Asus has been showing off a device called the Padfone since May. Now chairman Jonney Shih says it’s on track to launch in early 2012 and it will come with Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich software. The Padfone is a device that combines the features of a smartphone and a tablet in the most […]
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What Android 4.0 looks like on tablets
Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is the first version of Google’s mobile operating system that the company designed specifically to run on both phones and tablets. But during last night’s launch event the company only really talked about phones — which makes sense since the event was also the coming out party for the […]
Google launches Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for phones, tablets
Google has officially taken the wraps off Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The operating system will be available for both smartphones and tablets, but the first device to ship with ICS will be the Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone. It will ship in November, and the operating system should be available for additional devices soon. […]
Asus Padfone to ship with Ice Cream Sandwich by year’s end
The Asus Padfone is an unusual device that combines an Android smartphone and tablet. I don’t just mean it combines features of each. The Padfone consists of a smartphone with a 4.3 inch touchscreen display which you can slide into a tablet-sized dock for times when you want to use a 10 inch display. All […]
Motorola’s next tablet could have higher-res display
The latest Android tablets from Motorola, Samsung, Asus, and others are already setting a high bar for high-resolution displays. Most tablets designed to run Google Android 3.x Honeycomb feature 10.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel screens. But now it looks like the company may be working on a next generation tablet with an even higher […]