The idea of mobile as kitchen companions is hardly new, yet Archos present such an offering for wannabe cooks-- the ChefPad, an Android 4.1 tablet inside a cheerfully red silicon case complete with stand.

Archos says the 9.7-inch device is resistant to occasional splashes of the sauce variety and comes pre-loaded with a "Chefs App Selection" providing what is supposed to be the cream of all the cooking apps on the Google Play store.

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While Sony occasionally dabbles in eReaders (such as the PRS-T2), its latest e-ink device does not actually aim at bookworms-- instead it goes students wanting a "digital paper" notebook replacement.

Currently in prototype form, the yet unnamed tablet features a 13.3-inch 1200x1600 e-ink touchscreen roughly the size of regular A4 paper (minus margins). It also includes a stylus, making it ideal for note taking and PDF annotation.

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Promate launches the lumiTab, the world’s first Android tablet with an built-in projector.

Using its one-button projection system, all the customer has to do is push the button and point the lumiTab to view their tablet screen on an up to 100-inch projected display.

Powered by DLP technology, the tablet delivers 35 lumens and WVGA resolution.

The tablet runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) and has 1GB of RAM.

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A Star Trek: Into Darkness-themed press event reveals the latest Acer mobile devices-- the Aspire P3 ultrabook, the Iconia A1 7.9-inch tablet and the Aspire R7, a Windows 8 laptop/all-in-one desktop combo with an unusual floating hinge.

"With the Aspire R7, Acer has redesigned the laptop with an approach that's based on how people interact with their notebooks and other devices," the company claims, even if the hinge in question somewhat reminds us of 2007's short-lived HP HDX laptop.

Dubbed in promotional materials as an "Ezel," it allows users to move and reposition the R7's 15.6-inch touchscreen as required, from traditional laptop to a tablet-style quasi-flat (awkwardly enough the hinge does not lay the screen completely flat) layout.

According to DigiTimes Acer and Asus believe in Google's Chromebooks-- both companies are reportedly planning to release new models on H2 2013, with Google expected to "aggressively" promote the platform.

According to "sources from the upstream supply chain" monthly Acer Chromebook shipments used to reach 150000-200000 units until January 2013 when shipments dropped to just 20000-30000 units, causing the company to pause shipment plans to H2 2013.

However the company is expected to launch an 11.6-inch model "targeting students" on July 2013.

Meanwhile Asus never had Chromebook plans, but will reportedly launch a branded model on H2 2013.

Toshiba goes for the more business-savvy customer with the WT310-- a Windows 8 Pro tablet with an 11.6-inch 1920x1080 display, Intel Core processor and "DigitiserPen" stylus.

Supposedly optimised for business use, the tablet features a DigitizerPen stylus able to turn hand-written scrawls into editable documents, as well as SSD storage, HDMI-out, SD card slot, USB 3.0 port, wifi connectivity (WiDi-compatible), Bluetooth 4.0 and optional HSPA+/LTE radios.

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Berlin-based Txtr starts shipping its low-cost eReader, the Beagle-- a bare-bones 5-inch device that transfers eBooks from Android smartphone via Bluetooth.

First announced at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair, the Beagle announced as an eReader costing all of €9.90 through subsidies from mobile carriers. Such plans are still not in place yet, even if if the company promises it will "announce details of the packages offered soon."

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You probably never heard of Inhon, but the obscure Taiwanese OEM might soon rise to fame with the Blade 13 Carbon-- an ultrabook the company claims is the thinnest and lightest yet.

The 13-inch device is 10.7mm thick, beating the previous record holder, the 12.8mm NEC Lavie X. It also weighs all of 870g and carries either Core i5 or i7 CPU, 1920x1080 resolution display, 128/256GB SSD storage and 4GB RAM.

Inhon also offers a lower cost, heavier (1.2kg) and thicker (12.6mm) variant with a 1600 Continue reading...