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Apple Tablet release postponed to 2H of 2010; 9.7-inch OLED, 10.6-inch LCD tablet in the works

Thursday, November 19, 2009

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Here’s an update on those long-rumored Apple tablet units in production. Its release, currently pegged in March of 2010, has apparently been moved to the second half of next year. This is in respect to the prevailing prices of the LG OLED touchscreen panels which now stands at $500 and will be used in these Apple [...]

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100,000 Nokia Booklet 3G mini laptops being readied by Compal

Friday, September 4, 2009

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While the jury is still out as to how Nokia will fare in the netbook market, it appears that the first tall order for the Finnish company will be to sell at least 100,000 units of their Booklet 3G mini laptop. That figure stems from a report that Nokia has just ordered 100,000 netbooks from [...]

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Nokia Booklet 3G hitting the market in 2010, ARM-based smartbook next

Thursday, August 27, 2009

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With the announcement of the Booklet 3G ‘mini laptop’, it safe to assume that there will be more Nokia mobile computers in the future, and even though there are still have a lot of unclear details regarding their current offering, we’re know hearing that an ARM-based smartbook is already being planned for next year. It [...]

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Asus Eee E-Book This Year?

Thursday, August 27, 2009

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It’s a mouthful but I’m sure Asus will think of a better name than Asus Eee E-Book. The EeeBook perhaps? This time around, the Taiwanese giant will not have the advantage of being the first. So what’s going to be Asustek’s e-Book strategy? Cheaper? more portable? An optional back light? WiFi? [via digitimes]

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Asus, Acer suspends work on new netbooks until 2010

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

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If you’re saving up for a new Asus or Acer netbook that could be launched during the holiday season this year, we’re sorry to report that things aren’t looking too bright for you guys out there. Probably growing tired of playing around with the same technology over and over again, both Asus and Acer, the [...]

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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic getting Capacitive screen upgrade?

Friday, April 17, 2009

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The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone has been the sole bright spot in the Finnish company’s campaign in 2009, but admittedly, it’s still no iPhone. However, as the latest rumors indicate, it looks like Nokia has plans to make it a little bit more responsive by switching out its resistive touchscreen display with a capacitive screen. [...]

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iPhone Nano Could Have 8GB of Storage

Thursday, April 9, 2009

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Again, DigiTimes is the source and, again, we have our doubts. But even DigiTimes couldn’t have missed Apple’s “orders for 100 million 8Gb NAND flash chips mostly with Samsung Electronics, which is likely to cause a supply shortage, according to sources at downstream suppliers.” While DigiTimes is worried about worldwide NAND inventories, we can’t help but [...]

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3.2 Megapixel iPhone Camera Ordered from OmniVision

Friday, April 3, 2009

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Apple has been caught ordering 3.2 MP cameras allegedly for the new iPhones. This is news indeed though news that only makes perfect sense. The more interesting new finding is another batch of order from Apple, this time for 5 megapixel sensors. The alleged supplier is OmniVision, a well-known supplier of CMOS sensors. OmniVision is listed [...]

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Macbook Nano Touch coming in 2H of 2009?

Monday, March 9, 2009

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That debunked rumor of Apple releasing a touchscreen netbook might not be totally false after all as the DigiTimes reveals in their latest report. Apple has contracted a Wintek, a Taiwanese-based computer parts manufacturer, to produce touchscreen displays for an upcoming notebook, but it doesn’t end just there. Quanta has been name dropped as the [...]

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Nokia netbook to be made in partnership with Taiwanese companies?

Friday, February 27, 2009

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Rumors of Nokia entering into the mobile computer biz has been one of the hot topics on the internet lately, and according to Digitimes, Nokia is actually in talks already with several Taiwan netbooks makers and EMS companies for possibly tie-ups in their latest venture. As opposed to their traditional handset-making practice wherein the only [...]

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