in the repository. I have netbook and tablet edition running now and will report more over at MeeGoNews. This is your ‘heads-up’ that things are starting to move now. I’m heading to the MeeGo Conference on Saturday. Here are some thoughts about what I think will happen at the MeeGo Conference. Update: There’s an official release note now.

HTC Flyer Live Review Part 1 – 5 Now On YouTube

Posted on 19 May 2011

A note for those interested in the HTC Flyer that the live review videos are now available. Ill be writing up my review soon. Part 2 is embedded below. You’ll find all the videos on the HTC Flyer product page and in the YouTube channel – stevechippy

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