HARDWARE Samsung Unleashes iPad Competitor Samsung introduced the Galaxy Tab, a tablet PC aimed at Apple's iPad, at the IFA electronics show in Germany. Samsung presented the tablet with a pun that cites a "new galaxy of possibilities." |
LINUX/OPEN SOURCE Toshiba Plans Android-Based Tablet The rapidly growing category of tablets has a new family member as Toshiba announced that its Folio 100, a 10.1-inch, Android 2.2-based tablet computer, will be on sale in Europe by the end of October. |
DIGITAL LIFE Sony Shows Prototypes of 3-D Laptop Sony, hoping for the Next Big Thing, has shown prototypes of an upcoming VAIO 3-D laptop at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Germany, and announced plans to launch a 3-D TV channel. |
PERSONAL TECH Device Makers Get Windows Phone 7 Microsoft has sent its latest Windows Phone 7 operating system to equipment manufacturers, paving the way for a round of Windows-based mobile devices to debut in time for the holiday season. |