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Tabletpalooza 2011 Giveaway Week 2 : T-Mobile G-Slate!

, Jul 13th 2011 Discuss [24]

Welcome back, all those of you who didn’t win the first tablet (and yes, we’re still waiting on that reply, winner, so be fast or we’ll have to give it away to someone else!) We’ve got our second tablet up for grabs here on the biggest baddest tablet giveaway of them all: Tabletpalooza 2011! This second tablet sticks with the theme of them all being provided by NIVIDIA and toting a most excellent NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor for gaming and speedy rocking and rolling action. This week’s tablet, the LG G-Slate, also has the ability to take 3D photos and video – ohhh!

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Sony S1 tipped for September 1 UK pre-order

, Jul 12th 2011 Discuss [2]

Sony's S1 Android Honeycomb tablet will apparently go up for pre-order on September 1, in the UK at least, lending further weight to rumors of a late-September launch window. That's according to internal documents shared with This is my next, with Sony Centre stores in the UK apparently readying for a significant push "with staffers instructed to know the device inside and out." Read The Full Story

Sony S1 and S2 Android Tablets Hands-On Photo Collection Expanded [Videos Too!]

, Jul 5th 2011 Discuss [5]

We've had more than one look at these magical mystical tablets, one of them a bit fat 9.4-inch Android tablet, the other being a dual 5.5-inch fold-out tablet, also Android based. Both of these devices will be rolling out with Android 3.x (more than likely Android 3.1) Honeycomb and will be connecting over either 3G, 4G, or both, again more than likely. The first tablet is what may be considered at the moment to be a more traditional look at a tablet being 4:3, one piece and ready to roll out with Honeycomb, while the other is a folder-type tablet whose screen spreads out across two displays in a form factor not yet often seen in top-tier Android devices. Read The Full Story

NVIDIA Bestows CUDA Center of Excellence Title on Stanford University

, Jul 5th 2011 Discuss [0]

Today NVIDIA let it be known that they've named Stanford University a CUDA Center of Excellence for their work in parallel computing research using NVIDIA GPUs and NVIDIA CUDA technology. NVIDIA's CUDA is their parallel computing architecture which, it should be noted, enables radical increases in computing performance, all with the harnessed power of graphics processors. Stanford is one of more than 450 universities and institutions that teach the CUDA programming model within their curriculum and is now one of only 11 institutions already in the CUDA Centers of Excellence program. Read The Full Story

Lenovo IdeaPad K1 Honeycomb tablet finally up for pre-order

, Jul 1st 2011 Discuss [3]

Lenovo's IdeaPad K1 Android tablet has turned up for pre-order at Amazon, priced at $499.99 though with no sign of a ship date at present. What we do get is confirmation of US specs, which are broadly in line with previously leaked listings: NVIDIA's dual-core Tegra 2 1GHz processor, a 10.1-inch 1280 x 800 300 nit capacitive touchscreen supporting 10-point multitouch, and all in a 10.4 x 7.4 x 0.52 inch chassis weighing 1.65 pounds. Read The Full Story

Sony S1 and S2 tablets get hands-on playtime [Video]

, Jun 30th 2011 Discuss [4]

Sony’s S1 and S2 Android tablets have made a live appearance in Germany this week, showing up for a very brief hands-on ahead of their official debut later this year. Golem grabbed some playtime – there’s a video of the clamshell S2 in action after the cut – finding both models to be comfortable to hold and reasonably intuitive to use.

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Amazon tablets using TI chips not NVIDIA; due Aug/Sept tip sources

, Jun 22nd 2011 Discuss [1]

More Amazon tablet rumors this morning, though a change of processor from what we’ve heard so far. The retailer is planning to launch tablets as soon as August or September 2011, according to DigiTimes‘ sources at component manufacturers, though they’re tipping Texas Instruments’ OMAP chips being at the heart of the slates, rather than NVIDIA processors as has previously been suggested.

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Amazon 10-inch Hollywood tablet to offer Prime movie streaming tip analysts

, Jun 14th 2011 Discuss [2]

Amazon's rumored Android tablet will support the retailer's video streaming system, currently offered free to Amazon Prime customers, according to analysts Detwiler Fenton. In a new research note, they claim that the 10-inch "Hollywood" tablet rumored earlier this year will be sold with a "promotional video service offering"; they also concur on the LCD display and "more robust applications process" than the smaller color Kindle - which we've heard codenamed as "Coyote" and as using a 7-inch panel - also believed to be in the works. Read The Full Story

Toshiba Thrive pre-orders open: Honeycomb from $430

, Jun 13th 2011 Discuss [7]

Toshiba's Thrive tablet may not be the first Android slate to the market, but it's looking like that little extra time has given the company room to buff off some of the rough edges we've seen on other Honeycomb models. Up for pre-order today, priced from $429.99 for the 8GB model, the Thrive runs NVIDIA's 1GHz Tegra 2 dual-core but also throws in a full-sized HDMI port and full-sized SD card slot. Read The Full Story

Motorola PHOTON 4G Hands-On [Video]

, Jun 9th 2011 Discuss [3]

At a press event today in NYC, Motorola unveiled their new PHOTON 4G Android smartphone that looks to be a successor to the ATRIX 4G. The device has much of the same innards but sports a whole new form factor with a diamond-shaped body. We had the opportunity to get one of the first hands-on play with it. Continue after the cut for all the photos and a video.

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Dell 7-inch QWERTY-slider tablet spotted; Dell Streak 10 Pro promised to China first

, Jun 9th 2011 Discuss [6]

Two slabs of Dell tablet news this morning, as a hitherto-unseen QWERTY prototype breaks cover and the company confirms that the 10-inch Dell Streak 10 Pro will make its official debut in China first, rather than the US or Europe. Dell VP and mobility manager John Thode told CNET that Android's immaturity and US carrier control were the main reasons for the staggered launch of the Streak 10 Pro, which will have a 10-inch 1280 x 800 display, 5-megapixel rear camera, and run NVIDIA's Tegra 2 processor. Read The Full Story

Notion Ink Adam on sale again as Honeycomb hovers in late June

, May 30th 2011 Discuss [6]

Notion Ink has reopened orders for its Adam tablet, as well as promising a June 27 release date for a Honeycomb update. The third sales push for the slate, it follows sell-out periods in January and February as the company ramps up its supply chain. Read The Full Story
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