Tablets

Minisforum has formally announced its V3, one of the industry's first AMD Ryzen 7 8840U-based hybrid PCs that can serve as a tablet, a laptop, and an external display, which is why the company positions it as a '3-in-1' system. As the machine packs an eight-core CPU, it may offer the performance of some mid-range laptops. Meanwhile, despite being a 'tablet,' it has two USB4 ports and an SD card reader, a rare feature for this class of devices. The Minisforum V3 is closer to a classic laptop than a tablet, but this happens often. The system features a 14-inch detachable multitouch display with a 2560×1600 resolution, a 500 nits brightness, a 165 Hz refresh rate (which will undoubtedly be appreciated by gamers), and a...

TouchDroid Project Dies, But Work Continues on Touchpad Android Port

The TouchDroid project, which was created just weeks ago in the wake of HP's Touchpad liquidation sale, has already disbanded. The project's discontinuation stems not from technical problems but...

17 by Andrew Cunningham on 9/9/2011

Sony Enters Tablet Market - Announces Two Tablets

Sony has finally made it official, they are entering the tablet business. This move has been anticipated for a while now so this may not be a big surprise...

40 by Kristian Vättö on 8/31/2011

More TouchPad News: QuickOffice HD and Forthcoming System Updates

If you're enjoying your $99 TouchPad, there continue to be new updates on the software side that keep the now-dead platform in the news. When the TouchPad launched it...

12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/30/2011

HP Offers Another Free 6-pack of TouchPad Apps

If you missed out on last week's free 6-pack of TouchPad apps, HP just introduced another 6-pack including four new apps as well as two from the last 6-pack...

8 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/29/2011

New TouchPad Owners: HP Offers Six Pack of TouchPad Apps for Free

For to those of you who have cashed in on the best tablet buy we've seen to date, HP just made a move to sweeten the already ridiculous deal...

13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/25/2011

TouchDroid Project Bringing Android to HP Touchpad

The open source community is wasting no time taking ownership of HP's orphaned Touchpad tablet: a new group called the TouchDroid team is looking to bring Android to the...

18 by Andrew Cunningham on 8/22/2011

Updated: HP TouchPad Reduced to $99 and $149 (16GB & 32GB)

If you haven't heard by now, HP is significantly reducing the price of the WiFi TouchPad in order to clear all inventories of the tablet. The 16GB WiFi TouchPad...

35 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/20/2011

It's Not Qualcomm's Fault: Dispelling TouchPad Myths

There's a whole lot of misinformation on the web right now about reasons why HP had troubles with the TouchPad and eventually had to abandon the entire webOS hardware...

79 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 8/19/2011

webOS Hardware Division Will Shut Down by Q4 2011

On HP's Q3 2011 earnings call it clarified both the reason for the shutdown and the exit timeframe for the webOS hardware division. HP claimed that webOS hardware didn't meet...

6 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/18/2011

HP to Discontinue webOS Hardware, Discussing the Future of webOS

HP just announced its plans to discontinue operations on webOS devices, specifically the recently announced TouchPad and webOS phones. The future of webOS is uncertain as HP simply added...

70 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/18/2011

The Summer of Honeycomb Grand Finale

The Summer of Honeycomb has come to an end. Congrats to AnandTech reader tsgarp83 for winning our first Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Be sure to respond to my email...

3291 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/18/2011

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE Review

Using a tablet outside of the home in areas where WiFi isn't prevalent is unbelievably frustrating. Sure it's nicer to use the larger screen of a tablet compared to...

41 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/15/2011

HTC Invests $300M in Beats Electronics, Audio is a Priority for Future Smartphones

Earlier tonight HTC announced, via AllThingsD, that it would be investing $300M in Beats Electronics, LLC, creators of the famous Beats by Dr. Dre brand. Beats is still a...

12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/10/2011

Samsung TouchWiz UX Review: Honeycomb Gets Skinned

TouchWiz UX is rolling out to Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 as you read this! Samsung's introducing more than just some different fonts and color schemes with this one. But...

32 by Jason Inofuentes on 8/5/2011

Back To School Technology Buyer's Guide

It’s that time of year again, when thousands of wide-eyed 17- and 18-year-olds will be setting foot on college campuses for the first time. Many more students will be...

95 by Zach Throckmorton on 8/4/2011

Qualcomm's March into the Gaming Market

We've mentioned before that the next-generation of mobile, particularly tablet, SoCs are supposed to give us performance equal to or greater than current generation gaming consoles (e.g. Xbox 360...

8 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/3/2011

Qualcomm's Updated Brand: Introducing Snapdragon S1, S2, S3 & S4 Processors

All microprocessor companies struggle with the same basic marketing problem: how do you explain to the average consumer why one part is faster than another without saying cache, GHz...

25 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/3/2011

Android 3.2 on the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer: Tested

Back in June, Google announced that Android 3.2 would be arriving beginning this summer for Honeycomb tablets. Motorola, being Google's launch partner for Honeycomb, was first to get the...

30 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/3/2011

The Summer of Honeycomb, Part 3: Win a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

It's the Summer of Honeycomb and we now have two lucky readers who have won Eee Pad Transformers thanks to our friends at NVIDIA. Congrats to AnandTech reader unbellum...

2820 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/29/2011

Archos 80 and 101 G9 Tablets: The Fastest Tablets In The World?

Archos is shedding its downmarket reputation while preserving its downmarket price with the release of the G9 series of tablets. Available in 8" and 10.1" form factors and starting...

43 by Jason Inofuentes on 7/18/2011

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