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One of the two upcoming Android Honeycomb tablets from Sony, the S1, has passed through the FCC. The 9.4 inch tablet looks to have all the bells and whistles we’ve come to expect from it, but this time around it’s toting AT&T bands and HSPA+ support. While having AT&T support within one of the models…
On top of updating the PlayBook’s OS today, RIM has thrown in a few new features into the Facebook app. The biggest addition is the ability to upload videos taken on the PlayBook’s front-facing 3 megapixel camera or rear 5 megapixel camera. Search is now accessible from the title bar, and lets you filter results…
The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet received a sizeable operating system upgrade this morning. OS 1.0.5 covered a smattering of user-facing improvements, such as providing in-app payments in App World, enabling developers to earn a little bit more through incremental purchases in existing apps. Tapping the battery icon now lets you adjust screen brightness, and power down,…
HTC has released a small update for its Android tablet – Flyer. Don’t expect the latest Honeycomb features, only under the hood changes that will “improve system performance.” Once installed, the 25MB update will bring Flyer’s software version to 2.00.405.3. However, users aren’t seeing any notable changes, or so we heard. So what should you…
The WiFi-only Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will go on sale at noon on June 8 at the Best Buy’s Union Square store in New York City. The first 200 people to purchase the tablet will get a free leather case, valued at $29.99. Moreover, if you happen to be among the first 50 to commit…
We had some time to get our hands on the Toshiba Thrive Android 3.1 tablet and this thing has a few unique hardware and software features which should make it stand out from the crowd. The company said it sees this space as an evolution in computing but that doesn’t mean that people are ready…
Look who’s preparing to enter the tablet market? It’s Chinese Huawei, which will reportedly unveil a new product to the media on June 20th, before showing it to the rest of the world at the CommunicAsia 2011 show. Details are super-scarce at the moment with the Chinese company only referring to it as the “next-generation…
Good news for all of you who grabbed the Asus Eee Pad Transformer in Europe. The Taiwanese company is rolling out Android 3.1 updates across the continent as we speak. You know what that means right? Let me refresh your memory – this latest updated to the Honeycomb platform, introduced during Google’s annual I/O conference,…
One of Sprint’s market directors has accidentally let slip in a personal blog that they’ll be selling the 16 GB Wi-Fi only BlackBerry PlayBook tablet starting this Sunday. That’s not a huge deal since it’s already been out for awhile, and most folks are interested in when they’ll be launching the 4G WiMAX model, but…
Toshiba has just taken the wraps off of its Android Honeycomb tablet, the Thrive. There will be three versions of the tablet when it debuts in July, starting at $429. We first saw this tablet back at CES earlier this year and we walked away very impressed. Featuring pretty much any spec you’d expect for…