While we know Samsung’s planning plenty for us to see in Barcelona in a few weeks, we’re still not certain on the specifics. Perhaps, then, it’s got a handful of tablets for us. That’s what these handful of User Agent profiles purport to show us. The…
ZTE V81 tablet shows up in website ahead of MWC, touts 8-inch display and Jelly Bean
Not quite content with the release of its Grand S earlier this month, ZTE looks to be preparing a new tablet to go along with that aforementioned flagship handset. The V81 — which will presumably make its official debut at this year’s Mobile World C…
Acer hints at very low-cost, quad-core 8- and 10-inch tablets
Acer pushed the boundaries of price for major brand tablets with its $150 Iconia B1. It’s not about to quit with just one model under its belt, however. The company’s Greater China head, Linxian Lang, explained to China Times that there should also …
Apple boosts fourth-generation iPad to 128GB for $799
Apple’s iPad line has topped out at 64GB since it was born. That perennial ceiling has been smashed: the company is hiking the capacity of the fourth-generation iPad to a whopping 128GB. The hardware hasn’t otherwise changed and preserves both the pe…
NVIDIA Looking To Build Tegra Reference Devices Itself To Flood The Market, Report Claims
NVIDIA is hoping to win back mobile processor marketshare with a plan that involves building its own smartphone and tablet hardware designs and offering them white label to OEMs in Russia and China, according to a new report. The idea is that by doing that, NVIDIA gets complete control over hardware performance, while also undercutting the competition on price and hopefully flooding the market with devices based on its platform.
Archos offers Bluetooth Keyboard for iPad, apparently holds no grudges
Archos must be in a benevolent mood: it first posted a version of its Video Player app for competing Android devices, and now it’s selling the keyboard technology of its Gen10 XS tablets to those using an entirely different platform. Its Bluetooth Ke…
RAmos W42 tablet boasts quad-core Exynos chip, sells for around $200
It’s been a long, long while since we last heard about RAmos ’round here, but that doesn’t mean the Chinese company isn’t trying to remain relevant in the electronics game. As such, we’re more than happy to tell you about the outfit’s newest Android …
ASUS MeMo Pad 10 makes unexpected appearance, could become official at MWC (video)
It’s been but a mere few days since ASUS quietly introduced that Jelly Bean-loaded, 7-inch Memo Pad, though if a recent video shown off on YouTube is to be believed, the company’s got yet another, larger Memo Pad up its sleeve. Such tablet’s said to …
Sony’s Xperia Tablet Z announced: 1.5GHz quad-core, 10.1-inch 1,920 x 1,200 screen and 6.9mm thickness
Announced bright and early in Japan today is the Sony Xperia Tablet Z that we’ve been hearing about. As you’d expect, this 10.1-inch Android 4.1 tablet features the same design language as its smartphone counterpart, but it’s what’s inside that reall…
Switched On: Compromising positions
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. Windows powers tablets and PCs. It supports desktop and “Windows 8-style” apps using touch and keyboard / mouse and can run on x86 and ARM CPUs. You can even get it on …

