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Apr

3

2012

Samsung Delays Upcoming Galaxy Tab 2 Launch Until The End Of April

by Roy Alugbue
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  We were eagerly awaiting Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Tab 2 to hit UK stores by the end of March, but never saw them– so what gives? Well, the new additions to the Galaxy Tab family in the UK will be delayed and won’t ship until the end of April at the earliest. That means those of you [...]

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Apr

2

2012

ESER A10 Tablet Takes Budget Title To Another Level, Costs Only $51

by Roy Alugbue
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Times are certainly tough and we love our budget-friendly devices, but here’s a tablet that’s sure to raise an eyebrow or two. And no— this isn’t an April Fool’s joke either. The ESER A10 tablet is a 7-incher which features seriously outdated modest specs. You’ll find a 800 x 480 “resistive” touchscreen, 1.2GHz BoxChip CPU, [...]

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Apr

2

2012

ClockworkMod Touch Recovery Now Available for the Transformer and Transformer Prime

by Stacy Bruce
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For those of you ASUS Transformer and Transformer Prime owners who enjoy a little custom recovery action every now and then you’ll be pleased to know the CM touch version is now available to you. Over the weekend Sir Koushik Dutta released the touch recovery for the two tablets, adding to the ever growing list [...]

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Apr

1

2012

Toshiba Introduces the ‘Shapes’ Line of Tablets [Video]

by Stacy Bruce
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Hot on the heels of the Excite 10 LE, Toshiba has a new line of tablets that are about to change the mobile tech game entirely. Meet the “Shapes” line of tablets. Toshiba’s attempt to create “a new and exclusive line of tablets designed to match your personality and style”. Don’t let technology threaten your individuality! [...]

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Mar

30

2012

The iPad vs Android tablets: The real reason why Android is losing

by Robert Nazarian
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When it comes to smartphones, Android competes very well with the iPhone. In fact, I think it’s a much better experience, but when it comes to tablets, I hate to admit it, Android is losing. The problem has never been the hardware, it’s the availability of quality apps. Automatically the assumption is that fragmentation is [...]

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Mar

29

2012

Wall Street Journal: Google Plans an Online Site For Direct Sales Of Google Branded Tablets

by Spencer McClendon
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It appears that Google wants to get back into the direct sales department. They reported plan is an online store for Google branded tablets. If you remember, Google tried to sell to the masses with the Nexus One. It had lackluster sales and wasn’t embraced by many. According the WSJ, “people close to the matter” [...]

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Mar

29

2012

ASUS Transformer Prime Update Rolling Out Now Sans Face Unlock

by Stacy Bruce
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I have some news for you Transformer Prime owners who are eagerly awaiting that “awesome” update ASUS Italy was talking about earlier. We got to see some interesting details about the update yesterday and today the update is actually rolling out. The bad news about the update is that this appears to be missing the [...]

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Mar

29

2012

Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) Passes Through FCC

by Ed Caggiani
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The FCC has just approved the Samsung Galaxy 2 (10.1), bringing it closer to release. This model is the version that supports HSPA+ on bands II and V, meaning it’s compatible with AT&T, though no official U.S. release has been announced yet. The FCC also tested and approved the Galaxy Tab 2′s Wi-Fi and Bluetooth [...]

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Mar

29

2012

NVIDIA CEO Hints at $199 Tegra 3 Android Tablet By Summer

by Ed Caggiani
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In an interview with the New York Times, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is quoted as saying, “We took out $150 in build materials, things like expensive memory. At $199, you can just about buy a tablet at a 7-Eleven.” The discussion centered around the possibility of a quad-core Tegra 3-powered tablet at the magic $199 price [...]

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