Is this the Apple tablet (update: new images)
January 27, 2010
Okay, we obviously can’t confirm this, but we just got two very interesting images of what certainly looks like a prototype Apple tablet, or what could be the tablet bolted down to a table. It’s huge — really large — and it’s running what clearly looks like an iPhone app, although we’ve never seen an iPhone app with that interface or at that resolution before. We also see a WiFi icon and a cell service indicator, although tragically there’s no carrier listed. As far as fakes go, this is as convincing as it gets, so either this is the real deal or someone deserves a hearty congratulations.
On a absolutely separate note, we also received a tip claiming to have some specs — we can’t verify any of this either, but we’re told that the device will have a 10-inch screen and look like a more massive iPhone with a MacBook-like aluminum back, and that pricing will run $800 on contract with Verizon and $1000 without when it arrives in March. We’re also told that the official name remains a secret and that Apple employees are still calling it by the codename of “K48″ — a name we last heard in May from the same source that pegged the iPhone 3GS exactly. This source also tells us that the iPhone will be coming to Verizon as well and that we’ll see iLife ‘10 tomorrow, but there won’t be any MacBook updates. A relatively safe set of predictions — which is why we sort of believe them.
Just 13 hours to go — we’ll find out if any of this is the real deal soon enough.
Update: Based on some rough measurements, that screen does appear to be between 9- and 10-inches diagonal. Additionally, it looks as though there could be a front-facing camera on the opposite side of the home button (up top in these photos) due to that cutout section, though the images are really too grainy to know for certain.
Update 2: Our source has shared another photograph, this time showing an iPhone relaxing on the tablet for comparison. Check it out after the break (bigger image for inspection available in the gallery).
Update 3: Gizmodo managed to snag some images of what appears to be the back of the tablet from Chinese forum WeiPhone before they were mysteriously yanked. WeiPhone is the same forum that leaked the K48 name way back when, so who knows — the image shows what could be RF testing, but one of them feels kind of render-y to us. Check ‘em all in the gallery!
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Is this the Apple tablet (update: new images) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Sungworld’s Android MID fights the future
January 24, 2010
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Sungworld’s Android MID fights the future originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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ViewSonic VPC08 MID/phone appears on video, fails to steal xpPhone’s thunder
January 22, 2010
Maybe it’s all the speak of the ITG xpPhone that’s made ViewSonic’s VPC08 come out of hiding, but the phone/MID contraption is finally making a video appearance and revealing why it’s so damn thick. Unlike the xpPhone the VPC08 is actually an ordinary feature phone with a 2-inch display stuck on top of an Atom Z500-powered 4.3-inch MID. Uh, innovative Not so much since it doesn’t appear that the two work in conjunction, but we do know that the phone supports EV-DO, and that the MID portion packs 512MB RAM, an 8GB SSD with Windows XP, and WiFi. For those that are at all interested in holding this mega-device up to an ear, it looks enjoy it will be sold only in China for a whopping 4800 Yuan ($705). No word if that price includes pants with extra-large pockets. We’ll be waiting for the Moorestown-powered LG GW990 to get Atom in a phone, but we do urge you to check out this beast of a “phone” in action in the video after the break.
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ViewSonic VPC08 MID/phone appears on video, fails to steal xpPhone’s thunder originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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OPPO Enjoy looks like just another Android e-reader
January 20, 2010
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OPPO Enjoy looks like just another Android e-reader originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Barnes & Noble Nook to get an update this week Sure sounds enjoy it
December 22, 2009
A tipster who has proven to be reliable in the past states that Barnes and Noble’s Nook will get a software update this week — most likely around Tuesday. The update itself looks to be fairly huge, improving some of the major issues we’ve had with the e-reader — like page refresh rate and a lot of other tiny performance issues. Our tipster also says they’ve played with an updated unit and that it’s much, much better, so we’re interested to see for ourselves when the update goes down. Until then, check out the (partial) list of bugs and repairs we’re hearing the update will include after the break.
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Barnes & Noble Nook to get an update this week Sure sounds like it
December 21, 2009
A tipster who has proven to be reliable in the past states that Barnes and Noble’s Nook will get a software update this week — most likely around Tuesday. The update itself looks to be fairly large, improving some of the major issues we’ve had with the e-reader — like page refresh rate and a lot of other tiny performance issues. Our tipster also says they’ve played with an updated unit and that it’s much, much better, so we’re interested to see for ourselves when the update goes down. Until then, check out the (partial) list of bugs and fixes we’re hearing the update will include after the break.
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Netronix looking to Android, 3G for its e-book readers
November 30, 2009
Google’s little green man has been getting quite an education lately, popping up in a number of e-book readers (why hello there Nook, Alex, eDGe). Not to be left out, Netronix is reportedly also looking to work with Texas Instruments on assimilating Android into its product line, according to company chairman Arthur Lu (via DigiTimes). Neither are bad trends to follow in this still-infant industry, but the questions remains as to when and how it’ll actually work. Also on the company to-do list 3G and 3.5G capabilities, supposedly coming sometime in the middle of 2010. Bated breath Hold it.
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Netronix looking to Android, 3G for its e-book readers originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Camangi WebStation website goes live, orders do not
November 26, 2009
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Camangi WebStation website goes live, orders don’t originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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BenQ bringing nReader e-book reader to Asia
November 20, 2009
We’re still not quite sure this mad rush to produce e-book readers will result in anything but tears and heartbreak, but that isn’t stopping BenQ from joining in: it’s just announced the nReader, which will hit Taiwan in January along with an on the web bookstore, followed by Japan and China. The hardware itself is pretty standard fare, with a six-inch touchscreen electronic ink display, 2GB of memory, and ePub / HTML / PDF support, so we’ll see if this thing manages to move 300,000 units next year like BenQ says it will — that seems fairly optimistic to us, but it’s just a drop in the bucket according to BenQ, which states that over 100 million e-readers will sold in ten years. We’ll see.
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BenQ bringing nReader e-book reader to Asia originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Canada gets International Kindle support, no longer feels inferior to Trinidad and Tobago
November 18, 2009
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Canada gets International Kindle support, no longer feels inferior to Trinidad and Tobago originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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