I could have written the thoughts Harry McCracken lays out about using his iPad 2 for his work machine with a few minor tweaks. I didn’t. He did, so I’m linking to it. His points line up with my thinking very easily save for the choice of some of the software and accessories he uses. [...]
While the new year may bring with it resolutions of healthier diets and lifestyle, Acer’s recently unveiled Iconia Tab A200 will go the opposite as it is promised a healthy consumption of Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS come January 2012. The budget-friendly tablet eschews cutting edge specs, like NVIDIA’s latest quad-core Tegra 3 [...]
Move over Honeycomb on tablet as Ice Cream Sandwich will be the talk of Android’s tablet and smartphone ecosystems for the foreseeable future. While other tablet makers are busy trying to get Android 4.0 onto their slates, it looks like one manufacturer in China already has a head start and is showing off its efforts [...]
Come 2012, we’ll start to see more tablets pack in more pixels, according to analysts. The trend will be led by Apple’s third-generation iPad tablet, which will help lead the push, though it won’t be alone as top Android tablet-manufacturers will also increase their display resolutions. NPD DisplaySearch analyst David Hsieh says that 2012 will [...]
Samsung’s expansive Galaxy Tab lineup will be getting some competition from Lenovo as the latter has announced a trio of tablets that are aimed at consumers with differing tastes and needs for their mobile slates. Lenovo has announced in China a 10.1-, 7-, and 5-inch LePad. The 10.1-inch LePad, model S2010, is a bit different [...]
Samsung’s high-resolution 5-inch tablet-phone hybrid will be hitting North America, and the Galaxy Note has received release confirmation for Canada in Q1 2012. However, it’s still unclear if Samsung intends to sell the device unlocked and without carrier subsidy or if it will be coming to a carrier with a service contract. Right now, Mobile [...]
Google Catalogs is an app that allows you to browse some of your favorite, popular catalogs from retailers such as Nordstrom and Nike. Spanning over 125 brands currently with over 400 catalogs, home shoppers will be able to catch up on their shopping for tips, trends, pricing, and what’s en vogue this holiday season at [...]
While consumer interest has recently shifted in favor of slates, Gigabyte still has convertible tablet lovers covered with its latest Booktop T1132N. Unfortunately, though, pricing isn’t available at this time, but the T1132N should prove to be a portable, productive chameleon tablet that can change form factors depending on how you want to use your [...]
Pricing information may have leaked for the pair of next-generation Xoom 2 tablet for Verizon’s 4G LTE network. The tablets, which will bear a closer resemblance to the Droid RAZR than to the original Xoom that they will replace, will be priced between $430 on a two-year contract all the way up to $420 depending [...]
HP has snatched the second most market share in the tablet space, a position which the world’s largest computer-maker had secured only following a fire sale of the company’s consumer-oriented TouchPad slate built on the webOS ecosystem. Outside of the iPad, HP is the leading consumer tablet-maker between January and October this year. According to [...]
Following in the footsteps of Dell, with the Streak 5, and Samsung, with the Galaxy Note, Lenovo is also looking into launching its own 5-inch Android tablet. In the case of Lenovo’s rivals, both those 5-inch numbers were and are considered ‘hybrid’ products, spanning the divide between uber-portable tablet and gigantic smartphone as the 5-inch [...]
There had been some conflicting information on whether the Samsung T-Mobile Galaxy 7.0 Plus with a SIM card for T-Mobile USA’s 4G HSPA+ network will support voice call, and the answer is no. We have just received our unit of the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus for T-Mobile–the WiFi version was already reviewed–and we’ll be posting [...]
Following the launch and much anticipated 7-inch Android-based Kindle Fire tablet, Amazon is still on track to release larger tablet versions as well. In a move mirroring that of Samsung, which has a Galaxy Tab 7.0, 7.7, 8.9, and 10.1 tablet, Amazon is looking to expand its tablet portfolio with different and varying display sizes, [...]
Want to learn more about the next-generation quad-core-powered Transformer Prime tablet? Well Asus has you covered as the manufacturer has recently made a dedicated webpage for the Android tablet live along with more details, specs, and a downloadable manual. The company had previously only uploaded a landing page for the transforming tablet. The Transformer Prime [...]
A new leaked image shows what Sprint’s forthcoming tablet collaboration with ZTE may look like. Unfortunately, details of the Android Honeycomb device are relatively unknown still at this point, but the image does show what the device would look like if and when Sprint does announce the slate. The tablet was first revealed back in [...]
Lenovo has yet to announce its LePad K2, but the tablet has been put to the test utilizing GL Benchmarks. The benchmark results reveal that the 10-inch slate was tested running Android 3.2 Honeycomb, and not Ice Cream Sandwich, and that the processor is made by NVIDIA. With a quad-core Tegra 3 CPU, performance is [...]
With the launch of the Kindle Fire, both through Amazon and Best Buy recently, it looks like Best Buy is discounting Research in Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook. Various reports online show that the 16 GB model could be purchased at $199.99, the 32 GB model at $299.99 and the 64 GB model at a surprising $229.99, [...]
There are certainly quite a few Android Tablets to choose from this holiday season. They come in a variety of sizes, which is a good thing as it gives users some choice. But when it comes to looking for accessories for your Android tablet of choice this makes for some challenging shopping. In preparing this [...]
James Kendrick has a nice thought provoking piece up entitled, Who really needs a stinking tablet, anyway? Don’t think JK has gone over the edge. He’s still very much a Tablet lover. But his question has great value. There’s not much we do on Tablets that we can’t do on other devices. So, why all [...]
The Amazon Kindle Fire is already and will continue to be a much talked about device. My Kindle Fire arrived early and due to a busy schedule I have not had as much time as I would like to play with the device. But, I’ve had enough time in a hectic schedule to discover that [...]
Acer had recently published a profile of the Acer Iconia Tab A700 and A701 variant on its website, detailing some basic specifications for its next-generation Android tablets. It’s unclear at this time if the Iconia Tab duos were leaked on purpose or if it was published by accident, but the specs reveal some interesting tidbits. [...]
Google announced a big milestone at the Google Music unveiling, citing that it had activated over 200 million Android devices to date. The figure is a huge jump from about six months ago at Google I/O 2011 where Google announced that it had just activated 100 million devices. This doubles the number of Android devices [...]
Following a slip by Nokia France exec Paul Ansellem regarding a potential Windows 8 tablet from Nokia by June 2012 and a new flagship Windows Phone Lumia device, Nokia’s PR is neither confirming nor denying those leaks. In an email note to BGR, Nokia says, “We haven’t announced any plans anywhere in the world at [...]
After the German courts had sided with Apple to ban Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 from going on sale in the country, Samsung had went back to the drawing boards to produce the Galaxy Tab 10.1N with a slight hardware re-design that would hopefully be seen as not infringing on Apple’s designs. While identical to the [...]
Nokia France is spilling the beans on Nokia’s tablet ambition. While the company has admitted that Microsoft’s forthcoming touch-enabled desktop operating system offers potential, the smartphone-maker has only stated that it is examining the tablet market closely. Now, it seems that the head of Nokia France has let it slip that Nokia is eyeing a [...]
While smartphones have already begun to replace stand-alone digital cameras for many people, the idea of carrying around a 7- to 10-inch tablet as your personal shooter is still an idea that would result you in odd glances. That, however, isn’t stopping Asus, maker of the Eee Pad Transformer and its successor the Transformer Prime, [...]
It looks like the stylus and Kickstarter are an interesting match. We’ve seen the Cosmonaut launched on Kickstarter before. And now there’s a new stylus seeking funding called the Estylo 1.1. What’s different here is that the Estylo 1.1 is made of wood. Made by Plai, the wooden stylus works with capacitive touch screens. There [...]
We’re seeing (and reporting) that Amazon is loading up the Kindle Fire with Apps prior to its launch next week. Facebook, Netflix, Hulu+, ESPN, and I’m sure there will be more. Certainly Amazon is looking to add value and hopes its customers feel the same way. I mean how long have we been saying that [...]
The e-reader and tablet market will be heating up with increased competition on the pricing front in 2012 with manufacturers dropping the prices of their offerings. There are a number of factors that may attribute to the marked decline in prices–not being able to sell many tablets and compete against Apple’s iPad with iPad-like pricing [...]
Interesting. In a press release timed to pump up the volume a bit about the Kindle Fire release next week, Amazon is listing a number of Apps that will appear on the device when it comes out of the box. In addition to some of the standards (Facebook, Pandora, Twitter, etc…) the Kindle Fire will [...]
Bloomberg reports that Samsung’s head of PC sales and marketing said in an interview that the company is targeting the second half of 2012 for a Windows 8 tablet launch, and it will probably be a mod of their current Series 7 slate.
In a briefing with media, HTC CEO Peter Chou says that the company is looking to eye the tablet market but wants to stand out from the crowded space. The company is also looking to enter the entry-level smartphone market as well, but says that its strategy would not endanger its premium brand image. For [...]
Following Lenovo‘s lead of trying to port the Android slate experience to corporate, government, and enterprise users, Panasonic is debuting two new Android slates that bring the company’s ‘Tough’ brand to what is traditionally viewed as a consumer mobile operating system. With the Panasonic Toughpad A1, which has a 10-inch display, and the B1, which [...]
T-Mobile USA tonight announces its latest tablet addition to its 4G HSPA+ portfolio in the form of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, which is an enhanced and updated version to the Galaxy Tab 7 that was offered on the nation’s fourth largest carrier last year. With the new Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, T-Mobile announces [...]
Merely a few weeks ago when Asus CEO Jonney Shih had flashed the next-generation Eee Pad Transformer Prime on stage at the AsiaD conference, he had hinted that the quad-core mobile tablet would launch in time for the holiday shopping season. Now, we’re hearing speculations that the Transformer Prime, which may be among the first [...]
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