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Watch the Huawei MediaPad Sneak Peek Video

June 13, 2011

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Huawei just posted the first teaser video of the MediaPad, the new Android tablet from Huawei that’s scheduled for June 20th announcement. Not much we can tell from this video though since mostly taken from behind. But you can expect to see a fancy-looking 7-inch tablet similar to the HTC Flyer. Huawei said that it [...]

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HP Announced TouchPad Release Date and Pricing

June 9, 2011

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HP TouchPad Release Date and Pricing

  Almost exactly four months after the announcement, it’s finally here the official HP TouchPad release date and pricing. The Wi-Fi only of the HP’s first webOS tablet will start selling in US on July 1st. You can get the 16GB for $499.99 and 32GB for 599.99. The HP TouchPad pre order for North America [...]

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Microsoft’s Own-brand Windows 8 Tablet PC Rumored for End of 2012 Launch

June 8, 2011

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In this emerging market of tablet computers, it’s really strange to see Microsoft not yet join the battle leaving Apple and Google in the competition. Digitimes recently reported that Microsoft is planning to launch it’s self-branded Windows 8 tablet pc by the end of 2012. Microsoft is said to collaborate with Texas Instruments and Taiwan-based [...]

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Survey Says 90% of U.S. Consumers Either Already Have or Want Tablets

June 8, 2011

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A survey conducted by Samsung Mobile and Kelton Research recently revealed that 90% of U.S. consumers either already own a tablet or would considering buying one. It indicates how popular and desirable consumer tablets are in the U.S. Among 1000 respondents polled during the survey, 76% said that they use tablets for reading the news [...]

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Google Announced Android Honeycomb 3.1, Available Now for Verizon’s Motorola XOOM

May 10, 2011

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Part of big announcements from Google during the Android-specific keynote at Google I/O is the Android Honeycomb 3.1. On this first major upgrade to the Android tablet OS, Google brings some tweaks and optimizations over the Android 3.0. These are include resizable homescreen widgets and USB host functionality that will give users ability to plug [...]

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iOS 4.3.3 Jailbreak Guides with RedSn0w, Sn0wBreeze and PwnageTool

May 9, 2011

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The iOS 4.3.3 update for iPhone (iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G), iPad (iPad 1,2), iPod Touch (2G, 3G, 4G) as well as the Verizon iPhone 4 and AppleTV has been released last week. And it doesn’t take long time for iOS underground community to release the Jailbreak for those updates except the iPad 2 which is [...]

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Top 9 Reasons to Use Tablet Instead of PC/Laptop

May 6, 2011

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Tablet lately became so popular and slow but sure will be part of must have item among computing devices users. With the entrants like Samsung Galaxy and Motorola Xoom to join the Apple iPad as the market leader in US, users now have more options. In certain cases, people even prefer to use tablet instead [...]

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Nokia Phone/Tablet Strategy Alleges Windows 8 Tablets in 2012

May 4, 2011

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The famed Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin recently shared a tidbit saying that Nokia has finalized their Nokia Phones/Tablet Strategy for 2012-2013. There are couple of new devices on the list including 5-7 mid-to-high end Symbian^3 devices in 2012, Maemo 6, Windows Phone devices and Win8 tablet in 2012. Moreover, Nokia also has set a target [...]

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Demo: Android Apps Running on BlackBerry PlayBook

May 3, 2011

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YouTube video link for mobile viewing One of the most interesting steps that RIM has made recently is to let Android Apps running on BlackBerry PlayBook. And today at the BlackBerry World 2011 event, this process was demoed and from what we’ve seen on the demo, it looks great. This is an absolutely great opportunity [...]

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BlackBerry PlayBook Gets New Facebook and Video Chat Applications

May 2, 2011

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Along with the BlackBerry Bold 9900 / 9930, RIM also brings great news to PlayBook users by announcing two new applications: new Facebook for BlackBerry PlayBook and Video Chat Application for PlayBook Tablet. These applications will be showcased this week at BlackBerry World 2011. Facebook for BlackBerry PlayBook offers users a highly engaging experience by [...]

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