Foxconn demoed its 8.9-inch Tegra 2 slate in May. Is this the 10-inch version or the same model? Whatever the case, here is a look at its progression towards the assembly line. More »

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Malata’s SMB-A1011 10.1-Inch Android slate could be a winner because it possesses many magnificent traits: Android 2.1 Eclair, powerful NVIDIA Tegra 2 (Duo-Core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9) that destroys the iPad, HDMI output with 1080p support, and a capacitive touchscreen. More »

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Notion Ink’s very promising Adam tablets have been pushed back to November. In February, when the company enthusiastically showed off the slate, the targeted release was June/July. Alas, because of Adobe Flash 10.1 issues and production/hardware supply problems (lots of tablets are being manufactured by other big firms), the Google Android based Adam is arriving late 2010. More »

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If you thought that the iPad had a low-resolution screen before, then Kno’s dual-screen tablet with twin 14.1″ 1440×900 screens will have you agog. The 5-and-a-half pound behemoth comes with, get this, a stylus! Somewhere, Steve Jobs just threw up a little! Using IPS panels, the Linux based Kno’s LCDs should compare favorably with the iPad. More »

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This is the the MSI tablet that many geeks are holding their breaths for: with NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 SoC (which delivers an advertised 12-hours of battery life), the 10″ Wind Pad 110 runs Google Android 2.1 but sadly uses the same low-resolution 1024×600 capacitive touchscreen as the Wind Pad 100. More »

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Spoken of at CES, Foxconn’s 8.9″ tablet reference design is a serious iPad challenger from the company that ironically manufactures Apple’s tablet, along with the Mac Mini, iPhone, iPod Touch, and a host of other boards and parts! Using an NVIDIA Tegra 2, duo-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor and 1Gb of memory, the prototype slate has a front-facing camera and two USB ports. More »

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Pertaining to tablets, we have been bamboozled before. We have been fed vaporware and delayed products that were awful when finally released. Who knew that creating a good tablet was so challenging! Here is another hopeful from China. aigo Patriot’s N700 is a 7″ Android 2.1 slate with the brawny duo-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 chip, Flash 10.1, and multi-touch. More »

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From Htcyou: Has the iPad met its match? Stuff.TV takes us on an exclusive hands-on fondling of ICD’s Gemini Android tablet, a sibling to the Vega that was demoed at CES. The Gemini is not just a large tablet, but it is also a smartphone too, with a SIM card slot. More »

Microsoft beat Apple to the race and presented its Courier awhile back, but most of the media still focused on Apple’s January 27th event, when the iPad was eventually demonstrated. Despite the ambivalent reception from observers, Apple stocks rose 8 points yesterday when it informed the public of the iPad’s ship date. I, for one, am far more intrigued by what Microsoft has in the pipes than Apple, even though I am a firm devotee to the latter. More »

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Apple’s iPad is shipping on April 3rd, but Microsoft leaked its Courier tablet many months ago. Today, Engadget got an exclusive rendered demonstration of the device. More »

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An Indian start-up company has set its cross-hairs on Apple’s iPad. The Notion Ink Adam tablet runs Android and has a multi-touch Pixel Qi display, which could equal Apple’s multi-touch technology. More »

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From Htcyou: Weeks prior to Apple’s iPad unveiling, Android tablets had been shown prominently at CES in early January. The tablet makers were MSI, Notion Ink, ICD, and Compal. Dell, Quanta, and Archos also have their own machines on the way. More »