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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Demonstrated

Over at AndroidHD, pictures and a few details of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 have been posted. The team managed to get hold of one for the day to see what it was all about and also give the rundown of how it performs and functions. With it being Android 3.0 Honeycomb, we’ve seen various aspects before of course… due to demonstrations done by Google and the fact that the Xoom has already been reviewed.

The video demonstration is just shy of 12 minutes long and shows a number of the features such as how email notifications are made, how to activate voice features and in general, how a lot of the functions work. [Read more…]

Windows Phone 7 Hits 10,000 Apps

The number of apps available in the Windows Marketplace has now hit the 10,000 mark. While writing this post, the actual number was 10,033.

Looking at the graph above, the increase has been a fairly stead climb. To see a real time version of the graph, check out the statistics page at Windows Phone App List. [Read more…]

Samsung Invite Hints at Ultra Thin Galaxy Tab 8.9

Samsung has dropped another teaser in the form of an invite to a Samsung Mobile event being held on March 22 in Orlando FL.

This particular invite carries on the “What’s your Tab life? 78910” phrase which most people now think that means the 89 in the middle is referring to an 8.9 inch model of the Galaxy Tab. [Read more…]

ViewPad 10 from ViewSonic Now Available

ViewSonic has announced the ViewPad 10 is now available to purchase. The ViewPad 10 is a dual-boot tablet that runs both the Windows 7 and Google Android operating system. The benefits of this mean that the user can use one for entertainment while the other for business.

Powering the ViewPad 10 is an Intel Atom processor that is clocked at 1.66GHz. 2GB of memory is built in. The screen measures 10.1 inches and has a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels and if backlit by LED. Multitouch is also enabled on the device. [Read more…]

HTC Flyer Hits 1 Million Orders

The HTC Flyer was announced at MWC a few weeks ago. We now hear that 1 million orders have been made for the new Android 2.4 tablet computer which according to Digitimes, should see the company through to August this year.

1 million is a good milestone to reach although we need to wait to see what users actually want. It isn’t clear if they will prefer the larger 9 to 10 inch Android 3.0 tablets, or if the smaller Android 2.4 7 inch tablets will suffice. [Read more…]

Samsung Galaxy Pro Demoed by Three

This morning, the Three UK network Blog posted a video demonstration of the new Samsung Galaxy Pro smartphone that will soon be launching on its network.

The technical specs show that it has a 2.8 inch screen which is capacitive touch. The screen takes up about half of the screen unlike the regular Samsung Galaxy which covers the whole front panel. This is of course, because of the QWERTY keyboard that takes up the bottom side of the device. [Read more…]

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Gets Gingerbread Update Unofficially

For those running an Experia X10, you now have an option to install Gingerbread. Before you run and try grab the download, there’s just a few things to point out.

First, this update is not official, so run at your own risk and make sure you follow any instructions. It is best that you avoid if you don’t know what you are doing.

Second, as it’s not official, not everything works as it should. For example, there’s no sound in this build and the camera also doesn’t work. [Read more…]

RIM To Bring NFC To Almost All New Tablets and BlackBerrys

Stephen Bates, the MD of RIM in the UK, has said “We’re going to deploy NFC in virtually all of our devices,”. This was clarified as being virtually all BlackBerry devices as well as tablets that are launched from now onwards.

When speaking about NFC the following was also said… “creates new businesses, new markets and new revenue streams”. [Read more…]

iPad Took 93% of the Market Q3 2010

When Apple launched the iPad in April 2010, it was really the first major tablet to hit the market. We had seen others before based on Microsoft that were generally convertible tablets. What we hear today is that in the 3rd quarter of 2010, the Apple iPad accounted for 92% of the tablet market. This particular number gives a good hint at what competition was out there… not much to be fair.

2011 is going to be a little different though. Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb rolled out today on the Motorola Xoom and there are a number of large manufacturers launching Android based tablets over the coming months. As well as many Android tablets, the BlackBerry Playbook is launching soon along with the HP TouchPad. [Read more…]

HTC Thunderbolt Could be Delayed According to BestBuy Tweet

The Roseville BestBuy store has tweeted that the HTC Thunderbolt has been delayed and that it will now launch on March 4th.

The original Tweet has now been deleted although plenty of blogs managed to grab a screenshot before the tweet was taken down. [Read more…]

Samsung Epic 4G Froyo Update Pulled due to Issues

The Samsung Epic 4G Android 2.2 Froyo update had started rolling out a few days ago although we now hear that the update has been pulled due to a few issues.

The reason Samsung pulled the update was due to an increasing number of support calls that reported a handful of problems. Some of those problems include issues with the SD card which causes problems when accessing data such as music, pictures or video. [Read more…]

Motorola Xoom 4G Upgrade Details

Earlier this week we wrote that the Motorola Xoom was launching today and along side that launch, details of how to upgrade to 4G were being made available. Droid-Life managed to get hold of the details a little earlier that let us know what the requirements are.

The basic details indicate that the device ships 3G today. In about 90 days time, some time in May, Verizon will announce the 4G upgrade process is available. This will require that you ship your Motorola Xoom to them and in 6 or so days, they will update the hardware to 4G (free of charge) and also update the software. Once done, you’ll get the Xoom back and will be able to surf at 4G speeds. [Read more…]