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The Motorola Xoom on Verizon should be receiving a minor update which will be bringing a pay-as-you-go option for 4G LTE data. According to CNET, the HLK75F update will give you a month-to-month option for 4G LTE data and I think this makes the Xoom much more appealing. While it’s a big old and still…
Amazon may have a bit hit on its hands with the Kindle Fire, as a new estimate from iSuppli suggests the Amazon tablet will be the most-popular tablet in the fourth quarter behind the Apple iPad 2. While the iPad 2 is expected to sell more than 13 million units during the fourth quarter, the…
We’ve seen various BlackBerry PlayBook promotions since the fall, and now we get to see the financial impact of RIM knocking $300 off a device that normally retails for $500. RIM today said “it would record a pre-tax provision in the third quarter of fiscal 2012 of approximately $485 million, $360 million after tax, related…
Rumors as to an official launch date for the ASUS Transformer Prime have swirled around like a tornado, but the U.S. should see the tablet in time for holiday sales. The Transformer Prime will hit U.S. shelves starting December 8th. according to ASUS, after Taiwan receives the slate first on Dec. 1. The Transformer Prime is…
The Acer Iconia Tab A200 may be launched soon considering that it already got FCC’s seal of approval and that today we have the first promo video to show you. As you’re about to see, the Taiwanese company is pitching the device’s multimedia capabilities to the users, touting the device as an ideal way to…
The Mainland China-based Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics is going to update those tablets with their RK2918 chips for the Ice Cream Sandwich soon. First pictures of the RK2918 capacity show Android 4.0 running on an unspecified device, while the first commercially available ICS tablets will be available in the first week of December. The RK2918 has…
RIM had a short webcast today to talk about their new BlackBerry Mobile Fusion enterprise product, which will support Android and iOS devices, on top of their own next-gen BBX products. One nice little tidbit to emerge from the webcast that we didn’t hear anything about in this morning’s press release was support for a…
An exploit found in the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet a few months ago has begun to bear fruit for a trio of scrappy developers. The rooting application, which will be made publicly available within the next week, will be called Dingleberry, and lets you do a few cool things. Hulu, which had previously been blocked when…
After announcing a unique iPad rental program for inflight entertainment in February, Australian airline Jetstar is expanding the content available on those iPads. Gameloft is bringing twelve of its gaming titles for iOS specifically to Jetstar’s rental units. Of the twelve, five will be available starting in December: Real Football, Shrek Kart, Avatar, UNO, and N.O.V.A.: Near…
Though Cyber Monday is somewhat underwhelming this year, at least in my opinion, eBay had a pretty good run this morning. It slashed $50 off the 16GB WiFi iPad 2 in white, making the price $449. That plus free shipping drove shoppers wild. eBay sold out in just two hours. During that time period, eBay…