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 [...]
Tags: archos, archos G9, archos G9 101, archos G9 80, archos internet tablet, tablet
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 [...]
Tags: archos, archos 7, archos 7 home tablet, deal, woot
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 [...]
Tags: Panasonic Toughbook tablet
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 [...]
Tags: 10.1 inch, android, android honeycomb, rugged, toshiba, Toshiba Thrive
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 [...]
Tags: 10 inch, asus, asus eee, asus eee pad, asus eee pad transformer, honeycomb, review, tablet, 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, [...]
Tags: asus, asus eee, asus eee pad, asus eee pad transformer, review
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 [...]
Tags: 10 inch, acer, acer iconia, Acer Iconia M500, computex 2011, iconia tab, meego, moorestown, snackable ui
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 [...]
Tags: 10 inch, adam, adam tablet, android, android 2.2, Eden, Eden UI, hdmi, notion ink, notion ink adam, PixelQi, reviewed, tegra 2, Tegra 250
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 [...]
Tags: acer, acer iconia tab a500, acer iconica, acer iconica tab, honeycomb, tablet
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 [...]