Taiwanese PC maker Quanta produces computers that are sold by companies ranging from Apple to Lenovo. And that’s why I have no idea what brand name we’ll eventually see on this convertible tablet that popped up at the FCC web site this week. But as Wireless Goodness notes, it appears that the tablet has 802.11b/g/n WiFi, and measures about the size of a 8.5″ x 11″ sheet of paper.

That could mean it will sport an 11.6 inch screen, but since the measurements aren’t precise, we could also be looking at a ten inch model. It seems that the computer has both a keyboard and a touchscreen display which you can rotate 180 degrees and fold over the keyboard for use in tablet mode.

And that’s about all we know for now.

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Quanta convertible tablet hits the FCC

A few days ago we noted that the Gateway EC14D07u laptop was available for pre-order. Well, today it looks like at least one retailer has the laptop in stock. B&H is selling the Gateway EC14D for $629.99.

This laptop’s claim to fame is the fact that while at first glance it looks like yet another 11.6 inch laptop with an Intel CULV processor, this model also makes room for an 8x SuperMulti DVD burner.

The disc drives does make the notebook a little heavier than similar laptops from Gateway’s parent company Acer. The Acer Aspire Timeline 1810TZ, for example, weighs 3.1 pounds, while the Gateway EC14D tips the scales at 3.6 pounds.

While that’s heavy for an 11.6 inch laptop in this day and age, it’s still a lot lighter than most 14 or 15 inch laptops.

Rounding out the EC14D’s specs are a 1.3GHz Intel Pentium SU4100 CPU, 4GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, Intel GMA 4500MHD grpahics, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit.

via Netbook Reports

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Gateway EC14D thin, light, and DVD drive toting laptop now in stock

Just in case you had any doubts that the JooJoo tablet was real, the FCC is here to help. The federal agency has published a series of documents related to the upcoming tablet, which is expected to begin shipping by the end of the month. Hot on the heels of Engadgets’ new photos of the JooJoo’s flashy new user interface, we can now take a peek beneath the tablet’s hood thanks to the FCC’s penchant for ripping the lid off of wireless devices.

So here’s what we know at this point. The tablet sports an Intel Atom N270 processor and NVIDIA ION graphics. It supports 802.11b/g/n WiFi and there’s a SIM card slot for an optional 3G module.

While JooJoo plans to sell the tablet with a custom Linux-based operating system, it has an x86-based processor which means it can run Windows, OS X, or pretty much any other OS you care to cram on its relatively small solid state disk. In fact, Wireless Goodness noticed that the JooJoo tablet appears to be running Windows Vista in one of the test setup photos.

The 5 hour battery is not user removable.

The JooJoo tablet is scheduled to start shipping on March 25th.

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JooJoo tablet hits the FCC, complete with specs, teardown photos

With 50 or more tablets set to hit the market soon, starting with the iPad, there’s one thing that many people will notice is missing: keyboards. Sure, these tablets will have on-screen keyboards. And I dare say computer peripheral makers will be pumping out USB and Bluetooth keyboard accessories like nobody’s business. But the crazy designers at Yanko Design have come up with one of the coolest concepts I’ve seen.

Here’s the idea. You get a touchscreen tablet that lets you surf the web, watch videos, and do whatever else it is you want to do with a tablet. But when you want to do some serious text entry, you plop it on a table, open the kickstand on the back, and — here’s the cool part — you pull out your smartphone, open it up to reveal a QWERTY keyboard that works with the tablet.

The phone and 7 inch tablet batteries can be charged independently of one another. But the devices are made to work together, and you can even connect them to each other via a magnet to charge both batteries with a single adapter.

There is one catch. Because the phone is basically all keyboard, most of the computer components are tucked away in the tablet. In other words, when the keyboard is folded up in phone mode, it’s actually the tablet that makes the phone calls. You just use the phone/keyboard to dial numbers and talk. So the phone isn’t much use without the tablet. And who wants to carry around a tablet in their bag everywhere they go just to make phone calls?

Of course, the device is only a concept for now, so there’s plenty of time for someone to figure out how to improve the design and make the phone actually useful as  standalone device.

You can find more photos at Yanko Design.

via SlashGear

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Smartbook concept uses smartphone as a pocketable QWERTY keyboard