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[News] Tablets With Linux Are Disrupting Apple: Foxconn, Viliv, Others

  • Subject: [News] Tablets With Linux Are Disrupting Apple: Foxconn, Viliv, Others
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:44 +0100
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What Computex's Android Tablets Mean for the iPad

,----[ Quote ]
| So, don't get too worked up over what 
| comes out of Computex. They will be about 
| the hardware, but it takes more than 
| hardware to sell hardware. It will be 
| months from now before we've digested this 
| show and the pad phenomenon.
`----

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2364559,00.asp

Android Tablets on Show by Foxconn, Hardkernel

,----[ Quote ]
| Two 10.1-inch touchscreen tablet designs 
| that run Google's mobile Android software 
| are on display at the Computex electronics 
| show in Taipei, one from Foxconn 
| Technology and the other by Hardkernel.
`----

http://www.pcworld.com/article/197961/android_tablets_on_show_by_foxconn_hardkernel.html?tk=rss_news

Stunning Viliv X10 Tablet Features 10-Inch 1366Ã768 Screen

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| Another day, another Android tablet.  
| Right?  Not exactly.  Check out the newly 
| unearthed Viliv X10 and you will see one 
| of the best looking Android-based tablets 
| yet.  One of the guys over at Laptop 
| Magazine spent a few minutes with the 
| device and came away using words like 
| "impressive", "gorgeous", and "immersive".
`----

http://www.androidguys.com/2010/06/03/stunning-viliv-x10-tablet-features-10inch-1366768-screen/


Recent:

Android tablet army starts to form

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| The Android tablets are coming and this time
| Apple wonât have a big head start. Will value
| tablets sell?
|
| Dellâs Streak (top right), a 5-inch tablet
| powered by Android, launched Tuesday in the
| U.K. and the device will come to the U.S.
| later in the summer. The Streak has
| integration with the Android market and a few
| other goodies that may attract buyers,
| according to Dell.
|
| Meanwhile, Pandigital has its Novel, another
| Android-powered device. The Novel (bottom
| right) is a 7-inch touchscreen device also
| powered by Android. Joel Evans calls the Novel
| a poor manâs iPad at $199.
`----

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/android-tablet-army-starts-to-form/34981


Declarations of OS Independence

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| Dell and HP have recently made very strong
| declarations of OS independence from
| Microsoft. Take HP first.
|
| [...]
|
| At the sametime Dell has committed to the
| Android OS for both its Streak tablet and its
| lineup of new mobile phones. In sum, both
| vendors a)cant wait for Microsoft to get its
| mobile act together and b)the appeals of the
| customizing advantage of Android or self-owned
| webOS are too big to ignore.
`----

http://www.theopensourcery.com/keepopen/?p=2280


Dell launches Streak tablet PC across Europe

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| PC giant Dell has joined the increasing
| number of firms offering a tablet device.
|
| The world's number three computer
| manufacturer says that its Streak - also
| known as the Mini 5 - is the first of a
| number of planned products.
|
| The Streak is smaller than most tablets
| with a 5in (12.5cm) screen and runs
| Google's Android operating system.
`----

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10146000.stm


Dell Streak Tablet Gets Official June Launch Date

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| The spec list on the Dell Streak is also
| deeply impressive, running the Open Source
| Android operating system and with a speedy
| 1GHz processor to help you get the very
| best out of it. Thereâs a 5-Megapixel
| camera on the back, and the 16GB of
| integrated memory can be expanded using
| microSD cards.
`----

http://experts.thelink.co.uk/2010/05/25/dell-streak-tablet-gets-official-june-launch-date/


Dell Unveils Plans for Tablet Computer

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| Dell Inc. unveiled a touch-screen tablet
| computer called Streak, as the computing
| giant made its much-anticipated foray into
| the emerging tablet arena that has been
| pioneered by Apple Inc.
`----

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704026204575266212619773840.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us


Dell Enter Tablet Computer Market With Streak

http://www.freshbusinessthinking.com/news.php?CID=&NID=4852&Title=Dell+Enter+Tablet+Computer+Market+With+Streak


Dell taps Android, Snapdragon for mini tablet

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| Dell announced on Tuesday (May 25) its
| Streak, a five-inch tablet based on Google
| Android and Qualcomm's Snapdragon
| processor. An AT&T executive said the
| carrier will announce as many as ten
| Android systems for its network this year,
| but managers from Toshiba and Samsung were
| guarded in their support for ARM/Linux
| mobile systems.
`----

http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225200177


Dell taps Android, Snapdragon for mini tablet

http://eetimes.eu/en/dell-taps-android-snapdragon-for-mini-tablet.html?cmp_id=7&news_id=222902069&vID=209


Prepare for the onslaught of iPad competitors

http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/175880,prepare-for-the-onslaught-of-ipad-competitors.aspx


HP Confirms Plans for webOS Slates, Web-Connected Printers

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| Following the acquisition of Palm last
| month, Hewlett Packard (HP) wasted no time
| in scrapping its much hyped Windows 7-
| based Slate project, sparking speculation
| that HP would putting its newly acquired
| webOS platform to good use in a tablet
| form factor. Well, we don't have to
| speculate anymore.
`----

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/hp_confirms_plans_webos_slates_webconnected_printers


Dell CEO confirms Streak Android tablet for Europe next month

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| During his keynote speech yesterday at the
| the Citrix Synergy conference, Dell
| founder and CEO Michael Dell confirmed
| that the company's Streak Android-based
| tablet, formerly known as the Mini 5
| tablet, will be available in Europe next
| month from mobile phone carrier Telefonica
| O2, which offers service in the UK,
| Ireland, Germany, the Czech Republic and
| Slovakia. Mr Dell also added that it would
| be available from the GSM carrier AT&T in
| the US "later this summer".
`----

http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Dell-CEO-confirms-Streak-Android-tablet-for-Europe-next-month-1000201.html
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