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It looks like ASUS is working on another 7-inch tablet, the one that will use the Intel ATOM CPU rather than ARM-based one. Model number ME371MG has been caught at Picasa and we’re really not sure what to make of it. Is it another Nexus tablet? Or one of ASUS’ MemoPad or Transformer devices? I…
Good news for the Asus Transformer Prime owners as the company has started rolling out a small bug-fixing update to address several annoying issues users had with their beloved tablet. The update version 10.4.2.18 fixes several things, including: Issue with Spanish (US) and Dutch (Holland) characters that prevented typing of some characters correctly. Issue that…
According to perennial industry favorite Digitimes, unit sales of the Google Nexus 7 tablet will top 1 million in December, indicating continued growth for Google’s budget 7″ slate. Previous reports of Nexus 7 sales pegged between 500,000 and 900,000 units per month, with November being the best-selling month to date for Google’s tablet. Google introduced…
If you’re in a lucky group of people who managed to get the hot-new Asus PadFone 2, you’ll be glad to learn that the Taiwanese company has started rolling out Android 4.1 update for your phone-tablet combo. In fact, the chances are you may’ve already got your serving of Jelly Beans, but if that hasn’t…
News Corp’s London Times has thought of a creative way to offer new customers a deal on membership to its paper. The Times is dangling a 32GB Nexus 7 tablet for just £50 when you sign up to a £4 per week subscription to its tablet edition. If you do some quick math that would…
Bloomberg is reporting troubling times for Windows tablets this holiday season. According to one industry analyst, early demand for Microsoft Surface, the company’s self-built Windows RT tablet, has been disappointing, leading Microsoft to allegedly reduce the number of Surface RT units ordered from its distributors. The same can be said of alternative Windows-based tablets, with the…
Looks like Nexus 7 docking station will finally be released in the next few days (or weeks). Such an accessory got a spot at ASUS’ Japanese website, showing the 7-inch tablet comfortably sitting in the landscape position. We also see a USB port as well as a 3.5mm audio output, allowing you to connect your…
Three UK is now selling the 3G/HSPA-enabled version of the Nexus 7, offering it for 49 GBP on a two-year contract with 19.99 GBP/month plan. That cash gets you the 32GB model along with 5GB of data every month which should be enough even for most-demanding users. Plus, you still get to benefit from all…
When Asus announced the Padfone 2, we only got to see the black version of the device. They did promise us the white model but up until this point we had no clue how it will look like. Now we got the first images of the white phone-tablet combo and we like it… a lot.…
Asus did say that its brand new PadFone 2 will be launched in Europe by the end of the year, and one of the first countries to get it is Germany. The tablet-smartphone combo will be released in the country on December 1st, with users being able to choose between 32 and 64 GB versions.…