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  Samsung is apparently working on a Windows-based tablet. According to the sources who spoke to Blogeee, Samsung is preparing a 10-inch tablet PC dubbed as Gloria that runs on Windows 7 OS. What’s more interesting is that the tablet is rumored to have a sliding QWERTY keyboard. The site claims that we can expect [...]

  Apple has decided to steal some press amidst the tablet frenzy going on at Computex. The Cupertino giant has announced that they’ve surpassed two million iPad sales since it first went on sale on April 3. The incredible feat was achieved well under two months and was possible due to the recent availability in [...]

  MSI’s pre-Computex showcase has officially begun and they’re wooing the crowd with two new 10-inch tablet PCs. First is the WindPad 100 that runs Windows 7 OS on an Intel processor. Intel’s Atom Z530 CPU is the heart of the device and includes features like a webcam, USB and an HDMI port. The tablet [...]

  Microsoft’s dual-screened Courier tablet may be dead before its arrival but Microsoft hasn’t –expectedtly – left the tablet arena yet. This comes directly from Bill Gates who in his interview with Fox News confirmed that Microsoft is working on a lot of different tablet projects. “Microsoft has a lot of different tablet projects that [...]

  Yes, we’ve heard this before but Asustek CEO and president Jerry Shen seems more clear on this as compared to Jonney Shih. Shen has confirmed that Asus will unveil two EeePads this season, one running on Android OS whereas the other one running full-fledged PC OS, Windows 7. The Android OS tablet will be [...]

  Apple’s newest shiny gadget has reached its first major milestone within a span of just 28 days of its official release. Apple sold its one millionth iPad on Friday and unsurprisingly, they’re elated about it. “One million iPads in 28 days—that’s less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone [...]

  In addition to Asus, MSI will be another Taiwanese company to unveil their tablet PCs at this year’s Computex. MSI will be unveiling tablets in sizes of 8.9- and 10-inches, will run on Android or Windows 7 OS and ship sometime in third quarter of this year. Although these are single screen tablets, the [...]

  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 [...]

  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 [...]

  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 [...]

  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 [...]

  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. [...]

  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 [...]

  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 [...]