Archive for the ‘Tablet Computing’ Category

The iPad Camera Connection Kit has been found to support standard USB peripherals such as keyboards, headsets with integrated microphones and standard USB headphones, allowing for music listening, VoIP and external keyboard usage with no issue. In related news, the kit will also import photos up to 2048×1536 with EXIF data and VGA resolution movies [...]

The FCC has revealed another variant of the forthcoming Dell Mini 5 Android MID with support for AWS 3G access, suggesting a version for T-Mobile in the near future. The tablet will feature a 5 inch diagonal WVGA resoloution capacitive touch display with a front mounted VGA resolution camera and 5.0 megapixel main camera with [...]

Nokia’s N900 has proven to be the ultimate platform for Linux tinkering and hacking, aided in no small part by the manufacturer itself as it actively fosters its rapidly growing community. The latest result of the community being formed around both the device and its Maemo 5 Linux distribution is an unofficial port of Chromium, [...]

Venerable accessory manufacturer Griffin has launched a new dock for the recently launched Apple iPad which allows for both portait and landscape orientation without blocking the built-in stereo speakers. The dock is currently available for $49.99. In related news, Griffin has also launched a slate of additional accessories for the device including an AC charger [...]

The first screenshot of the forthcoming Amazon Kindle application for the soon to be launched Apple iPad has surfaced. The New York Times also reports that a new Barnes & Noble iPad application is being heavily worked on with a team of 14 developers toiling since January on the new application, which will allow for [...]

To answer a burning question in the minds of so many potential consumers of Apple’s forthcoming iPad tablet, an intrepid emailer by the name of Jezper Söderlund (a well-known trance DJ/producer) worked up the courage to email Apple CEO Steve Jobs the one question many enthusiasts and potential general customers who already own iPhones the [...]

The Apple iPad will be up for pre-order on March 12th, with the Wi-Fi-only versions going up first and launching in the US on April 3rd. Versions for Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK will launch in late April along with 3G-equipped versions for the US. Statement from Apple CEO [...]

It’s the holy grail: A Dell Mini 5 without the cell phone. An iPod touch killer that can tackle the iPad. It’s something that lets you pair a dumbphone with Bluetooth, and have an iPhone killer. At least, that’s what the bullet points represent. Either way, it’s the Archos 5 Internet Tablet. While it started [...]

Screenshots from the latest build of the iPhone SDK indicate that Apple will integrate video calling into a future version of the iPhone. With this latest discovery, it’s assumed that the next forthcoming model will feature a front-facing camera to facilitate two-way video calling. On the other hand, it’s possible that the feature may not [...]

Nokia and Intel have jointly announced that both companies will be partnering together to merge the respective Moblin and Maemo Linux distributions to create MeeGo. While Nokia has seen success with Maemo on its lineup of Internet Tablets in the N800 and the N810 along with the popular N900, intel had yet to gain any [...]