HP will produce one last TouchPad run to "meet unfulfilled demand" sometime in the near future-- despite recently announcing the end to webOS hardware manufacture.

How come? Very simple, actually. We all know there's one thing customers really like-- and that's a good bargain. And following the announcement, HP slashed remaining TouchPad inventory prices to $100 (16G model) and $150 (32GB)...

Now retailers report cases of TouchPads (mysteriously?) vanishing from their shelves, with Best Buy selling Continue reading...

Toshiba will present its Qosmio F750 series at IFA 2011-- describing it as the first notebook range with glasses-free 3D and simultaneous 2D/3D content display.

The F750 series uses the integrated webcam to track the user's eye position-- ensuring the 3D effect from the 15.6" display matches their viewing angle.

Audio is not overlooked, with Harman Kardon stereo speakers and Dolby Advanced Audio.

Powering it all is an Intel i7 2630QM processor, together with a nVidia GT540M gaphics card.

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Medialine launches the Duke of Holland, the latest in the mPad Android tablet line-- now with Android 3.2 (aka Honeycomb).

It carries a 10.1" capacitative LED backlit TFT LCD touchscreen with 1280x800 resolution.

Powering it is a dual-core 1 Ghz Tegra T20 processor, 1GB system memory and 16GB eMMC internal storage, while connections come through wifi, Bluetooth and optional built-in 3G.

One can also expand storage via micro SD slot (supports up to 32GB).

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Razer announces the Razer Blade, calling it "the world's first true gaming laptop" to make gamers and developers "return to the PC as the primary gaming platform of choice."

It comes in a portable package-- 22.5mm thick and weighing 3.2kg-- with a 17" display, 2.8GHz i7 processor, 8GB RAM, 320GB SATA HDD and a GeForce GT555M video card.

Razer also includes its Switchblade interface-- x10 adaptive tactile keys (like the Optimus Maximus) and a multi-touch LCD panel acting as either mouse replacement Continue reading...

Best Buy sold less than 10% of its initial order of HP TouchPads after its July launch and wanted HP to take the remainder of the 270,000 TouchPads back.

Then in HP's famous capitulation of the PC business, CEO Leo Apotheker said, "Our TouchPad has not been gaining enough traction in the marketplace. We have made the difficult but necessary decision to shut down the WebOS hardware operations."

Then the firesale started:  Instead of taking the inventory back, HP gave Best Buy the go-ahead to dump t Continue reading...

In-Stat predicts tablet shipments will reach 250M in 2017, thanks to increasing competition from major companies (including Samsung, Motorola, RIM, LG and HTC) entering the market.

The analyst says tablets are competing not only against PCs-- but against all CE and computing devices.

The tablet market and its ecosystem will continue evolving, with the next few generations showing increasing differentiation towards different market segments and useage models.

Meanwhile degrading prices will make Continue reading...

Intel pushes the "Ultrabook" concept further, releasing its reference designs and creating an Ultrabook fund worth $300 million.

Ultrabooks will come in 2 types-- an 18mm thick model with a 11 - 13" screen, and a 21mm thick model with a 14 - 17" screen.

Intel promises Ultrabook price points will be more mainstream than those of Apple's Macbook Air models, making them more attractive to customers.

Meanwhile the Ultrabook fund will invest directly in Intel's OEM partners and over the next 3-4 years-- Continue reading...

Fusion Garage-- maker of the stillborn JooJoo tablet-- announces its return to the mobile device business with a tablet and a smartphone, the Grid 10 and Grid 4.

Powering both devices is Fusion Garage's Android-based GridOS, which the company says "reinvents touch computing from the ground up" with a completely gesture-based interface.

The Grid 10 is a 10.1" tablet carrying nVidia's Tegra 2 processor and a 1366 x 768 resolution screen. Connections come through either Bluetooth, wifi or 3G, and Continue reading...