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Posted on: 28th August 2010

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It seems, ViewSonic has big plans for the upcoming IFA 2010. According to some sources, the company is planning to introduce its two new tablets during this event: a 7 and a10 -inch tablet. It is known that the devices are codenamed ViewPad 7 and ViewPad 10. One of the most interesting things connected with [...]

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Author: Maria


Posted on: 17th August 2010

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According to the Chinese blog 911HTC, the HTC company is planning to release 2 new Android smartphones: HTC Lexikon and HTC Bee. This is the first mention of these new models. Both smartphones will be based on Android 2.2 Froyo. Unfortunately, we do not have any devices images yet, however, there is some data on [...]

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Posted on: 11th August 2010

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Motorola and Verizon Wireless have finally announced they start Droid 2 pre-sale on August 11. The smartphone has improved qwerty-keyboard, supports Adobe Flash Player 10.1 and is optimized for social networks communication. That’s all thanks to Google Android 2.2 OS.

As you can remember just a month ago Verizon started Motorola Droid X selling and now [...]

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Author: Maria


Posted on: 5th August 2010

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Motorola is going to introduce a 10-inch tablet based on Google Android OS and focused on watching TV. It is expected that the tablet will hit shelves this fall. And probably the tablet market will become a new arena for the battle between Google and Apple.

It is rumored that the TV tablet will have tight [...]

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Author: Maria


Posted on: 28th July 2010

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Barnes & Noble has finally unveiled its NOOK app for Android. The application is free and can be found in the Android Market store or on Barnes & Noble’s website.

To install the NOOK app you’ll need a smartphone based on Android 1.6 or higher and a B&N account to get to the eBookstore, as well [...]

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Author: Maria


Posted on: 22nd July 2010

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Toshiba stops being just a spectator of how Apple enchants people with iPad and starts working hard on creating iPad rivals.
According to Jeff Barney, head of Toshiba’s U.S. notebook business, Japanese electronic giant is planning to enter the market of multimedia tablets or “slates” with both Google Android and Windows 7 operating system. Although there [...]

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Posted on: 13th June 2010

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According to Lowell McAdam, the Verizon Wireless president, the company has co-operated with Google in the development of a new tablet computer. In his interview to Wall Street Journal McAdam declared that such initiative would open new wide possibilities to Verizon, and Google would take an active part in this. Thus it’s still uncertain which [...]

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Author: Maria


Posted on: 4th June 2010

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During a press conference in Beijing Acer unveiled its new development – a tablet PC with a 7-inch screen, which will attempt to become a Apple iPad rival.

The Acer tablet was presented by Giancarlo Lunches, the executive Acer director, who noted that the tablet hasn’t received the title yet and will be available at the [...]

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Posted on: 3rd June 2010

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Dell has officially entered the tablet market by introducing its new device Streak based on Android OS. The first country which will get a new tablet will be the United Kingdom. There, Streak 3G will be sold only in O2 operator’s stores. Sales in the UK will start on June 4. In the USA the [...]

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Posted on: 18th May 2010

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As iPhone OS continues to develop, Apple rivals do not sleep as well.
Although most Android-smartphones are still working on old versions of Google operating system, the company continues to improve their mobile OS. According to Taylor Wimberly, the employee of Android and Me resource, Google has already started the Android 2.2 testing (codenamed Froyo). It [...]

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