All of a sudden, ViewSonic’s new ViewPad 10Pro tablet is looking a lot more interesting. Although billed as a dual-OS slate, which led us to believe it would switch between Windows 7 and Android in the same way as the older ViewPad 10, in fact the 10Pro uses BlueStacks, the clever Parallels-but-for-Android-apps-on-Windows software we first [...]
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Intel Ivy Bridge Roadmap Reveals Launch In March 2012
May 31st, 2011 
admin Early last month, Intel announced their jaw-dropping 22-nanometer 3D tri-gate transistor technology that will bring smaller, yet more powerful, and more efficient chips to its next-generation processors. The next-gen processor series, named Ivy Bridge, is set to launch sometime in the first half of 2011. But now a leaked roadmap narrows down the release to [...]
PlayBook 4G WiMAX Version Revealed By Google Search
May 31st, 2011 admin The BlackBerry PlayBook has not been getting much attention lately thanks to the slew of new tablet developments including this morning’s ASUS Padfone, but a little Google search revelation has brought the PlayBook back on the radar, if even only a blip. The WiFi version of the PlayBook has been out for some time now, [...]
ASUS Padfone review (video)
May 31st, 2011 admin ASUS took the wraps off of the second of their line of convertible tablets, and this one is cool as hell. Using what ASUS calls the “n+1″ concept, which refers to taking a current product and adding a single change that allows the product to evolve beyond its current capability, ASUS looks to dumb-down the [...]
BlackBerry Torch 2 turns up on video
May 30th, 2011 admin If you are a BlackBerry fan and liked the original Torch but wished that the smartphone had better specs the new Torch 2 might be the perfect device for you. The smartphone isn’t released just yet, but the device has landed on video and we know the details on the hardware to get you excited [...]
HTC Mazaa is 12-megapixel WP7.1 Mango handset? [Video]
May 30th, 2011 admin Remember that 12-megapixel HTC Windows Phone we told you about earlier? It’s looking increasingly possible that it could be the HTC Mazaa, which leaked back in April, a so-far unannounced CDMA/GSM World Phone. Eldar Murtazin has shared a lengthy Windows Phone 7.1 Mango preview video (which you can see after the cut) as part of [...]
Microsoft’s $150m Android windfall dwarfs Windows Phone revenues
May 28th, 2011 admin Microsoft may be pushing ahead with Windows Phone Mango, but it seems the company’s biggest mobile success of the moment is actually from Android devices. Citi analyst Walter Pritchard has crunched the numbers and figured out that HTC pays Microsoft $5 for every Android smartphone it makes, Asymco reports; with HTC shipment figures at around [...]
Sony PS3 Wireless Stereo Headset offers 7.1 virtual surround sound
May 28th, 2011 admin Sony has announced its latest gaming accessory, the official PS3 Wireless Stereo Headset. Pairing with your console via the bundled USB dongle, the headset offers 7.1 virtual surround sound and has a retractable microphone for voice chat in games. Controls include dedicated volume and microphone mute buttons, while the headphones’ status – including battery and [...]
Nokia To Release A Windows Phone Every Two Months?
May 28th, 2011 admin Microsoft recently unveiled its Windows Phone 7.1 Mango update and revealed the manufacturers that will be on board to pump out the next-generation of Windows Phones. Noticeably not mentioned as much was Nokia, who has a unique relationship with Microsoft that may give them more privileges than the other phone makers. However, when exactly Nokia [...]
iPad 2 Touch Panels To Come From Chimei Innolux In June
May 28th, 2011 admin Despite the seeming abundance of iPad 2s in Apple Stores around the country thanks to the recent 2.0 revamp, the tablet is still struggling through supply issues. iPad 2 supplies around the globe have not been able to meet demand, with current ship times here in the states still at about one to two weeks. [...]