Acer plans to launch a new 7.9 inch, low-cost Android tablet in the US this June. The Acer Iconia A1 is about the size of an iPad mini, but the WiFi-only version of this tablet is expected to sell for just over half the price of Apple’s tablet. But it looks like the WiFi version may not be the only…
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Barnes & Noble’s may be getting ready to pull out of the Android tablet space by the end of next year. TechCrunch reports that Microsoft is seeking to acquire the NOOK business from B&N for about a billion dollars, but that the deal would largely be for the company’s digital bookstore, not tablets like the NOOK HD+ and NOOK HD….
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Looking for a tablet you can use while camping, sailing the seven seas, or working in remote locations? The Earl tablet isn’t necessarily the first rugged device designed for outdoor use, but it’s one of the most interesting options I’ve seen in a while. The tablet has a flexible E Ink display to make it easy to see in direct…
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It’s been less than half a year since Acer introduces the 7 inch Iconia B1 Android tablet which sells for around $150 in the US, and even less in other countries. But Acer is already getting ready to launch a next-generation Iconia B1 tablet with more memory and a slightly higher price. Focus Taiwan reports Acer also plans to launch…
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European budget tablet company Archos is adding an 8 inch tablet with built-in 3G capabilities to its lineup. The Archos 80 Xenon is up for pre-order in Germany for about 226 Euros ($296 US) including VAT. Other retails are charging as little as 170 Euros ($223 US). The tablet has a 1.2 GHz processor and runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean….
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Acer recently started selling a 7.9 inch Android tablet called the Iconia A1 in Europe. Now it’s coming to America, where it will sell for just $169 and up. That makes it one of the most affordable tablets available from a major brand. The Acer Iconia A1 features an iPad mini-like 1024 x 768 pixel IPS display, but this tablet…
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Barnes & Noble is stepping up its competition with Amazon in the digital tablet space by adding support for hundreds of thousands of Android apps to its latest tablets. The somewhat surprising thing is that B&N is doing that by adding support for the Google Play Store to the NOOK HD and NOOK HD+. While B&N has been releasing Android-based…
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Toshiba hasn’t yet announced plans to release a tablet with an NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor. But a few weeks ago benchmark results for an unannounced Toshiba AT10LE tablet appearing to sport NVIDIA’s new chip started to make the rounds. Now Greek site Techblog.gr has some more details — and pictures. The Toshiba AT10LE-A appears to be powered by a 1.8…
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Samsung hasn’t yet revealed how much it’s upcoming Galaxy Tab 3 will cost. But now there’s a little more evidence that the 7 inch tablet will be a low-cost alternative to Samsung’s pricier Galaxy Note tablets. We already knew that the Galaxy Tab 3 would have the same 1024 x 600 pixel display (which probably costs less to produce than…
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Coby has made a name for itself by offering consumer electronics at dirt cheap prices. What’s interesting is that they’re not all that bad. I was kind of impressed with how much tablet you got for the money with last year’s $200 Coby Kyros MID9742 9.7 inch tablet. And this year Coby has stepped up its game a bit. All…
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As promised, Sony is getting ready to launch its new 10 inch Android tablet this spring. The Sony Xperia Tablet Z won’t actually be available until May 24th, but you can pre-order one now for $499.99 and up. While that’s a relatively high starting price for an Android tablet, the Xperia Tablet Z has a few special features that help…
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Samsung may have just released an 8 inch Android tablet, but the company’s already moving on to its next 7 inch model. The new Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 is due out in May, and while pricing hasn’t yet been unveiled, it’s probably a safe bet that the new tablet will be considerably cheaper than the $399 Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0….
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Chinese consumer electronics company Hisense has been showing off some interesting tablets, eReaders, and other portable devices at CES and other trade shows for the past few years. But I haven’t really paid much attention since the only tends to sell televisions and related products in the US. But it looks like that could change. A Hisense Android tablet showed…
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HP’s 7 inch Android tablet is now available in the US. You can order the HP Slate 7 from the HP website for $169.99. Free 2-day shipping is included. The HP Slate 7 is the cheapest tablet the company has released to date, unless you count the ill-fated HP TouchPad 9.7 inch tablet which launched in 2011 for $499 and…
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Asus appears to be testing a new MeMO Pad tablet with an x86 processor. This could be the first member of the company’s budget Android lineup to feature an Intel Atom processor instead of an ARM-based chip. Italian site Android Aotic spotted benchmarks for an Asus MeMO Pad ME302C tablet at the GLBenchmark website. While there are no pictures, prices,…
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