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Who says Android Honeycomb tablets must cost a more than $300? ARCHOS announced a new Honeycomb device, ARCHOS 70b Internet Tablet, with a price tag of just $199. That’s a neat price tag and considering the hardware under the hood, Archos may have a best-seller here. Specs wise, the new tablet packs a 7-inch 1024×600…
Both Motorola Xoom 2 models are now available for purchase in the UK through retailers like Amazon and Expansys. Amazon is selling the bigger model (with a 10.1-inch screen) for 399 GBP, while the smaller version (Xoom 2 Media Edition with 8.2-inch screen) is going for 329 GBP at Amazon and Expansys. Both models come…
The Facebook application for the BlackBerry PlayBook has been bumped up to version 2.1 today, and includes the ability to interact with groups, including posting on the wall, uploading pictures, and viewing members. This is a great addition, considering the BlackBerry smartphone Facebook app still doesn’t do that. Viewing pictures posted by friends has also…
Although some thieves aren’t particularly interested in RIM’s smartphones, the BlackBerry PlayBook is a different story altogether. A shipment of 22 pallets of BlackBerry PlayBooks heading from Plainfield, Indianapolis to Ontario was stolen after its driver took an hour-long pit stop in Madison County, only to find his truck had disappeared. 5,200 devices were stolen,…
Tablets will be among the top purchased items this holiday season. Meltwater Group used its social media monitoring tool Meltwater Buzz to track the conversation around the top tablets, only to find out the obvious – the iPad is the clear overall conversation winner. However, the Samsung Galaxy tablet beat out Apple’s tablet as a…
It’s not like every day we see Cricket adding a tablet to its portfolio. That, however, is about to change with the carrier now offering the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 across its stores. Unfortunately, their website still doesn’t have a page dedicated to the Android Honeycomb tablet, but I’m sure that will change in due…
RIM’s on a roll filling in function gaps they should have a long time ago. The developer beta for the BlackBerry PlayBook has been updated to include a stereo Bluetooth profile, so you can stream tunes stored on the tablet out to your stereo system wirelessly. I’ve tried a few apps, like the native media…
Rogers today announced a great new app for their digital TV and internet customers that happen to also own an iPad. Rogers Live TV will stream some 20 stations over Wi-Fi directly to an iPad, including the biggies like CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, CBC, and YTV. Rogers had previously dipped their toe in the live…
Apple’s iPad hasn’t conquered the whole airline industry with American Airlines announcing Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 availability in premium class cabins on select flights. The Android tablet will replace the current personal entertainment devices in American’s First and Business Class cabins on transcontinental flights between New York’s JFK and Los Angeles, JFK and San Francisco,…
It’s fair to say we haven’t covered Coby Electronics too much in the past, though we have their products (tablets) in our database. That said, we’re glad to see them as a relative small player in this market committing to new technologies. Yep, as you can see for yourself from the headline, they announced Android…