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Texas Instruments’ Blaze tablet coming to developers this August
Back in February when Texas Instruments announced its ARM-based OMAP 4 system-on-chip ‘Blaze’ dev platform, we sort of figured it might be tablet-bound. And, here it is — Blaze is going to be a tablet ! Not a shocker, but we’re glad to hear it, of course, since the tablet wars are hotter than ever and we love a good fight
NEC LifeTouch Android tablet isn’t exactly a beauty
Hey, they say beauty’s in the eye of the beholder, but we’re going to go out on a limb here and call this one like we see it: NEC ‘s LifeTouch Android tablet isn’t a looker, in our opinion. That said, this 7-incher runs Android 2.1 and packs an ARM Cortex A8 processor
iPed tablet running Android 2.1 spotted in the blurry, blurry wild
The Orphan iPed M16′s shown up in the wild, and thankfully, it’s running Android 2.1. This 10.2-inch, cloney-looking fellow has a 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor, 256MB of DDR2 RAM, 1GB of Nand ROM, plus a miniUSB port, Ethernet and Wifi, and a webcam
Canonical hearts tablets, but it’s not making a special Ubuntu for them
Um, whoops! It seems as if those earlier reports of Canonical crafting a special edition of Ubuntu specifically for tablets may have stemmed from taking certain quotes out of context, as a new interview over at Golem has confirmed that the company has no short-term plans to pursue that full-on tablet PC push that was so well hyped. It’s a bit of a bummer, honestly, with far too few legitimate tablet operating systems on the horizon; Windows 7 just feels a grown man’s OS, and there’s no telling if Windows Embedded Compact 7 will ever truly live up to its incredible potential.
Modder installs Windows 7 onto JooJoo tablet, gets touch working (video)
Yeah, we had a few issues with the Linux build installed on Fusion Garage’s JooJoo tablet , but were things really so bad that we needed to shoehorn Windows 7 onto the thing? Nah, but who wouldn’t enjoy that challenge
Canonical making full-fledged Ubuntu tablet push in early 2011
Were Ubuntu Linux ported to any device you could name, it wouldn’t be much of a surprise, but developer Canonical intends to release a tablet-specific branch of the OS this time. Like previous efforts on netbook and MID , you can expect the new version to be something of an Ubuntu Light , but with new multitouch gestures and an on-screen keyboard lovingly baked in. Based on Ubuntu 10.10 “Maverick Meerkat,” the tablet version will actually be rolled into Ubuntu Light later on, but right now the company’s busy romancing hardware providers — Freescale, Marvell, and Texas Instruments have all signed deals, and both Intel and Pixel Qi will reportedly bring power-saving tech to the table.
