At $179, the Pandigital Novel might not be the cheapest eBook reader around. But it’s definitely one of the cheapest general purpose Android tablets available in the US… even if that isn’t how the company is marketing the device. Thing is, it has a 7 inch, color touchscreen display and runs Google Android. All you […]
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Chile T7-3G tablet: 7 inches and Android 2.1
Chile (the company, not the country) has introduced a new 7 inch Android tablet in China. The Chile T7-3G features a 7 inch, 800 x 600 pixel display, a 720MHz ARM11 processor, and runs Google Android 2.1. It’s not exactly a speed demon, but it looks like this Chinese tablet would make a pretty decent […]
Cisco introduces an Android tablet for some reason
OK, I know everybody and their kid brother has a tablet running Google Android to sell these days. But I wasn’t really expecting one from Cisco. But that’s exactly what we’ve got here: a 7 inch Android powered tablet with HD video playback capabilities from Cisco. Huh. The company plans to start shipping the Cius […]
Amazon Kindle app for Android is now available
Google Android is officially becoming a decent platform for anyone who likes to read eBooks on their phones and other mobile devices. Last week Kobo released an Android app that basically lets you download and read any title that Borders sells in its eBook store. And today Amazon finally got around to releasing a Kindle […]
AllGo figures out how to build a $15 (screenless) Android device
One of the reasons Google Android seems to be everywhere these days is because the operating system is free to use. Of course, the smartphone, tablet, or smartbook hardware that you need to run the operating system isn’t exactly free. But it can be pretty close. A company called AllGo is showing off a platform […]
Lenovo Skylight, IdeaPad U1 Hybrid on track to launch this year (with Android)
Two of the most interesting devices I’ve seen this year are the Lenovo Skylight smartbook and IdeaPad U1 Hybrid notebook with a detachable display that works as a standalone tablet. And while both will miss their original shipping deadlines since Lenovo decided to scrap the custom Linux distribution powering the devices and replace it with […]
Huawei S7 Android tablet available for purchase
The Huawei S7 Android tablet is a 7 inch touchscreen device with an 800 x 480 pixel capacitive display. It runs Google Android 2.1, and Chippy from CarryPad thought it was one of the coolest things he saw at Computex earlier this month. The tablet has a 768MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 256MB of RAM, and […]
RockPlayer: Google Android finally gets a decent video player
Google Android has a video player built in… but it’s hidden away in the gallery section which you use to display photos. And out of the box, the Android video player can usually only handle whatever video formats your phone’s hardware specifically supports. That often includes H.264 and MP4, but good luck trying to get […]
Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid, Skylight aren’t dead yet
Lenovo may have put its innovative Skylight smartbook and IdeaPad U1 Hybrid notebook with a detachable screen/tablet on hold indefinitely — but it looks like the projects aren’t entirely dead. As the company hinted a few weeks ago, Lenovo is looking at Google Android as an alternative to the Skylight operating system that had been […]
NEC LifeTouch Android tablet gets the hands-on treatment
The NEC LifeTouch is a 7 inch Android tablet with an 800 x 480 pixel display, an ARM A8-based CPU, and a rather large number of buttons to press. We saw a few rendered pictures of the tablet last week, but now there’s a video making the rounds showing the LifeTouch tablet in the flesh […]