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A quick heads up to those waiting for the iPad. As expected, Apple has started taking pre-orders of their tablet device and will deliver on April 3. The Wi-Fi+3G model too can be pre-ordered but will be delivered in late April.
Alternatively, consumers can also reserve their iPad to be picked up from their local [...]

 
We had expected a flurry of tablet PCs since the announcement of iPad but this is a huge figure. An ARM executive recently said that there could be more than 50 iPad-like products worldwide. ARM who makes chips for these devices also confirmed that consumers will see a few tablets from mobile carriers in Q2 [...]

 
Acer Taiwan’s Prez Scott Lin confirmed that they have no plans of making a product to compete with Apple’s iPad. Lin says that although Acer can make a similar competing product but “such a product does not fit into Acer’s business model.”
Lin pointed out that churning out a device similar to iPad could fail since [...]

 
Tablet PC makers were mum about their plans until Apple unveiled its offering. After Asus, another Taiwanese PC maker has confirmed their plans to launch a tablet. MSI’s Sales Director Sambora Chen confirmed that they’ll be launching an Nvidia Tegra-based tablet PC in 2H 2010. MSI’s offering will have a 10-inch touchscreen display, possess all [...]

 
Intrinsic details are hard to come by but the rumored Asus EeePC tablet was seen gracing the CES showfloor. The only things known for now is that it will be powered by Nvidia Tegra 2 and will feature a camera, presumably for video conferencing.

 
Dell held its media event today and unveiled this CES’ hottest trend, the tablet. Dell’s tablet hasn’t been given a name yet but this 5-inch will be due on AT&T, in addition to Mini 3i. Previous rumors have named it Streak and going by the official and leaked pictures, it does look like Streak.

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Lenovo onslaught of new products continues with S10-3 and S10-3t netbooks. Both the netbooks are very similarly spec’d but the differentiation between both of them comes from the touchscreen element, which the S10-3t happily boasts, making it the first multi-touch capacitive convertible netbook tablet.
Common specs include 10.1-inch display, Intel Atom N470 CPU, Windows 7 [...]

 
It’s somewhat ironic that companies are building a product against another product that’s not got a single proof of existence but if the Australian source is to be believed, HTC has prepared few tablets with Google to take on – you guessed it right – Apple’s rumored iSlate. According to them, both companies have been [...]

 
Freescale has unveiled an innovative smartbook design that aims to give users the liberty to use it as a touch-only tablet or with an additional dock, get a full-fledged QWERTY keyboard. Freescale says the design is intended for second generation smartbooks with price of or less than $200.
Internally, the smartbook will make use of [...]

Except its name, Asus Eee Pad was completely shrouded in mystery when we heard of it couple of weeks back. Now, Netbooknews has heard from its sources that Nvidia Tegra will power the Taiwanese’ tablet offering. It’s not clear which Tegra platform will find the place but since it is rumored to go on sale [...]

 
It’s not only Apple who wants to taste the tablet pie. New reports have emerged claiming both Dell and Asus working on their respective tablet devices. While we have seen Dell’s prototype (known as Streak) in action, there’s not a single trace of Asus’ offering except that it will be known as Eee Pad.
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You gotta love the analysts. If they didn’t tell us their “insights and analysis” about a company, we wouldn’t have got so many rumors to write on. An analyst at Oppenheimer has put his hand up to share something he got from his supply-chain contacts. According to his sources, Apple is trying to stock enough [...]

 
Fusion Garage’s CEO, Chandra Rathakrishnan today offered his side of story and alongside launched the device, renamed as Joo Joo (it’s funny and weird!). Chandra claimed that TechCrunch was not involved in any of the Joo Joo’s (then CrunchPad) software or hardware development and will fight in the court if any lawsuit is filed.
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I know you’re bored of hearing Apple tablet rumors time and again but this one probably holds more weight than the rumors we’ve heard in the past. The source this time is the latest episode of Diggnation where the hosts, Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht talk to Hodgman (guy who plays PC in I’m a [...]

 
The great Apple tablet rumor has sprung back again. This time it comes from Taiwan where Digitimes cites sources from component makers. Apparently, according to them the rumored tablet PC will be launched in the second half of next year because Cupertino giant planning to integrate an OLED display. The 9.7-inch OLED panel will be [...]