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X10 well-known as producer devices for home automation over electric wirings, recently launched its own Android Tablet called AirPad. For $199.99 you get 7 inch Android 2.3 powered tablet with 1.2 Ghz Rockchip 2918 Cortex A8 processor, 4GB memory + up to 32GB with microSD card, a built in camera, microphone, speakers, WiFi adapter. Not bad for that price isn’t it?

The main application of the X10 AirPad in my mind is control console of smarthome system. It can be mounted to the wall or used as mobile remote control.

[via AutomatedHome]

Tablet PCs becoming more and more popular day by day. As result the number of their accessories also increase. One of the most useful from them is wall mounting kit. You may find a lot of them on the market. But most of them designed for iPad only and sometimes expensive. So, any universal and non-expensive solution merits a great attention. The Hedgie iPad & Universal Tablet PC Mounting Solution is one of them. It’s very simple and priced at £8 only! It can be used with iPad or any other Tablet PC to easy attach or detach device to the wall.

[via AutomatedHome]

Samsung released in Korea a quite interesting set – a 55-inch LED baclkit LCD TV and a brand new 7-inch touchscreen tablet. The tablet does not just perform the function of smart remote control for TV and home theater. It receives over 802.11n EPG, including video previews of TV shows, and allows access to media stored on a PC. But the most interesting feature is ability to stream live TV and Blu-ray content from the home theater to the tablet. So, you can have a mobile multi-room system easily. See the new Samsung set in action in the demo video below.

There is no world about availability and the price of that set in Europe or US.
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