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Android Honeycomb 3.1 Review and XOOM Benchmarks

By Chris Burns
on 17 May, 2011

We've got our first official hands-on here with the newest mobile operating system to come out of Google's labs, Android 3.1 Honeycomb. This is a relatively sparse update with only a few little bits for you to be bouncing around with, the most visible of which are involved in widgets, tasks, and USB connections. We've also got a special selection of benchmarks added up here for you to compare to our original tests when the Motorola XOOM (aka the first device to get this update) first came to our doorstep.

Barnes & Noble May 24 Event Invite: NOOKcolor 3G with Honeycomb?

By Chris Burns
on 17 May, 2011

Might as well toss out a few guesses here, educated as they are - a new device is about to be released, some sort of tablet device, and it'll be coming out May 24th. That's what we learned was the situation back on the 5th of May via a sales call with Barnes & Noble themselves. What we've just received now is an invite to an event that takes place that very day at a Barnes & Noble location of utmost secrecy!

Nexus T Toshiba Tablet Next Official Google Release?

By Chris Burns
on 4 May, 2011

Let's talk about this situation and see if we can't piece together a few factoids. First, waaay back at the beginning of this year, a mystery tablet started showing up - one made by Toshiba, having a 10.1-inch screen, and sporting what would become Android 3.0 Honeycomb (testers floating around had Froyo, of course.) Have a look at our big reveal post and continue on - does that look like a tablet that Google would officially endorse as the next step in their flagship series? That very much appears to be what may be happening now!

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Review in a Nutshell

By Chris Burns
on 3 May, 2011

True to form, our good pal Chris Davies has the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer up and running as fast as a bunny, reviewing the heck out of it for you and me so that we might know if it's really worth the $400 we'll be paying for it! This device also has the code TF101 attached to it for further IDing and is, in short, a 10.1-inch Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet with a rather fashionable keyboard dock attachment that essentially allows you to work with the device as a tablet or a laptop. Will it power past the competition?

Acer Iconia Tab A500 deal at Best Buy

By James DeRuvo
on 2 May, 2011

Best Buy is featuring the Acer Iconia Tab A500 in their weekly sales circular and at a pretty good price, too. The Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet is on sale for just under $450, cheaper than Motorola's XOOM, which is selling for around $600, WiFi only. It's also available now at that price, while the slightly cheaper EeePad Transformer (at $400) won't be out for another few weeks. And with our earlier report that users can root the Iconia (with a step by step guide included), the time is ripe to ask the question ... why wait?

ACER Iconia Tab A500 Rooted [Plus a Step by Step Guide!]

By Chris Burns
on 2 May, 2011

It seems as though we've come to a point in this lovely Android timeline where it's not if a device is going to get rooted, it's not even when, it's WHO will gain root. I suppose that's a little bit of when in there too, but mostly who. In this case it's monki-magic and his modified Gingerbreak apk (the original being made by Chainfire) - plus there's a few more players, but we'll get to that soon. What we're rooting here is the ACER A500 Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet and we've got a whole set of directions to offer up to you right here and now!

Reminder: We’ve Got a XOOM Contest Going On!

By Chris Burns
on 21 Apr, 2011

Get your clickers out and start rummaging around in your Facebooks and get ready for a sweet chance at winning a FREE Motorola XOOM tablet - Wifi only so you don't have to worry about any kind of monthly cost. That's right, Motorola's NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor toting Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet for your ultra excellent power gaming and business and entertainment needs! All you've got to do to enter is follow the simple directions here!

T-Mobile G Slate confirms launch date as April 20

By James DeRuvo
on 19 Apr, 2011

T-Mobile has finally officially confirmed the launch date for the LG Slate. Although we recently reported that T-Mobile stores had the G Slate in the back of stores already, the official launch date for the Android 3 (Honeycomb) tablet has been confirmed for a nationwide release on April 20th. And it will sell for $529.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and a two year contract for current T-Mobile customers. That's about $50 cheaper than the Motorola XOOM and $200 cheaper than a comparable iPad 2.

T-Mobile G-Slate Review

By Chris Burns
on 18 Apr, 2011

Welcome to the newest installment in The Tablet is Right! This Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet believes that it is Right because it's got a screen that's slightly smaller than the largest contenders in this category at 8.9-inches yet it still totes NVIDIA's impressive Tegra 2 dual-core processor at 1GHz! This device can record video at 1080p, photograph at 5-megapixels on the back and 2-megapixels on the front, and yes, that is a bonus camera too! 3D recording coming your way - all this and more here!

Android Community’s Gigantic XOOM Giveaway Reminder [Now with Comments from YOU!]

By Chris Burns
on 14 Apr, 2011

We've got basically the biggest fattest contest ever going on right now, one with a total of FIVE wifi-only Motorola XOOM tablets for you to be winning: 3 here on Android Community, and two more on out sister site SlashGear. You could win one of these dual-core masterpieces for free and, unlike other giant contests like this one, you barely have to do anything to enter! Click a couple times and you're in!