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With a 2.26GHz Core i3-350M processor and a $1,149 asking price, the Fujitsu Lifebook TH700’s no netvertible, to be sure, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a tablet with more bang for the buck. Near as we can tell, this svelte 12.1-inch convertible’s built on the same chassis as the Lifebook T730 we saw last month, with half the RAM and a slower CPU but all those lovely goodies intact. That means for $700 less than its older brother, you’re getting a pen-and-capacitive-touch dual digitizer on top of that LED-backlit display, fingerprint and ambient light sensors plus a removable dust filter — not to mention the standard 320GB hard drive, 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth, DVD burner and HDMI port. With a $50 mail-in rebate presently available to celebrate its stealthy arrival, it sounds like a done deal to us — assuming, of course, that no other corners were cut.

Fujitsu Lifebook TH700 brings convertible tablet magic at a more affordable price originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Let’s not forget that before “tablets” were all the rage there were, well, tablets. While most tablet PCs were — and still are — aimed at the business market, the HP TouchSmart tm2 (which began as the tx2000) was one of the first tablets for the average Joe. And despite rumors of a slate product and future WebOS devices, HP hasn’t given up on the tm2, and rightfully so. Just updated with a brand new Core i3 ULV processor, the convertible has a 12.1-inch capacitive touchscreen, a new TouchSmart layer for laptops, an onboard stylus for taking notes, and a striking design with a rather stellar chiclet keyboard. There’s no doubt the form factor still appeals to students or those simply looking for the power of a PC with a touch experience, but we wish HP paid a bit more attention to a few key features before shipping. Find out just what those are in our full review.

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HP TouchSmart tm2t review originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 27 Jun 2010 08:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading Motion Computing rolls out rugged J3500 tablet PC

Motion Computing rolls out rugged J3500 tablet PC originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hey, they say beauty’s in the eye of the beholder, but we’re going to go out on a limb here and call this one like we see it: NEC‘s LifeTouch Android tablet isn’t a looker, in our opinion. That said, this 7-incher runs Android 2.1 and packs an ARM Cortex A8 processor. Although it’s scheduled for release in Japan in October, it turns out that it’ll be sold directly to businesses, so don’t hope to grab up one of these — unless you have the best employer ever, that is. Hey, at least it’s original looking. Video below.

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NEC LifeTouch Android tablet isn’t exactly a beauty originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Tired of The Man holding you down on the tablet front with his oppressive App Stores, his tyrannical carrier constraints, and other outrageous insults to your civil liberties? Well now you can break free of this stranglehold, thanks to a company called Liquidware and its open source, DIY tablet starter kit. The premise is simple: Liquidware provides a touchscreen OLED display (4.3-inch, 480 x 272, resistive touch), the BeagleBoard guts (a single-board computer driven by a 720MHz ARM Cortex-A8 OMAP3530 CPU, with 2GB of NAND and an SD card slot), and the BeagleJuice battery module, along with an SD card pre-loaded with Angstrom Linux. You put all the pieces together and then just basically go nuts, designing your own application marketplace, infrastructure for direct-to-consumer video and audio sales, and a revolutionary and magical user interface that blurs the lines between waking life and a hallucinatory dream-state where anything is possible, and the only limitation is yourself. Check the Moscone Center’s booking information below to see scheduling availability for your developer conference, and hit the source link to offer up your $393.61 to Liquidware.

DIY tablet kit is less than $400, more complicated than an iPad originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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