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This has been a pretty decent week for the upcoming Adam Android tablet from Notion Ink. After not hearing a peep about the device, we’re now seeing a little more news on one of the most anticipated tablets to come out this year, hopefully. This time around, we have the predicted lower-than-iPad pricing for the…
Amazon is reportedly mulling building more of its own hardware than just the Kindle and this could also include smartphones, tablets, set-top boxes and other hardware. Amazon’s Lab 126, the division responsible for the Kindle e-reader, is looking to hire multiple people for a variety of roles that could be applicable to other hardware beyond…
Twenty-ten has been called the “Year of the Tablet” for some time now, but we’re already half way through the year and the only truly worthwhile tablet device that we have to speak of is the iPad and a couple of so-so Android tablets. But, there are tons of Android-, BlackBerry-, and webOS-powered tablets scheduled…
It was inevitable that a tablet manufacturer like Hanvon would puts its tablet alongside an Apple iPad and challenge the two devices to a duel. The duel is immortalized within a four minute YouTube video that features the two devices competing on browser speed, zooming, YouTube video playback, typing, email, and more. Unfortunately for the…
The Notion Ink Adam, probably one of the best, if not the best, Android tablet to ever pop up on our radar is being delayed yet again. This time around, it’s because of investors instead of hardware or software issues. The Android OS-powered Adam was expected to hit in November, and the company remains optimistic…
Best Buy is reportedly developing a tablet device to compete with the Apple iPad. Best Buy CTO and Geek Sqaud founder, Robert Stephens has used Twitter to shed some light on this new tablet device. Recently, Stephens posted photos of a non-functional prototype tablet that was used to test different form factors, including one with…
Shortly after we heard that Kmart’s $150 Android tablet, the Augen GenTouch78 was running a pirated version of Android OS, the company has come out and said that the addition of the app was “overlooked,” and was not meant to ship with it installed. The issue at stake is that the Augen Android tablet shipped…
We’ve heard about the BlackBerry tablet supposedly coming to market in November as the BlackPad, and now we have a price point from Taiwanese OEM Quanta. The BlackPad is tentatively priced at $499 US according to rumours, and Quanta will ship two million units this year, and eight million in 2011. Size estimates have ranged…
Brace yourselves – the $150 Android tablet, the Augen GenTouch78, is being sold through Kmart with a pirated version of the Android OS powering the budget tablet device. While Android is distributed freely, licenses are needed to use certain proprietary Google applications, and it seems Augen just didn’t want to spring for those licenses. In…
The Dell Streak may have not yet hit US shores, but it’s been available in the UK since June. And, since the Streak is only running Android 1.6, many owners of the Android tablet-turned-smartphone may not know what they’ve been missing. The good news is that might all change, as now we’re seeing this 5-incher…