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Why I bought an HP Touchpad

By John Scheible
on 22 Aug, 2011

No doubt you've all heard about HP canning webOS and the ensuing fire sale of their Touchpad tablet for just $99. With a price this low, demand soared as HP tried to unload their remaining stock. I was one of those lucky/persistent enough to grab one from HP, but when I already have a Galaxy Tab 10.1 from IO, what would I want one for?

Logitech Offering Two New Bluetooth Android Tablet Keyboards

By John Scheible
on 10 Aug, 2011

Logitech has two brand new bluetooth keyboards for your Android tablet on the way. The first tablet is simply a Bluetooth keyboard with accompanying stand which will work with any Android tablet with a Bluetooth radio built in. The second is a hybrid keyboard/case specifically for Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1.

Olivetti Olipad 110 Shows Up Again with 7 Inch Little Brother

By John Scheible
on 20 Jul, 2011

The Olivetti Olipad 110 popped up last month sporting the same specs we've seen on just about every Honeycomb tablet. The Olipad 110 was spotted recently in Brazil, and with it the Olipad 70. With plenty of other tablets around in both size factors with similar specs we'll have to see if these new-comers have anything to offer over the other tablets from bigger manufacturers.

Motorola LTE-Enabled XOOM Crosses FCC. And There was Much Rejoicing

By John Scheible
on 12 Jul, 2011

You waited, you yearned, you began to lose hope, but now to continue to string you along comes a glimmer of hope from our friends at the Federal Communications Commission. Many didn't realize it would take this long for the 3G version of the Motorola XOOM to be eligible for its factory upgrade to blazing LTE. Whatever the mysterious hold-up was, it may disappearing as the FCC just approved the LTE upgraded version.

Archos G9 Tablets Hands-On From SlashGear

By John Scheible
on 28 Jun, 2011

Last week we reported that Archos had two new tablets looking to shake things up on the way. The two slates, the 80 G9 and the 101 G9 may not be due out until September, but Chris Davies, at our sister site, SlashGear, has gotten an early peak at prototypes.

Lenovo Confirms Two New Tablets This Summer

By John Scheible
on 15 Jun, 2011

Lenovo, the Chinese company now responsible for ThinkPad laptops, as well as several China-exclusive Android devices has plans to bring Honeycomb tablets to the world this summer. The first will be the Lenovo IdeaPad, which we've seen spring up on websites recently, listed as out of stock, and is due out in July. The more business-centric ThinkPad (not to be confused with Lenovo's laptops) will be available sometime in August. Lenovo is convinced that they've taken extra time to create tablets that will outshine the first batch 3.x devices, which were, in Lenovo's President's opinion "released before their time."

Gateway’s Run-of-the-Mill Honeycomb Tablet says Hi to the FCC

By John Scheible
on 10 Jun, 2011

Well looks like Gateway is looking to get in on this "tablet" thing. Unfortunately their take on Honeycomb doesn't appear to offer much in the way of "unique." Hiding inside what is, quite literally, a shiny black box, is hardware almost identical to many of the tablets we've seen so far. Unless Gateway plans on making this device pretty cheap, it doesn't look to have much over current offerings. Unless you really like glossy plastic.

Notion Ink Adam Tablet gets a Honeycomb port

By James DeRuvo
on 6 May, 2011

Man, when we reported earlier this week that Notion Ink was back with more Adam news, we didn't know they'd be back with a vengeance. But that seems to be the case as we've got two more bits of news about the home grown Android Tablet. The first bit of news is that a stalwart Android fan named MrGuy, has managed to port Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) onto his Adam. He's managed to boot up the system, install all his apps, and troubleshoot OpenGL issues which prompted Force Close. Pretty cool.

HTC Flyer preorders start Monday at Best Buy

By James DeRuvo
on 24 Apr, 2011

HTC Flyer fans, you're wait is nearly over. As we reported here, Best Buy is now making it official with preorder details and pricing. Beginning on Monday, April 25, 2011, you will be able to pre-order the WiFi version of the Android Tablet for $499 through the Best Buy website. One thing though, the Flyer will not come with Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), but has Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) preloaded instead, with HTC Sense. Google hasn't made Honeycomb available just yet to HTC. And it may not, since we reported last month that Google is requiring separate license for the Honeycomb OS and is blocking updates from all Android 2.x tablets.

Samsung Galaxy Tab II gets the FCC approval

By James DeRuvo
on 7 Mar, 2011

Samsung's followup to the Galaxy Tab has been approved by the FCC and is ready to hit the market. Dubbed the Galaxy Tab II, the new tablet was approved for wireless bands 802.11 a-n, Bluetooth, and GSM bands 850 and 1900. Also included in the approval were WCDMA bands II and V. All these bands are indications that the Tab II is set for US release through AT&T.