You’ve probably heard that modern tablets are great learning devices, but can they really replace teachers? I would say no, but in some places which lack educated people to teach the young ones, tablets provide great way to learn new stuff. In fact, with more than 100 million first-grade-aged children not having access to schooling,…
LTE-enabled Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 clears FCC on its way to Verizon Wireless
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 with all the right LTE bands for Verizon Wireless — Band 13 as well as Band 4 (AWS) — has cleared by the FCC and is set to be introduced by the Big Red carrier. As far as we can tell, aside from the radio change, this is identical unit to…
Video: Open webOS ported to Nexus 7!
Savvy developers keep webOS live and have recently managed to cram it into the Nexus 7. As you’re about to see in a video, Google’s 7-inch tablet can handle this platform fairly well, though not all of the capabilities are working just yet. Still, you can connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot and browse the web…
India’s Videocon offers 10.1-inch Jelly Bean tablet for $200
Here’s one of those tablets that could help push the whole category toward the mainstream users. The newly launched VT10 has been launched by India’s Videocon, offering a 10.1-inch tablet that runs Jelly Bean for 11,200 Rupees, the amount that translates into about $205. I would say that’s a rather good deal since this baby…
Toshiba Excite 7.7 getting Jelly Bean update as we speak
Toshiba has started rolling out Jelly Bean update for its Excite 7.7 tablet. The new software comes with the so called “hybrid UI” that makes the tablet look like it’s a Nexus device, delivering improved user experience along the way. The 348MB heavy download will also bring all the usual Jelly Bean goodies, including improved…
5 tips for getting the most out of your new iPad
If you’re like many other people who received an Apple iPad or iPad mini this year for the holidays, let me first congratulate you. It’s always fun to get a shiny new gadget and as an iPad owner for almost two years now, I can tell you that you will most likely be able to…
Nokia’s Windows tablet to sport a battery-equipped keyboard cover
We’ve already told you Nokia is working on its own tablet. Now we have more information to add — apparently the Finns want to offer a battery-equipped keyboard cover with its product, making it that much better than Microsoft’s Surface. This special cover will envelop the tablet like a book, while also providing a kickstand…
Galaxy Note 7 (GT-N5100) tablet caught at GLBenchmark tests
Back in October we’ve told you about the Samsung GT-N5100, which at that time got its DLNA certification. Now such a device popped up at GLBenchmark’s website revealing us it could be Sammy’s next Note device. From what we’ve understood, this will be a 7-inch tablet with screen resolution of 1280×800 pixels a la Nexus…
Google Nexus 10 dock revealed in a holiday video
You may have seen that “Happy Holidays from Android” clip and noticed a Nexus 10 dock in it. Yup, it looks like something of that sort is in development and from what we can tell, it seems ready for the prime time. Not to make dock designers’ work irrelevant – but “it’s just a dock”…
Archos 97 Titanium HD with retina-like display and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean announced
Archos has been pretty active in the tablet space lately, having released few devices like the 13.3-inch Arnova Family Pad and 7-inch Game Pad. Their latest gig is called 97 Titanium HD and what makes it interesting is the fact that it comes with an iPad-like 9.7-inch screen which supports retina display resolution of 2048×1536…









