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A company named Advent has just made their 10-inch tablet, the Vega, official. The Advent Vega features a 10-inch display with a 1,024 x 600 resolution, a 1GHz Nvidia Tegra CPU, an HDMI output, a 1.3MP webcam, WiFi b/g support, a 3G SIM card slot, 512MB of ROM, 512MB of RAM, a microSD card slot (4GB card in the box), and Android 2.2. The big part that's unknown right now is if this tablet has access to the Android App Market. This tablet is set to the UK, via Dixons, on October 18th next week and it'll cost you £249 ($400 USD), which isn't bad since that's contract-free.

[Engadget]

A Russian company, Rover Computer, has just come out of absolutely nowhere to unveil a bunch of new and upcoming tablets / MIDs in various different forms. All of these RoverPad tablets come in 5 to 7-inch models and feature a bunch of different specs as well, which is great. The first one is the Air G70 which sports a 7-inch resistive touchscreen display, an ARM11 667MHz CPU, 256MB of RAM, 4GB of internal flash storage, WiFi / optional 3G connectivity, an FM transmitter, a 3MP camera, a TV output, a microSD card slot, and Windows CE.

Next up is the Go G50. This MID sports a 5-inch WVGA touchscreen display, a Marvell PXA303 CPU, 128MB of RAM, 2GB of internal storage, WiFi / GPS / 3G, a microSD card slot, and sadly Android 1.5. The Go G72 is basically a 7-inch model which throws in Bluetooth along with a slight upgrade to Android 1.6.

Another one of their Android tablets is the 3WG70 which sports a 4-inch touchscreen display, a Rockchip 2808 CPU, 128MB of RAM, 2GB of flash storage, a microSD card slot, a webcam, WiFi support, and Android 1.5. This will actually be the cheapest of the bunch since it'll hit the market for 10,000 rubies ($321 USD).

Last, and definitely not least, is the one you've been waiting for. The TegA W70 MID (above) with a 7-inch capacitive touchscreen display, a webcam, an HDMI output, WiFi / 3G support, 4GB of internal storage, 512MB of RAM, Nvidia Tegra, and Android 2.1. This is the one with a bit of potential but they're going to have their backs against the wall being quite unknown.

These are all expected to hit the market sometime in October, but we'll keep you up-to-date. For the rest of the pictures, visit either site below!

[Slash Gear, Engadget]

I'm sure you're familiar with Microsoft's Project Pink, it consists two phones: the Turtle (above) and the Pure. Apparently, both of these handsets will be fairly low-end phones targeted for the youth, but they'll still be running on the Tegra chipset which is pretty amazing for a "low-end" phone. The Turtle and Pure are expected to have GSM connectivity and the CDMA variants will reportedly be the Pride and the Lion, respectively. The Turtle / Pride will be sporting a 240 x 320 resolution and the Pure / Lion will be sporting a 320 x 480 resolution. Tegra for a low-end phone? We'll have to wait and see.

[WMExperts, Engadget]

Apparently this rumour is now 100% true if you believe it. Microsoft will reportedly unveil the Zune Phone at MWC. This handset will basically be the Zune HD that can actually make calls. It'll be powered by the Nvidia Tegra and will feature an OLED display with a 272 x 480 resolution, an HDMI output, and will be running Windows Mobile 7. It will supposedly weigh 2.45 ounces. If this handset is running WinMo 7 - and those specs are true - it'll actually be one of the crappier handsets running that OS since we've already seen LG and HTC's first WinMo7 handsets.

If the Zune Phone is true, it's gotta have a beefier spec sheet, more specifically a larger display with a higher resolution.

[Gizmodo]

I'm sure you know about ICD's tablet running Nvidia's Tegra. Well, we now know that it's headed to T-Mobile UK as the Vega. The price is still TBA, but we do know that this tablet is capable of 1080p HD video playback, thanks to Tegra, and it runs the Android OS. I'm pretty sure it has a stand on the back, considering the photo above. We don't know the exact date it'll launch, but it should be by the end of the year.

[Engadget]

At this point we've seen the 15.6-inch ICD tablet and now we're seeing a smaller 7-inch one. This one is the ICD Ultra and it's rocking the Android OS! Of course, the display is a touchscreen (your choice of 800 x 480 or 1,024 x 600 resolution) and the tablet also packs in some pretty awesome features. You'll find: integrated 3G support, WiFi b/g / Bluetooth 2.1 support, Nvidia Tegra graphics, and a mini-HDMI port. You can check out Engadget's hands-on of the tablet if you're really interested.

[Slash Gear]

We saw a mysterious Nvidia tablet by ICD a couple of weeks ago and now we're seeing it live in the flesh. So, this tablet is sporting a 15 to 16-inch resistive toucshcreen display and Windows CE. Built in you'll find Nvidia's Tegra and it easily plays 720p playback. It also has a wireless charging dock - similar to the Palm Touchstone. Head over to the Engadget link below for the video.

[Engadget]

It looks like a new smartbook has just been spotted and it passed the FCC (here) This is the Mobinnova Beam, which was formerly the Mobinnova Elan. This smartbook will utilize Nvidia's Tegra chipset and is headed to AT&T last time we checked.

[Engadget]

A small company named Innovative Converged Devices (ICD) has just unveiled the tablet you see above, dubbed Vega - reminding me of the Street Fighter character. Anyways, this device actually seems pretty interesting. It has a nice look to it and it really helps that it's running Android 2.0. It'll be available in three sizes: 7, 11, and 15-inches. Of course, it'll have WiFi / 3G support and it'll reportedly be "low cost." Thankfully, it'll have a stand - as you can see below.

Other specs include: a front-facing webcam, Bluetooth support, 512MB of RAM, a microSD card slot, and even Nvidia's Tegra chipset. This tablet will be available through a bunch of carriers in North America, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.

[Mashable]

Nvidia's CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, has just been spotted in Dubai in the above photo. Obviously, the most interesting part about the whole picture is not him, but what the tablet on the desk is. It looks pretty Apple-like, with its clean design and one button - like the iPod Touch and the iPhone. They do mention that this is a "3G capable touchpad" and it could also be sporting Nvidia's own Tegra chip. Could this be our first look of an Apple iTablet prototype?

Update: According to the latest Engadget post, it looks like this isn't the Apple iTablet prototype. Nvidia has just confirmed that "it's a Tegra prototype from an ODM called ICD that's being "actively" shopped to carriers around the world." The rumoured specs are said to be Windows CE pre-installed with a resistive touchscreen. Later models are rumoured to be built with Android and a capacitive touchscreen. This tablet is also rumoured to be launching in March 2010 and the carrier in the US could be T-Mobile. Take it with that teensy grain of salt.

[Engadget]

What’s the benefit of having Windows CE as the backbone of this device?


What Windows CE brings is a pretty mature embedded OS, so you have a pretty large development community you can tap into. It has good sleep modes, so the power savings is better than what you’d get on a (full) Windows device. This was something that Nvidia and our manufacturing partners really drove.


Will there be an app store?


Initially, no, there won’t be an app store. We’re really defining the experience in terms of what apps are included and which ones are not. It’s really more of an appliance than an open platform. But there will be some apps online that you can buy. There will be some games that you’ll be able to download.


If this device can play back 720p video, where are users going to get the content from?


You’ll be able to stream, download, or sideload. There’s a video and music player built in that supports DRM. It supports Windows Media. We’ll have announements about content partners at CES as well.


What sort of flexibility are you giving the carrier to support and promote their own services on this device?


Those are discussions that we’re having with our partners and it’s something that we definitely encourage in the sense of being able to plug into an existing ecosystem. So we’ll just have to wait and see.


Will the Beam have integrated GPS and can you use it as a navigation device?


We won’t have navigation software on it so I’d say no. You could go to Google Maps and navigate that way, but GPS is really there to add location to something you might be doing like Facebook.


60 bucks a month is a lot to pay for something that doesn’t run full Windows. Will there be other pricing plans for this device?


We should wait until the announcements are made. But I agree in general that there should be more flexibility in pricing plans. And I certainly expect that to happen.

Well, this is definitely unexpected. It looks like the latest rumour is stating that the next Nintendo DS will sport a Nvidia Tegra chipset inside. The next-gen DS is expected to launch in late 2010, but if that's true then we could see the Tegra II inside the next DS. A couple of sources are backing up this rumour, so it could very well be true - and it would be pretty awesome even if I'm not a Nintendo fan.

[Engadget]

Even though Ballmer has no clue what Google is going to do with their Chrome OS (fake picture above) there's a new rumour about it. This morning, we're hearing that Nvidia smartbooks / netbooks with Google's Chrome OS could be available in the middle of next month (October), which - believe it or not - is only two weeks away. Could this really be true? This is just a rumour and we heard this exact same thing in September and I've been disappointed.

[Netbooked]

Earlier this month, we heard that we could be seeing smartbook / netbooks running Google's Chrome OS by the end of this month, but since the month is almost over I doubt that'll happen. The good news here is that Nvidia has just confirmed that they are actually testing smartbooks with their Tegra chipset and Google's Chrome OS. This is definitely great news for those consumers. Unfortunately, they likely will not be hitting the shelves until later this year / early next year. Google is going to work right now.

[Netbooked, Liliputing]

It looks like DigiTimes is back at it again. According to the latest rumour, HTC is looking at Broadcom for new 3.5G chipsets - even though HTC uses Qualcomm all the time. This would help HTC create more "mid to entry-level smartphones." The rumour mill also mentioned that HTC is currently developing handsets with 3.5G chips and Nvidia's Tegra. Talk about awesome.

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