CES - Tablets and e-book readers

CES: Dell teases Streak 10 tablet

LAS VEGAS--No shortage of Dell news today.

On Thursday at its press conference, Dell debuted the Streak 7, but right after that presentation the company showed a very quick look at the Dell Streak 10.

The Streak 10 will have a 10-inch screen and will be geared toward business and enterprise users.

Expect built-in support for VPN and other business-related features.

No work yet on release date, price, or if there will be a consumer version.

CES: Samsung's 4G Galaxy Tab revealed

LAS VEGAS--On Wednesday, Samsung announced a Wi-Fi version of the Galaxy Tab, but apparently it thinks we can't get enough Galaxy Tab news. It's probably right.

On Thursday the company, along with Verizon Wireless, announced the 4G LTE-enabled Galaxy Tab.

Unlike the Wi-Fi-only Tab, this one gets a significant upgrade in at least a couple of areas. Samsung will upgrade the rear-facing camera from 3 to 5 megapixels.

Also, the CPU gets a slight speed boost, from 1GHz to 1.2GHz, using the same Cortex A8 Hummingbird processor.

Besides those details, the rest of the specs (so far) … Read more

T-Mobile plans at least 25 4G devices in 2011

T-Mobile's focus at CES 2011 wasn't about phones, but rather about tablets and its 4G network.

At its press conference, the carrier introduced another tablet to its lineup, the Dell Streak 7, which joins the G-Slate by LG.

Though no new phones were announced, the carrier said it plans to launch at least 25 new 4G devices in 2011. The company promised devices capable of peak download speeds of 21Mbps in the first half of the year and smartphones capable of 42Mbps in the second half of the year.

Currently, T-Mobile's 4G network reaches around 200 million … Read more

CES: Dell debuts Streak 7 tablet

LAS VEGAS--At its press conference on Thursday, Dell revealed its Streak 7 tablet. This is the follow-up to the Streak released last year.

The tablet features a new design and the follwing specs:

Dual Core 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra T2 processor 7-inch screen Support for T-Mobile's 4G network Dual cameras: 5 megapixel rear camera and 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera Runs Android 2.2 and full Flash 10.1 implementation; upgradable to Honeycomb in the future. Live news, sports and entertainment television via T-Mobile TV First 4G tablet (according to Dell) Up to 802.11n Wi-Fi Offers the full Dell … Read more

Sibeam's 60GHz-based WirelessHD widely adopted

LAS VEGAS--In the world of wireless display technology, so far we have WHDI with the Asus Wavi, and Intel's WiDi with the Netgear Push2TV or the D-Link MainStage. All of these devices allow for displaying high-quality audio and video from your laptop, desktop, or even a media player to a TV, wirelessly.

Now, however, if you want the devices to share more than just an audio and a video signal, but also data or the connection to the Internet, you'll want to consider a third technology, called WirelessHD, which uses the 60GHz frequency band.

Unlike WHDI or WiDI, … Read more

CES: Dell unveils Streak tablet, new laptops (live blog)

Editor's note: This live event has concluded. For a brief rundown of what was announced, including the 7-inch Streak tablet, the new all-in-one Inspiron One, Venue smartphone, and gaming PCs from Alienware, check out our summary post here. You can also replay our live blog in the Cover It Live module below.

LAS VEGAS--Dell had an eclectic product line in 2010, branching out from its comfort zone of PCs and laptops to Android tablets, convertible notebooks, and even cell phones. The company wowed us at CES 2010 with the Alienware M11X gaming laptop. We hope to see something just … Read more

CES: Sharp Galapagos coming to America in 2011

LAS VEGAS--Like seemingly every other company at CES 2011, Sharp is jumping on the tablet/e-reader bandwagon. But at least the company has one of the more unique names out there: Galapagos.

If the name sounds familiar (in the electronics arena, that is), it's because it's not exactly a new product. The Galapagos is already available in Japan, and it's been spotted making its way through the FCC approval process in the U.S.

But one thing is clear: the North American version of the Galapagos may bear very little resemblance to the existing Japanese one. For … Read more

CES: Iriver opens chapter on high-resolution 6-inch e-reader, the Story HD

Last year at CES, Iriver showed off its first e-reader, the Story. It didn't make much of a dent in the marketplace, but this year the company's come back with the Story HD, a new e-ink-based product that it's calling the world's "highest-resolution 6-inch e-reader."

Iriver says the Story HD, which sports an electronic paper display made by LG, offers XGA (768x1,024) resolution and has 63.8 percent more pixels and faster page turn, thanks to an advanced processor from Freescale Semiconductor based on ARM Cortex technology. It also has built-in Wi-Fi and … Read more

CES: D-Link joins WiDi wireless display crowd

LAS VEGAS--You've heard of Netgear's new Push2TV HD--now there's competition.

D-Link announced at CES 2011 that it supports Intel's Wireless Display technology, known as WiDi, with a first product called the MainStage.

Like all WiDi-based accessories, the MainStage allows people to instantly display a laptop's (and even some desktops') screen on the big TV.

Supporting the next generation of WiDi, the MainStage is very similar to Netgear's Push2TV HD. According to Daniel Kelly, D-Link associate vice president of marketing, the reason D-Link waited until now to support WiDi is because this technology is … Read more