A newly leaked specs for HP Slate have been surfaced at Engadget where they compare it to a newly released iPad.  The specs show that the HP Slate will have a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor and five-plus hours of battery life.

The other details also show that it will carry a $549 price tag for the base 32GB flash memory storage, while a 64GB version will be available for $599. The Slate’s going to have a 8.9-inch 1024×600 capacitive multitouch display, 1GB RAM, Intel UMA graphics with 1080p playback, an SD card slot, SIM card tray for optional WWAN, USB 2.0 port, and an inward-facing VGA webcam/outward-facing 3MP camera.

It’s interesting that despite all those extra goodies, the Slate’s still going to come in at equal weight to the Wi-Fi iPad and a little lighter than the 3G version.

For those of you wondering exactly how the tablet battlefield’s shaping up, checkout the Engadget

Finally a long awaited Apple iPad has been unveiled, but is it all it cracked out to be?  Well lets first take a quick look at what it has, and then we can look at what it lacks.  Then you cam make your own decision weather this device is for you or not.

• The device is half-inch thick and weighs at 1.5 pounds
• 9.7-inch capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD display
• Custom 1GHz Apple “A4″ chip
• 10-hour battery life and a month of standby
• Will come in flavors of 16, 32, and 64GB
• 30-pin Dock connector
• speaker
• microphone
• Bluetooth
• 802.11n WiFi
• 3G (optional) Service through ATT Wireless
• accelerometer and a compass

Just like iPhone and iTouch, the iPad is managed by iTunes.  As promissed, it can run (most) iPhone apps ether in pixel-for-pixel or or pixel-doubled fullscreen mode.  As mentioned above, 3G version of iPad will run on AT&T network, and can be had with one of the new data plans, 250MB for $14.99 or an unlimited plan for $29.99 a month (contract-free), so you can activate and cancel whenever you want.  There are no details on the international service just yet.

The iPad will come at different pricing, $499 for 16GB, 32GB for $599, and $699 64GB.  A 3G option will set you back another $130,  so the most expensive model (64GB / 3G) will cost you $829.  The WiFi-only model will ship in 60 days, and the 3G models will come in 90.

Now for things that everyone would have liked to see but are missing:

• There’s no multitasking.  this a a huge disappointment!
• No built in camera. Which means No video conferencing.
• iPhone OS 3.2 (why?)
• No Flash support! What aret hey thinking about???
• No memory slot for any kind of external expansion.

Well we gave you the details on what it has and what it lacks (some major lacking there), but at the end of the day it is up to you to decide whether this device is for you.  Let us know what you think.

Source:  GDGT, Engadget

We have put together a list of gadgets that we feel would make any gadget and electronics lover jump for joy once they open their present and receive one of these:

1.  Amazon Kindle – Is a leader in e-book market.  It is very simple to use, and yet has enough gadgets to tech to impress almost any gadget geek.  There is a physical keyboard for ease of typing, and you can even browse the web 9basic text browsing).  there is plenty of content that can be downloaded directly through Amazon, paid and free, and it does support PDF format so you can upload your own documents.  

2.  Barnes & Noble Nook – This is a new e-book reader that is trying to give a very tough competition to the above mentioned Amazon kindle.  Current you can only pre-order the Nook, but some of the lucky people may actually receive it before Christmas.  The biggest difference with this device is its dual-screen interface, open format support.  If you tend to find yourself at Barnes & Noble a little much this device maybe for you.  

3.  Archos 5 Internet Tablet - Archos 5 Internet Media Tablet is not just another media player and internet device, it is also a GPS navigation.  This is a perfect gift with many features in one great package for all those garget lovers. 

4.  Apple iPhone 3GS – If you know someone who has been on the market for an iPhone but has not gotten one just yet, and you would like to be the one who can make it happen, Apple offers gift cards specifically for the phone, which makes it a relatively painless process for the one that you would like to give this perfect gift for.

5.  Motorola Droid – This is another great gift for this holiday season.  The Droid has Android 2.0, a beautiful capacitive WVGA display, 5 megapixel cam with LED flash, and OMAP3 processor.  Perfect gift for those hat would like to jump on the Android bandwagon.

6.  Lenovo X200 Multitouch Tablet – There are plenty of touch screen laptops out there, but what sets all of them apart is the Lenovo’s X200t new 12.1-inch multitouch capacitive display, 1.4GHz Intel SU9400 Core 2 Duo and 2GB of RAM just a start.  Most of these specs can be upgraded.  Not to mention that this is a sexy little tablet.

7.  Apple 13-inch MacBook Pro – if you are a MAC lover or the person who you would like to get this gift for, you may want to look in to an all new aluminum MacBook Pro. it has a very solid construction, a  very nice screen, Core 2 Duo processor and NVIDIA 9400M graphics processor.  it will be able to handle almost anything you can throw at it.  You know you can run Windows on it as well right?

8.  Canon EOS 7D – Canon EOS 7D is a big brother of the T1i.  Not only is it a really nice DSLR camera with dual DIGIC IV processors, and 18 megapixel sensor, it is also a great video camera that can shoot 1080P.  It has a great low light performance, and it will not completely break your bank (well for some of you that is). 

9.  JVC HD Everio GZ-HM400- With a  capability of full HD recording, a 10.3 megapixel sensor, and 32GB internal storage with SD / SDHC expansion, makes this camcorder a great gift.  if you are in to sports and video shooting that requires high frame rate shooting, then 600fps, 300fps and 120fps slow motion capabilities will certainly get your heart racing.  

10.   Kodak’s Zi8 HD – Zi8 pocket camcorder boasts 1080p recording, in addition to face tracking, image stabilization, a 2.5-inch LCD display, and SD card slot. YouTube uploading, and Facebook support, too.  Its a great little gift and can be purchased for under $180.

In addition to all these features, Lenovo will bundle in their new application called SimpleTap, which brings up an icon-based control panel that will be able to control things like volume, screen brightness, quick app shortcuts, and web bookmarks, as well as some other system functions.  The price for the multitouch T400s will start at $1,999, and the multitouch X200 will start at $1,729.  Another version of X200 with outdoor screen option will set you back $1,779.

AppleInsider is reporting a development and possible soon to be released tablet that should be ready for launch early 2010.  

Supposedly, Steve Jobs is finally happy with the product and has given a green light to get this thing ready for next year (maybe).  

Some of the specs may include a 10-inch screen, 3G data and a custom ARM processor (does not look like it will be an Intel Atom).  

Some rumors also mention that the data plan will be with Verizon and not with AT&T, but we will have to wait for the official release to believe that.  

The rendered picture above is showing promises, but we will hold our final thought till the official pictures.

Source:  SlashGear

Lenovo has announced the ThinkPad T400s a thin and light yet powerful Laptop. 

They have engineered its latest laptop, the ThinkPad T400s, to be super-slim at just 0.83 inches thin and ultra-light starting under four pounds.  The laptop has a very skinny frame thanks to the thin 14.1-inch LED screen, SSD (solid state drive) storage and the second generation Top Cover Roll Cage, which Lenovo first introduced in the ThinkPad X300 laptop.  The laptop weighs nearly 20 percent less than its ThinkPad T400 predecessor, also making it much thinner and lighter than the Dell E6400 and HP 6930P laptops.

Some of the features are:

• Choices of Intel® 2.53 GHz Core™2Duo processors
• Choices of solid state drive storage up to 128 GB or 250 GB hard drive
• 9.5 mm slim DVD burner or Blu-Ray player
• Ethernet, WiFi and optional WiMAX3, WWAN, and Bluetooth
• 34mm Express Card slot or 5-in-1 multimedia card reader
• Support for Lenovo’s ConstantConnect
• Nearly six hours of battery life 
• Supports up to two monitors via a Display Port and VGA connector
• Meets the Energy Star 5.0 criteria for energy efficiency
• Built-in USB/eSATA port

Nvidia has unveiled 12 new high-definition mobile Internet devices that are powered by the NVIDIA Tegra processor, “the world’s smallest and lowest power computer-on-a-chip”. As stated by Nvidia, these new Tegra-based devices, which include netbooks and tablets, deliver desktop-class Internet browsing with Flash video and animation acceleration, and up to 1080p video playback.  NVIDIA Tegra processors feature always-on operation for instant access to the Internet, which compares to that of cell phone-class power management, and up to 5x the battery life of current netbooks.

Some of the devices that will be using the chip are:

• Compal Communications, Inc. CN88 (netbook)
• ICD Ultra (tablet)
• Inventec Applications Corp. Rainbow (netbook)
• Mobinnova Mabo (tablet)
• Mobinnova ViewBook N910 (netbook)
• Pegatron Vivid (netbook)
• Wistron M5 (netbook)

In addition to browsing Flash websites, Tegra processor will deliver:

• Listening to music for 25 days straight on one charge
• Watching 1080p HD video for up to 10 hours
• Playing video games at 46 frames per second

Sounds very interesting and promising.

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Lenovo’s IdeaPad Y450 is the 14-inch sibling to the Y550 and Y650. Like the Y550, this laptop contains an NVIDIA NB10P-GE1 video card, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor featuring the Intel GM45 chip set, a 500 GB hard drive, and 4 GB of RAM.  Additionally, the Y450 offers 3.5 to 4.5 hours of battery life, and includes VeriFace Face Recognition technology, which is an alternative security feature to using a login name and password.  It has been fully customized for HD activity.  The Lenovo IdeaPad Y450 is available NOW.  The Starting price ranges between $679-999 depending on the model.

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