Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
The ViewSonic G Tablet has been pulled from Staples stores due to some manufacturing problems.
The G Tablet isn’t the first tablet to have this problems. The first one was the Toshiba Folio 100 that was pulled from shelves in the UK due to quality control issues. The G Tablet is just the next in line of what we assume will be more over the coming year. [Read more…]
Reports today are indicating that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 could sport an NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset when the tablet launches next year.
The rumors come from a semiconductor analyst called Ambrish Srivastava from BMO Capital Markets who suggests that the Galaxy Tab 2 as well as many other similar devices will come with that chipset installed. [Read more…]
Amazon has offered to provide a full refund to those who purchased a non-lighted Kindle cover for the Kindle.
The problems began when the Kindle case went on sale. The case scores many 5 star reviews, but at the same time has over 100 one-star reviews of people complaining that their Kindle freezes, crashes or reboots when using this particular case. One report says the following…
I bought a kindle 3 (Wifi Only) about 3 months back and was using it without any trouble. Then, I bought this leather cover and suddenly my kindle ran into all sorts of problems. The screen froze frequently, kindle rebooted itself more than 4-5 times daily. I don’t think it’s a good idea to buy this product before amazon gets its act together. They have certainly not done a good job with this cover. I am going to replace this cover as soon as possible. My two cents – DON’T buy this cover.
Over the weekend we received a note from the guys at Android Police letting us know they managed to get hold of a video showing the Notion Ink Adam tablet.
Two videos have now been uploaded which both show what the Adam is capable of. It is believed the Notion Ink Adam tablet runs Android 2.3 (due to the framework being spotted in the video). The tablet runs the Eden UI as well as a bunch of custom apps. It also has USB ports and a HDMI port. [Read more…]
US Cellular has discounted the Galaxy Tab down to $199.99 on some 24 month contracts. This discount follows on from the discounted Galaxy Tab that T-Mobile now offers although the US Cellular price is a little cheaper. Read on before you get too excited about the price drop.
US Cellular has dropped the price of the Galaxy Tab down to just $199.99 although this is after a $100 mail-in rebate. The full discount structure is as follows… $599.99 full price, $300 discount for a 24 month agreement and $100 mail-in rebate taking it down to the $199.99. [Read more…]
The Kinpad I600 has been announced. This new tablet has a 7 inch screen and runs the Google Android OS. It comes from Shenzhen and has been given the ability to be used as a large phone in that you can make and receive calls as well as text message on the tablet device. [Read more…]
RIM has dropped a hint at the BlackBerry PlayBook release date indicating that it will certainly be before the end of the first quarter of 2011, ie probably March.
On a Q3 earnings call last week, the following was said…
“There are no PlayBook revenues included in our Q4 guidance, and we expect the first revenue impact from PlayBook will be in RIM’s first quarter,”
The Dell Streak is currently available at Best Buy for $99.99. The offer is limited it seems and just for the holiday season. You also need to sign up for a two year agreement to get it at the new low price.
Two versions are available, both priced the same. The options allow you to choose either a black model or a white model. [Read more…]
Advent announced yesterday that Adobe Flash 10.1 running on the Advent Vega tablet has not passed Adobe’s certification. What this means is that all Advent Vega’s sold from now on will have Flash 10.1 removed.
A version of the Adobe 10.1 download for the Vega is expected to be made available early in 2011, we assume when Advent iron out the bugs with Adobe. [Read more…]
The Dell Streak Android 2.2 update has been appearing across various networks over the last few weeks. We now hear that for those with a Dell Streak on the O2 network, you’ll be getting the update by the end of this week. No specific day has been provided though.
The new update brings a number of new features to Android based devices and when it eventually lands, we expect it to quickly be installed by a number of users. [Read more…]
We have heard reports today saying that the Nook Color will be getting an Android 2.2 update sometime next month. The Android 2.2 update appears that it makes the device more tablet than eReader.
The Android 2.2 update for Nook will bring a retooled Android Market as well as a more traditional Android home screen. Pinch to zoom is also being added to the browser. [Read more…]
HP is building a webOS based tablet from what we understand. The only release date we have heard is sometime in 2011 which really doesn’t narrow it down too much.
However, an analyst from BMO Capital Markets is now suggesting that the release date will fall somewhere in March 2011. [Read more…]
