As Black Friday approaches, we’re seeing a number of retailers starting to offer big deals a little early. You can order most Android, BlackBerry, or Windows Phone handsets from Amazon for just one penny this week when you sign up for a new service plan with Spring, Verizon, or AT&T. A number of stores are […]
Android Market website now recognizes HP TouchPad, NOOK Tablet, Kindle Fire
Google has rolled out a minor update to the Android Market website so that it now recognizes devices that didn’t originally ship with the Android Market. In other words, if you install the Android Market on an officially unsupported device such as the HP TouchPad, Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet, or Amazon Kindle Fire, you […]
Samsung Series 5 Chromebook now available in black for $350
The Acer AC700 isn’t the only Chromebook getting a price drop. Samsung has introduced a new version of the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook which is available for $350. Samsung is continuing to offer the Chromebook in white or silver for $430 and up, but the new model comes in “piano black.” Like the other models, […]
Asus Padfone specs leaked by GLBenchmark
The Asus Padfone isn’t expected to ship until February, but it looks like someone at Asus may have been testing an early unit. Some benchmark results have shown up at the GLBenchmark website. The Padfone is a smartphone-tablet hybrid. It includes a fully functional Android smartphone, along with a tablet docking station. Just slap the […]
NOOK Tablet dissected, reveals big battery, lots of adhesive
The Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet may be a shiny new 7 inch tablet with a dual core processor, but the tablet sure looks a lot like the 2010 NOOK Color. The new model uses the same case design as the original, but comes with more RAM, more storage, and a faster processor. But the folks […]
Acer Chromebook price falls to $300
The Acer AC700 Chromebook launched this summer for $350, but now you can pick one up from Amazon for $299.99. That’s about the same price as a typical 10 inch netbook… but the Acer AC700 isn’t your typical netbook. It’s one of the first Chromebooks, which means it ships with Google Chrome OS instead of […]
Rooted NOOK Tablet tweaks: adding a home button, settings shortcuts
So you’ve rooted your Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet and installed the Android Market so you can download some extra apps. But those apps don’t show up in the Barnes & Noble app library, so you have to install a new app launcher… and then you have to use the search option to look up […]
BlackBerry PlayBook tablet goes on sale for $200 and up
In our Black Friday roundup, we noted that a handful of retailers will be offering the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet for prices as low as $199.99 on the day after Thanksgiving. But some stores aren’t waiting. A number of electronics chains in Canada are already offering deep discounts on the tablet, and today Best Buy and […]
How to root the NOOK Tablet, install the Android Market
Less than a week after the Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet started shipping, hackers have discovered a way to root the tablet and install the official Google Android Market. There are still a few hoops to jump through, since Barnes & Noble doesn’t make it easy to “enable USB debugging” so that you can push […]
Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet review
The NOOK Tablet is the second Android tablet from Barnes & Noble, but it’s the first one that the company calls a tablet. That’s because while the first model was positioned as an eBook reader that could also run some apps, Barnes & Noble improved the processor, increased the RAM and storage space, and expanded the […]