Author: Amarnath Natarajan

MSIs made the simplification of PC overclocking the priority over the past few years, and an updated Wind BIOS from last decade putting all sorts of power into hands of mere mortals. At Computex, the things are one step further with the Afterburner Android App. The GPU tool enables users to monitor the temperature, voltage…

The Sprint has now announced the official release date: June 24th. On this day, the EVO 3D smartphone, and View 4G tablet is going to be released on Sprint, they both equipped with Android 2.3 Gingerbread as their OS and WiMAX radios. The 4.3-inch EVO 3D boosts 1.2GHz dual-core processor and priced at $200 on…

Microsoft demonstrated the Windows 8 this week, and the OS has an interface almost nobody expected for predicted. It looks like the Windows Phone 7 OS. So both your PC and tablet will run Windows 8, but your PC will be able to run your current version of Office or QuickBooks. On the tablet you…

The Knos software plans, with the release of the Textbook apps are becoming reality now. It brings some 70,000 discounted educational titles to iPad. The free app lets students read and organize texts, affix annotations, and communicate with study partners, offers creative new way to pass notes in class. For more details read the press…

Verizon and Motorola have kept the secret of Droid 3, but the Phonepads got three tutorial videos of Droid 3. It got a 5 row QWERTY slider, no discussion of dual-core session, there is a 8MP camera on board, and its capable of 1080p HD video recording. Other specs are it got volume keys on…

These are so called Ultrabooks at Computex 2011; the Lenovos IdeaPad U300S is an ultra-thin, sub-$1,000 notebook game. Lenovo wasnt disclosing exact specs at the show, the company upgraded the slick IdeaPad U260 design with Sandy Bridge chips and a 13.3-inch screen and a trim-uni-body laptop to attain supermodel measurements. Dont forget to look at…

Now there is an official announcement from RadioShack that Red HTC Inspire 4G is available for $29.99 on a two-year contract AT&T (or $550 off the contract). It features 4.3-inch WVGA display, 1GHz Snapdragon Processor, 8MP camera with LED flash, and Android 2.2 with Sense. There is still no word on Gingerbread update. Hit on…

The Sonys new S2 tablet headed to USA now, FCC got a glimpse at Sir Howards dual-screen honeycomb tablet. It got some crucial specs: Sonys SGPT 211US features 2.4 GHz, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 850MHz and 1900 MHz 3G bands launching at AT&T. The 3G speeds represented will hit you on the 21Mbps HSPA+ speeds.…

The Creative designed a new multi-core audio and voice processor called Core3D. The external device and an integrated chip on Creatives vendor devices can also include consumer electronics. The chip is based on a 56-pin QFP package. The Sound Core 3D chip uses four cores, 4 and 6-channel audio 24-bit DACs and a headphone amplifier…

Huawei seems to be latest to enter the tablet market. It is launching its new tablet called MediaPad. They noted it as Next Generation Smart Device, and Smallest and Lightest tablet released in history. But what we assume from them is the tablet may be running Android honeycomb, and sports a 7-inch screen. We will…

The Notion Ink Adam tablet is once again on sale. The Adam is powered by NVIDIA Tegra 250 Processor with dual core Cortex A9, allows it to play 1080p video on HDTV via HDMI port. The tablet is low power consuming 1024*600 display, Optional Pixel Qi can be viewed under direct sunlight. It also features…

Eee Pad Transformer already scored itself with a upgrade of Android 3.1 and a USB host support. The transformer keyboard has a pair of 2.0 jacks and someone was kind to post a YouTube video of a PS3 controller and the ASUS tablet getting their game on. This should work with any USB gamepad, including…

Acers 7-inch Iconia Tab A100 announced without a firm release date, it went up for pre-order in UK with promised April ship date, delayed due to some Honeycomb compatibility issues. Now finally the device hits the FCC, indicates that can eventual release will at least be closer to the beginning of the second half of…

The official announcement came now for the Playbook; the Wi-Fi only model of the Playbook with 16GB will be hitting Sprint on Sunday June 5th. It is priced as $499.99, and it is supporting the BlackBerry Bridge with no additional data charges. For more details and specs read the press release

Archos just announced that it will unveil its new Generation 9 honeycomb tablets at a Paris event, on June 23rd. The tablet is originally expected to launch on September IFA trade show, but the date was pushed up now. It got 1.6GHz ARM A9 dual-core chip and called as revolutionary 3G modem in just few…

Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha talks to business strategy, the advantages of Android, and ti take developers to taks poorly optimized apps. At this interview Jha pointed out and blamed the poor battery life which he said he can sap between 30 to 40 percent of phones juice. The company had a solution for this…

The tweakers.net ran prototype Compal unit, to suit the tests with Honeycomb and tablets dual-core 1.5GHz can compare to Tegra 2. Then the answer is no, or can be said as really not well. On the benchmarks Caffeinemark, Linpak, and Quadrant the platform was largely left in dust by ARM competition with bigger biceps, but…