If you’ve been holding off on purchasing an Android tablet until the price point is right, September 20th may just be the day that you have been dreaming of. In a press release today, Archos has finally announced price and availability of its new G9 line of Android-powered tablets.
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A few months ago, to everyone’s delight, Netflix announced that it would finally be releasing an app for Android phones. That is, until you read the fine print. The official app would only work on a few select phones, including the T-Mobile G2.
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AT&T has launched the Acer Iconia Tab A501 on their HSPA+ nework. The Android Tablet will be available on September 18 for $330 with a 2 year contract. No you can buy without a contract for $480, I would check if the break contract fee is the standard $350 when making a decision to buy under contract.
The Iconia Tab A501 is a 10.1 inch 1280×800 TFT WXGA display, dual core Tegra 2 processor, built-in GPS, 5 mega pixel rear camera, and 2 mega pixel front camera.
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Looks like ViewSonic decided to step up their tablet production by introducing three new tablets at IFA 2011 which are all due to hit stores before the end of the year. First up is the 10” ViewPad 10Pro, which is a dual booting Android 2.3 Gingerbread/Windows 7 wifi only slate device currently scheduled to come to market September 5th for 499 euros (currently $712 US). Next up is the ViewPad 7x, which is a 8gb 7” dual core Tegra 2 tablet that will be running Honeycomb. There is no exact release date for the scheduled 7x but it should be released within the next month for a rumored price of $499. Lastly there is a budget minded ViewPad 7e that is rumored to a 7” Android tablet for around $250.
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If you are still trying to hunt down the HP TouchPad Barnes and Nobile has the 16 GB model for $101.95. If you are wondering the 32GB model has not seen a price cut at B&N as of yet. This will likely be the best bargain Android tablet you can buy because developers are actively working to port Android to the TouchPad so this could be a nice investment. HP is taking a huge loss on these devices. This would be the perfect loss leader tablet to have in retail stores if the component cost could come down closer to $200 vs $300 where is is today.
If you are on the fence don’t wait long as these tablets are selling fast.
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There is a art to organizing the home screens on your smartphone and tablets. I would go as far as to say, you can learn a lot about a person based on how they organize their home screens. One look at my iPad and you know I search for apps vs. organize and my kids likely use the iPad more than the adults. In contrast, one look at the Honeycomb or iPad screens below and you can tell these guys enjoy organizing their apps and home screens for efficiency in accessing apps.
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Word on the street is that Research in Motion has cancelled development of the 10-inch BlackBerry PlayBook in order to put more production focus on the QNX powered BlackBerry that is supposed to come out in early 2012. QNX is the next-generation BlackBerry operating system currently found running on the the BlackBerry PlayBook. RIM may be also pushing the 4G LTE variant of the BlackBerry PlayBook which is rumored to be coming out in October.
RIM has really been taking it on the chin lately when compared to the iPhone, Android, and even Windows Phone 7, and, there is really no sign of relief in site that includes devices other than BlackBerry handsets running QNX and their isn’t any relief in sight. The big question for RIM is if BlackBerry 7 can tread water long enough for QNX superphones to make their debut.
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You may want to be careful when updating applications on the BlackBerry PlayBook because from time-to-time the upgrade button switches location. The PlayBook does not have an Update All button, thus you need to manually scroll the list and select which apps to upgrade. Usually the Upgrade button is located out on the left side making tap, scroll, tap, scroll and easy process. This swapping of the upgrade and delete button causes people to accidentally delete apps they intended to upgrade.
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It was bound to happen… So many BlackBerry users have stated that would never leave the BlackBerry because of BlackBerry Messenger that you knew it was only a matter of time before Apple came out with their own proprietary, iOS only, instant messaging application. Today at WWDC Apple introduced iMessage which will be available to all iOS 5 or later devices.
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If you use a BlackBerry Playbook you may fall in love with the size or usability of just become enamored by the desktop like web experience. If you have not considered the BlackBerry PlayBook as a tablet option, you need to reconsider here are 5 things we love about the PlayBook.
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