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Sony Canada is now pushing the Android 4.0 update to the Tablet S users. Aside from packing all of the Ice Cream Sandwich features, Sony made sure some other things also come included with this software release. For instance, you’ll also get: Enhanced lock screen with direct access to Notifications and Camera New panoramic camera…
Asus Eee Pad Slider is getting the Android 4.0 updated in the U.S. as we speak. The Taiwanese company turned to Twitter to spread the good news and as far as we know, those of you owning this particular tablet should get the new software (version 9.2.1.21) during the next couple of days. This sort…
So, we knew about the Excite 13 Android tablet from Toshiba but when you see this thing in person, it’s quite a trip. The Excite 13 is a very, very large tablet. Toshiba knows that it’s not going to be for a wide audience and it widely expects the Excite 13 to be used at…
Tablets are steadily becoming a part of our daily lives and results from Yahoo!’s new survey go exactly in that direction. Some 2,000 U.S. respondents aged between 18 and 64 participated in the study, and the findings show us that: 15% would give up their car for an entire year to be able to keep…
Whispers of Target’s decision to stop selling the Amazon Kindle line of devices made their way around the internet last night. The rumors started when a source close to the matter told The Verge that the Minneapolis-based retailer would stop selling the line due to a “conflict of interest,” presumably due to the fact that Target…
Sony’s Tablet S is getting its serving of Ice Cream Sandwich as we speak. At the moment we’re not sure which markets are included in the first queue, but since the new software is there, it’s likely that every Tablet S owner in the world will get the update during the next couple of days…
Just when we told you that the Acer Iconia Tab A100 got its Android 4.0 update, we’ve heard that the company’s 10-incher, Iconia Tab A500, got the same treatment, too. I haven’t caught the official note from Acer — so we don’t know what’s all included — but folks all around Interwebs are reporting getting…
Samsung has started rolling out the Value Pack update to Galaxy Tab users in South Korea. We’re talking about the original 7-inch tablet which doesn’t rock a fast dual-core processor and which won’t get its serving of Ice Cream Sandwich. Rather, the Korean giant is pushing an Android 2.3-based software that comes with few features…
Amazon announced a strong first quarter with $13.18 billion in revenues and $130 million in profits and the company is crowing about its Kindle lineup, particularly the Kindle Fire. The company still didn’t give exact sales figures but other reports suggest the Fire is on fire (sorry). In its press release, the company said, “Kindle…
Acer has started rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Iconia A100 tablet, with users around the Interwebs reporting their device is prompting them to “take action.” After the process is done, this 7 incher runs software build 1.014.00_WW_GEN1 with a kernel version of 2.6.39.4+. We’re not sure whether some Acer/Iconia-specific things are included…