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The Right Way to Look at CrunchPad's Demise

BY Kit EatonWed Dec 2, 2009 at 2:18 PM

This week the CrunchPad died. And bloggers sank their teeth into the meaty deliciousness of the fiasco, but there are some very positive lessons here about efficiency, innovation, and the inevitability of a tablet ... soon.READ»

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Apple Tablet Delayed, but With OLED Screen and Condé Nast Mags

BY Kit EatonThu Nov 19, 2009 at 7:53 AM

Whee, the Apple Tablet merry-go-round spins and spins: Today adds a clutch of rumors that, if you grapple them all together, are another quietly confident tick in the "it's definitely real" box. But one suggestion is that the beast is ...READ»

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Apple Tablet Timeline

BY Kit EatonMon Oct 5, 2009 at 10:14 AM

The excitement in the tech world about Apple's rumored iTablet (iPad?) is getting close to fever pitch, culminating with an article in the New York today. But all the evidence suggests that the seeds of the iTablet were planted decades ago--so we've made a timeline for you.READ»

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Apple Patent Gives Away iTablet Touch Interface?

BY Kit EatonFri Oct 2, 2009 at 8:22 AM

Apple's patent applications often reveal tech gems that end up in real devices, which is why a newly-surfaced touchscreen interface patent is gathering some attention. It's for a full-hand touch-sensitive device--basically the ...READ»

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Is the Stand-Alone E-Book Doomed?

BY Kit EatonThu Oct 1, 2009 at 9:50 AM

The e-book may be a hot news topic, with Amazon taking the Kindle overseas for the first time, but some other information that's surfacing has us wondering: Is the electronic book concept doomed before it even takes off?"Print is ...READ»

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Microsoft's Courier And Norhtec's Tablet: The Impossible And The Possible?

BY Kit EatonWed Sep 23, 2009 at 6:36 AM

"Forget Apple's Tablet!" That's what gearheads are shouting from the rooftops after Gizmodo's leak of a new Microsoft product--"The Courier"--appeared last night during the opening of the Gizmodo Gallery. READ»

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Microsoft Phone and Tablet En Route: Riding Apple's Coattails?

BY Kit EatonMon Sep 21, 2009 at 7:12 AM

We've covered bits and bobs about Microsoft's "Project Pink" Zune smartphone before, but the device since disappeared from the news. It's back again, matched with exciting rumors of an MS Tablet PC. Doesn't this all sound familiar?READ»

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HP DreamScreen: Absolutely Not an Apple Tablet Rival

BY Kit EatonThu Sep 17, 2009 at 10:26 AM

There's a lot of hype on your favorite interwebs this morning about HP's new DreamScreen digital picture frame. Some people are spinning the device as beating Apple's iTablet to market. This couldn't be farther from the ...READ»

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Is Toshiba Beating Apple to a Multimedia Tablet?

BY Kit EatonThu Sep 3, 2009 at 11:52 AM

Whoa--check out this: The Toshiba JournE was just unveiled and the Engadget chaps gave it a hands-on at the IFA electronics show. It's a handheld mobile Internet device--exactly the kind of beasty Apple's supposedly working ...READ»

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Rumor: Apple May Be Working on XL Tablets Running Full Mac OS X [Rumor]

BY Gizmodo StaffFri Aug 28, 2009 at 12:41 PM

This one caught us by surprise, but it comes from a source that has always been 100% reliable: Not only Apple may be working on a 10-inch tablet, but also in 13" and 15" models, one running Mac OS X. This source claims that the two ...READ»

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Arrington May Launch $300 Tablet PC by End of July

BY Chris DannenTue Jul 7, 2009 at 12:46 AM

According to InformationWeek, TechCrunch blogger Michael Arrington has incorporated a company in Singapore to manufacture and sell his CrunchPad Tablet device, which may be ready for imminent arrival to market. The thin, ...READ»

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Rumor: Archos Android-Powered Tablet Smartphone Due June

BY Kit EatonMon May 18, 2009 at 7:16 AM

It's been widely rumored that Archos, maker of a line of high-end personal media players, will reveal an Android-powered smartphone at a June 11 press event. And unlike the numerous Android phones already out there and due soon, ...READ»

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The CrunchPad Web Tablet Leaks, Promises Whole New Class of Narcissistic Computers

BY Kit EatonFri Apr 10, 2009 at 7:58 AM

Tech guru Michael Arrington made a booboo last night, accidentally leaking details of a nearly ready-for-production CrunchPad--a large, tablet PC designed for browsing his website, TechCrunch (and other Web sites, if they exist). ...READ»

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CTL Launches Intel Classmate 2Go Tablet PC

BY Kit EatonMon Jan 12, 2009 at 5:46 AM

Intel's first Classmate PC followed in the footsteps of Nick Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child XO PC by being a similarly cheap, robust portable PC intended for educational use. Last year Intel upgraded the specification to the ...READ»

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Creative Brewing A Tablet PC?

BY Chris DannenThu Sep 11, 2008 at 6:41 PM

While there's no telling if patents will ever lead to actual devices, an interesting one was discovered this week, filed by Creative [OTC:CREAF]. The diagrams show something a great deal more capable than a normal PMP (or portable ...READ»

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Dell Leaks Notebook Product Roadmap

BY Chris DannenSat May 31, 2008 at 12:07 AM

The Boy Genius Report has received a copy of Dell's [NASDAQ: DELL] product roadmap for its portable computers, and while there aren't any huge surprises, there are some note-worthy inclusions. A salient one is a new model Dell is ...READ»

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