SlashGear for iPad and iPhone
RSS Feed

‘Computex 2010’ Stories

Intel Atom Oak Trail, Canoe Lake and super-skinny netbook design revealed [Video]

, Jun 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

Intel's latest Atom plans have been revealed at Computex 2010, and unsurprisingly the company are looking to tablets along with netbooks.  Intel Atom "Oak Trail" is the tablet and ultra-sleek netbook platform, a SoC designed for fanless devices with extended battery life and 1080p HD video, while the "Canoe Lake" innovation platform takes the new Pine Trail N Atom CPUs - with their boosted performance but frugal power requirements - pairs them with DDR3 memory and squeezes them into "razor-thin" netbooks like the 14mm thick dual-core machine teased last month. Video overview after the cut Read The Full Story

1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon with HSPA+ launched

, Jun 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

Qualcomm's 1GHz Snapdragon processor is well known to most who follow the smartphone space, and at Computex 2010 the company has outed their latest generation of chip.  The Qualcomm MSM8260 and MSM8660 Snapdragon chips each get dual-core 1.2GHz application processor cores, support for 1080p HD video encode and decode, and 3D/2D engines for Open GLES 2.0 and Open VG 1.1 acceleration.  Best of all, they're already sampling to manufacturers. Read The Full Story

ARM Eagle next generation core at Computex 2010

, May 31st 2010 Discuss [0]

Back in February 2010 we spied a leaked roadmap from ARM that had something called Eagle listed. The processor roadmap showed Eagle to be a new CPU from ARM that would be aimed at the smartphone, mobile computing, and DTV markets among others. Read The Full Story

NVIDIA asks for patience in Tegra 2 tablet wait

, May 31st 2010 Discuss [2]

I remember when NVIDIA first started talking about its Ion platform. The graphics giant was big on talking the platform up, but had no products for us to see when the platform first debuted. The talk at the NVIDIA press conference about the Tegra 2 platform for tablets is very similar to that first Ion unveiling. Read The Full Story

MSI WindPad 100 and 110 tablets surface at Computex 2010

, May 31st 2010 Discuss [1]

Computex 2010 is running full steam ahead today and there have already been some cool new gadgets debuted at the show. The MSI WindPad 100 and 110 tablets have surfaced. The WindPad 100 is a Windows 7 tablet that runs on an Atom Z530 CPU. The rig runs Windows 7 Ultimate, but MSI uses a custom UI over the top of the OS. Read The Full Story

ASUS Eee Pad EP101TC, EP121 and Eee Tablet get official

, May 31st 2010 Discuss [3]

Computex 2010 doesn't kick off in earnest until tomorrow, but a few of the big name exhibitors have snuck in ahead with some early press conferences today.  ASUS are first out of the gate with their iPad competition, and they're taking a three-pronged approach: the ASUS Eee Pad will be available in 10-inch (EP101TC) and 12-inch (EP121) variants, and offer Windows Embedded Compact 7 and Windows 7 Home Premium respectively, while the ASUS Eee Tablet is a monochrome digital notebook, packing 2,450dpi touchscreen input sensitivity and targeted at note-takers like students. Read The Full Story

Taiji tablet hides stowaway Bluetooth keyboard [Video]

, May 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

Remember BYD's Snaptop concept, the Snapdragon-powered tablet with a wireless Bluetooth keyboard hiding in the rear panel?  It looks like someone at Taiji Electronics has been paying attention; they're apparently bringing along their new slate to Computex 2010, a VIA C7 1.2GHz based Windows 7 tablet, and it stores a Bluetooth keyboard in the back section complete with a kick-stand. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Gigabyte M1125 convertible incoming with Intel Core i-Series CPU

, May 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

With Computex 2010 kicking off next week, Gigabyte have spilled the beans on some of what we can expect to see.  Among the motherboards - catering both for Intel and AMD's newest hexacore processors - there's a new GV-R587SO-1GD graphics card based on ATI's Radeon HD 5870 GPU.  However, we're most interested in the Gigabyte M1125, spotted in a thumbnail on Gigabyte's site and detailed over at SemiAccurate, an 11.6-inch convertible touchscreen notebook packing a processor from Intel's Core i-Series. Read The Full Story

VIA reveal sub-$150 Android tablets: prepare to be underwhelmed?

, May 28th 2010 Discuss [3]

Remember VIA's promise of $100 to $150 Android tablets storming the market in the second half of this year and generally giving us all a good reason to forget the iPad?  The company has tipped their hand ahead of Computex next month, with a new gallery of the different devices, and if you're expecting iPad-style gloss then, well, think again. Read The Full Story

AMtek iTablet Speed-Lite Tegra 2 tablet brings four touchscreen friends to Computex

, May 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

The tablet market is gathering momentum, and AMtek has just announced all five of the models they'll be bringing to Computex next month.  The slates range in processor prowess from a simple 800MHz Freescale chip, through NVIDIA's Tegra 2, and then into the realms of Intel's Menlow and Montevina platforms.  Touchscreen technology, meanwhile, includes active digitizers and multitouch-capable capacitive screens. Read The Full Story

ASRock Vision 3D HTPC Gets the Hands-On Treatment in Taipei [Video]

, May 25th 2010 Discuss [0]

There's no doubt that getting hardware shown off, in any capacity, is something we look forward to. Especially if it's an early sneak peek of something we're still a ways out of getting any official look at. For example, the ASRock Vision 3D HTPC, which is sitting over in Taipei right now just waiting to get unveiled at this year's Computex. And, oddly enough, it's actually pretty good. Read The Full Story

MSI Slatebook due Q3 2010 with 3G carrier partnerships

, May 25th 2010 Discuss [0]

MSI have already told us to expect their Windows 7 MSI Slatebook tablet at Computex next month; now they're spilling a few more details to suitably whet our appetites.  According to company chairman Joseph Hsu, the Slatebook will go on sale in Q3 2010 through carrier partnerships in the US and Europe; it'll have integrated 3G and WiFi connectivity. Read The Full Story
Pages: Prev 1 2 3 4 Next