Toshiba AT300 tablet is quad-core, same price as iPad 2
LaptopsToshiba is bringing a new tablet to the UK. The snappily named AT300 is a 10.1-inch slate powered by a quad-core Tegra 3 processor, and running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
The AT300 is a follow-up to the AT200 from earlier this year, a tablet that didn't particularly impress us. Can the AT300 fare better? Continue reading...
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 gets stylus slot, thank goodness
LaptopsSamsung's given its upcoming Galaxy Note 10.1 a makeover, with the wannabe iPad-troubler now reportedly rocking a quad-core processor, and -- joy of joys -- somewhere to store the stylus.
Tablet Community (translate link) has snapped a shot of the newly designed Note 10.1, which looks to address a massive design flaw that became apparent several months ago. Continue reading...
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Get Online @ Home offers computer, year's broadband for £160
LaptopsDo you know someone who isn't on the Internet yet? Whether it's an elderly relative, a friend who doesn't have the cash for a flash computer, or just someone who hasn't got round to it yet, a new deal from Microsoft and TalkTalk could get them online while saving a serious chunk of change.
Get Online @ Home is a scheme backed by Microsoft, TalkTalk, BT, Three and the Post Office to provide cheap computers. The new deal sees a discount on broadband as well as your computer or laptop, adding up to as little as £160 across the year -- or less if you're on eligible benefits. Continue reading...
Apple's Jony Ive knighted, discusses 'quest for simplicity'
Mobile PhonesApple's design guru Jonathan Ive has received a knighthood, with the 45-year-old British designer behind the iPod, iPhone and iPad opening up about Apple's design philosophy in an interview with the Telegraph.
"We try to develop products that seem somehow inevitable," Sir Jony told the paper. "That leave you with the sense that that's the only possible solution that makes sense."
The Chingford native says Apple's products are tools, "and we don't want design to get in the way. We're trying to bring simplicity and clarity."
If you tried to describe Apple's familiar design aesthetic, 'minimalist' might be the word you'd reach for. But Sir Jony says simplicity isn't as simple as just clearing space.
Laptops could charge by typing thanks to a virus on the keys
LaptopsWhether your laptop gives up just as you're about to finish a crucial report or your phone kicks the bucket when you're hopelessly lost, we've all felt the pain of running out of juice when you're out and about. Which is why we love the sound of laptops that can be charged by your typing, or phones that power up as you walk -- and it's all thanks to a virus.
Devices powered by small everyday movements could come true thanks to a genetically engineered virus that turns movement or pressure into electricity. Continue reading...
Google acquiring Motorola next week, Android staying free
Mobile PhonesChinese regulators have given Google the green light to take over Motorola, The Wall Street Journal reports. Along with the antitrust regulators in America and Europe giving the rubber stamp a few months ago, Google is all set to swallow up the US mobile company.
The $12.5bn (£7.9bn) deal is expected to go through early next week. One rather big caveat was attached -- that Google keeps Android completely free to use for the next five years, so expect no let up in the number of Android devices. Continue reading...
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Sony Tablet P scoffing Ice Cream Sandwich on 24 May
LaptopsIf you bought the Sony Tablet P, you may have been left wondering if its odd shape would hamper any upgrade to Android Ice Cream Sandwich. (As if anyone needed another hurdle.) And when its bigger brother, the Tablet S, got the upgrade almost a month ago, you could be forgiven for feeling left out in the cold.
Worry no more -- the Tablet P will be served a healthy dollop of Ice Cream Sandwich on Thursday 24 May. Just five days to go. Continue reading...
Amazon prepping 10.1-inch Kindle Fire for this summer?
LaptopsWe're still awaiting the Kindle Fire on these shores, but already comes word that Amazon is preparing a much bigger version to launch this summer. DigiTimes reports the book pusher is working on a 10.1-inch version of the Android tablet, to take on the iPad.
This bigger Fire -- the hardback to the existing model's paperback -- is expected to launch between July and September, according to the rumour. Amazon was said to be preparing an 8.9-inch version, but that's apparently on hold for now. Continue reading...
Apple tries to ban Galaxy Tab in US days before peace talks
LaptopsSo hang on. Just two days before Apple and Samsung are due to sit down and start settlement talks over their ridiculous patent wars, Apple has tried to ban the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the US. Poor form.
The Californian company filed for a preliminary injunction against the Samsung device, Foss patents reports. Continue reading...
Opinion: It feels like HP is ready to stop making gadgets
LaptopsHP flew me out to Shanghai last week to check out its new range of products, but what I saw -- just four new laptops -- left me with the distinct impression the company is about ready to throw in the towel and bow out of the consumer tech ring.
Many of you will remember the TouchPad debacle, which saw HP attempting to overthrow Apple's all-powerful iPad, and doing a particularly catastrophic job. Continue reading...
Sony VAIO S Series gets Ivy Bridge, E Series grows bigger
LaptopsSony has updated its S Series range of laptops to include the latest Intel Ivy Bridge processors and sleek designs for media fun on the move. Sony's E Series will also be getting two new screen sizes.
The previous iteration of the S Series was designed to be slim and portable while still packing in enough power to tackle any task you could throw at it. The same principles are kept in this new refresh, but they've been upgraded in some key areas for 2012. Continue reading...
AMD A Series 'Trinity' processors: what you need to know
LaptopsProcessor manufacturer AMD has shown off its latest set of chips that will soon be finding their way into all manner of laptops. The A Series chips -- or Trinity, as they like to be known -- are designed to offer better built-in graphics performance while keeping power usage low.
If that sounds like a familiar concept, it's because it's basically the same objective Intel has for its new line of recently announced Ivy Bridge processors. AMD's Trinity will be going head-to-head with Intel's Ivy Bridge to see which can deliver the best performance while not eating through so much power as to drain your laptop battery in five minutes flat. Continue reading...
New Macbooks incoming with retina display and Ivy Bridge
LaptopsHigh-resolution app icons for Apple's MacBook Pro point to a retina display on upcoming models, and leaked benchmark results suggest that they'll be packing the latest Intel Ivy Bridge processors.
Apple pushed out some updates to its OS X Lion operating system last week that include icons for various apps that are double the resolution currently required, BGR reports. That can only mean one thing -- ultra-high resolution retina displays on the refreshed MacBook Pros, which are due for a launch sometime this summer. Continue reading...
Many people -- myself included -- have been hoping for a retina display on a MacBook for quite some time. That would let us edit super-detailed snaps from cameras like the Nikon D800 in beautiful clarity. The awesome resolution on the new iPad is undoubtedly its crowning glory and I'm excited about the possibility of that quality being brought to the MacBook Pro screen. Continue reading...
Apple pulls 4G claims for new iPad following complaints
Mobile PhonesApple has dropped all mentions of 4G from its new iPad. Previously billed as 'Wi-Fi + 4G', the new iPad is now described as 'Wi-Fi + Cellular'. Head over to the Apple site and you can see for yourself.
This follows a barrage of complaints about how the tablet is described. While technically capable of connecting to LTE bands, it only uses the ones in the US and Canada, not in Europe. That didn't stop Apple from marketing the device as '4G' over here and in the States. Until now. Continue reading...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7-inch on sale in the UK for £200
LaptopsGood news if you were waiting for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) -- it's now on sale here in Blighty. Get yourself down to Carphone Warehouse and pick one up.
The bad news? You'll have to wait until Friday for the white version. For shame! Continue reading...
Windows RT won't offer browser choice, claims Mozilla
SoftwareWindows RT is on its way to tablets soon, but unlike previous versions of Windows, it's not going to make it easy for you to use a browser other than the standard Internet Explorer. At least, not according to Mozilla.
Windows RT is the version of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system that is designed to work on tablets. It's apparently going to come in two forms: the colourful new Metro style interface we've been checking out and a more classic option. Mozilla claims though that the classic option will not allow users to change away from the default Internet Explorer Web browser, unlike the Metro style and indeed most previous versions of Windows. Continue reading...
HP Envy Spectre XT ultrabook in haunting hands-on video 
You've already ogled our hands-on photos of HP's new Spectre XT ultrabook, but how about seeing thousands of pictures strung together to create the impression of movement! Yes, I've gone hands-on at an HP event to give you a one-minute video tour of the company's new skinny laptop.
Click play on the clip above to check it out, and let me know whether you'd pay nigh-on £900 for this hunk of metal in the comments below. Continue reading...
HP will make tablets again, possibly not for you and me
LaptopsAn HP exec has said that the company will get back into tablets following its disastrous TouchPad endeavour, but hinted that the mysterious slates would likely be aimed at businesses rather than ordinary folks like you or me.
During a question and answer session at a Shanghai press event, executive vice-president of HP's printing and personal systems group, Todd Bradley, confirmed the company was planning on making tablets running on Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system. Continue reading...
HP Envy Spectre XT ultrabook hands-on photos 
LaptopsConfetti at the ready -- HP's showing off something new, something borrowed and something... silver. That's right, it's the recently unveiled Envy Spectre XT -- a fresh look for the Spectre ultrabook range, which borrows heavily from rival wedge-shaped laptops. I've been hands-on, so click through the images above to ogle this angular new machine.
Angle management
Although at first glance the 13.3-inch Spectre XT's design looks to be nicked wholesale from Apple's MacBook Air or the Asus Zenbook, this slender PC does have some fresh ideas of its own. Continue reading...
Apple rumoured to release cheaper MacBook Air this summer
LaptopsWe've already heard rumours of a larger MacBook Air or a slimmed down MacBook Pro, but now comes word Apple will release a budget MacBook Air this summer.
A source in the supply chain has told DigiTimes Apple will release the $799 (£494) MacBook Air in Q3 this year, which translates as sometime between July and September. It's expected to be the company's answer to the current crop of ultrabooks. Continue reading...
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