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It’s a shame that the BlackBerry PlayBook didn’t launch with a calendar app of its own without the help of a RIM smartphone paired via Bridge, but it looks like a solid stand-in has become available until an official standalone app lands this summer. Tungle released their cloud-based calendar app over the weekend for the…
The BlackBerry PlayBook has had some time to simmer in North America, and now it’s ready for Europe. RIM’s first tablet will be available at a variety of UK retailers, like Carphone Warehouse, Best Buy, Phones 4U, Dixons, Currys, and PC World. Pricing will sit at £399 for the 16 GB model, £479 for the…
We know that Amazon will likely release some tablets soon and a new rumor suggests that these products will land before the end of the year with some strong hardware. We’re talking about the dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 and the upcoming Kal-El quad-core chip. According to a rumor over at BGR, one of the Amazon…
Some surprising news for ViewSonic G-Tablet users out there : Android 3.0(.1) Honeycomb is now available for your device. Even better, the ROM is pretty stable for such an early development, and already has the Android Market up and running. The ROM itself is actually a port of a Honeycomb ROM for the Notion Ink…
Staples has issued an internal memo detailing a recall of some 935 16 GB BlackBerry PlayBook tablets. There isn’t any info on what’s wrong specifically, but it does say that faulty units may not operate at all. To help the recall process, there’s a list of serial numbers of affected PlayBooks. The PlayBook is RIM’s…
When we think of Android devices and tablet sales, we think of Google and its manufacturing partners and the stake they have in the platform. But it’s easy to forget that components manufacturers are a big part of the picture, too. NVIDIA, for example, has provided its dual-core Tegra 2 processor for several smartphones and…
The rumors of Amazon making its own tablet are heating up, and we may have just received our first hint from CEO Jeff Bezos himself. The comment doesn’t reveal anything, actually, but at least Bezos didn’t say no. When asked about a tablet device in the companies’ future, Bezos simply said, “stay tuned.” It would…
We were lucky enough to get our hands on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Limited Edition from Google I/O and this second Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet won’t hit the market for nearly a month (June 8). I’ve used the WiFi version extensively for the last few days and felt it would be useful to give…
On top of the Wi-Fi-only version launching at Expansys, HTC has announced that their Flyer tablet has been released across Europe with 3G models to boot. Luckily, the stylus pen is included in the box, so you won’t have to pay through the nose to get it separately. Retailers in UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain,…
It’s Google I/O week, so you know we’re going to have some cool Android news. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with the TouchWiz UX will be landing as a WiFi-only version June 8. We’ll have to see when the carriers pick it up. It’s interesting that the company will be taking a direct-to-consumer approach with…