HP’s Slate 500 has shown up in a listing at Canadian retailer Future Shop. The 8.9-inch, Windows 7-based tablet costs $800 Canadian, the same as it does in US currency. Its version is similarly equipped with the 1.86GHz Atom Z540, 2GB of RAM, 64GB SSD, and dual cameras. The tablet isn’t currently available in stores, […]
Barnes & Noble on Friday put out a version of the free Nook for Android app optimized for Android tablets. The new version takes advantage of the larger screen both for reading as well as browsing the book library and store. Unusually, the app isn’t just optimized for Android 3.x slates like the Motorola Xoom […]
Today a few owners have told ToT they are getting the Android 3.1 upgrade earlier than Google said they would. The build is virtually identical to the one reaching 3G Xooms on Verizon and brings movie rentals, USB peripheral support, resizable widgets and a deeper multitasking interface. Early adopters have also found it noticeably faster. […]
Navigon has updated its navigation app for Android devices, making it now compatible with Android 3.0 tablets. The title now takes advantage of the larger screen and is one of the first to offer real turn-by-turn directions with the new OS. The MobileNavigator app has new features that include live weather information and a new […]
Samsung gave those coming to the Google I/O conference a treat with word from early adopters of a white version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. The design is the same 8.6mm slim version shown in March. An XDA owner and others have said the Android 3.0 slate is coming with the hinted 21Mbps HSPA+ 3G […]
T-Mobile has signaled plans for another tablet in its mix with registrations for a name in less than a week. Both a USPTO trademark for “SnapPad” and several domain name registrations, such as SnapPad.biz and multiple variants such as T-MobileSnapPad.com and .net. The trademark only indicates that it’s for “tablet computers.” Having already released the […]
ASUS partly confirmed rumors of Eee Pad Transformer shortages on Friday through a statement from spokesman David Chang. He didn’t acknowledge talk of just 10,000 of the Android 3.0 tablets shipping in April but anticipated that it would take at least a month to get back on track, with 100,000 in May and 200,000 in […]
Google started bringing some of its own non-stock apps up to speed for Android 3.0 tablets on Thursday with a new version of free Google Earth app. The new version both makes full use of the bigger canvas and brings textured 3D buildings as well as pop-overs for on-map content. The tablet UI provides quicker […]
Acer’s 7-inch Iconia A100 and A101 Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) tablets are set to arrive May 14. The devices, which are already up for pre-order in the UK, come with either a 3G + Wi-Fi (A101) or Wi-Fi-only (A100) configurations. Both devices run the Tegra 250 dual-core Cortex A9 processor clocked at 1GHz matched with 512MB […]
ViewSonic has released to the owners of its unusual ViewPad 10 dual-boot tablet an upgrade to Android 2.2. The hybrid is leaping from the aging 1.6 and now gets access to a much more recent web browser, voice search, and many apps that were previously off-limits. No mention was made of official Flash 10.2 support, […]
Copyright © 2008 - 2025 · StreetCorner Media , LLC· All Rights Reserved ·