Shogo 10″ Open Tablet

open to for customization

Shogo is an ARM-based Linux tablet rich in connectivity and sensors allowing developers to customize it and add their own application and content creating new products and solutions. Partners can concentrate on their own products, application and content while Realease will provide all the knowledge and experience needed to create a tablet solution.

Shogo is the ideal tablet platform to start evaluation, development and prototyping on Freescale iMX-37 and iMX-51 processor family.

• The Shogo Platform is open to the OEM and 3rd party developers.
• Application software and File system are upgradable over the Internet
• Application development and porting is very easy starting with html5 and JavaScript for rapid development and prototyping
• Perl and C/C++ development also possible

Software Platform, application building blocks and SDK :

• Linux 2.6.28 based on Angstrom distribution compiled with openembedded
• Webkit browser
• QT 4.6.2
• SQLite Database
• Multimedia player
• Adobe Flash 10 (Q4-2010)

Want to get the Shogo and access to our developer forum and documentation ?

Visit our developer page today and register Now !

DIY 13.4" Carbon Fiber Touchscreen Tablet PC

This is a project I have been working on in my spare time for the last few months. I wanted a Windows 7 touchscreen tablet with a large screen that could handle HD video and wasn't too thick or power hungry. The build cost for this was around $600-700. I used an MSI X320 motherboard and screen as the starting point and I made the body out of carbon fiber.

Check out my blog for more info http://carbontablet.blogspot.com/

And my YouTube video for a demo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7W_AuspKls

-Slampana-

HTC plans a tablet and sees women as a major market

SOCIAL NOTWORKING women who want to surf while watching the telly in their living room are a prime market for tablets according to HTC.

Market research conducted by the smartphone manufacturer found that likely users of the expensive drink trays were women who wanted to communicate with friends with a tablet on their lap while watching their favourite television programmes.

HTC vice president Europe, Dr Florian Seiche, speaking at the Open Mobile Summit held in London, said "Our study found women social networking while watching television was a likely use for tablets".

Giving no more details about HTC's tablet plans, Seiche did talk about Google's Android OS as having a big future in the business market.

Meanwhile over in Scandinavia, 4G networks might enable women to watch telly and social network all on their tablet. Describing webtv as an application that will drive a lot of 4G network traffic, Nordic telecommunications company Teliasonera's president for mobility, Håkan Dahlström told the summit that around half of its subscribers are Iphone owners. µ

Amtek has tablets for all: from CULV and Atom to Tegra 2 and Freescale

Amtek will be showing off at Computex with their army of tablets.. and we will bring you closer to them as soon as we get our hands on the tablets.

Here is the list of tablets they are prepping for Computex show:

iTablet Speed-Lite (AE03)

CPU: Nvidia tegra 2 1GHz
Memory: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM
Display: 10.1_ 1024X600 or 10.1_ 1024X768 Glare type panel,
LED backlight, LCD Multi touch panel controller
Input: AC100_240Volt, 20V/2A, 40W
Camera: Camera 2M(Built-in)
Audio: High Definition Audio
Battery: 10800mAh
Storage: 512MB NAND Flash
I/O Port: DC-in Jack x 1, phone jacks x 2,
1). External Headphone/Line out Jack 1/9”
USB 2.0 ports x 3,
Other I/O Devices: 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G (addition), GPS(addition)
OS: WinCE6.0R3/7.0, Anriod 2.0, Linux

iTablet Ex-Lite II (AE04)

CPU: Freescale 800MHz
Memory: 512MB DDR2 SDRAM
Display: 10.1_ 1024X600 or 10.1_ 1024X768 Glare type panel,
LED backlight, LCD Multi touch panel controller
Input: AC100_240Volt, 20V/2A, 40W
Camera: Camera 2M(Built-in)
Audio: High Definition Audio
Battery: 10800mAh
Storage: 512MB NAND Flash
I/O Port: DC-in Jack x 1, phone jacks x 2,
1). External Headphone/Line out Jack 1/9”
USB 2.0 ports x 3,
Other I/O Devices: 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G (addition), GPS(addition)
Color: Black
OS: WinCE6.0R3/7.0, Anriod 2.0, Linux



iTablet Lite (TZ10)

CPU: Intel® Atom Menlow-XL Z530 1.6GHz
Memory: SO-DDR II 400/533MHz 2G (Maximum 4G)
Display: 10.1_ 1024X600 or 10.1_ 1024X768 Glare type panel,
LED backlight, LCD Multi touch panel controller
Input: AC100_240Volt, 20V/2A, 40W
Camera: Camera 2M(Built-in)
Audio: High Definition Audio
Battery: 4200mAh
Storage: Pata IDE 1.8” HDD/SSD 64 G(MLC flash)
I/O Port: DC-in Jack x 1, phone jacks x 2,
1). External Headphone/Line out Jack 1/8”
USB 2.0 ports x 3,
Other I/O Devices: 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G (addition), GPS(addition)
OS: Microsoft Win®7



T23A CULV tablet PC

CPU: Core 2 Duo 743 1.30GHz Intel Montevina Platform
Memory: 2x SODIMM Slot, Dual Channel, DDRII 667/800, Max.4GB
Core logic: Cantiga GS45+ICH9-M SFF (Embedded)
Graphic : Cantiga GS
Display: 12.1” XGA TFT (1024x768) Brightness: 220 nits
In/Output: AC100_240Volt, 19V/4A, 75W
Camera: 1.3M Pixel
Audio: High Definition Audio
Battery: Li-Ion -3S2P with 3800mAh
Storage: SATA HDD 2.5” 5400RPM, 160/250/320G
I/O Port: 1 x DC-in Jack , 1 x Headphone Jack, 1 x Stereo Mic. Jack,
1 x RJ45, 1 x D-Sub, USB2.0 Port x 2, 1 x New Card Slot,
1 x Pen Holder, Detachable Simple Cradle Connector
Dimension: 300(D) x 225(W) x 23(H)mm
Weight: 1.40_1.56KG W/Battery
Pointing Device:Digitizer



T23X CULV Tablet PC

CPU: Core 2 Duo 743 1.30GHz Intel Montevina Platform
Memory: 2x SODIMM Slot, Dual Channel, DDRII 667/800, Max.4GB
Core logic: Cantiga GS45+ICH9-M SFF (Embedded)
Graphic : Cantiga GS
Display: 12.1” XGA TFT (1024x768) Brightness: 220 nits
In/Output: AC100_240Volt, 19V/4A, 75W
Camera: 1.3M Pixel
Audio: High Definition Audio
Battery: Li-Ion -3S2P with 3800mAh
Storage: SATA HDD 2.5” 5400RPM, 160/250/320G
I/O Port: 1 x DC-in Jack , 1 x Headphone Jack, 1 x Stereo Mic. Jack,
1 x RJ45, 1 x D-Sub, USB2.0 Port x 2, 1 x New Card Slot,
1 x Pen Holder, Detachable Simple Cradle Connector
Dimension: 300(D) x 225(W) x 21.8(H)mm
Weight: 1.40_1.56KG W/Battery
Pointing Device: T230-Digitizer/T231-Touch/
T236-Digitizer+Touch

Intel's Core i7-875K and i5-655K processors

In CPUs, it's good to be king, because the king gets to decide things. If you're not king, you may be able to get away with all sorts of shenanigans, but you ultimately serve at the king's pleasure.

Take, for instance, AMD's recent resurgence in desktop processors. Although Intel has held the overall performance crown in an unbroken run since the introduction of the first Core 2 Duo, AMD has been able to stay on the radar of PC enthusiasts through cunning and guile. When it had no hope of catching up to the fastest Intel chip in a given price range, AMD cooked up its Black Edition processors that removed clock speed caps and made overclocking dead simple—without the huge price premium traditionally commanded by Extreme Edition and FX processors. Even though Intel's CPUs were more attractive by most conventional standards, folks wanting value and performance suddenly had to weigh another variable. When it couldn't keep pace with Intel's quad-core processors using four cores of its own, AMD uncorked the Phenom II X6 and priced it directly opposite Intel's Lynnfield quads. You were quite literally getting more chip for your money from AMD, and the X6's strong value proposition was enough to earn it positive reviews.

Smart strategy will only take you so far, though, when you're not the king. Intel's chips extract more computational throughput from a smaller silicon area while consuming less power. From manufacturing to design and architecture, it has every advantage. Intel is king. As a result, Intel gets to decide how much performance it will deliver to customers and at what price. And now it appears, the king is a little miffed—cheesed, peeved, horked off, if you will—about the Phenom II X6's critical success.

Thus, the king has lifted his hand from the armrest of the throne and made a quick flourish—perhaps a slicing motion across the throat—and tilted his head in the general direction of the Phenom II X6. A little fiddling in the royal factories and a few marketing slides later, and the king's official response rides forth across the drawbridge, the Core i7-875K and the Core i5-655K. Both of the K-series CPUs are priced attractively and have unlocked core and memory multipliers for easy overclocking. And they offer precious little room for those pesky Phenom IIs to breathe.

Make way for the K series
Neither of the K-series processors is new speed grade from Intel. The Core i5-655K is just an unlocked version of the Core i5-650, and the Core i5-875K is an unlocked Core i7-870. The K-series parts have the same core clock, Turbo frequencies, and thermal envelopes as their unlocked brethren. What makes them different is the ability to crank up and down the core and memory multipliers at will. Well, there's one more major bit of news for the i7-875K, best illustrated by a look at how it fits into Intel's lineup.

Model	Cores	Threads	Base core clock speed	Peak Turbo clock speed	L3 cache size	Memory channels	TDP	Price
Core i5-650	2	4	3.2 GHz	3.46 GHz	4 MB	2	73W	$176
Core i5-655K	2	4	3.2 GHz	3.46 GHz	4 MB	2	73W	$216
Core i5-661	2	4	3.33 GHz	3.6 GHz	4 MB	2	87W	$196
Core i5-670	2	4	3.46 GHz	3.73 GHz	4 MB	2	73W	$284
Core i5-680	2	4	3.6 GHz	3.86 GHz	4 MB	2	73W	$294
Core i5-750	4	4	2.66 GHz	3.20 GHz	8 MB	2	95W	$196
Core i7-860	4	8	2.80 GHz	3.46 GHz	8 MB	2	95W	$284
Core i7-870	4	8	2.93 GHz	3.60 GHz	8 MB	2	95W	$562
Core i7-875K	4	8	2.93 GHz	3.60 GHz	8 MB	2	95W	$342

Intel charges a bit of a premium for the 655K versus the 650, but the 875K is $220 cheaper than the Core i7-870—at least right now. One would expect the Core i7-870's price to snap into line or the product to be canceled, but Intel says it has no plans to change the i7-870's price "in the near term." So it may just hang around as a singularly poor value. Whatever happens, the 875K gives you a more flexible CPU for a whole lot less cash.

In fact, the i7-875K costs roughly 50 bucks more than the Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition, AMD's fastest desktop processor, which is also unlocked. No doubt Intel charges a little more because, at stock speeds, the Core i7-875K is faster than the X6 1090T. We know this because the Core i7-870, with the same stock clocks, was faster overall in our review of the 1090T. Still, the price is close enough that 875K's intended target is pretty clear.

The Core i5-655K isn't such an obviously good value. At $216, it slots into the existing price structure for Clarkdale-based dual-cores, and we've long thought Intel charges too steep a premium for the higher clock speeds of those CPUs. Heck, the 655K costs more than the Core i5-661, which has higher stock clocks for both the CPU cores and the integrated graphics, so there's a premium for the unlocking, too. If you leave overclocking out of the equation, we'd prefer Intel's $199 quad, the Core i5-750. The closest competition from AMD has more cores, as well: the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition is $185, and the Phenom II X6 1090T is $199.

Then again, you can't really leave overclocking out of the conversation when you're talking about a 32-nm Clarkdale processor, for reasons we'll make clear shortly.

Nokia top model N900 sales below 100,000: Gartner

LONDON (Reuters) – Nokia sold less than 100,000 top-of-the-range N900 smartphones in its first five months on the market, researcher Gartner said, indicating it has yet to mount a serious challenge to the iPhone and Blackberry.

The chunky computer-like handset -- with slide-out keyboard and a touch screen -- has found support among hard-core technology specialists but failed to attract a wider audience.

A spokesman for Nokia, the world's top cellphone maker, declined to comment on the sales number, saying the company was pleased with sales, but an executive was more bullish.

"Sales have substantially exceeded expectations," Alberto Torres, head of Nokia's solutions business, told the Open Mobile Summit trade conference in London this week.

Nokia has been unable to mount a serious challenge to Apple three years after the iPhone's launch. Its last hit smartphone model, the N95, was unveiled in 2006.

The sales of less than 100,000 N900s compares with sales of 8.75 million iPhones in January-March alone.

The N900, which went on sale last November, is Nokia's first phone running the Linux Maemo operating system, which analysts see as a key for Nokia to regain ground in the coming years.

In February this year Nokia unveiled a plan to merge Maemo with Intel's Moblin operating system.

Nokia sold 50,000 N900s in the last quarter of 2009, and quarterly sales fell in January-March, Gartner statistics showed. Gartner does not track phone sales per model, but as the N900 is the only phone using Maemo, the statistics for operating systems show sales for the model.

Intel eyes hardware acceleration for Google's WebM

IDG News Service - Intel is considering hardware-based acceleration for Google's new WebM video file format in its Atom-based TV chips if the format gains popularity, an Intel executive said on Thursday.

Google last week announced the high-definition WebM video file format to deliver high-quality Web video to multiple devices including TV sets and handhelds. WebM files will include video streams compressed with the open-source VP8 video codec, which was acquired by Google when it bought On2 Technologies in February.

"Just like we did with other codecs like MPEG2, H.264 & VC1, if VP8 establishes itself in the Smart TV space, we will add it to our [hardware] decoders," said Wilfred Martis, general manager for retail consumer electronics at Intel's Digital Home Group.

Intel is working with Google to bring Internet video to TV sets through the Google TV platform, which will blend broadcast TV and Internet content into one interface. Google will supply the software, and the service will be available later this year in some Sony high-definition TVs and Blu-ray DVD players, for which Intel will supply the highly optimized Atom CE4100 chip.

Intel declined to comment on how the lack of hardware acceleration in the CE4100 chips will affect the Google TV project. Google owns YouTube, which is one of the largest video sites on the Internet.

Intel's CE4100 TV chips will be able to decode and play back WebM files using software, Martis said. However, hardware acceleration could provide higher-quality video through faster decoding while consuming less power.

Intel has been trying to woo major TV makers and consumer electronics companies to use the Atom CE4100 chip. The chip includes a processor core that can run at clock speeds of up to 1.2GHz and is capable of decoding two 1080p video streams. The chips are in production, and the company has said it has received orders for more than a million.

A number of hardware and software vendors announced support for the WebM file format, but Intel was not on that list. Mozilla, Microsoft and Opera Software were some of the early vendors to jump on board, and chip maker Broadcom said its VideoCore IV smartphone processor would provide hardware acceleration for WebM video files.

UK iBookstore shelves filled for iPad readers

Having made its international debut earlier this week, only with nothing but out-of-copyright titles to choose from, Apple’s iBookstore has now started to fill up with more modern fare. Coinciding, unsurprisingly, with the international launch of the iPad, the UK iBookstore now has titles from Bernard Cornwell, Tony Parsons and Malcolm Gladwell, among many others.

As with the App Store and iTunes, ebook purchases are a two-tap affair using the iTunes account registered to your iPad. What may swing things for some readers is the fact that pricing is in local currency – i.e. Sterling in the UK iBookstore – rather than Amazon’s dollar-only pricing no matter which country you access Kindle from.

Earlier this week Barnes & Noble launched their own BN eReader app for the iPad, though currently their estore is only available in the US. Meanwhile Amazon’s Kindle app has been available for the Apple tablet for some time now, and allows users who have already bought into the Kindle ebooks ecosystem to wirelessly transfer their titles over to their new iPad.

Nokia N8 UK release date confirmed

A member of staff at a Nokia mobile phone store has just confirmed to Pocket-lint the release date of its latest super phone, the N8।



We previously reported that the phone would be launched in Germany on the 24 August and hoped that the Vodafone registration page, which is currently up on the website, would mean that us Brits might get the handset even sooner.

However, it seems as though we're going to have to be patient, as the UK release date has been confirmed as 25 August 2010.

Nokia's latest handset will feature 720p video, a 12-megapixel camera as well as all the bells and whistles you could possibly want out of a modern smartphone. The success of the handset, however, really depends on how well the Symbian^3 OS runs, as in our previous hands-on with the device Nokia wouldn't let us turn it on.

Let us know in the comments if you've signed up to be notified for the pre-order, and whether, in fact, you think that the N8 will be able to compete against other high-end handsets.

Opera browser user growth boosted by iPhone access

LONDON (Reuters) – Opera Software said its Internet browser for Apple's iPhone was downloaded more than 2.6 million times in April after the Norwegian company got access to iPhone as the first rival browser.

The new platform created 70 percent of user growth in the month for its Opera Mini product, the world's most widely used cellphone browser.

On April 13, Apple accepted distribution of Opera's browser for its iPhone after a long review, opening a new and potentially lucrative market it has so far closely guarded.

"A very significant part of iPhone users has at least tried it," Opera co-founder Jon von Tetzchner told Reuters in an interview. "We are also seeing very nice usage."

Opera's browser promises up to six times faster download speeds than Apple's own browser, and to cut data traffic by up to 90 percent. Massive data traffic from iPhones has caused problems for many operators' networks.

Opera said in its monthly mobile Internet report that mobile browser users totaled 58.9 million at end-April, up 6.6 percent in a month.

Opera has increased its lead over the iPhone browser in the last few months, and controls 26.7 percent of the market in May so far, according to Web analytics firm StatCounter.

The iPhone browser and Nokia browser followed with 20.1 percent and 14.6 percent of the market respectively.

Mobile Internet usage has boomed since the 2007 introduction of the iPhone, but Opera said global mobile data traffic through its servers grew only 0.6 percent in April from March.

Von Tetzchner said monthly swings in traffic can be large due to holiday seasons and the number of days in a month.

Wireless operators are keen on raising sales from Internet browsing and the social networking boom as revenue from traditional voice calls is declining, but they are facing increasingly congested networks.

This is helping browsers that package data and send only a small amount through wireless networks, like Opera's does.

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