The Verge - The tablets of CES 2012https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52801/VER_Logomark_32x32..png2012-01-13T15:30:42-05:00http://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/24738812012-01-13T15:30:42-05:002012-01-13T15:30:42-05:00Toshiba Portege M930: a Windows 7 tablet with a keyboard and rotating screen (hands-on)
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<p>You've been dying for an<a href="http://www.theverge.com/2011/10/1/2461061/asus-eee-pad-slider-review"> Asus Eee Pad Slider</a> running Windows 7, right? Hiding amongst the hoards of ultrabooks on display at the Microsoft booth at CES 2012, is your answer: the Toshiba Portege M930. Oddly, Toshiba hasn't announced this tablet / laptop hybrid and doesn't even have it on display at its booth, but the rotating tablet seems pretty far along, considering it has a real name and the unit on display was working quite well.</p>
<p>You'll want to check the video below for how the screen mechanism works, but it's one of the more well-designed hinges I've seen. You don't have to slide the screen over the keyboard which has been a worrisome feature of the Eee Pad Slider and even the Samsung Series 7 Slider (which actually never came out)....</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/13/2705350/toshiba-portege-m930-a-windows-7-tablet-with-a-keyboard-and-rotatingJoanna Stern2012-01-12T19:25:48-05:002012-01-12T19:25:48-05:00BlackBerry PlayBook gets 'Cut The Rope' at CES 2012 (hands-on)
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<p><i>Cut The Rope</i> is the latest big title game to gain compatibility with the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. Microsoft launched an <a href="http://www.theverge.com/ces/2012/1/9/2695407/cut-the-rope-html5-ie9-ces-2012">HTML5 version</a> of the fun puzzle game during its CES 2012 press conference just a few days ago, but Om Nom the little green gobbler is also making its way to QNX. RIM is displaying the game quite prominently in its own booth on the show floor, and it's still the same challenging but delightful experience. Performance seemed fine on the PlayBook hardware — but then again that's never really been the device's problem. Still, if you're a PlayBook owner and you've already beaten <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/22/2654836/blackberry-playbook-facebook-2-1-angry-birds"><i>Angry Birds</i></a>, you can head over to BlackBerry App World and download the game for $2.99.</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/12/2703285/blackberry-playbook-cut-the-ropeJacob Schulman2012-01-12T18:54:00-05:002012-01-12T18:54:00-05:00Panasonic ToughPad A1 hands-on (video)
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<p>We finally got to check out the elusive <a href="http://www.theverge.com/products/brands/panasonic/64" class="sbn-auto-link">Panasonic</a> <a href="http://www.theverge.com/products/toughpad-a1/3832" class="sbn-auto-link">ToughPad A1</a> in person today, and can confirm that it laughs in the face of water damage. The tablet feels unsurprisingly sturdy, and we particularly liked the matte display designed for outdoor viewing. It didn't do much to impress on the software side, though, running Honeycomb at a pretty slow pace. The Panasonic representatives pointed out that the tablet's target end users in enterprise and the military are unlikely to have much interest in being on the bleeding edge in that regard. The ToughPad we saw was a pre-production model with hardware as well as software wrinkles due to be ironed out before its release in May, so Panasonic wasn't crazy about the idea of us conducting...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/12/2703068/panasonic-toughpad-a1-hands-on-videoSam Byford2012-01-12T18:01:40-05:002012-01-12T18:01:40-05:00Archos G9 tablets with Android 4.0 (hands-on video)
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<p>Archos' 101 G9 and 80 G9 tablets don't have Ice Cream Sandwich just yet (and won't really qualify as high-end tablets even when they do), but they're <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/12/2631254/archos-g9-android-4-0-q1-2012">scheduled to be updated</a> in the first week of February, and we got to take a look at one of the tablets running the new operating system. When it arrives, Android 4.0 will be virtually unmolested on the G9 tablets — the music and video apps are customized a bit, and there are a couple of developer options left in the menus, but for the most part it's straight Ice Cream Sandwich. The version we used on the tablet was a very early one, running Android 4.0.1 instead of the 4.0.3 that will ship in February, but it's still a taste of what 4.0 will look like. Which, frankly, is a lot like...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/12/2703220/archos-101-g9-80-g9-tablets-with-android-4-0-hands-on-videoDavid Pierce2012-01-12T17:41:56-05:002012-01-12T17:41:56-05:00Gadmei T863 and E8-3D glasses-free 3D Android 4.0 tablets: hands-on
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<figcaption>Gallery Photo: Gadmei T863 and E8-3D glasses-free 3D Ice Cream Sandwich tablets hands-on photos</figcaption>
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<p>We just dropped by Gadmei's booth at CES, where they're showing a couple of tablets with glasses-free 3D technology — the T863 and E8-3D. There are a few visual differences, but the tablets are nearly identical in terms of hardware. Both feature Android 4.0.3 on top of a 1GHz Cortex A9 processor, 1GB RAM, 8GB storage, and a 5000mAh battery. Alongside this, you'll get a 0.3MP webcam, an optional 2MP rear shooter, microSD slot, and micro USB and mini HDMI ports. The chief difference lies in the 8-inch displays used in each of the tablets. Both use parallax barrier glasses-free 3D, and while the resolutions are almost identical — the T863 sports a 1280 x 768 screen, as compared to the E8-3D's 1280 x 800 — the performance of these two...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/12/2703169/gadmei-t863-e8-3d-hands-onJamie Keene2012-01-12T15:58:42-05:002012-01-12T15:58:42-05:00Snapdragon S4 Liquid development tablet and 'Desert Winds' hands-on
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<figcaption>Gallery Photo: Snapdragon S4 Liquid Mobile Development Platform hands-on pictures</figcaption>
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<p>Here's one dual-core slate you won't find in stores: <a href="http://www.theverge.com/products/brands/qualcomm/346" class="sbn-auto-link">Qualcomm's</a> Snapdragon S4 <a href="http://www.theverge.com/products/liquid/291" class="sbn-auto-link">Liquid</a> Mobile Development Platform, or MDP for short. We already <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/17/2568560/qualcomm-snapdragon-s4-mobile-development-platform">told you about the raw specs</a> a couple of months ago — including a Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 "Krait" chip with Adreno 225 graphics, integrated LTE, two 13-megapixel cameras and a 10.1-inch, 1366 x 768 screen, and now, Android 4.0 — but today we got our hands on the tablet and tried out <em>Desert Winds.</em></p>
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<p>We'd previously seen our buxom warrior woman traverse the desert on a 1.2GHz Snapdragon S3 APQ8060 chip, but it looked better than ever on the 1.5GHz MSM8960 tablet here at 720p with very few jagged edges to speak of. You'll find the same MSM8960 SoC in the <a href="http://www.theverge.com/products/brands/asus/10" class="sbn-auto-link">Asus</a> <a href="http://www.theverge.com/products/padfone/165" class="sbn-auto-link">Padfone</a> and <a href="http://www.theverge.com/products/brands/lenovo/48" class="sbn-auto-link">Lenovo</a> <a href="http://www.theverge.com/products/ideatab-s2/4701">IdeaPad S2</a>, by the way....</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/12/2702995/qualcomm-snapdragon-s4-liquid-mdp-tablet-and-desert-winds-hands-onSean Hollister2012-01-12T12:56:37-05:002012-01-12T12:56:37-05:00Acer Iconia Tab A510 puts a quad-core Tegra 3 behind Android 4.0 (hands-on)
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<p>Just as with the original Acer Iconia <a href="http://www.theverge.com/products/iconia-tab-a500/385">A500</a>, Nvidia is the first to publicly show off its followup: the Acer Iconia Tab A510. The chipmaker is obviously interested in showing off the power of the quad-core Tegra 3 processor inside, clocked at 1.3GHz. In that regard, Ice Cream Sandwich seemed to run quite smoothly and a couple games we tried performed well. Of course, the A510's predecessor also managed to look good with Nvidia's handpicked games but <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2011/10/23/2508942/acer-iconia-tab-a500-review">didn't really stand up to long-term use</a> — and the fact that we found some touchscreen accuracy issues on this floor model doesn't bode well. We should be looking at a 1280 x 800 screen instead of the <a href="http://www.theverge.com/products/iconia-tab-a700/4688">A700's</a> 1920 x 1200, so the A510 is clearly coming in at the mid to low end of Acer's tablet...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/12/2702402/acer-iconia-tab-a510-tegra-3-pictures-video-android-40Dieter Bohn2012-01-12T03:48:35-05:002012-01-12T03:48:35-05:00Velocity Micro Cruz T507 and T510 Android 4.0 tablets: hands-on impressions
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<p>Velocity Micro <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/4/2681391/velocity-micro-CES-announcement-cruz-tablet-projector-promagix-hd6000">recently announced</a> two new Ice Cream Sandwich Android tablets as part of its CES lineup, and today we were able to spend some time with them. Unfortunately we weren't able to take any photographs, but they did leave us with some strong impressions. The <a href="http://www.theverge.com/products/cruz-t507/4471">Cruz T507</a> and <a href="http://www.theverge.com/products/cruz-t510/4472">T510</a> are essentially the same beast under the hood: a 1.2GHz Cortex A8 processor, discrete ARM Mali 400MHz 3D graphics acceleration, 512MB of RAM, and 8GB of internal storage. Both feature front- and rear-facing cameras, Mini USB and Mini HDMI ports, a microSD slot, the requisite 3.5mm headphone jack, and a DC power connector for charging. The physical similarities end there, however.</p>
<p>The T510 has a 9.7-inch, 1024 x 768 display with a 4:3 aspect ratio, and...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/12/2701626/velocity-micro-cruz-t507-t510-ice-cream-sandwich-tablets-hands-onBryan Bishop