One of the key advantages Android has over iOS is support for Adobe Flash. But it looks like you might have to wait until this spring to get that advantage on tablets running Google Android 3.0. Verizon Wireless has posted a product page for the Motorola XOOM tablet, and it state that Flash support is […]
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Motorola XOOM now available for pre-order for $800
As expected, Best Buy has announced that the Motorola XOOM tablet will be available in stores on Thursday, February 24th. The company starts taking pre-orders for the tablet today, with a 3G capable model running $799.99. But Best Buy isn’t the only retailer taking pre-orders. You can also place an order at Wirefly for the […]
Dell Streak 10 tablet to ship with Android 3.0 Honeycomb
Dell hasn’t really said much about its upcoming 10 inch Android tablet other than the fact that there is an upcoming 10 inch Android tablet. But during a earnings call yesterday, the company confirmed that the tablet will ship with Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the first version of Android designed specifically for tablets. If that seemed […]
Rumor: Samsung to introduce 10 inch Android tablet this weekend
Mobile World Congress starts next week and it’s a safe bet that we can expect a number of product announcements with a heavy focus on smartphones and mobile computers including tablets. So we won’t have long to wait to find out if Samsung is really going to introduce a new Android tablet on Sunday night, […]
Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb ported to the Dell Streak 5 inch tablet
Dell’s upcoming 7 inch Streak tablet is expected to ship with Google Android 2.2. But that hasn’t stopped independent developer Stephen Hyde from porting Android 3.0 Honeycomb to run on the year-old Dell Streak 5 inch tablet. The 5 inch Streak is really more of an oversized phone than a tablet. It has the same […]
Google introduces Movie Studio video editor for Android 3.0 Honeycomb
Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb is expected to hit the street soon, with Motorola XOOM as one of the first devices to run the tablet-optimized operating system. The folks at TechCrunch recently spent some time playing with the XOOM, and one of the apps they foun don the tablet which I hadn’t really seen much of […]
LG Optimus Pad (G-Slate) to go international
Just days after LG and T-Mobile announced that the G-Slate would ship in the US this March, LG has announced it will show off the tablet at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month. The international version of the computer is called the LG Optimus Pad, but it’s basically the same thing as the […]
Highlights from Google’s Feb 2nd Android event
Google held an event today to talk about Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb and the Android Market. There weren’t a ton of surprises, but we did get a better look at the Honeycomb interface designed for tablets, and Google did announced some Market changes that are going to make life a bit easier for Android developers […]
Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb for the NOOKcolor now available for download
Over the past few days xda-developers forum member deeper-blue has made quite a bit of progress getting a pre-release version of Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb to work on the Barnes & Noble NOOKcolor. While the project is still a work in progress, today he released the tools needed to install the OS, which means anyone […]
Android 3.0 Honeycomb on the NOOKcolor: Now with video
You know how we got the first photos of Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb running on the Barnes & Noble NOOKcolor the other day? Well if static images weren’t painting the picture for you, there are a couple of videos showing the OS running on the eBook reader/tablet. This is still an early build, patched together […]