If the 2010 CES is any indication, 2010 is going to be the year that the tablet computer breaks out of its niche and becomes a mainstream alternative for a computing choice. While there were a lot of interesting designs present, one of the more interesting was the Lenovo Ideapad U1 Hybrid. ... [More]

 You may be familiar with the Archos name, but you may not be aware that they are branching out into the tablet computer area. At CES 2010 they were showing off the Archos 9 PCTablet. The 9 inch unit sports a touch sensitive 1024 x 600 display running Windows 7 Starter Edition, and it is powered by a 1. ... [More]

Netbook computers are the rage right now, with the small portable laptops popping up in a lot of places.  NEC may be stepping into the market, but with a twist - a netbook tablet.The specs on the tablet read about like other current netbooks, including a 1.6GHz Atom processor and 1GB of Ram (but with a 80gb HD). ... [More]

HP's new business lineup of computers includes a ruggedized Elitebook 2730p tablet computer.  And by ruggedized we mean that it meets the MIL-STD 801F spec for dust, altitude, and high temperature specs (and since it is claiming the spec we assume it meets them for vibration and fall as well, but we could not find that verified). ... [More]

Would you be willing to pay $200 for an Internet touch tablet?  Michael Arrington, of TechCrunch, thinks so, and he is doing what he can to get it developed.The design calls for one physical button (on/off), and would run a modified Firefox browser over WiFi.  The unit would rely on half a gig of RAM and a 4GB Solid State Drive (SSD) for some of its internal mechanics. ... [More]

More information on the upcoming Gigabyte M912 has  surfaced, and apparently we have a price range on the mini convertible tablet.  The Gigabyte M912V, which sports Windows Vista, 1GB of RAM, WiFi, and Bluetooth, should come in at a about $656.  The M912X, featuring Windows XP, will drop to $620. ... [More]

HP has released a new tablet PC, the tx2500z. The 4.59 pound tablet boasts a 12.1 inch 1,280x 800 touch screen.  Other features include an AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM processor, powerful ATI Radeon HD 3200 integrated graphics, memory configurations up to 4GB DDR2 RAM, a roomy 320GB hard drive, 802. ... [More]

Fujitsu is well known for its mobile computers (particularly tablets as far I as I am concerned), and to add to their wares they are offering up a brand new, if not expensive, UMPC.  The outstanding feature of the U2010 UMPC at first glance would have to be its rotating 1,024 x 600 touch screen display. ... [More]