Eee PC

Apparently, Microsoft has draconian policies in its “Windows 8 Hardware Certification Requirements”. It looks to mandate vendors to block other OSes from being installed on ARM devices. Microsoft plans for the UEFI Secure Boot got some attention from people last year when it was pointed out that by forcing the use of Secure Boot, it [...]

Acer’s Android Honeycomb-powered Iconia Tab A500 tablet PC will now become available in South Korea on a limited basis. According to the official press release, Acer plans to offer 1000 units of the Iconia Tab A500 tablet PC for 399,000 Korean won or about $348 USD. This is a great move in terms of pricing [...]

While we may never get to lay our eyes on the final version of the Lenovo Skylight, Freescale has surprised us with a new Lenovo smartbook put together by Pegatron. Being a smartbook, it has the innards of a typical smartphone running under the hood. This includes an 800MHz ARM Cortex A8 processor, a memory [...]

Nokia was brave enough to put together, announce and release their very own netbook called the Booklet 3G last year. Why not try their luck with a tablet PC as well, right? DigiTimes today is reporting that the Finnish smartphone giant is currently trying to do just that. According to an unidentified Digitimes Research senior [...]

NVIDIA has been under a lot of pressure lately to deliver their tablet-oriented Tegra 2 chipset. Lots of manufacturers are depending on the chip maker to get their product out on time so that they can cash in on the impending tablet craze. While a lot of speculation has come out due to this, NVIDIA [...]