The Samsung Galaxy Note is an Android device with a 5.3 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel Super AMOLED display and a stylus. It blurs the lines between a typical tablet and smartphone thanks to its unusual size and screen resolution, but you can call it a phone if you like, since it can make phone calls. The device runs Google…

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The Cisco Cius is a 7 inch tablet for enterprise. It has a 1024 x 600 pixel display, a 1.6 Ghz Intel Atom processor, runs Google Android, and has custom, business-friendly software including remote desktop apps and software that lets your company’s IT department manage your device remotely and even build a customized app store experience. Since the Cisco Cius…

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Sure, it looks like a second-generation Motorola XOOM tablet is on the way, but if all you’re looking for is a XOOM with a 4G LTE wireless radio, it looks like the wait is over. Last month Motorola finally started offering 4G upgrades to customers that purchased 3G XOOM tablets. Now you can go ahead and buy a brand new…

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It’s been about seven months since Motorola and Verizon launched the XOOM tablet with 3G capabilities — and promised customers that a free 4G LTE upgrade would be available soon. Half a year later, it’s finally ready. Starting Thursday, September 29th customers that picked up 3G XOOM tablets will be able to send in their tablets for free upgrades. The…

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It’s taken about 6 months, but Motorola is finally starting to offer XOOM tablet owners the free 4G upgrade the company promised when it launched the tablet in February. Initially the XOOM shipped with a 3G radio for use on Verizon’s mobile broadband network, but Motorola said it would offer free upgrades within a few months. That stretched into half…

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Unlike the recently-outed Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 — which was discovered hiding inside a Samsung demo app in the Android Market — the Galaxy Tab 8.9 has had details leaked more than a few times this year. It was expected to launch this summer for around $469, though that doesn’t seem likely to happen at this point. Some reports, however,…

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Like so many tablets that have hit retail shelves this year, the Motorola XOOM launched in a slightly unfinished state. Updates have been rolling out, of course. Back in July a software update allowed owners of the Motorola XOOM to finally make use of the tablet’s microSD card expansion slot. Around the same time, a key hardware update surfaced as the…

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One of the biggest boosters for WiMAX technology in the US has announced plans to roll out an LTE network soon, theoretically offering ridiculously fast download speeds on the go. Over the past few years two competing technologies have been competing in the 4G wireless broadband internet space. In one corner we’ve had WiMAX, which has been championed by Clearwire,…

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There are two updates Motorola promised when launching the XOOM tablet in February. First, the microSD card slot would eventually work. Second, the company would offer a free upgrade which would allow users to send in their 3G capable tablets to receive a 4G LTE modem. The first promise is finally starting to come true. Today Motorola started rolling out…

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You know those WiFi-only Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets that go on sale next week in New York? It turns out they won’t be the only models up for order. Verizon has announced it will begin taking pre-orders for a 4G LTE model on June 8th. Update: The tablet is now available for purchase for $529.99 and up with a…

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Phone-maker HTC’s first foray into the Android tablet space is the 7 inch HTC Flyer, which is set to go on sale later this month. But the folks at Pocket Now are reporting that HTC is also working on a 10 inch model known as the HTC Puccini. Aside from the larger screen, it’s not all that clear at the…

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Verizon has announced plans to offer two 4G-capable netbooks for the company’s new LTE mobile broadband network in the first half of the year. While one still remains shrouded in mystery, the other netbook is the Compaq Mini CQ10, which is basically a rebranded version of the HP Mini 210. The netbook has a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N455 CPU,…

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