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Dell's first 10 inch Android tablet, the Dell Streak 10 Pro, will start shipping in China later this year. Interestingly it won't be available in Europe and the US until much later. The Streak 10 Pro is aimed at professional consumers or 'prosumers'. The tablet is expected to launch with Google Android Honeycomb operating system. The 10 inch display will have a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. No

HP has announced that its TouchPad tablet will start shipping on July 1st.In the US, the tablet will be up for pre-order starting June 19th. The HP TouchPad will be available in two models. The 16GB model will run $499, while the 32GB model is priced at $599. 3G-enabled models are not expected to be available until later this year. The HP TouchPad runs webOS 3.0 which is a version of the webOS

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be available throughout the US starting next week. It is also headed to the UK where Vodafone will be offering the exact same version of the tablet. In the UK, Vodafone was supposed to offer the Galaxy Tab 10.1v instead of the thinner and ligher 10.1. But now it looks like the carrier has had a change of mind.The Galaxy Tab 10.1v is the original Galaxy Tab 10.1.

The Samsung Series 5 Chromebook won't be available until June 15th. Nonetheless, you can place your pre-orders now as part of the Chromebook preview program launched by Google and Samsung. To place your pre-order you need to follow the special links Google started posting this morning. For more clues follow @googlechrome on Twitter or visit Google Chrome blog for updates. The links will take you

Samsung has announced that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 (P7100) Android tablet will start shipping on June 8 in the US. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 P7100 has a 10.1 inch multitouch display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. It runs Google Android 3.1 Honeycomb operating system. The tablet has official access to Google Android Market. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is powered by a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra dual-core processor.

Tablets from big-name companies usually tend to be pricey. But last week, MSI showed off two budget laptops. And now ViewSonic, not quite a big name, has also announced its plans to offer a 7 inch tablet called the ViewBook 730 for $249.99. The ViewBook 730 has a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor and 8GB of storage. It has an 800 x 480 pixels resistive touchscreen display and a stylus with which you

US wireless carrier Sprint will start offering a 4G capable version of the HTC Flyer 7 Android tablet on June 24th. The company will sell the Flyer under the name HTC EVO View 4G. You will be able to pick up the tablet for $399.99 when you sign up for a 2-year service contract. While the US version of the tablet doesn't come standard with the digital pen, Sprint is offering it for free for a

AMD recently introduced a new low power processor for tablets and other mobile computing devices. The new AMD Z-01 chip is part of the Fusion line of processors which means it comes bundled with high performance Radeon graphics. The AMD Z-01 also happens to be the least power hungry member of the Fusion family. It reportedly has a TDP of between 5.9W and 6.4W. That means it consumes much less

Sony S2, Sony's dual-screen Android tablet which is due out this week, has hit the FCC. The FCC listing doesn't provide a lot of new information other than the fact that the tablet supports WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth and AT&T's 3G mobile broadband connectivity. The Sony S2 tablet will also support 21Mbps HSPA + wirelss networks. It looks like the tablet has a user-removable battery.The Sony S2

Archos has uploaded the product pages for its new Arnova 7 and Arnova 84 budget tablets. The biggest difference between the Archos Arnova tablets and those coming from companies like Samsung, Toshiba and Motorola is in the pricing. The Archos tablets tend to be dirt cheap. Sure the pricing has a bearing on the specs too. The tag line of the 7 inch Archos Arnova reads 'a 7 inch tablet for $99 is

MSI showcased two new budget tablets at the Computex trade show this week. The MSI WindPad Enjoy 7 and WindPad Enjoy 10 are both aimed at budget-conscious customers. PC World reports that the 7 inch model could sell for as little as $199 while the 10 inch model could run $299. Both tablets run Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and are powered by 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processors. MSI

Both Acer and Samsung are expected to launch their Chromebooks on June 15th. But in case you don't want to wait until then, you can pick a laptop running Google Chrome operating system starting next week. The device is built by Australian consumer electronics company Kogan.The Kogan Chrome OS laptop has an 11.6 inch display with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. It is powered by a 1.3GHz Intel

Microsoft demonstrated an operating system codenamed Windows 8 at the D9 conference this week. The operating system is designed to run on various types of devices including tablets and desktop computers. It will also be able to run on devices powered by ARM-based processors.Windows 8 is capable of running web-based apps as well as classic Windows programs. Instead of the Windows Start menu found

Toshiba showed off an 11.6 inch Windows tablet at Computex this week. The Toshiba WT110 Windows tablet doesn’t look all that different from the 10 inch Toshiba Thrive Android tablet: it is a bit larger. There are some other key differences too.While the Toshiba Thrive runs Android operating system, the WT110 runs Windows 7. While Windows isn’t very touch friendly, the advantage of running the

The Acer Cromia 761 Chrome OS laptop has showed up on Amazon. The Cromia 761 is one of the first laptops designed to run Google Chrome operating system. It is expected to start shipping on June 15th. The Google Chrome is a light-weight operating system built around a web browser. The OS is basically designed to run web-based applications. It won’t be able to run most desktop applications.

Toshiba Thrive, the upcoming Android tablet from Toshiba, will start shipping on July 10th with a starting price of $429. Pre-orders for the tablet will start on June 13th. The Toshiba Thrive will launch with Google Android 3.1 operating system. It has a 10.1 inch 1280 x 800 pixels display and a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor. While Thrive isn't all that different from other

Intel has officially introduced a new low power Atom N435 processor for dirt cheap laptops. The new Intel Atom N435 is a 1.33GHz single core processor with a cache of 512K. It has a total power draw of about 5W. As you can see the Atom N435 is the slowest among the Intel Pine Trail Atom processors. It is also the most power efficient, but that is hardly surprising. Other single core processors in

MSI has been showing off its Windows and Android tablets for a while, but most of these machines have never made it to the market. Nonetheless, MSI is taking another try with its Windpad 110 Windows tablet and Windpad 100A Android tablet. The company is showing off both tablets at Computex this week. Meanwhile, the WindPad 110W is also available for pre-order from ExcaliberPC for $599. The MSI

Asus is showing off a 7 inch tablet called MeMo at Computex this week. The little machine was on display at CES as well. There are some major improvements, though. The Asus MeMo now features a glasses-free 3D IPS display. The tablet has also got a new name. It is now called Asus Eee Pad MeMo 3D. The Asus MeMo already has many features that make it unique. For one thing, the tablet has a

Acer's product plans for the rest of the year have leaked. The source of the news is a blog called Macles which is known for breaking news about Acer's products. Here is a run down:We have already heard that Acer is building a Chrome OS laptop. The machine is expected to launch in June. Macles report that the netbook will be called Acer Cromia C700. Acer will also launch a new netbook called Acer