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Cherrypal has a reputation for selling inexpensive, Asian-manufactured electronics that offer low-power consumption and other eco-friendly features. Its latest device, a follow-up to its Android-powered netbook, is a 7-inch Android tablet. The most riveting feature of this tablet device is its $188 price tag which makes it one of the least expensive Android tablets on the market.…
Do you remember Steve Ballmer showing off Microsoft goodies during this year’s CES where we saw some slate tablet computers? Whatever happened to those? According to Steve Ballmer, we’ll see the first glimpses of a Windows slate — presumably ones that will actually hit the market — by Christmas. However, Ballmer didn’t specify whether we’d…
Notion Ink Adam UI artist-made mockup If the much-anticipated, possibly already vaporware-d Notion Ink Adam Android tablet, ever does truly surface at some point, you may have an array of color options to choose from. While news of the tablet has been hard to find, the Notion Ink blog has been more frequently updated. And,…
Corning is touting its Gorilla glass today. The American materials manufacturer released an official statement that confirms the Samsung Galaxy Tab is the latest mobile device to feature this ultra-strong and scratch-resistant display. Gorilla glass made its retail debut in 2008 but the glass has a long and interesting history. The idea was hatched in the Corning…
Rodman & Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar has published a note explaining why the BlackBerry PlayBook, RIM’s first tablet, won’t be sitting snugly under Christmas trees this year. For one, the Neutrino operating system by QNX wasn’t ready – a fact which should be clearly apparent considering the controlled circumstances under which the device was shown…
Despite officially announcing the Galaxy Tab and unveiling its UK launch date, Samsung has remained elusive with the pricing for its upcoming Android slate device. The first hint at pricing came from online retailers which created placeholder pages for the Galaxy Tab with a price around $1000. As Galaxy Tab’s November 1st UK launch date approaches,…
The tablet wars might have begun, but LG is not going to be taking part in it any time soon. The Korean manufacturer has decided to hold off on building an Android tablet because of Android’s lack of optimization for the tablet form factor. It has already been mentioned by Google that Android 2.2, or…
Want to know more about the Samsung Galaxy Tab model that’s heading to T-Mobile? You can now pre-register for info from T-Mobile’s site so you can be the first among your friends to find out about the new Android tablet. Of course, if you keep up with this site you’ll probably find out well before…
The NFL and Verizon appear to be in talks to start delivering football content via a dedicated application. Word is that it will be geared toward the tablet form factor. More specifically, we’re hearing that this may have some relation to the new Motorola Android tablet that we’ve been hearing so much about lately. The…
Samsung confirmed today that the Galaxy Tab will be available on November 1st in the UK. The Galaxy Tab carries on the tradition of the Galaxy S-series of smartphones with a 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird processor, 7-inch LCD with 1024×600 resolution, 3-megapixel rear-facing camera, 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera for vide calling, 16/32GB internal storage, microSD expansion (up tp 32GB),…