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Notion Ink previews Adam tablet’s Eden interface
Oct 11th
Posted by admin in Techno Updates
Notion Ink this weekend explained some of the first details behind the custom interface for its Adam tablet. The 10-inch Android tablet will build on Google’s formula with Eden, a multitasking system based around panels: each app will run in a panel with a home area to pick which panels are running. A multitasking mode will allow three apps to show at once, making it possible to run non-optimized apps without wasting space.
Other apps will run in a “deep sleep” mode that won’t impact performance. Apps should in theory interact with each other, although most Android apps aren’t written More >
Apple’s supplier orders extending out as far as early 2011
Sep 21st
Posted by admin in Techno Updates
Apple’s device orders are so heavy that it’s already asking suppliers for orders as distant as early 2011, assemblers and chipset makers said on Monday. iPad, iPhone, iPod and MacBook demand is strong enough that Apple is scheduling orders into next year. The contacts didn’t give Digitimes numbers or to say which models were the most affected.
Anonymous contacts in the phone industry did say iPhone orders would go up in the fall.
The news while unverified would back a Kaufmann Bros. report from earlier today that estimated Apple could ship up to 5.7 million iPads in just the summer, 3.8 million More >
Samsung Galaxy Tab preview
Sep 2nd
After a week of painful teasing, Samsung has come clean about its Galaxy Tab 7-inch Android tablet. We got the nitty gritty specs, along with some quality time with the device, and we like what we’re seeing on both fronts. Follow along after the break as we break it all down, including some hot hot video of the thing in action!
Samsung Galaxy Tab first hands-on Hardware specs- Android 2.2 running TouchWiz 3.0
- 7-inch TFT LCD with 1024 x 600 resolution (WSVGA)
- 1GHz Cortex A9 processor
- 16GB or 32GB internal storage
- microSD expansion for up to 32GB additional storage
- Front-facing 1.3 megapixel camera and rear 3 megapixel More >
Archos unwraps five Android-based media players, tablets
Sep 1st
Archos today overhauled its device line almost entirely with five new Android models. All of them will ship with Android 2.2 and Flash 10.1 and support for tethering and hotspot sharing on the devices that use 3G. They also share certain minimum specs in common, including ARM Cortex A8 processors and 802.11n Wi-Fi.
The start is the Archos 28, a basic 2.8-inch media player with a 320×240 resolution, an 800MHz processor and 4GB or 8GB of storage; a 4GB version will cost $ 100. The Archos 32 upgrades to a larger 3.2-inch, 400×240 screen and supports HD playback. An 8GB More >