You may soon be able to install Android on an HP TouchPad tablet thanks to the developers of the popular CyanogenMod Android distribution. Update: You can now install Android on the HP TouchPad using CyanogenMod’s tools. The HP TouchPad ships with webOS 3.0 software, but after HP discontinued the tablet and its webOS smartphones and […]
August 2011
Raspberry Pi running Quake III – video
The Raspberry Pi is designed to be a tiny, low cost computer for use in education. But that doesn’t mean you can’t use it to play video games. The team working to bring the $25 computer to market posted a video this weekend showing a prototype running Quake III. This is still a work in […]
Arnova launches new 7, 10 inch Android tablets
Earlier this year tablet maker Archos launched a new line of budget Android tablets which sold for $199 or less under the Arnova brand. Now the company has introduced updated versions of its 7 and 10 inch tablets with newer software and slightly beefier specs. Unfortunately there’s no word yet on how much the new […]
Best Buy may get more HP TouchPads in stock this week
HP TouchPad tablets have been hard to come by since the company canceled the product and marked down the price to $99 for a 16GB model and $149 for a 32GB version. HP has promised that it will have some more in stock soon, although it’s likely they’ll sell out quickly and then you’ll never […]
Toshiba’s next Android tablet to be thinner
The Toshiba Thrive Android tablet has only been on sale for a few months, but the company is already getting ready to introduce its next tablet. Notebook Italia got some leaked pictures and it looks like the new model will be thinner than the Thrive, and it will have a brushed metal finish with chromed […]
Sony’s upcoming dual-screen tablet dubbed the Sony Tablet P
Early this year Sony introduced two new Android devices, code-named the Sony S1 and S2. The first has a 9.4 inch display and a wedge-shaped design, and we now know it will be called the Sony Tablet S when it’s launched. The later is a dual-screen device that you can fold up and fit in […]
Amazon tablet to sell for $299 or less?
Amazon is expected to launch an Android tablet in September or October. The company is well positioned to make money off its Amazon Appstore for Android apps, Amazon MP3 music service, Kindle eBook store and other digital media properties, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see Amazon sell its tablet near or even below cost. […]
Samsung Galaxy 8.9 to offer LTE connectivity
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 […]
Acer Iconia Tab to get Android 3.2 on September 10th(ish)
Recently Acer promised that it would push out a software update for the Iconia Tab A500 tablet on August 25th bringing Google Android 3.2 to the tablet. If you’re keeping track though, you may have noticed that yesterday was the 25th… and the software update isn’t available yet. Now Acer has updated the launch date for […]
Barnes & Noble apologizes for canceled TouchPad orders with $20 credits
Barnes & Noble is apologizing to customers that had placed orders for the HP TouchPad only to later find out that the tablet was not in stock and their orders had been canceled. Basically the company’s inventory system kept taking orders even after the TouchPad was completely out of stock. While the company won’t be […]