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After burying us with 8.9-inch, 10.1-inch, 5.3-inch, and 7.7-inch tablets, Samsung is going back to their 7-inch roots today. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 has been announced for a launch later next month, offering Android 3.2 Honeycomb, a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM, 7-inch 1024 x 600 touchscreen, with a 3 megapixel…
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We were there live yesterday when Amazon unveiled a new slate of Kindle e-readers and the 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet. Amazon was kind enough to throw the whole presentation on YouTube, so check it out for yourself before. IntoMobile fans will probably be most interested in the Kindle Fire, which is announced toward the latter…
Update: Here’s a statement from RIM! “RIM doesn’t typically comment on rumors, but any suggestion that the BlackBerry PlayBook is being discontinued is pure fiction. RIM remains highly committed to the tablet market.” John Vinh, an analyst at Collins Stewart, claims that Quanta isn’t just ramping down BlackBerry PlayBook production – they’re halting it altogether,…
While you’re reading this, P&T/EXPO COMM trade show is still taking place in Beijing, China. ZTE used the event to announce two new Android-powered tablets, while the third-one has been caught at the show floor, though still waits to get the official press release. The two officially announced devices, marked as V66 and V68, come…
They say good things happen to those who wait, right? Well, if you’ve been holding onto a Motorola Xoom since it first launched, patiently awaiting its 4G/LTE upgrade, you’ve either remained steadfast, Xoom in hand, or you ended up grabbing the LTE Galaxy Tab 10.1. Those of you with a Xoom still kicking around, your…
Charging $199 for a tablet is no easy accomplishment for any company, yet Amazon hit that golden price point today with the new Kindle Fire. But analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray predicts the company may be sacrificing money to get there. According to him, “Amazon is likely losing $50 per Kindle Fire.” For every…
U.S. Cellular has announced a trio of HTC devices to be launched next month. The Hero S, Wildfire S, and Flyer tablet will be sold for $199.99, $79.99, and $199.99 on contract after rebates, respectively. The Hero S runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, has a 4-inch 960 x 540 touchscreen, a 5 megapixel camera on the…
We have great news for you Asus Transformer users out there, an update to Android 3.2.1 seems to be available, bringing its software build number to 8.6..5.13. This update delivers some new bug fixes, updates to pre-installed applications, and enhanced Wi-Fi stability. Luckily, Asus was nice enough to post all the spec details on its Facebook page, which…
RIM is gearing up to show off the Android app player for their PlayBook tablet next month at BlackBerry DevCon, but that hardly means they’re adopting Android wholesale. In fact, at a Romanian developer event, RIM engineers explained just some of the Android features we won’t be seeing in QNX 2.0 for the PlayBook: live…
Those of you still mourning the death of webOS devices will probably want to turn away. Some slides have leaked showing HP’s plans for their second webOS tablet, dubbed the TouchPad Go. It has a smaller, 7-inch display with a 1024 x 768 resolution, and a dual-core 1.5 GHz processor. The TouchPad Go is graced with…