Category archives for: Tablets

ASUS States Prices and Dates for Eee Pad Transformer and Eee Slate in the UK

ASUS has revealed prices and ship dates for its 10.1-inch Eee Pad Transformer netbook/tablet and the 12.1-inch Eee Slate EP121 for the UK. The Transformer is now available for pre-order and ships on April 6. It will cost £379 ($607) for the 16GB version and £429 ($688) for the 32GB version, with both prices including […]

Lenovo Already has a Slimmer LePad in the Works

Lenovo’s chief Yang Yuanqing in a presentation at the Chinese IT Leadership Summit revealed that the company already has a sequel to the LePad in development. He claimed that the new Android tablet had been developed almost side-by-side with the original in a distinct group and was due to ship in September or October, as […]

Nook Color May Be 3 Million Units Strong – Is it Really a Tablet?

Barnes & Noble may have had strong enough sales of the Nook Color to make itself table player, suppliers argued on Monday to the Digitmes. The company has reportedly shipped three million since it launched the fall, one million of which shipped in the last few weeks of the year. Demand was reportedly such that […]

ASUS Launches Eee Pad Transformer – Android 3.0 Tablet

ASUS on Friday began shipping the Eee Pad Transformer as its first true entry into the mobile tablet space. The Android 3.0 tablet earns its name through a keyboard dock that gives it a more notebook-like design. It works as a true clamshell design and also extends the battery life from 9.5 hours for the […]

RIM Confirms BlackBerry PlayBook Will Run Android Apps

RIM along with its latest results confirmed that it would support Android apps on the BlackBerry PlayBook. The seven-inch tablet will have a Java engine that not only supports legacy BlackBerry Java apps but those running Android 2.3. The apps will need “players” to work but just need to be repackaged to be downloadable through […]

Blackberry PlayBook to Ship on April 19th

The Blackberry PlayBook tablet is now officially available on pre-order, starting from $500. Three W-Fi-only models are currently up from pre-order on the Best Buy Canadian website. The Blackberry PlayBook 16GB is going for $500 in Wi-Fi form, the 32GB for $600, and the 64GB for $700. The US Best Buy site is currently only […]

ASUS Eee Slate Will Hit the Streets in the UK on April 10

The ASUS Eee Slate demo’d at CES has now received a ship date for the UK thanks per a listing on Amazon. The 12.1-inch tablet PC will cost the equivalent of $1,627 (£1,000) and has a 1.86GHz Core i5 CPU and 4GB of RAM. There is also a 64GB solid state drive onboard. Also accounted […]

Wi-Fi Only Xoom Coming to the US on March 27 for $599

Motorola on Wednesday confirmed plans to launch the Xoom in a Wi-Fi version for the US. TThe non-3G tablet will ship to the US through Amazon, Best Buy, Costco, Radio Shack, some Sam’s Club stores, Staples and Walmart on March 27. Corporate buyers will also get access through Brightpoint and Synnex, as well. Pricing will […]

iPad Controlled 83% of the Tablet Market in 2010, Per IDC

IDC found the iPad had 83 percent of the tablet market in 2010. Apple’s share was down to 73 percent in the fall due to the Galaxy Tab carving out 17 percent during its initial run. IDC believed that Samsung may have sabotaged gaining larger market share due to a “lack of competitive pricing.” Samsung […]

7digital Will Priovide Music for the PlayBook

RIM late Tuesday scored a deal to give the BlackBerry PlayBook a preloaded music store. 7digital’s store will be preloaded on the tablet and give access to about 13 million pay-per-track songs. The store is the most popular on BlackBerry phones and is one of the few to have an international scope, having grown beyond […]

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