ASUS says it already has a sequel to its popular Eee Pad Transformer tablet in the works. ASUS chairman Jonney Shih says that the company is working on a Transformer 2 that is ‘impressive.’ However, Shih would not be drawn into revealing any details about the device or its launch date. ASUS claims that the […]
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Samsung on Tuesday vowed that it would still sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia in spite of an Apple sales restriction in Australia. In a statement, Samsung claimed that the model of the Android tablet excluded from the country was one it had “no plans of selling.” Without saying what differences there were, at […]
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HP’s developer relations head Richard Kerris twetted Monday that the over-the-air update for the TouchPad was arriving Monday. The first customers would get it “this morning.” Testers had been working “late nights,” Kerris added. The patch is arriving slightly later than the promised end of July target. What exact fixes are coming aren’t known, though […]
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Sprint has just introduced a protection plan for the portable devices it sells such as netbooks, notebooks and tablets. The Assurant Advanced Protection Pack will repair or replace a customer’s device if it’s damaged, lost or stolen. It costs $13 per month but carries a $100 deductible in the case of lost, stolen, or accidentally […]
Motorola’s long-delayed 4G upgrade for the Xoom may not ship until the very end of the summer. Tips on Tuesday had Motorola and Verizon letting owners know about the upgrade but tell them that it wouldn’t be available until September. The Droid-Life source had yet to get details like turnaround times. The upgrade when it […]
Jul 27 2011 | Posted in
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MSI is readying its very low-cost Enjoy 10 Android 2.3 tablet for the US with an appearance in an FCC filing on Friday. Only labeled as MS-N0Y1 in the manual, the device has a 10-inch screen with a lower 480×800 resolution and a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 for a processor. The slate would have 512MB of […]
Jul 25 2011 | Posted in
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Lenovo has a Windows based tablet as part of its introductions early Wednesday with a lone Intel model. The 10-inch IdeaPad P1 will be one of the last Windows 7 tablets and support both finger-touch and an optional pen. It carries an unnamed 1.5GHz Intel chip (likely an Atom Z670) and will be slightly bulkier […]
Jul 20 2011 | Posted in
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The third of five promised teaser videos of the upcoming S1 and S2 tablets has been released by Sony on YouTube. Like the previous ones, the story revolves around a room full of toys or gadgets. The previous, second video aired two weeks ago, so by the time the fifth one airs in mid-August, if […]
Jul 20 2011 | Posted in
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RIM started off Tuesday morning with an update to the BlackBerry PlayBook. The 1.0.7 update brings deeper support with the recently updated Bridge app on phones and can now take in ZIP files from e-mail. While paired up, the tablet can extract the files to work on them with the PlayBook’s larger screen. More control […]
Jul 19 2011 | Posted in
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Amazon has launched its Kindle app for HP’s TouchPad tablet. Although the title was already listed on the webOS tablets using a placeholder, users can now go to the App Manager and download an update to obtain the actual app. Users can take advantage of the same basic functionality that is available in the Kindle […]
Jul 19 2011 | Posted in
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