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Booq Boa Squeeze Packs Your Tech in Slim Style Comfortably

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Booq, a leading brand of premium laptop bags, backpacks and iPad carrying cases, unveils the latest addition to their Boa collection, the Boa Squeeze. The Boa Squeeze provides everyday comfort and style, without compromising booq’s intelligent and professional design. Each feature of the Boa Squeeze is designed to withstand all your daily occurrences. The bag is crafted from the most durable materials more »

Archos Unveils 80 Xenon, A $200 Tablet with 3G, Quad-Core Power and Android Jelly Bean

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Archos has been known for making very solid and cheap Android-based tablets for a couple of years now, but even by these high standards the French are making great strides of late. We’ve seen a number of budget-conscious and fairly decent Archos tabs get introduced in the past few months and now you can add more »

HP Announces SlateBook x2, a Jelly Bean-Powered Detachable PC with NVIDIA Tegra 4 Chipset

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It was rumored and now it’s real. HP has announced on Wednesday two newest additions to their convertible portable computer line, the SlateBook x2 and the Split x2. The former is said to be “the first Android hybrid” computer, while the latter is powered by Windows 8 OS. As expected, the SlateBook is packing the more »

Earl Is the Outdoor Enthusiast’s Dream Survival Tablet

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The best thing about portable digital devices like smartphones and tablets is how they provide such information right at our fingertips. While they excel in cities and urban areas, they don’t always perform the best in extreme outdoor situations. Designed with the outdoor enthusiast in mind, the creator of Earl has engineered a tablet that’s more »

Deal Alert: Windows RT-Based Dell XPS 10 Tablet Now Starts at $300

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The handful of Windows RT-powered tablets released in the six months or so don’t exactly qualify for being called the hottest gadgets around, but at least one of them is now so cheap that it (almost) makes you forget about the operating system’s limited software support. Dell’s XPS 10 starts at just $299.99 through the more »

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 Gets Much Awaited and Oft-Delayed Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Update

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Samsung might have already started rolling out the third generation of Galaxy Tabs with the Tab 3 7.0, but that doesn’t mean it has forgotten all about the aging members of the family introduced back in 2011 and 2012. In fact, one of those, the Galaxy Tab 7.7, is reported to be receiving some much more »

New Nexus 7 Tipped for Google I/O Intro, Spec Sheet Could Include WUXGA Screen and S4 Pro CPU

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After an I/O 2012 conference whose highlights included the Nexus 7 and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean launches, Google could be prepping an even more spectacular event for next week. The 2013 I/O is to get underway on May 15 and, on the San Francisco stage, we could be seeing the debuts of the mythical X more »

Windows-Based HTC R7 and R12 Tablets Tipped for Fall Intros with Impressive Specs

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HTC has exited the tablet game a while ago after several painful sales flops, but rumors about a comeback have been floating around ever since late last year. The biggest questions seem to be when will HTC make its next tab push and how many devices will the company intro rather than if such a more »

Confirmed: Windows 8-Powered 8-Inch Acer Iconia W3 Tablet Coming June 4

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The first batch of Windows 8-powered tablets has been arguably underwhelming and overall, a massive sales flop, but the future looks much brighter for the platform. We know several less than 10-inch and cheaper than $400 Win 8 slates are in the making, all while Acer’s Iconia W3 is rumored to kick the festivities into more »

Bill Gates says tablet users are “frustrated.” But are we really?

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The Guardian had an interesting article about Bill Gates and his prediction that iOS and Android tablet users would be switching to Surface tablets because we’re frustrated. Really? According to Gates, Apple and Android tablet users are frustrated because they “can’t type, they can’t create documents, they don’t have [Microsoft] Office there.” Raise your hand more »