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Jan 06

Aluratek tempts with 8.9-inch 720p Cinepal PMP

Posted in: handheld, media player, MediaPlayer, PMP, slate, tablet, Today's Chili

Aluratek hasn’t been one to really rival the mainstays in the digiframe and e-reader markets, but the outfit’s latest portable media player looks atypically slick. Boasting an expansive 8.9-inch display and an almost slate-like look, the Cinepal arrives with 4GB of inbuilt memory, an SD / SDHC expansion slot, 720p display and a built-in Li-ion good for up to six hours of continuous use. Aside from playing back WMA and MP3 jams, it’ll also handle DRM-laced DivX files along with the usual assortment: AVI, VOB, DAT, MPEG, H.264, MKV, JPEG, etc. Best of all, the player is priced at just $179, and it’ll be available next month for the Yanks who care.

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Jan 06

HP’s Windows 7 Slate Device Revealed by Steve Ballmer

Posted in: HP, Microsoft, slate, steve ballmer, tablet, Today's Chili, top

It’s not Courier, but HP’s rumored slate PC is here, now. Steve Ballmer and his hardware specialist Ryan Asdourian just showed it off, and man is it cute. Updated with VIDEO

Update:Adrian just spotted this official video:

“They’re more powerful than a phone and almost as powerful as a PC. Perfect for reading, surfing the web and taking entertainment on the go,” said Ballmer at his CES 2010 opening keynote. He says that it will be available this year.

HP says they’ll provide information on the slate after the keynote, but wouldn’t say anything in the meantime. We’re calling it a “slate”—well, Microsoft is calling it a slate, to differentiate from the pen-and-screen dealy that Bill Gates intro’d in 2001—but that’s not its name.

It’s a Windows 7 touch device, so it’s nice in an accessible, netbooky (yeah, I’m guessing relatively cheap) context. But it’s not exactly the Courier we have lusted after from Microsoft in our dreams (and waking hours).

Here you can see it in its various modes, movie mode, ebook mode and PC mode:

Fun fact: Asdourian, shown above with Ballmer, moonlights as a (or the) Seahawks mascot.

Jan 06

The HP Slate

Posted in: breaking news, BreakingNews, HP, slate, tablet, Today's Chili, windows 7, Windows7

Here we go — press images of the HP Slate just hit the web, right as Ballmer showed it off during his CES keynote. The prototype device is said to be coming later this year, and it’s running Windows — Ballmer showed it running the PC Kindle app. It’s also multitouch, and can do some gaming — they showed it playing Frogger. Check one more pic and the teaser vid after the break. And trust us — we’re going to find out everything about this thing before we’re done.

Gallery: HP Slate on stage at CES 2010

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The HP Slate originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 06

Microsoft CES keynote PR leaks early: HP slate device is just a PC, Natal in holiday 2010

Posted in: breaking news, BreakingNews, HP, leak, leaks, Microsoft, slate, steve ballmer, tablet, Today's Chili, Windows, windows 7, Windows7

Microsoft’s CES keynote has been marked by disaster: first the power went out, knocking the PCs on stage into recovery mode, and now the PR for Ballmer’s speech has posted early. The big news is no news — that HP slate device is a Windows 7 PC, not the rumored Courier tablet. We’re sure HP and Microsoft will have some interesting things to say about it, but a lot of hearts are breaking out there. Other big items: Project Natal will launch around the holidays in 2010, the HTC HD2 will hit T-Mobile as expected, and the Mediaroom 2.0 IPTVs service will bring on-demand programming to PCs and phones. The full PR is after the break, but we’ll post highlights here if we see anything else as we comb through.

[Thanks, Andrew]

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Jan 06

Live Blog: Microsofts CES 2010 Keynote

Posted in: Microsoft, steve ballmer, tablet, Today's Chili, windows 7

It’s not a proper CES until we get our Microsoft keynote. Since the departure of Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer’s presence has become something of a beloved tradition for the tradeshow. Whatever you might think of the guy, one thing’s for sure: Microsoft’s CEO sure knows how to put on a show.

We’re going to be on hand for the event at the Hilton in Las Vegas. The lights go down at 6:30 PT (9:30 ET) tonight. Expect our live coverage to start shortly before that.

So what do we expect from tonight’s main event? First, it stands to reason that there will be a lot of time devoted to Windows 7‘s successes. After all, Microsoft boasted about Vista until it was blue in the face, and we all know how that turned out.

Microsoft Office 2010 will almost certainly get some face time as well; the company has been doing the hard sell on business software this week. Oh, yeah, and can you say “Bing?” You’d better believe Steve Ballmer can. Over and over again. Here’s hoping he entertains us with a round of that number-one single, “Bing Goes the Internet.”

Project Natal, Microsoft’s forthcoming gesture-based controller, will probably get some face time. The prototype has progressed a good deal since it first debuted back at E3.

Some sources are predicting that Microsoft will attempt to nab some of Apple’s thunder with the announcement of a tablet. According to Yahoo’s MIA CEO Carol Bartz explains her “scheduling conflict” on stage with Ballmer via a big deal between the companies to help the once-great Internet giant’s struggling search division.

Find out the answers to all this and more at 6:30 PM PT time tonight, after the jump.

Jan 06

Sony introduces Dash Internet Viewer touchscreen tablet (Update: it runs Chumby OS!)

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We’ve got another one, folks: Sony’s doing a tablet. The Dash Internet Viewer is a touchscreen WiFi device which can be propped up like a digital photo frame or ~~toted around the home like… a tablet~~. Still, a Chumby comparison might be more appropriate: the 7-inch device can run Chumby apps (there are over 1,000 free ones out there already), to which Sony will be adding its own Sony Music and Sony Pictures properties for movie trailers, music videos and so forth. The $199 unit can be stood on end or tilted quasi-flat for a variety of hands-free viewing angles, and works as an alarm clock, waking users up to the sweet sounds and visuals of internet videos. The Dash ships in April.

Update: We just confirmed that this device runs Chumby OS and is not portable (as in, there’s no built-in battery). Rest assured, this is no slate / tablet rival — in fact, it’s more like a sophisticated alarm clock.

Gallery: Sony Dash press shots

Sony introduces Dash Internet Viewer touchscreen tablet (Update: it runs Chumby OS!) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 06

Paradigm Shift joins the tablet crowd with Android-based EMT-10AB/W

Posted in: Android, android tablet, AndroidTablet, tablet, Today's Chili

It’s not doing it any favors with its selection of press photos, but Paradigm Shift has just let our word about its new Android-based EMT-10AB/W tablet, which joins the company’s recently-announced, equally-nondescript pair of e-book readers. Set to be available in your choice of black or white, this one packs an 800MHz Marvel PX166 processor (slightly faster than the Camangi’s), along with a 1,024 x 600 touchscreen (no word if it’s capacitive or resistive), 2GB of flash storage standard (upgradable to 16GB), built-in WiFi, VGA out, an SD card slot for further expansion, and even the option of built-in 3G. Look for this one to hit the US sometime this March with an MSRP of $369.95.

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Jan 05

HP TouchSmart tm2 convertible tablet slims down and spruces up

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No hard feelings, tx2, but there was always something just a little “behind the curve” about your design and feature set, and we’re kind of glad HP decided to go all-new with its TouchSmart tm2 followup. The 12.1-inch laptop is powered by new Intel Core 2 Duo procs and even discrete ATI Mobility Radeon graphics if you’re man enough, and claims 9 hours of battery life off its standard 6-cell. Most importantly, the capacitive multitouch screen is finger and pen friendly. The physical design takes some cues from HP’s new Envy laptops, including the controversial unibutton touchpad and lovable aluminum build, and seems decently thinner, lighter and stronger than the tx2. The laptop should be out on January 17th with a starting price of $949.

We played around with the laptop, and outside of the slightly suspicious touchpad, we were pretty impressed by the laptop. The build quality is great, in both feel and confidence-building (a must for a convertible tablet like this), but HP’s also really beefed up the software aspect, pre-loading the new Netflix-inclusive version of its TouchSmart software and the wild, almost-useful BumpTop 3D desktop. Tossing in a finger friendly version of Corel Paint and an interactive dolphin screensaver was also a nice touch. Check out a quick video hands-on after the break.

Gallery: HP TouchSmart tm2 press shots

Gallery: HP TouchSmart tm2 convertible tablet hands-on

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Jan 05

Microsoft to reveal HP built Courier slate tomorrow?

Posted in: breaking news, BreakingNews, HP, keynote, Microsoft, rumor, slate, steve ballmer, tablet, Today's Chili

It was 2001 that Bill Gates first introduced the Tablet PC in Las Vegas. Tomorrow will see the launch of what could be Microsoft’s next take on the Tablet PC right here at CES if the New York Times is correct. According to “people familiar with Microsoft’s plans,” Steve Ballmer will introduce an HP-built “slate-type computer” during the opening CES keynote. The rumored device is said to be a “multi-media whiz with e-reader and multi-touch functions” in tow that could be available by mid year. So what will it be? The Courier supported by a full-suite of content partners, or will it be just another Windows tablet in search of mass market acceptance? You’ll find out tomorrow right here at Engadget.

Microsoft to reveal HP built Courier slate tomorrow? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 05

Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid hands-on and impressions

Posted in: Features, hands-on, hybrid, impressions, Laptops, lenovo, slate, tablet, tablets, Today's Chili, video

There’s no hiding the fact that the first images of the Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid amazed us, and now after seeing the device we can say the feeling was well-founded — the detachable resistive multitouch display worked better than we ever expected for such an early preproduction unit. Check the mouthwatering gallery below and then head over the break for full impressions and a few videos showing off the U1’s finer points.

Gallery: Lenovo U1 hands-on and impressions