Sony’s CEO, Howard Stringer confirmed at an event in New York that Sony is preparing a Honeycomb-based tablet to compete in the burgeoning tablet market. Details are pretty scarce at the moment but Howard did say that United States will be the first recipient and will be launched by end of summer. Sony could […]
HTC schedules an event to show what’s next on April 12
If you thought HTC’s CTIA announcements lacked the firepower, they were mostly holding up for this little event scheduled on April 12 in UK. There’s nothing to go by with the invite except for the copy that invites us to see “what’s next.” We don’t know what next really is but rumormongers haven’t really […]
HCL intros three ME tablets in India
Indian hardware manufacturer, HCL has jumped onto the tablet bandwagon with its ME range of tablets. Three tablets were unveiled and admittedly, not the friendliest of names to remember but tablets are decently spec’d. Starting with ME AE7, its a 7-inch tablet with WVGA resolution (800×480) support and features Android 2.2 OS, 800MHz CPU, 256MB […]
Google Nexus tablet rumored for fall release
It seems Google will hop onto a new manufacturer for another Nexus device. The latest rumor comes via Mobile-Review who claims that the Android maker has teamed up with LG to launch a Nexus tablet based on Honeycomb reference design. There are no other details to go with this piece of info other than […]
RIM PlayBook will be able to run Android apps
What seemed a wild rumor couple of months back just got real. RIM has announced that its PlayBook tablet due on April 19 will have the ability to run Android apps as well as BlackBerry Java apps. Since PlayBook is based on a different OS than Blackberry phones, RIM will launch two optional app […]
Apple iPad 2 releasing in 25 more countries this Friday
Shortages of iPad 2 in the United States doesn’t mean other countries have to wait till the supply-demand equilibrium gets straight in Apple’s home market. The Cupertino giant has announced to release the iPad 2 in 25 more countries on March 25, Friday. The orders will begin at 1AM online and consumers picking up […]
RIM starts BlackBerry PlayBook pre-order, reaching US and Canada on April 19
Research in Motion has announced pre-orders of its first BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The tablet can be pre-ordered now via Best Buy who is the preferred retailer for the PlayBook in U.S. and Canada. The Wi-Fi-only BlackBerry PlayBook will be available from April 19 in both the countries with prices starting from $499 for 16GB […]
HTC EVO View 4G for Sprint
Expanding the EVO family further, HTC announced their first tablet for Sprint consumers. As the name goes, the View 4G will come with support for faster 4G speeds and 1.5GHz Snapdragon processor. The tablet has a 7-inch display supporting WSVGA resolution, Android OS, HTC Sense UI, 5MP main camera with 720p HD video recording […]
Samsung unveils Galaxy Tab 8.9, revamps Galaxy Tab 10.1
Samsung has announced the world’s thinnest tablets at the ongoing CTIA expo in Orlando, Florida. First up is the expected one – an 8.9-inch one dubbed as Galaxy Tab 8.9. The Galaxy Tab 8.9 is just 8.6mm thick but packs in a lot of power with a 1GHz dual-core application processor, HSPA+ 21Mbps, 3MP […]
Opera launches Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11 for smartphones and tablets
Opera just launched its Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11 browser for mobile devices. It’s a major launch for Opera as both the browsers are now available for almost all mobile platforms including Symbian, Java/J2ME, Blackberry, Android, MeeGo and Windows 7 tablets. Opera has managed to make the new browsers faster and smoother […]