The last time we heard about the ASUS Eee Pad Memo 171 was at CES 2012, with it being shown off along with the MeMo 370T (now rumored to be the Nexus tablet). Things have been quiet since then, but it turns out that if you’re living in Taiwan, you can buy one right now. Netbooknews managed to get their hands on the 7-inch tablet and took it for a spin, giving a video demo of the device as well as running the customary benchmarks.
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ASUS Eee Pad MeMo 171 on sale in Taiwan, gets benchmarked
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 LTE Review
The size range of Android-based devices Samsung has made over the past year is far and away the largest any manufacturer has yet achieved, and if you’re unable to find the screen size you desire at the moment, you likely have only to wait another week or month and poof! It will appear. That said, it appears that the Galaxy Tab 7.7 has appeared here in the USA in an LTE edition made specifically for Verizon, and having taken a glance at every single other display size in the lineup I can comfortably say the following: this is one of the best.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus N revealed and detailed
The Samsung tablet wave continues with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus N and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus N Wi-fi, both of them complete with a dual-core processor and Android 3.2 Honeycomb aboard. These devices will be running Samsung's custom TouchWiz UX user interface over the tablet-centric Android 3.2 and will come in 3G and Wi-fi-only versions. The 3G version comes complete with support for quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE as well as dualband UMTS/HSDPA+ up to 21 Mps/HSUPA - speedy!
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ZTE Optik offers 7-inches of Android for under $100
$99 for an Android tablet with 3G? The ZTE Optik demands a few compromises - and a two-year agreement - but the price is right: for your money you get 3G, a 7-inch 1280 x 800 multitouch display, Android 3.2 Honeycomb and full access to the Android Market. Inside is a 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, paired with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of storage.
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ZTE mystery tablet V66 revealed via FCC
The FCC has revealed a bit on ZTE's upcoming strategy in the mobile department, notably with a 7-inch tablet that looks to be running Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Android is certainly running on this device tentatively titled ZTE V66, and it's definitely got Bluetooth, and not one whole heck of a lot else has been dropped in this newest leak but the image. What we've heard in the past, on the other hand, is that this device is coming to the market with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor (likely Texas Instruments OMAP in kind) and a 7-inch 1200x800 pixel resolution display.
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Android 4.0 for Tablets shouldn’t be judged until it’s released
Last week it was announced that the Transformer Prime would be the first certified tablet to run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, then today the XOOM ICS update began rolling out, but there’s one judgement article out there produced by a high-ranking set of names which has passed judgement on it for those who would take their for granted that they know all about it from their 2 minutes of playtime. What they say, as it were, is that they know a guy with a Motorola tablet who has Ice Cream Sandwich on it and told them that it wasn’t very good. They then say they were at CES and spoke with a less than knowledgeable presenter who didn’t know ICS from Honeycomb.
LG Optimus Pad LTE revealed
LG has officially launched the Optimus Pad LTE, a 4G-capable 8.9-inch Android tablet running Honeycomb on a dual-core processor. Fronted by a 1280 x 768 IPS HD display, the Optimus Pad LTE packs Qualcomm's 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon paired with up to 32GB of storage and a 6,800 mAh battery, all in a slate just 9.34mm thick.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0N Plus revealed
There's a brand new Galaxy Tab in town, this one created in Germany with a new form factor that does a bit of sidestepping like the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N did late last year. Regardless of this, it does have the long awaited (by me) forward-facing speaker upgrade, this being the biggest change between it and its 7.0 non-N edition. Inside you'll be getting Android 3.2 Honeycomb right out of the box with Ice Cream Sandwich update in the pipeline.
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Toshiba Excite X10 Hands-on
Toshiba announced yesterday that the super-skinny AT200 tablet would be headed to the US mid-Q1 as the Excite X10, and we wasted no time in grabbing some more play with the 0.3-inch slate. First shown at IFA 2011 a few months back, the Excite X10 is just as appealing today: crisp edges, lashings of brushed aluminum and a great 10.1-inch 1280 x 800 IPS display add up to a tablet that feels as good in the hand as the on-screen graphics look.
Acer Iconia Tab A200 hits January 15 for $330
Acer has officially launched the Iconia Tab A200 in the US, the company's latest Android slate, set to hit shelves on January 15 from $329.99. Announced in Asia last month, the Acer Iconia Tab A200 runs Android 3.2 Honeycomb on a 1GHz Tegra 2 chipset, paired with 8GB or 16GB of storage and a 10-inch 1280 x 800 display. Early adopters are promised an Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade in February.
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iPad hits 3bn app downloads while Android tabs lag at 440m
Apple iPad owners have downloaded over three billion applications since the iOS tablet's launch back in 2010, according to new software stats, far outperforming the download count of Android slates. The figures, collated by ABI Research, suggest 19-percent of all app downloads by Apple users are made by iPad and iPad 2 owners, whereas Android tablet users have downloaded 440m apps to-date.
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AT&T Pantech Element LTE slate leaks: $300 on January 8
AT&T is readying a new Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet for launch on January 8, the Pantech Element, according to new leaks, with a somewhat unusual 8-inch touchscreen. The 1.5GHz dual-core slate will include 4G LTE, according to BGR's source, as well as being splashproof to IP57 rating, as long as you've remembered to close all the port doors first.
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