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The only mention-worthy Android Honeycomb tablet that’s headed to the US and is not the Motorola Xoom has got to be the upcoming T-Mobile LG G-Slate. Made by LG, the G-Slate will be the first 4G Honeycomb tablet to become available, and Magenta just put up an information page up for the device, in case…
We all know that HP will be showing off the much-rumored PalmPad at a press event Feb. 9 but some more evidence suggests we may be seeing a lot more of webOS than just phones and tablets. Some leaked training material suggests we may also be getting a webOS netbook in the not-too-distant future. During…
In one of RIM’s recent videos demoing their upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, product manager Ryan Bidan asserted that even without a smartphone to Bridge it to (thus enabling standard PIM stuff like e-mail, contacts, memopad, and calendar), the PlayBook is still a great tablet for multimedia, apps, and web browsing. That’s part true – the…
The Dell Streak 7 was announced nearly two weeks ago while we were at CES, and we caught a brief and distant look at the device during T-Mobile’s press conference. While no release dates were mentioned, it looks like we might be seeing the new tablet sooner than later. A leaked image of promotional materials…
It looks like Apple is preparing a subscription service for the iPhone and iPad for digital magazine and newspapers but there may be some unexpected consequences as it tightens up its restrictions. NRC is saying that Apple is tightening up its restrictions ahead of this subscription model, as it is indicating that subscriptions for the…
The second major Honeycomb tablet, the T-Mobile G-Slate by LG has just hit the FCC, and its about darn time. OK, fine, maybe it hasn’t been that long, but this is certainly good news for Magenta customers hoping for an Android Honeycomb tablet of their own. The LG G-Slate is one of the two Honeycomb…
Reports from supplier partners suggest that the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook will ship a full one million units in the first quarter, compared to the 700 – 800,000 Motorola Xoom tablets that are currently scheduled. The PlayBook is supposedly landing in March, to be followed by a 3G version with standalone push-email (woo, no Bridge requirement),…
RIM confirmed an off-hand comment about battery life on the BlackBerry PlayBook in an interview recently; they are, indeed, aiming to get 8 hours of life from its 5300-mAH battery. This is reassuring, considering early rumours said the battery life was balls, but RIM was quick to point out that power management is the last…
We just saw a ton of tablets at CES 2011 that are vying to take away attention from the Apple iPad with consumers but Forrester research is saying that these other devices will also be facing a stiff challenge in the enterprise market. In a blog post, the research firm said that even devices like…
RIM has had the Adobe AIR SDK available for developers to make apps for the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, but for those looking for something a little more accessible, RIM has released the software development kit using WebWorks, based on languages like HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. As you might expect from the DevCon announcement of…