Was roaming around in Akihabara and stumble upon the T2, another Nvidia Tegra2 Cortex-A9 1GHz Dual Core Tablet with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory. The T2 is sold at around 49,800 Yen, comes with a 10” (1024×600) screen a microSDHC slot (up to 32GB), GPS, Bluetooth, 2.1+EDR, WiFi BGN, a 1.3Mpix Camera and support of Flash Player 10.1

Unfortunately was not carrying a camera with me at this time so you won’t enjoy live picture of the baby, but if you happen to be around Akihabara, just make sure to go and visit your usual store you may find this little T2 lying around!

A little known fact about Apple’s latest iOS update for iPhones, iPod Touches, and iPads: When iPads were first sold exclusively in the US, with international launches being pushed back time and again for lack of stock, some hardcore people in Japan bought US-market iPads and imported them with the intent to use them in Japan. Doing this, though, was actually illegal under Japanese law: all electronic devices with antennas needed to carry a Technical Conformity Certification from the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) – not just be certified, actually carry the Certification logo – on the body of the device itself. iPhone 3Gs and 3GSs sold in Japan have this certification, at the bottom of the back. iPads sold in the US, somewhat unsurprisingly, do not.

Last March, the MIC issued a press release announcing a revision to the portion of Japanese telecom law to allow the “easily seen” display of the Certification logo to include electromagnetic methods of display, e.g. a video screen. This means that even if a hardware device was manufactured prior to it receiving a certification, or even if it was manufactured intended for a market outside Japan, it can still be used legally inside the country as long as its software can display the relevant Certification logo, such as on an About page. Thus, people who imported non-Japanese iPads are now on the straight and narrow side of the law, with no fear of being slapped with the 2M JPY fine and public flogging for toting a non-Certification-logo-branded wireless device.

Of course, this still meant that imported iPads and iPhone 4s would still be illegal under Japanese law, as they don’t come with the Certification logo engraved on its casing and the software would not display it; that’s where iOS 4.2.x comes in. The latest update finally displays the Japanese regulatory certification logo in Settings > General > About > Regulatory, making them usable in Japan as well. Enter Japan Communications Inc. With the iPad update finally making non-Japanese iPads legal in Japan, the country’s first and most famous mobile virtual network operator has announced that they will start offering a SIM card and contract for imported non-SIM-locked iPads.

One more interesting bit: A Japanese blogger who got a for-Japan iPhone 4 at an Apple Store noticed that his new Apple product doesn’t have an MIC Certification logo, instead sporting an FCC and EU certification; he asked his readers to specify if their iPhone 4s had the MIC certification or not, and received responses for 97 iPhone 4s: forty of them didn’t have a Japanese certification logo, but fifty-seven did, completely destroying my hypothesis that Apple decided simply to take advantage of the rewritten MIC rules and forgo engraving the Japanese certification on their devices at all. This mix of different certifications raises the theory that some of these iPhone 4s – or at least, the rear plates – were originally manufactured for non-Japanese markets, and for some reason, were rerouted here. Which further raises the question: if it’s the entire phone that was unexpectedly brought to Japan, and not just the rear plate, and it carries a certification from a country where SIM locking is illegal, is the phone not SIM-locked?

Toshiba launched few months ago an impressive dual screen, with the Libretto W100, and yesterday, they introduced a more “standard” tablet PC, with the FOLIO 100, a 10.1’’ (25.7cm) tablet device.
Targeting people who want to enjoy web-based content, the Toshiba FOLIO 100 is powered by the Android 2.2 (Froyo) platform. Fully loaded, you will find an intuitive touchscreen interface with 1024×600 resolution, 16GB On-Board storage capacity, a SD/MMC card slot, HDMI connector, USB 2.0 port, the Wi-Fi, the Bluetooth 2.1, an accelerometer, the DLNA compatibility and an integrated 1.3 Mpix front facing webcam. Note that Toshiba provides a 3G model that should be available on Q1 2011

Our tablet is only 14mm thick, for a weight of 760g and features an NVIDIA Tegra 2 CPU. Toshiba promises up to 7 hours battery life span. Lastly, the Folio 100 comes with Opera Mobile web browser, FBReader, Evernote, and Document To Go office suite

A Chinese paper, the Economic Daily News, is reporting that production has started on 7-inch iPads due for release in Q1 2011. The paper also details some of the new features to expect in the iPad successor, including front and rear facing cameras, and a USB port for connecting external devices.

The report also alluded to new screen and touch technologies but did not elaborate on what these technologies would be. Could it be that Apple has circumvented its issues with our fat fingers by employing a new and more sensitive touchscreen tech?

This is far from the first iPad 2 rumours we've heard, and the Q1 timing isn't too great a stretch of the imagination when you consider that Apple is likely to update the product line 12 months after it released the original. It should be noted also that the Economic Daily News was one of the first news sources to predict that Apple was developing a tablet at all.

Toshiba launched few months ago an impressive dual screen, with the Libretto W100, and yesterday, they introduced a more “standard” tablet PC, with the FOLIO 100, a 10.1’’ (25.7cm) tablet device.
Targeting people who want to enjoy web-based content, the Toshiba FOLIO 100 is powered by the Android 2.2 (Froyo) platform. Fully loaded, you will find an intuitive touchscreen interface with 1024×600 resolution, 16GB On-Board storage capacity, a SD/MMC card slot, HDMI connector, USB 2.0 port, the Wi-Fi, the Bluetooth 2.1, an accelerometer, the DLNA compatibility and an integrated 1.3 Mpix front facing webcam. Note that Toshiba provides a 3G model that should be available on Q1 2011

Our tablet is only 14mm thick, for a weight of 760g and features an NVIDIA Tegra 2 CPU. Toshiba promises up to 7 hours battery life span. Lastly, the Folio 100 comes with Opera Mobile web browser, FBReader, Evernote, and Document To Go office suite.

Available in UK for 329£ from October 2010.

Sony introduces this morning, a new Vaio P, a completely remade from ground-up Vaio P, designed to bring way more versatility to the already sexy Vaio P. The basic model comes with an Atom Z530 (1.60GHz) or an Atom Z560 (2.13GHz) on Order made ones, with 2GB of RAM, 64GB of SSD and an Intel SCH US15W chipset offering a nice 1600×768 resolution on 8” monitor. Our new Vaio P comes with WiMax, WiFi ABGN, Bluetooth a 0.31Mpix Camera with a total weight of 619g. The new Vaio P also introduces a new touch sensitive trackpad on the right side of its monitor. To spice up things a little more, Sony will offer the Vaio P in 5 different colors as well as a “Crocodile” skin.

But the design and specs change are not the most important aspect of this new release and Sony with this new Vaio P brings the PS3 Remote play to its Vaio Line-up (The Vaio P will be the first to carry the PS3 Remote Play). If you own a PS3 with the latest firmware (3.30) you will be capable to access to your PS3 contents and even recorded TV programs from the comfort of your Vaio P. The new Vaio P also brings something quite new over at SONY, with the usage of an accelerometer that will tilt your screen accordingly and will further enhanced its GPS function, or to even let you jump from one picture to another in a sideshow via a simple tilt.

Anyway, like usual we will have to wait to have this baby in hands in order to fully appreciate its new features.

Adamo laptops are among the sexiest machine available on Dell Catalog, but like every high-end goods, price is an obstacle difficult to overcome for most of us… And when Dell decided to offer a Cheap Adamo, the Vostro V13, we decided that we had to give it a try and found out if our 69,980 Yen Vostro V13 was a pretty good deal after all. Just to let you know Dell Japan as nice offer for a Vista and Celeron 743 powered Vostro V13 at just 12,980 Yen (106€).

Dell Vostro V13 Specs:
- Intel CoreTM 2 Solo SU3500 @ 1.40 GHz
- 2 GB DDR3 SDRAM (1066 MHz)
- Intel GMA 4500MHD
- 320 GB Serial ATA 7,200 rpm
- 13.3” HDF LED Backlight Monitor with a 1366×768 resolution.

First Impression
Directly coming from the Adamo family the Vostro V13 inherit for its big brother handsomeness and quality build. Like the Adamo the Vostro V13 peculiarity reside in the way you will close your computer screen and lid, lying on top of your computer bottom deck.
Receiving an elegant brushed aluminum lid and bottom body, the V13 over all quality is matching our expectation. Add to this a well design and elegant keyboard and mouse pad, the Vostro V13 is just the elegant Business oriented Laptop that many of us would die for.
Minimalistic the V13 is in the other hands a bit means with peripheral. Don’t expect much here but the V13 only features a USB 2.0 port and an e-SATA one. If you are looking forward to plug your computer to your nice 24” Full HD Monitor you will have to do it the good old fashion way with the poor man D-Sub output.
Luckily Dell also thought that it could be nice to add 2 more slot with a SD Card reader and an Express Card/34 port on the side of your computer ant that pretty much it.
Looking forward to enjoy HD video on the Go? You are in luck, since the Vostro V13 features a pretty nice none glossy 13.3” screen with a 1366×768 resolution

Everyday usage.
Unfortunately only available in Japan with a Celeron 743 or a Core 2 Solo SU3500, the Vostro V13 is far from being as powerful as an Adamo, at least for us in Japan, but the good news is that it will just do what it is suppose to do! Now let’s face it, and even if you would have better enjoyed a Core 2 Duo S7300 like on the USA V13 for example, the Vostro V13 has never been made to compete against power user oriented laptop, but has been targeted to business oriented user, where a Core 2 Solo SU3500 with a 7200rpm HDD will easily handle Web Browsing, Email, Basic Office usage and even some basic photo edition even with Photoshop.
If you ever wanted to push the limit of your Business oriented usage and just need to relax for while, reset assure, the Vostro V13 even on its Core 2 Solo configuration will easily handle Hulu Video, as well as HD videos. As for 3D video gaming, well let’s say that Intel’s GMA 4500MHD won’t give you the needed power to play those 3D heavy games, but once again, who will be crazy enough to try such games on such tiny and slim Business laptop whether or not you could get it with a Core 2 Duo CPU.

So far so good, the Vostro V13 is a pretty nice business tool, well built, nice aluminum casing an ultra slim with just 19.7mm, the Vostro has for me everything it needs when it comes for a slim & elegant mobile professional laptop… But as a mobile device, the Vostro has just one weakness… Its battery. Unfortunately unswappable, the Vostro V13 will need to go back to DELL support center if you ever need to change its internal battery, we actually were not capable to remove the computer aluminum bottom without damaging the computer… Bad very bad.

Conclusion.
Despite its poor choice of CPU in Japan, I would die for a Core 2 Duo V13, its unswappable battery, I would still get the V13 in addition on of me setting at the office. Actually using a Vaio G2 series in a Windows Server and Exchange Office environment, The V13 will perform just as well as my G2 Core 2 Duo 1.2Ghz plus giving me the satisfaction to own an excellently build computer and on top of that a very elegant one. And as proof, while writing this review I just placed an order for a Vostro V13 with a Core 2 Solo at 23,450 Yen (196€) to replace my Wife Lenovo 3000 N100 Core Duo 1.66Ghz Laptop.

Convertible tablet PCs – that is, tablet PCs that can turn into a regular laptop form factor – have traditionally had swivel screens on hinges that work the same way as the swivel screens on Sony’s Alpha DSLRs, for example. There was also one with an awkward sliding mechanism that nobody remembers, but we won’t go into that here. At the Intel Developer Forum being held right now in San Francisco, Dell introduced an upcoming addition to their Inspiron line with a 10-inch netbook that transforms into a tablet PC using a whole new approach. Once you open the lid of the laptop, the screen flips around on an axis halfway down the sides of the display, turning into a clamshell laptop!

The netbook itself has a dual-core Atom processor and runs Windows 7Premium.

The Regza family from Toshiba is welcoming two new DVD portable in Japan with the High-end 9” SD-P96DT and the 7” SD-P76S.

The first model, the SD-P96DT comes with a 9” LED Backlight screen offering a 800×480 resolution, Terrestrial digital TV Tuner and 1Seg TV Tuner, while the SD-P96DT only available with a 7” screen with a 480×234 resolution, comes in a selection of different colors but not TV tuner.

Finally both models come with the obvious support of DVD movies as well as DVD-R/RW, but also the support of DviX, MP3, WMA and JPEG files.
DivX, WMA, MP3 and Jpeg files can be access from a CD/DVD or directly from a SD or SDHC Card.

The Sony Dash gets a bit of a bum wrap. Sure, we wish it was a little more tablet, a little less alarm clock, but Justin Bieber loves his. You know what else The Biebs likes? Cutting cable! Now that Hulu Plus is on his Sony Dash he can totally kick Time Warner to the curb, which is worthy of a trending Twitter topic if we ever saw one. He's too young for HBO, anyway.