9to5 Mac is keeping the iPad mini rumor mill churning with a new report that says the rumored tablet will be a large iPod touch. The blog claims that the iPad mini will have a 7-inch display with a very small bezel. The device may also sport a front-facing camera and possibly a back-facing camera.…
UK: Samsung offers cash back on Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 and Tab 2 7.0 purchases
In what seems designed as a move to fight the “Nexus 7 threat,” Samsung’s British online store, Samsung Direct, is offering up to 50 GBP cash back to customers who purchase select tablets. If you go for the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Wi-Fi, you’ll get 50 GBP cash back; or 30 GBP if grab the…
UK: Nexus 7 competitor Acer Iconia Tab A110 will be available in September for 179 GBP
Remember the Acer Iconia Tab A110, which the Taiwanese company unveiled at Computex in June? Well, it will be available in the UK in September, when it will face Google’s Nexus 7 with aggressive pricing. The 7-inch tablet will cost 179 GBP, packing pretty much the same guts as Google’s tablet plus a microSD card…
Barnes and Noble reduce prices on Nook tablets
In a move to perhaps sway the momentum away from both Amazon and Google, Barnes and Noble has decided to slash prices on three of its 7-inch Nook tablets. We first received signs of price reductions to the Nook brand of tablets a few days ago, when LogicBuy was offering pre-owned Nook Color e-Readers for…
Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD gets FCC’s seal of approval
Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD is now officially ready to be sold in the U.S. having cleared the FCC hurdle. The government-paid engineers played with what looks like the best Android tablet ever announced, sporting a quad-core processor, 10.1-inch 1080p HD screen and 2GB of RAM. In addition, the Chinese company will also offer an optional…
Sprint giving away free ZTE tablet with purchase of any smartphone, beginning Aug. 12
Well, look what we have here. Sprint may have something up its sleeves to lure new customers in. The Now Network is readying a special deal that might end up being too hard to turn down. Thanks to a report from TechnoBuffalo, we have an image which suggests the third largest wireless provider in the…
Leaked photos of the Sony Xperia tablet pop up
Sony is getting ready to launch an Xperia tablet. We first got word of this a week ago, when details began to surface on XDA developers. Well, more information along with pics have leaked from the same spot again. Similar to the Tablet S, this new device will rock the same curved design that resembles…
Lenovo announces Windows 8 powered tablet called ThinkPad 2, slated for October
Lenovo has officially announced its Windows 8 tablet called the ThinkPad 2. The new slate is a 10-inch tab running Windows 8 and an Intel Atom processor. The Windows part is a huge change away from the first ThinkPad, which operated on Android. Other noteworthy specs include a 1,366 x 768 IPS display, a 10-hour…
UK: Sony Tablet P drops to 199.97 GBP
It’s amazing how yesterday’s high-end consumer electronics get so cheap so quickly. Back in November 2011, the Sony Tablet P was selling for 499.99 GBP and now it could be yours for 199.97 GBP (about $313), which is 300 GBP less! Yeah we do realize the Japanese company is working on a new tablet that…
Microsoft hiring ‘Surface Team’ while OEMs continue to piss and moan
Microsoft is on the hunt for talented people to join its ‘Surface Team,’ as a slew of job listings posted on the company’s Careers site. The Surface tablet has not been well received by Microsoft’s manufacturing partners, companies like Acer and Hewlett Packard have expressed its disapproval of the move. Meanwhile, other OEMs are on…









