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ASUS to follow Fonepad with second Intel-powered Android?

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ASUS forayed into Intel territory with the announcement of the Atom-powerd Fonepad, but a new rumor says the company will soon launch a more pocketable x86 device running Android 4.2.2. The phone, which doesn’t have a specific name at this point, is said to run either a 5 or 5.5-inch display with processing courtesy of [...]


Intel officially introduces dual-core Atom chipset (Clover-Trail+), and partners are already lined up

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Intel has been making steady progress in its mobile ambitions, and the company has taken another step today. Intel announced the launch of its Clover-Trail+ platform, a dual-core 32nm atom chipset that comes in 2.0GHz, 1.6GHz, and 1.2GHz flavors. All models will feature Hyperthreading, and a GMA GPU clocked at 533MHz should prove to be [...]


ASUS unveils the Fonepad, a tablet that can make phone calls

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What do you get when you flip “PadFone?” Why, Fonepad, of course. That’s exactly what ASUS announced today at Mobile World Congress. The Fonepad shakes things up a bit as a 7-inch 1280×800 tablet which can make phone calls. It’s a trend that seems to be growing by the day, as competitor Samsung also announced [...]


HP announces the ElitePad 900, a business-friendly Windows 8 tablet arriving in January

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Remember those hazy days of summer when HP ran an ad during the Olympics, slipped in a a shot of an unannounced tablet and thought we wouldn’t notice? (P’shaw!) Well, you can finally lay your speculation to rest, as HP just formally unveiled the myst…


ZTE shows off new V98 Windows 8 slate, we go hands-on

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Intel just outed its new Atom SoC, and at its tablet event in San Francisco today, the company had a whole slew of slates packing the Clover Trail silicon on hand. Dell’s Latitude 10, the ASUS Tablet 810, Acer’s Iconia W510 and W700, Lenovo’s ThinkPa…


ZTE shows off new V98 Windows 8 slate, we go hands-on

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Intel just outed its new Atom SoC, and at its tablet event in San Francisco today, the company had a whole slew of slates packing the Clover Trail silicon on hand. Dell’s Latitude 10, the ASUS Tablet 810, Acer’s Iconia W510 and W700, Lenovo’s ThinkPa…


Intel wraps up Jelly Bean port for Atom smartphones, can’t say when devices get it

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Intel was fast to promise a port of Jelly Bean to Atom-based smartphones. We were left in the dark as to when that port would be ready, but mobile group general manager Mike Bell has put that to rest for PCWorld with news that the Medfield-native And…


Giada intros i35G mini PC with Intel’s Cedar Trail, NVIDIA GT 610 graphics

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It’s only been a little over a month since Giada first introduced that itty-bitty, Ivy Bridge-loaded i53 mini PC, but the outfit wants to have something for everyone and is now announcing a lesser-specced i35G series. Although not as powerful as its …


GammaTech rugged T7Q launches at $2k and up, promptly steals your iPad’s lunch money

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For people out there doing actual work (like tech blogging, for instance), there’s the need for a tablet like the GammaTech T7Q Windows slate, starting at $2,000. Standing out like an M9 tank among the daily driver tabs, the sealed magnesium unit mee…


Lenovo ThinkPad tablet running Windows 8 hands-on

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Yes, another Windows 8 tablet. After getting hands-on with some new devices from Acer, ASUS and Samsung, you might already having trouble telling one device from the other. You might even say the same about Lenovo, which is showing off an early-stage…