Posts Tagged ‘Tablets’
What caught our eye at CES 2012 – Part 1
Having recovered from our jet-lag and sifted through the two dozen or so USB press kits we picked up, we can now present you with part one of our round-up of the gadgets and gizmos that caught our eye at this year’s CES. Eers Custom Earphones Developed by Canadian firm Sonomax, ‘eers’ are the “first earphones in the world that you buy off the shelf and custom-fit to your own…
The sky’s the limit as Sky Movies come to tablets and smartphones
Just in time for the Christmas viewing season, Sky has announced that it is bringing Sky Movies Live and on demand on Sky Go. This means that Sky TV customers can have access to hundreds of films via their tablets and smartphones, as well as at home on their TVs. Sky Movies subscribers can use Sky Go to stream movies on demand over a Wi-Fi connection (there should be 3G…
Blackberry goes multi platform at last with Blackberry Multi Fusion
The ongoing battle between Blackberry, iOS and Android users as to whose platform is best has taken an interesting turn with the recent announcement that RIM (Research in Motion) the manufacturer of Blackberry is releasing a set of cross platform enterprise mobility tools entitled Multi Fusion. The tools have been designed to simplify the headache facing corporate IT heads trying to effectively manage their employees’ smart phones and tablets running…
US Robotics tread new waters with an ‘uninspiring’ group of tablet accessories
In the increasingly evolving world of technology and gadgets, manufacturers frequently have to explore other avenues in order to thwart the otherwise inevitable prospect of liquidation from knocking at their doors. The latest electronics company to delve into fresh territory is US Robotics, known primarily for producing high-speed modems in the 80s. Given that modems that were considered high-speed in the 80s have been diminishing almost as quickly as VHS’s,…
Toshiba AT100: Android tablets hit maturity
This Autumn sees a wealth of mature Android tablets hitting stores – pumped up with better specs and the new 3.1 and 3.2 Honeycomb operating systems. One of these mature devices is the Toshiba AT100 (formally known as the Thrive). How does it shape up? Read on. The Toshiba AT100 launched on September 1st, bringing with it Android 3.1 – Google’s first tablet-optimised OS. Most new tablets will be sporting…
Fusion Garage Grid 10: Exciting times in the non-iPad market
Most tablet users will never have heard of Fusion Garage, the company behind the new Grid-10 tablet. The Singaporean manufacturer originally teamed up with the blog Tech Crunch to create a user-friendly tablet before the iPad revolution rewrote slate history. Unfortunately, their partnership with Tech Crunch ended in the courts, and their first computer – the Joojoo, wasn’t anywhere near as magical as the Apple device. Will the Grid be…
Sony’s Christmas in July
Sony news has been up and down of late (a lot more down than up). But that’s about to change after the company released its Christmas product plans – and invited us see ‘em. Just off of London’s Bond Street, Sony’s Christmas in July laid bare the highlights of the company’s x-mas offering: 3D Camcorders Two 3D camcorders grace Sony’s Christmas line-up – one premium, one portable. The Handycam…
On a budget? The Hannspree Android tablet could fill the gap
Really want an Android tablet but lacking the necessary funds? Monitor manufacturer Hannspree has just released a tablet – the HANNSpad – that comes in at very reasonable £249 (pretty good when you consider the likes of the Motorola Xoom come with a pricetag of around £480). Okay, you know there are going to be some corners uct at this price, so what are you going to miss out on?…
Latest Gadgets tablets roundup: Apple, Samsung, Dell, BlackBerry, Notion Ink, Fushion Garage, Toshiba and ViewSonic face-off
We’re not sure, but apparently tablet computers are all the rage this year. Who knew? Well, apparently Apple, Samsung, Dell, BlackBerry, Notion Ink, Fushion Garage, Toshiba, ViewSonic, the high street retailer Next and the country of Germany, all had a vague idea about the revolution. That’s why they’ve all managed to put together tablets that are already, or will be within six months, on the markets. Which is best? Who…
The battle of the tablets heats up: iPad faces eeePad and WePad … sorry WeTab
Everybody may be talking about the iPad at the moment as being the hippest gadget on the tablet bazaar, but the ‘WePad’ and Asus’s ‘Eee Pad’ have quietly snuck onto the market and may prove to be close challengers in knocking Apple’s iPad off its pedestal. Besides the use of a different vowel in its name, the Eee Pad has some other distinctions, which differentiate from the iPad. Asus have…
