Have you checked out HP’s all new Slate tablet device? The videos hit the web recently and I made a note to sit down and document my utter dismay. The ‘Slate 500’ is 8.9″ and it runs Windows 7. Let me just stop there. Oh dear. Dear me, dear me. That automatically means it will […]
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BlackBerry PlayBook: What’s in a name?
Over here in San Francisco, even the iPhone-totting Valley locals are generally nodding with approval at RIM’s latest creation, the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The device name has warranted just a cursory nod before discussions of price, availability and other such issues. Abroad, however, it’s a slightly different story. I’ve had a lot of emails and […]
Only this morning I was sat amongst 100 or so mainstream and new media journalists as the RIM team conducted their initial pre-briefing under strict embargo. At the end of the event, there were a lot of glum faces. The announcements were good, but not necessarily earth shattering (I’ll write more on those shortly). Everyone […]
Michael at MobileBurn highlights a tweet from o2 Germany pointing out that the all new Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet will hit the network in October costing €99 up front with a €27.50 contract. If you translate those prices directly to sterling, that equates to £82 up front and £22 per month. Now I reckon […]
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Cisco’s Cius: An iPad for the enterprise?
That there is the all new Cisco Cius, an ultra-portable ‘mobile collaboration business tablet‘ that ‘offers access to essential business applications and technologies.’ At least, that’s what Cisco reckon. And I’m inclined to agree. Various people around the industry are describing it alternately as an iPad-killer, an iPad-rival and so on. I think it’s certainly […]
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The BenQ S6 internet tablet looks nifty
BenQ have always been on the outer edge of my radar when it comes to mobile handsets. I keep an eye out — and I think it’s time to drop a bit of attention over to them after they’ve generally announced that their S6 Internet Device should hit the marketplace at the end of October […]
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Sell me your Nokia N810 tablet
I thought I’d put some money into the Mobile Industry Review economy, rather than into eBay’s pocket — by asking if any of you, anywhere, have a used (or new) Nokia N810 tablet hanging about that I can buy from you. I’ll be flashing it to hell so I’d rather not borrow it in case […]
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Nokia hints at more Linux
Nokia has come out as mobile Linux’s latest cheerleader (granted, it’s not unsurprisingly after it