The Motorola XOOM has been in the news for some time now. First for the supposedly Honeycomb plus NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core CPU combination that already is being touted would make the XOOM a killer of a tablet. Then a series of leaks quoting insanely high price of the tablet again made the XOOM headline property. However, while Motorola is yet to come out clean with its pricing … [Read more...] about Wi-Fi only XOOM in the making for a European release
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LG Optimus Pad launched
Its LG's turn now to hog the limelight with the Optimus Pad, after their domestic competitor Samsung has announced the Galaxy Tab 2. The long wait has come to an end, as we finally get to have the official details of what can be termed as the world's first 3D capable tablet PC at the ongoing Mobile World Congress. Also, with this, the Optimus Pad becomes the second tablet to … [Read more...] about LG Optimus Pad launched
Motorola XOOM Pre-order from Thursday and for $1200
A Best Buy page has emerged almost out of nowhere and it has some good and bad news. Then there is lot's of confusion as well. To begin with the not so good part of the story, the Motorola XOOM will cost a whooping $1200. That's the cost of a single unit of the first Honeycomb tablet and not a discounted price for picking up more than one unit of the tablet. This when many … [Read more...] about Motorola XOOM Pre-order from Thursday and for $1200
Notion Ink Adam available again
Notion Ink has started accepting orders again for the Adam tablet PCs though its an 'invitation only' affair this time. The company has been sending out e-mail to a select group of individuals inviting them to place orders for the six versions of the Adam - three each of the LCD and the LCD + Pixel Qi version. A good thing here is that prices remain unchanged in that the lowest … [Read more...] about Notion Ink Adam available again
Android 2.4 ‘Gingerbread’ coming soon
If you though its Android 2.3 Gingerbread was the last of the series (at least for the time being) and that its Android 3.0 Gingerbread that the tablet world would hop onto thereafter, well, there seems there is a new twist in the tale. For if Viewsonic's recent revelation to Pocket Lint is to be believed, there is something after Gingerbread. It will be Android 2.4 though the … [Read more...] about Android 2.4 ‘Gingerbread’ coming soon
HTC to launch a new 7 inch tablet in March
While we have been always thinking the 'quietly brilliant' HTC has been working on the Flyer tablet running the Android Honeycomb, what came as a surprise is a recent revelation that the Taiwan based manufacturer of smartphones has also been quietly working on a 7 inch tablet device as well. Still more surprise, the yet to be named tablet will be running Android 2.3 … [Read more...] about HTC to launch a new 7 inch tablet in March
Verizon Motorola XOOM news
Meanwhile, there has emerged some more hard core evidence that seems to point out the earlier rumors of the XOOM's Feb 24 launch date to be true after all. And the latest to testify the earlier rumor is this Best Buy ad which incidentally also lends some weight to another rumor - the price of the XOOM Android tablet. An earlier Verizon leak had pointed out the price to be … [Read more...] about Verizon Motorola XOOM news
LG G-Slate rebranded Optimus Pad for Europeon launch
LG has lived up to the unwritten tablet naming convention followed by the majority of manufacturers world wide - that of having either a 'tab' or a 'pad' suffixed to the tablet names. In case of LG, the latter has found favor and what we have known as the G-Slate will now be known as the Optimus Pad. With this, LG has also confirmed the Mobile World Congress (slated to be held … [Read more...] about LG G-Slate rebranded Optimus Pad for Europeon launch
Android Tablet Encryption as a feature of Honeycomb
Research In Motion recently unveiled some of their business features for the Blackberry Playbook and encryption was a huge facet. One of the great strengths of RIM approach to the market in smartphones was tremendous encryption and secure email. Not skipping a beat they are making the Playbook the tablet of choice for companies looking towards an easily managed IT device. … [Read more...] about Android Tablet Encryption as a feature of Honeycomb
LG G-Slate unveiled
The last we have heard of the G-Slate, LG's answer to the likes of the Galaxy Tab was during the CES. In between, a few leaks, rumors and a couple of videos did manage to keep the Honeycomb tablet in news but concrete details of the tablet was grossly missing while its the XOOM from Motorola that seemed to be enjoying all the Honeycomb honey all alone. But not any more as here … [Read more...] about LG G-Slate unveiled