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Well, it’s not much of a surprise but RIM announced that it will be previewing the next major iteration of the BlackBerry PlayBook OS, version 2.0, at CES 2012 this week in Las Vegas, Nevada. With it comes a host of new improvements and features — one of them being native e-mail! Who ever thought…
So you like the new Motorola Xoom 2 tablets? I know I like the smaller model, but I would never want another contract just for a tablet. You can get Wi-Fi only versions of the Xoom 2 (XYBOARD) tablets, which [multiple versions] are now available for pre-ordering directly from Motorola. The 8.2-inch model with 16GB…
CES has yet to even start but that doesn’t mean the news has slowed. Toshiba recently unveiled its newest tablet and it’s no Thrive 2. The Toshiba Excites brings just about anything you’d want from a high-end Android tablet these days when it comes to internal hardware but it’s really an experience to have the…
The One Laptop Per Child organization has been doing some great things for a while now and it will be adjusting for the tablet age. The XO 3.0 tablet will shown off at CES 2012 and it is just another sign of how mobile devices and tablets can assist with education. This isn’t an iPad…
Last year, Toshiba used CES to showcase its first Android tablet and it looks like it will be showing off another iPad competitor at this year’s show. Leaks suggest that Toshiba will have the “world’s thinnest” tablet to go along with a waterproof OLED screen. Our friends at Phandroid are saying that this tablet should…
We usually don’t think of Velocity Micro as a maker of high-end devices, quite the contrary. However, they are targeting different kind of users and we applaud them for finding the niche where they can compete in. And the best part is that they keep pushing their agenda and are preparing to unveil two new…
Acer introduced a new Iconia Tab and the A200 will be landing Jan. 5 with a 10.1-inch screen, a nice entry-level price tag and the tablet will be ready for Ice Cream Sandwich. The Acer Iconia Tab A200 has a dual-core Tegra 2 processor, a 10.1-inch WXGA HD 1280 x 800 display, a 2-megapixel front-facing…
Another AT&T device has been leaked before its official announcement at the CES. It’s the splash resistant Pantech Element, an 8-inch Android Honeycomb tablet that also comes with a 1.5-GHz dual-core processor, LTE connectivity, 16GB of built-in storage, 5-megapixel camera on the back, 2-megapixel front-facing camera (for 720p video calls), and advanced “Piezo Motor” haptic…
The Samsung Galaxy Note has been available for a little bit outside of the United States but it could be landing on Sprint soon. According to rumors, Sprint and Samsung are planning to announce pricing and availability of this rather odd device at CES 2012 and Sprint would be joining AT&T as an additional carrier…
As of yesterday, the iPad has been on the market for 21 months and in that relatively short amount of time, iPad users managed to pass three billion app downloads, according to ABI Research. Apple iPhone users took two years to accomplish such a feat, yet the iPad already accounts for 19 percent of all…