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Earl Android tablet is solar powered and battle-ready

, May 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

Most Android tablets are pretty much the same nowadays, traditionally. However, one company is looking to shake things up with an Android tablet that's meant for the outdoors person in all of us. The Earl, as it's called, is solar powered and comes with a thick robust outer shell to protect from the outdoor elements. Read The Full Story

7-inch tablets are the most popular Android tablets

, Apr 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

In an unsurprising report, it looks like 7-inch tablets are the most popular Android tablets. While some people prefer the bigger screen real estate of a 10-inch tablet, or the perfect screen balance of a 8.9-inch tablet, neither sized tablets have the affordability of a 7-inch tablet. According to Animoca, an app publisher for entertainment products for Android devices, the top tablets that use its services are 7-inch tablets. Read The Full Story

Nexus 10 now available in Japan Play Store

, Feb 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

While the Nexus 10 tablet from Google and Samsung has been available for a little while now to some buyers, it hasn't been available in Japan thus far. The smaller Nexus 7 also had a delayed launch in Japan, something frustrating to those who wanted Google's slate. That ends today, with customers in Japan now available to get the tablet from the Japan Play Store. Read The Full Story

O2 Secure Wireless announces first store and new Android devices

, Jun 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

O2 Secure Wireless, a company that currently works in the development of US wireless tower facilities and offers other broadband communication services, has announced that their first retail store in Palm Beach, FL is set to open July 9 offering a range of wireless services and products. The store will sell phone parts and offer performance repairs on the types of phones mostly commonly seen today. Read The Full Story

Google IO 2012: Jelly Bean, Nexus 7, Google Glasses and Nexus Q

, Jun 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google’s IO 2012 keynote has been and gone, and while the developer event as a whole isn’t over, you can certainly tell where the focus is by what made it onto the opening agenda. I’d already laid out my expectations for IO over at the Google Developers Blog, but there have been some surprises along the way too.

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ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 visits the FCC with AT&T bands

, May 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

ASUS may finally be bringing its Transformer line of tablets to US wireless networks if an FCC filing is any indication. The latest model of the lineup, the Transformer Pad TF300, is now at the FCC and is equipped to support wireless bands for AT&T's LTE network. Read The Full Story

Gaikai partners with WikiPad for “World’s First Gaming Tablet”

, May 3rd 2012 Discuss [2]

Gaikai, an OnLive competitor in the cloud gaming space, has announced that it is partnering with WikiPad to make the world's first gaming tablet. We've seen the WikiPad back at CES as a concept Android tablet designed to work with a hardware attachment for full ergonomic gaming controls on the go. It seemed like vaporware at the time, but now with a partnership with Gaikai, the gaming tablet may actually materialize. Read The Full Story

ASUS Transformer TF101 gets ICS update

, Apr 24th 2012 Discuss [10]

ASUS has released an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the original Eee Pad Transformer. The Taiwanese company announced the update today, posting the release notes to its blog. The update will bring the firmware version to 9.2.1.21 and will start rolling out to users today. Read The Full Story

Toshiba flaunts 13.3-inch AT330 prototype ICS tablet

, Mar 21st 2012 Discuss [13]

Toshiba has unveiled a new prototype tablet, the AT330, at Toshiba World 2012 in Germany and it's a huge 13.3-inch slate sporting the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Beyond the massive screen size, the AT330 also features a Tegra 3 quad-core processor and a TV tuner that includes a pull-out antennae. The folks at Techfokus spent some hands-on time with the tablet, the video of which is posted below. Read The Full Story

Toshiba Excite tablet to launch March 6 for $530

, Feb 29th 2012 Discuss [7]

Toshiba has announced that its Excite 10 LE tablet, formerly called the Excite X10, will be arriving in stores March 6, coincidentally just one day ahead of the iPad 3 event. Perhaps due to the extreme bulkiness of the Toshiba Thrive, the company has taken a 180 with the Excite 10 LE, designing it to be the world's thinnest and lightest tablet. Toshiba had originally said the tablet would launch sometime in February, but perhaps waited for more iPad 3 speculation to be confirmed. Read The Full Story

Sony Tablet P heading to AT&T with 4G on March 4

, Feb 28th 2012 Discuss [1]

Sony has announced the arrival date for its unusual dual-screen Tablet P, a small Android tablet with a clamshell form factor first unveiled in the fall of last year. We played around with the tablet back in August and have known that it would be heading to AT&T with 4G HSPA+ connectivity, but have heard little about the tablet since except for its UK launch. And now, Sony's finally ready to bring it over to the states, starting March 4. Read The Full Story

Viewsonic ViewPad G70 7-inch Android 4.0 tablet to debut at MWC 2012

, Feb 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

ViewSonic reportedly has a new 7-inch Android tablet lined up for debut at next week's Mobile World Congress and it's called the ViewPad G70. Sources familiar with the company's plans spilled the beans to Pocket-lint, dishing out most all the specs. Read The Full Story
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