Category: Tablets

  • HTC Puccini Tablet specifications leaked

    HTC Puccini Tablet specifications leaked

    Specifications for the rumoured HTC Puccini Tablet have been uncovered thanks to 911sniper, and it looks as though the Puccini is set to become the Flyer’s big brother. The blog at 911 tells us that the Puccini will be a 10.1-inch tablet running on the Android Honeycomb OS (with updated version 3.1), featuring a 1.5GHz […]

  • Amazon planning TWO Android tablets for release before the end of this year

    Amazon planning TWO Android tablets for release before the end of this year

    The rumour mill for the Amazon Android Tablet is really picking up some pace now. The device was first rumoured, then Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos added some substance to the rumour by telling us to “stay tuned” when quizzed on the possibility of an Amazon Tablet. We’ve now heard word that Amazon are preparing not […]

  • Blackberry Playbook gets UK release date and price

    Blackberry Playbook gets UK release date and price

    Two days shy of a month since its release in the US, the Blackberry Playbook has finally been given a UK release date and price by both The Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy. The Carphone Warehouse has listed the 7-inch QNX tablet online just this minute, with prices starting at £399 for the 16GB Wi-Fi […]

  • Samsung announce Android Gingerbread for Galaxy S and Tab hits mid-May

    Samsung announce Android Gingerbread for Galaxy S and Tab hits mid-May

    After crumbs of misinformation regarding a Gingerbread update for the Galaxy S made it seem like the update was a Galaxy far, far away, it would seem we finally have it! The Korean tech-giant has revealed the UK will get its taste of  Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) across the full Galaxy range mid-May with the roll […]

  • BlackBerry PlayBook is recalled by RIM

    BlackBerry PlayBook is recalled by RIM

    RIM’s latest product, the BlackBerry Playbook tablet has not got off to the best start in the world, as news is coming in that RIM are recalling several of the devices in the US due to a major software failure just a few weeks after its release. Reportedly nearly a 1000 of the 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook […]

  • Hands On with the HTC Flyer

    Hands On with the HTC Flyer

    We go hands-on with HTC’s 7-inch Flyer Tablet

  • Google Chrome OS says no thanks to Tablets

    Google Chrome OS says no thanks to Tablets

    Google has confirmed that they will not be putting the Google Chrome OS on to tablet devices! The news was broken by Google Chrome’s Vice President, Sundar Pichai at Google IO, stating that even though the operating system is easy to use and in no way power hungry, it will not make the switch from […]

  • Samsung confirms new 10.1-inch Super LCD Panel for Tablets

    Samsung confirms new 10.1-inch Super LCD Panel for Tablets

    Samsung have just announced a new super-high resolution 10.1-inch screen aimed directly at tablet manufacturers, and we think it could be the screen panel used in Apple’s next iPad. Together with their manufacturing partner Nuovoyance, Samsung today announced the release of a new 10.1-inch WQXGA panel which utilises Nuovoyance’s “PenTile” technology. We’ve just learnt about […]

  • HTC Flyer and LG Optimus Pad now on sale at Carphone Warehouse

    HTC Flyer and LG Optimus Pad now on sale at Carphone Warehouse

    The HTC Flyer and the LG Optimus Pad have both gone live today to the world (well the UK) and the Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy have both confirmed that they will be stocking the two latest Tablet devices. The HTC Flyer is an Android 2.4 running, 7-inch 1024 x 600 resolution device which has […]

  • HTC Flyer – 7″ tablet officially lands on HTC store in 16GB or 32GB versions

    HTC Flyer – 7″ tablet officially lands on HTC store in 16GB or 32GB versions

    Order taking officially begins today for HTC’s anticipated tablet the 7” Flyer after pre-orders began last week, with prices starting at £479.99 through official retailer HTCFlyerStore.com. The tidy little contender to the slab market comes packing HTC Sense and Android 2.4 – which is a variation on 2.3 Gingerbread – on a 1.5GHz Qualcomm processor, […]

  • Adobe Flash Player gets upped to version 10.3 for Android gadgets

    Adobe Flash Player gets upped to version 10.3 for Android gadgets

    One of the “Top 5 Free Apps”, Adobe Flash is now available in an updated 10.3 version across Android-enabled gadgets via the Android Market – shortly after a previous release of the 10.2 version back in February this year. The Flash update promises the usual high standard of interactivity along with “The freedom to access […]

  • LG Optimus Pad on sale in the UK today!

    LG Optimus Pad on sale in the UK today!

    The LG Optimus Pad (or G-Slate to our US readers) has today gone on sale in the UK, with UK retailer Carphone Warehouse offering it both SIM-free and on contract. Sans-contract, the Optimus Pad will set you back a hefty £749.99. Alternatively, Carphone Warehouse is offering the 3D Tablet at a subsidised price of £299.99 […]