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by Phil Nickinson
May 30, 2011
While the U.S. is in holiday mode today, the rest of the world isn't taking the day off. And for manufacturer ASUS, today's a big one, with the announcement of the Padfone at the Compu...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 30, 2011
Looks like the list of retailers preparing to sell the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (read our full review) is shaping up quite nicely. First we had Best Buy, and now it looks like OfficeMax is getting...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 29, 2011
Read our Galaxy Tab 10.1 reviewWe're a little more than a week away from the June 8 launch date of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (and the 8.9-inch version as well), and that means it's just about time f...
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by Chris Parsons
May 26, 2011
Although it's not the Android 3.1 update that is set to arrive in June, Acer Iconia Tab A500 owners are now reporting that a system update weighing in around 38MB is now starting to appear. As reporte...
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by Sean Brunett
May 25, 2011
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (see our review of the special IO edition) is set to debut June 8, apparently it will be shipping with Android 3.1, the latest version of Honeycomb.Android 3.1 was announce...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 24, 2011
News360, the popular cross-platform news aggregator, is now available for Android tablets running Honeycomb. News360 takes a bit of a different approach, combining 1,500 global sources (yes, An...
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by Chris Parsons
May 24, 2011
If you happen to be the proud owner of a Google I/O edition Galaxy Tab 10.1 you'll be interested to know that it makes interesting use of the stock Bluetooth stack. And as such, you can do some pretty...
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by Chris Parsons
May 23, 2011
Although it's been a long time coming, the Acer Iconia Tab A500 is now hitting some store shelves -- and one of those stores, as announced today is OfficeMax. Wasting no more time, OfficeMax has made...
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by Joshua Munoz
May 23, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewing I know we just told you about Logitech's new line of tablet accessories and Phil just made it known that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 should have been what Honeycomb launched on...
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by Chris Parsons
May 14, 2011
Although the Motorola Xoom has been getting some Android 3.1 love as of late, one thing that is still missing is the long sought after SDCard support. Today though, Motorola Canada gave us some insig...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 12, 2011
Barnes and Noble have updated the Nook app for Android, giving high resolution devices (read: tablets) support for magazines as well as a few bug fixes for the HTC Thunderbolt and Android 3.x (Honeyco...
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by Chris Parsons
May 12, 2011
When the Android 3.1 update was announced for the 3G enabled Motorola Xoom, some WiFi only Xoom owners were a little upset at having to wait, even if only a little bit. However, some actually receive...
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by Alex Dobie
May 11, 2011
News is quickly spreading that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 units given away to Google IO attendees yesterday are completely unlocked and ripe for all sorts of hackery, including quick and e...
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by Anndrew Vacca
May 11, 2011
Let the bidding wars begin! Since Samsung handed out those Google IO 2011 editions of their hotly-anticipated Galaxy Tab 10.1 yesterday, eBay has been flooded with the tablet, with sellers capitalizin...
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by Anndrew Vacca
May 11, 2011
Motorola has officially announced the Android 3.1 update rolling out to Verizon Xoom owners this week, first detailed by Google yesterday in San Francisco. Improvements will include:Support ...
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by Chris Parsons
May 10, 2011
We held off a little bit after the announcement came out just to see how exactly how long it would take for Verizon and Google to roll out the Android 3.1 Honeycomb update slated for "today"...
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by Alex Dobie
May 10, 2011
Android 3.1 Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, Google Music Beta, Movie rentals on the Android Market and a new milestone for daily Android activations. There was a whole lot of cool stuff packed in...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 10, 2011
A wise old editor once said "Google IO isn't just about the swag." And it's not just about the swag. But it's sometime about the swag. And right now it's about the swag.
Everybody at...
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by Andrew Melnizek
May 10, 2011
If you were lucky enough to score a ticket to this year's Google I/O in San Francisco, you'll be going home with a brand-spanking-new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. As for those of us who didn't -- we'...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 10, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewing This isn't the first time we've seen the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1-inch Honeycomb tablet. But tonight at a pre-Google IO event in San Francisco, we got our first...
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by Chris Parsons
May 10, 2011
Although it's been quite some time since we heard rumblings from Samsung about the Galaxy Tab 10.1 it appears their marketing teams are now looking to once again shake up interest in the 10.1-inch tab...
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by Jared DiPane
May 09, 2011
From the looks of the image above, it appears as though Target will begin selling the Wifi-only version of the Motorola Xoom tablet in the coming days. Functional displays have hit some stores already...
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by Jared DiPane
May 09, 2011
If you've been anxiously awaiting the Sprint-branded Motorola Xoom, today is your lucky day. The device is now officially available from Sprint, but does require you to actually go into a Sprint stor...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 02, 2011
It's Monday and that means back to work -- where the Internet is fast, and free. Mondays are also always big for news and discussion, and today is no exception. We've got a new kernel for ...
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by Sean Brunett
May 02, 2011
The Galaxy S II live wallpapers to download. These include the beach and the windmill wallpapers and the apk files are named Secret Wallpaper 1 and Secret Wallpaper 2, respectively. The XDA post...
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by Sean Brunett
May 01, 2011
It was a busy week in the Android world and here at Android Central as we got ahold of a variety of new devices, two of which have been officially released. The Droid Incredible 2 and the Casio G'zOne...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 01, 2011
We just got this in from a tipster working at Target who received a non-retail, working display model of the Acer Iconia Tab. A quick inspection of the box label tells us that the proposed sale ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 28, 2011
There's been talk of Sprint selling the Motorola Xoom for several months, and Sprint just made it official -- the wifi only model will be available through all retail channels on May 8, for $599.99, j...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 28, 2011
When is the ASUS EeePad Transformer, one of the hottest Honeycomb tablets available, not actually one of the hottest Honeycomb tablets available? (Read our full review) When it's shipped still ru...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 28, 2011
You all remember that Sprint branded Motorola Xoom right? Of course you do -- back then, we had no idea of when it would be showing up on Sprint for people to purchase but now, that's a slightly diffe...
