Sony’s mad P series folding tablet has suitably mad origins, according to a new report. The Android tab’s early prototypes show that it could have been dramatically different, but do they also point to the future for Sony’s dual-screen tech? Read more
Yesterday we scoured some tablet stats to find out that Android’s still in dire need of a tablet success story. Now a Google exec has been chatting to Wired, who’ve wormed out that the company still has some odd views on slate PCs. Read more
Everybody loves them some eBooks. Cramming a whole library in one device with easy access to yet more tomes is the kind of convenience that’s pushed the digital reading to the fore, but there are still drawbacks that you don’t get with a real book. Navigation is one such failing, but that could be set to change with a prototype technology making flicking through books and gesture-based page-turning possible and intuitive. Read more
Apple has descended upon New York for its ‘Educational Announcement’ today, and in doing so has unveiled a brand new version of its digital books platform for the iPad: iBooks 2. Can Apple reinvent the textbook? Read more
Just put your order in for the Asus Transformer Prime but have the patience of a saint? You might want to commence kicking yourself; Asus has announced an updated model of the laptop/tablet hybrid coming in June this year. Read more
Asus may be more deserving of HTC’s ‘Quietly Brilliant’ slogan – the Taiwanese company has a track record as an innovator that stretches back several years, has invented product categories and continues to meet its rivals with ever more ingenious solutions, but it simply doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. Read more
CES 2012 has been a bit of a washout by all accounts: a few exciting droplets have news have found their way out of the trade show, but it’s mostly been a case of herding the entire show into two distinct pens: Smart TVs and endless tablets. Except, of course, for the usual rollout of crazy… Read more
Sky has announced a pretty big deal to partner up with ‘social TV platform’ Zeebox. The deal will see Sky become the only TV provider to function with the augmented TV experience for smartphones and tablets, and will lead to a raft of tasty new app features. Read more
