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We’ve been expecting some sort of pricing for the T-Mobile G-Slate (Optimus Pad outside of the US), but MobileCityOnline has just posted the 3D-toting Honeycomb tablet with a $699 price tag. What’s more promising about the price of the G-Slate is that it looks like there have yet to be any subsidies applied to that $699…
Speaking to a group of financial analysts at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha stated that Motorola Xoom sales are “off to a good start.” The Motorola chief would not divulge exact sales numbers, but seemed pleased with the tablet’s performance thus far. The 10.1-inch tablet recently debuted on…
One hot tablet we’re all waiting for is the HP TouchPad. With a new iPad on the horizon, and a flood of Android tablets on the way, the TouchPad with webOS is a nice breath of fresh air. The OS itself is very elegant, the design looks sexy and the hardware and internals boast the…
Motorola doesn’t seem satisfied with its hot new 10-inch Xoom Android tablet, or its Atrix 4G – a smartphone that allows users to dock it to a laptop-style device with its Webtop app. The manufacturer is now working on a more portable 7-inch tablet and plenty more smartphones that will connect with its laptop dock.…
If you’re the new owner of a Motorola Xoom, and you want to get your hack on, we suggest you wait it out for a while. According to Motorola’s support forums, if you choose to root (hack) your Xoom, it will no longer be eligible for the free 4G LTE upgrade it has coming to…
Xda-developer member coolbho3000 was able to overclock both cores of the Motorola Xoom to a blazing fast 1.5 GHz. The stock Motorola Xoom ships with a dual-core Tegra 2 processor that is clocked at 1 GHz. This limit was imposed to protect the device and ensure it runs smoothly and safely. As with anything, if…
Over the weekend, a completely fed up app developer poured out his frustrations over trying to make something for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The roadblocks ranged from an excessive demand for documentation (like getting a notarized letter confirm credentials), an unreliable tool installation process, and excessive costs. At some points I felt like he was kind…
Rumors are coming fast and furious that suggest the BlackBerry PlayBook will be able to run Android applications. Last week, we read a report from ShopSavvy that claims someone was using their Android application on a BlackBerry Curve 8520, a Curve 8300, and a mystery 8600 device. While not conclusive evidence that RIM is building…
Sounds like a joke, right? Well, the Android tablet benchmark wars have begun and this first round is between the Android 2.2 powered ViewSonic G-Tablet and the new Motorola Xoom Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet. Both tablets share the same NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, so does software version really make the difference? Read on to find…
While Apple’s tablet is going to face some stiff competition in 2011, a new report from ABI shows that the iPad remained the king of this market in the third quarter of 2010 by capturing 93% of the field. The report said that there were 4.5 million units sold from the period that ABI monitored…