Sony today started shipping the Tablet S to stores in North America. The 9.4-inch inaugural Android tablet carries a unique ‘folded’ design and extra tricks like built-in infrared control of home theaters and real SD card file transfers. It ships for $500 in 16GB Wi-Fi trim and $600 for 32GB. Day and date with the […]
Sep 16 2011 | Posted in
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Archos committed itself to the US launch of its first truly native Android tablets on Thursday with release details for the 80 G9 and 101 G9. The unique eight-inch 80 G9 will be the first and ship September 20 for $299 with Android 3.2, making it one of the least expensive Android 3 tablets in […]
Sep 16 2011 | Posted in
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ASUS at the Pepcom Holiday Spectacular event Wednesday night in NYC committed to American launch details for the Eee Pad Slider. Its unique, tilt-sliding tablet will reach the US by the end of September and cost about $475 for a 16GB Wi-Fi version and $575 for 32GB. US models will ship with Android 3.2 already installed. […]
Sep 15 2011 | Posted in
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Sharp on Thursday checked its ambitions in the tablet arena with word that it was dropping its original two Galapagos tablets. Both the 5.5-inch and 10.8-inch models will exit the market at the end of September, about 10 months after they went on sale. Only the seven-inch A01SH launched last month will stay on sale. […]
Sep 15 2011 | Posted in
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Samsung’s Windows 8 reference tablet for the Build conference this afternoon was downplayed after Chinese visitor Michelle Hu posted a premature unboxing on Weibo. The design is a special edition of the Slate PC Series 7 that ships with the Developer Preview version of Windows 8 on top. An Intel sticker confirms that it’s still […]
NEC announced an addition to its LaVie line of portable computers, a new tablet today dubbed the LaVie Touch. The Touch features a 10.1-inch IPS LCD panel with 1280×800 resolution and runs Windows 7 Home Premium. It will be bundled with wireless keyboard and mouse, and a DVD dock that also serves as a stand. […]
Sep 12 2011 | Posted in
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AT&T has made September 18 one of its busier days as it revealed Sunday that it plans to roll out its long-promised version of the Acer Iconia Tab A501 on that date. Its version is largely stock apart from the HSPA+ 3G and will ship with Android 3.0, not the 3.1 most Iconia Tabs have […]
Sep 12 2011 | Posted in
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The Sony Tablet S 16GB Wi-Fi model has gone on sale on the Home Shopping Network (HSN). At $599, it is priced a full $100 more than on Sony’s web store ($499). However, it is still only listed as available for pre-order with Sony, but has been confirmed as now shipping through HSN along with […]
Sep 11 2011 | Posted in
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Two Canadian carriers on Thursday announced the arrival of the mobile broadband version of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablet. Both Rogers and Telus offer the device. On either network, the tablet can reach a maximum theoretical download speed of up to 21Mbps over HSPA+ 3G (branded as 4G). Rogers offers subsidies on the device […]
Sep 8 2011 | Posted in
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Symantec today rolled out its first Norton security software product specifically for tablets, an offering designed to protect Android tablets from phishing attacks, malware, and physical theft. This is part of Norton Everywhere initiative which aims to put a Norton Security product on every connected device. Priced at $39.99, Norton Tablet Security will provide tablets […]
Sep 7 2011 | Posted in
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