Archive | September, 2011
Posted on 14 September 2011
Due to a broken SD card reader on my laptop, we weren’t able to photos of Intel’s Medfield-based Honeycomb tablet out immediately. Now, USB SD adapter in hand, you can see the goods: It’s important to remember that this is just a reference design. Intel calls it Red Ridge and its predecessor is an older reference design [...]
Posted on 13 September 2011
In addition to being the first tablet to run native Android Honeycomb on Intel, the Medfield-based tablet that Intel has shown briefly is the first Honeycomb to include NFC. They didn’t officially announce this yet (I just happened to catch the faint logo on the back of the device while shooting it as you can [...]
Posted on 13 September 2011
Big news out of IDF today. Intel and Android are finally getting cozy. Intel has been working for a long time to compete in the phone and tablet world which is currently ruled by ARM architecture, but has so far been unsuccessful. At the IDF 2011 keynote just a few minutes ago, Google’s Andy Rubin stepped on stage to announce [...]
Posted on 13 September 2011
No details. No name. Intel just showed us a tablet running Honeycomb at the main keynote of the Intel Developer Forum this morning. All they said was that it was running on Medfield. Looks like Android is becoming the focus for Intel tablets. We’re in the keynote now and will try and bring you more [...]
Tags: honeycomb, IDF, intel, medfield
Posted on 13 September 2011
We weren’t expecting Andy Rubin on stage at IDF but there he was with a new Honeycomb phone. Its a reference design only ar this point. Full details in the video below. Tweet
Tags: android, idf2011, intel, phone
Posted on 12 September 2011
Early last week, I received my notification that my HP Touchpad order was going to be one of the final production run we have all heard about, and that it was expected to ship in 6 to 8 weeks. This stuck in my craw for a few reasons. I had seen the charge from HP [...]
Tags: acer, acer iconia, acer iconia tab, acer iconia tab a100, android, android 3.0, android 3.2, android 3.2 honeycomb, hp, hp touchpad, tablets, touchpad
Posted on 12 September 2011
This year’s IDF San Francisco is being held this week from the 13th to the 15th. Chippy and I will be there to bring you the latest happenings in the Intel space. We wouldn’t be very good at our job if we weren’t embracing technology to bring you the latest news, and thus I encourage you to check [...]
Posted on 11 September 2011
While this might sound confusing to those who know that Google TV already runs an Intel-optimised Android build, it does make sense. After querying the reason myself, it seems clear now that this could be an open source version of Gingerbread for Atom that third parties can use in their products. This brings the possibility [...]
Posted on 11 September 2011
At IFA last week I took the brave step of leaving my PC at home. For someone whos job it is to create content for websites and YouTube it wasn’t something that was easy to achieve but over the last year I’ve been getting more and more comfortable with my Galaxy Tab and Nokia N8 [...]
Tags: IDF, ifa, mobile journalism, mobile media, mobile reporting, moblogging, photoblogging
Posted on 08 September 2011
The Motorola Droid Bionic was announced 9 months ago at CES 2011, but it has finally arrived – was it worth the wait? As you can see, the design has changed since the initial announcement and it now looks much like a keyboardless Droid 3. That’s only on the visual end of things though. Spec [...]
Tags: android smartphone, motorola, motorola droid, motorola droid bionic, superphone
Posted on 07 September 2011
On Friday (isn’t that when all big tech news comes out these days?), TechCrunch’s MG Siegler detailed the now long-rumored Amazon tablet that is due to launch this fall. Despite it being a Friday afternoon leak on a three-day weekend, many of the tech media streams picked it up, including James Kendrick, founder of [...]
Tags: amazon, amazon app store, amazon kindle, amazon kindle tablet, amazon prime, amazon tablet, android
Posted on 06 September 2011
The Powerocks Stone 3 portable power pack for iPad and Galaxy Tab solves a problem. It’s all very well having a common interface for charging but when people break the specs it becomes less useful. The iPad and Galaxy Tab charge using very high currents through a USB port that excedes the capability of the [...]
Tags: battery, galaxy tab, ipad, power pack, powerocks, stone 3, usb charger
Posted on 06 September 2011
It’s photo upload time here at Carrypad. We’re sorting through all the images we took at IFA and getting them uploaded for you. You can find hands-on images of the Samsung Galaxy Note below. If you’d prefer video, we’ve got you covered on that front as well with a Galaxy Note hands-on video right here. [...]
Tags: 5.3, Galaxy note, gallery, ifa, ifa 2011, images, photos, samsung, samsung galaxy, samsung galaxy note, samsung galaxy note ifa, samsung galaxy note photos
Posted on 06 September 2011
We were lucky! Thousands that turned up to see the Galaxy Tab 7.7 at IFA were disappointed to find out that it had been removed from IFA. We’ve got a good hands-on video up already but here are some images to add to that. You can also find full specs, stats, links, and more on [...]
Tags: 7", android, galaxy tab 7, galaxy tab 7.7, gallery, ifa, ifa 2011, images, photos, samsung, tablet
Posted on 03 September 2011
Chippy just showed you how thin the AT200 is (7.7mm!) and now we’ve got full specs to share. Step right up and have yourself a look!
Tags: at200, honeycomb, ifa2011, slate, toshiba, toshiba at200
Posted on 03 September 2011
Sascha of NetbookNews joins Chippy to discuss something odd; Samsung is removing the Galaxy Tab 7.7 from the show floor. As you know, Chippy is our man on the ground at IFA 2011, and he’s been keeping us up to date with everything that’s been going on at the show. He and Sascha got together [...]
Tags: audio log, ifa2011, samsung, samsung galaxy, samsung galaxy tab, samsung galaxy tab 7.7
Posted on 03 September 2011
At IDF, Toshiba is showing off its second entry into the 10” Honeycomb Slate category with the AT200, which currently holds the title of both thinnest and lightest 10” slate. Toshiba’s first 10” Honeycomb tablet was the Thrive which went for a utility-over-style approach. The Thrive is 16mm thick and weights 725 grams, but it [...]
Tags: 10 inch, 7.7mm, at200, honeycomb, ifa2011, lightest, slate, thin, thinnest, toshiba, toshiba at200