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Qbo robot up for pre-order

Chris Davies, Apr 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

Open-source robot Qbo has gone up for pre-order, offering DIY robo hobbyists a straightforward way to experiment with artificial intelligence, telepresence and object/speech recognition. Initially billed as "the Model T of robotics" Qbo is the brainchild of European start-up TheCorpora. The basic Qbo kit starts at €499 ($652) - a promotional price for the first 1,000 units, after which it climbs to €623.75 - however it's also available in two full-assembled versions. Read The Full Story

Sub-$300 Windows 8 tablets aim to hack iPad marketshare

Chris Davies, Apr 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

Sub-$300 Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets are in the pipeline as Microsoft attempts to cut iPad marketshare to under 50-percent by mid-2013, insiders claim, with 32 tablets on the market predicted by the end of this year. HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer, ASUS and Toshiba are all said to be working on Windows 8 models, presumably using x86 processors, for 2012 so DigiTimes' sources say, with Lenovo and Acer particularly keen to chase the sub-$300 market and rival budget Android-based models. Read The Full Story

Qbo robot up for pre-order on April 18th

Ben Kersey, Apr 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

We know that you’ve all be waiting for the adorable little Qbo robot, and you could have one in your hands very soon. The open source robot will be available for pre-order on April 18th on the TheCorpora website (the store will go live on the same day). The robot is designed to be tinkering and experimented with, being powered by Linux and some x86 internals. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: April 11, 2012

Chris Burns, Apr 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

Good morning world, it's time for the SlashGear Morning Wrap-up, starting with a brand new Spotify Play Button to embed your favorite tunes in your own webpage - for free! Apple is working on their own Flashback malware removal to make the devil go away. Nokia is popping out another Windows Phone with the Nokia Lumia 610 NFC. There's a brand new version of the ROKU out there with ROKU HD - coming to stores soon! Read The Full Story

Intel Medfield phone benchmarked: Bests Nexus but trails Tegra 3

Ben Kersey, Mar 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Intel were keen to push their Medfield platform at MWC 2012, announcing various partners, and even a product that would make it to retail, the Orange Santa Clara. The Atom Z2460 single-core processor is clocked at 1.6Ghz, with the phone being able to perform such feats as taking ten photos in under a second, as long as 1080p playback and Intel Wireless Display. But how does the performance really stack up against other phones with only a single core? Read The Full Story

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CES 2012 Smartphone Round-Up

Chris Davies, Jan 11th 2012 Discuss [11]

If Ultrabooks have been one of the key themes at CES 2012 this week, then smartphones have to be close behind: Motorola, Samsung, Sony and more have all rolled out new handsets to whet our cellular appetites. AT&T has pushed ahead with its eight-strong LTE range, including Nokia’s first 4G Windows Phone, while Intel has also staged its long-awaited push into smartphones. It’s enough to give anyone a headache, so read on for the SlashGear CES 2012 smartphone round-up.

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Acer Aspire One D270 arriving with Intel Cedar Trail

Rue Liu, Dec 30th 2011 Discuss [3]

The Acer Aspire One D270 netbook sports Intel's latest Cedar Trail based Atom processor and has already surfaced in the online product listings of some European retailers. The netbook will be one of the first to run on the Cedar Trail chip, of which also include a lineup of netbooks from ASUS and Samsung. Read The Full Story

Intel 32nm Medfield SoC leaks with specs and benchmarks

Chris Burns, Dec 27th 2011 Discuss [1]

There's something about the brains of the machines we work with that makes us think really hard about how long it'll be before they take over the earth - today we get to peek at Intel's newest effort moving that plan forward with their 32nm process Medfield System on Chip, leaked here in both specifications and benchmarks. What you'll be seeing here is the next processor set made for the mobile market, here made for smartphones and tablets galore more than likely inside 2012. You'll find, thanks to VR-Zone, that this Medfield SoC takes the competition in NVIDIA's Tegra 2 and Qualcomm's Snapdragon MSM8260 and slams their faces into the wall - of course that's not all that happens in the fight. Read The Full Story

ASUS convertible Win 8 ultrabook/tablet tipped for 2012

Chris Davies, Dec 9th 2011 Discuss [3]

ASUS is readying a convertible touchscreen ultrabook for launch in September 2012, sources in Taipei have revealed, in an attempt to leverage Windows 8 to take on both the iPad and the MacBook Air in a single model. The notebook is expected to debut alongside Microsoft's new OS, so DigiTimes' tipsters tell them, running Intel Ivy Bridge processors. Read The Full Story

Intel Cedar Trail netbook hoard descends

Shane McGlaun, Nov 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

If you are a netbook fan, you might be familiar with the Cedar Trial platform from Intel. Machines using the platform were expected this year, but Cedar Trail has now been delayed. Despite that delay there are a bunch of new netbooks coming that use the Cedar Trail platform. So far, the ones that have surfaced are from Asus and Samsung. Asus has the EeePC 1011CX, 1015CX, and X101CH incoming. Samsung also has machines coming including the NC110 and N102S using Cedar Trail. Read The Full Story

Slate 2 resurrects HP’s tablet dreams with Windows 7, on sale this month

Michael Crider, Nov 2nd 2011 Discuss [11]

HP's original Slate 500 was a highly anticipated tablet that failed to make a splash, but found itself a loyal group of followers. Now months after the TouchPad's sadly curtailed run, HP is returning to its Windows stomping grounds with the Slate 2, a refreshed model with some tweaks more appropriate for touch and pen-based input. The new Slate will improve on the first with six hours of quoted battery life - a 300% increase. Read The Full Story

ASUS Lamborghini VX6S Cedar Trail netbook gets pre-release benchmarks

Chris Burns, Nov 2nd 2011 Discuss [3]

This week the newest ASUS Lamborghini collaboration in the VX65 has been both benchmarked and teased by ASUS in the form of a lovely new wallpaper. This device is set to be released with a sweet Intel Atom CedarTrail D2700 2.13 GHz CPU, AMD Radeon 6470M GPU, and has a 12-inch display under a hood that looks very much to be a fire red (or orange, whatever you want to call it) Lamborghini sports car. This goes up against the Pine Trail/ION2-powered VX6 Lamborghini ASUS predecessor as well as the Asus EEE PC 1215 running a relatively comparable chipset. Who will come out on top? I think you know the answer to that. Read The Full Story