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Archos Announces Two Unique Tablets — Honeycomb, 250GB HDD Option, Modular 3G, Well Priced [video]

Posted on 20 July 2011

Archos has unveiled two “bang for bucks” Android Honeycomb tablets: the 8-inch (1024×768, 4:3) ’80 G9′ and the 10.1-inch (1280×800, 1.6:1) ’101 G9′. The 80 and the 101 both use a dual-core TI OMAP 4460 processor running at 1.5GHz. With more grunt under the hood than most Tegra 2-powered Android tablets in the market these days, the tablet [...]

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Today Only: Archos 7 Home Tablet (refurbished) for $79.99

Posted on 24 June 2011

  News flash! Woot.com is throwing out the Archos 7 tablet out for an amazing $79.99. Ok, the truth is that you’re not buying the best of breed tablet – this is a refurbished 7” (800×480 resolution) WiFi enabled tablet that comes with an old Android 1.6  operating system . The screen is resistive meaning [...]

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Panasonic Announces It’s Getting Tough with the Tablet – Toughbook Rugged Android Tablet Coming in Q4 2011

Posted on 21 June 2011

With most manufacturers releasing Android tablets for the consumer market, Panasonic has chosen to go the opposite direction by announcing plans to deliver an enterprise-grade Android tablet. Panasonic describes its Toughbook as being designed with enterprise strength hardware security, real life durability, reliability, and marketed to “appeal to a wide variety of users, including mission [...]

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Toshiba Thrive: Not Just Another 10.1″ Honeycomb Tablet — Now Available for Pre-order

Posted on 19 June 2011

Toshiba has recently jumped on the Android 3.1 Tablet bandwagon with its Thrive offering that is now available for pre-order on amazon.com. See full specs, links, and more info on the Toshiba Thrive in our device database. The Thrive has a 10.1” screen @ 1280×800, flash support, 1G RAM, dual-core Tegra 2 processor and comes [...]

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer Review, Part 2 — USB Connectivity Tests and HDMI-out [video]

Posted on 13 June 2011

Damian and I are at it again with another indepth review of the Asus eeePad Transformer and this time, we decided to throw as many USB goodies at the Transformer [tracking page] and keyboard dock as possible in an attempt to defeat it. The USB selection included a Samsung USB keyboard with a trackpoint, a [...]

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Eee Pad Transformer Review, Part 1 – Intro and Comparisons [video]

Posted on 12 June 2011

Damian was lucky enough to get his hands on an Asus Eee Pad Transformer as well as the keyboard dock directly from Taiwan and we dedicate this video exploring the Transformer’s design and ergonomics with comparisons against an array of others tablets that we have handy at that time, including my beaten up, original Transformer, [...]

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Acer Goes Meego with the Iconia M500 Tablet

Posted on 10 June 2011

Acer has recently announced the addition of a MeeGo based tablet, the M500 to its Iconia tablet range at Computex 2011. Judging from the available pictures and videos of the Iconia M500 [tracking page], it bears a striking physical resemblance to it’s Android stable-mate, the A500, and has the same 10.1” 1280×800 resolution screen. The key [...]

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Notion Ink Adam Reviewed, Android 2.3 and Other Changes Coming in an Update

Posted on 09 May 2011

The Notion Ink Adam [tracking page] may have wow-ed most at the CES 2011 but the proof is always in the pudding once the tablet is truly unleashed for general consumption in the consumer market. It took a little while, but Engadget’s Sean Hollister managed to get his hands on a unit and wrote a good [...]

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Acer’s $450 Iconia Tab A500 Tablet Reviewed

Posted on 30 April 2011

The days of highly priced, unaffordable tablets may well and  truly be numbered. The Acer Iconica Tab A500 has landed in the US market with prices starting at $450 for the WiFi model running Android 3.0 exclusively through BestBuy online.  This affordable price makes it more attractive to the budget conscious tablet buyer who may be looking at alternatives [...]

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Sony Announces Two Android 3.0 Tablets: One Slate, One Clamshell [video]

Posted on 29 April 2011

Sony has caused a buzz in the Android tablet market by announcing not one, but two Sony Tablets which will be available globally come Q3, 2011. Both of the Sony Tablets are designed to deliver  “an entertainment experience where users can enjoy cloud-based services on-the-go at any time”, with Sony aiming to “create a new [...]

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