For those owners of the Notion Ink Adam who don’t want to wait for an fully working release of Ice Cream Sandwich, a pre-alpha build has been made available. The download, with instructions, is available at: http://conclave.notionink.com/showthread.php?1173-ICS-Android-4.0-alpha-Download-and-Installation . Installation involves first flashing a custom recovery(thanks to DJ_Steve for the recovery image), then using the custom recovery [...]
Panasonic is going to release two ruggedized tablets, the ten inch A1 and the seven inch B1. Both tablets are designed for work in extreme conditions encountered in construction, aviation, and the military. The specifications are equal to most android tablets on the market today, with a dual-core 1.2GHZ processor, 1GB ram, and dual cameras [...]
Viewsonic just released a 7 inch android tablet priced at $199, and now Leader International Inc. has undercut that price by $20. For $179, you can purchase the 7 inch Impression 7(I7). Getting the price that low has come at the expense of hardware and software features, however. The tablet runs on android 2.2, Froyo. [...]
One of the best features of the Amazon Kindle is it’s price of $199. Well below what other android tablets are priced at, this looks to be already impacting competitor’s thinking. The Blackberry Playbook, which is said to be the hardware that the Fire is based on, recently had it’s price reduced at Best Buy [...]
While this app is designed with phones in mind, it does work on tablets, as I tested it on an Adamcomb V3 Adam. It will run in portrait mode only, but it does fit the screen well. So what does this do? Nothing really new or exciting, but it does provide an easy to understand [...]
The new Kindle Fire is up on Amazon’s site for preorders@$199. Availability is to be November 15th. The 7″ tablet has 8GB storage, a dual=core processor, and a mini-usb port. Free cloud storage for Amazon content is included, but not known is if there will be a limit to that storage. The browser is a [...]
Adding to it’s lineup of tablets, Toshiba announced a 7 inch model, Thrive 7″. Expected to go on sale in December, the device will have the highest resolution of any 7 inch tablet at 1280×800. This is only seen on larger 10 inch screens now. According to people who have seen preproduction units, it has [...]
So you’ve decided it’s time to get yourself a tablet. The problem is, with so many choices, how do you figure out which one is right for you? There are many factors involved, so many that it can be difficult to make a decision. Let’s try to break it down into easy steps. Operating Systems [...]
Techcrunch is reporting they have spent time with a preproduction unit of Amazon’s upcoming tablet, and frankly it’s not impressive. The tablet, a 7″ Amazon Kindle, is expected to go on sale in November. The price, at $250, is on par with what a Nook Color costs. And that’s about where the device is targeted-not [...]
