Posts tagged Android Tablet
Augen: Pirated Market for the Kmart Tablet was “Unintentional”
Aug 9th
You may remember our post last month about the Augen tablet being sold at Kmart, and how everyone was getting rainchecks? Well, yeah, it seems that Google never told Augen that they could use their Market on the tablet, and Augen says that they didn’t mean to release the tablet with the Market on it.
Currently, Google has not licensed the Market for any tablet that does not have telephone capabilities, and it seemed odd that a highly unknown company all-of-the-sudden had rights to it. It seems that it was an “unauthorized” version of it, and Augen told Laptop Magazine it was supposed to have been removed before release, but was “overlooked.” Laptop’s article also includes a letter from the CEO of Auguen, explaining the situation. Google and Augen have reached an agreement to take the Android Market off of all future releases, and that seems to suffice for the time being. And the version that is out there on the initial batch of tablets doe snot actually work.
NOTE: Augen: Pirated Market for the Kmart Tablet was “Unintentional” originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
“Don’t Hold Your Breath” is the Word on Galaxy Tab Announcement for August 11th
Aug 3rd
Recently there have been some suggestions that we may see Samsung announce it’s new hotness, the Galaxy Tab tablet during it’s press conference on August 11th. Kyle over at thedroidguy.com is saying that no-how no-way are we going to see an announcement of this device so soon.
Citing sources from Samsung Mobile, Samsung Consumer Electronics and both of their PR departments, the Droid Guy is saying that all of those sources are saying that there are no plans to announce the Tab officially during the event.
A quote from the Droid Guy:
Thedroidguy.com has confirmed through numerous sources including Samsung Mobile, Samsung Consumer Electronics and both of their PR agencies that this is NOT the case.
We will keep our ears to the ground on this one, if we hear any rumblings like we are going to see some sort of announcement or official leak, we will let you know!
NOTE: “Don’t Hold Your Breath” is the Word on Galaxy Tab Announcement for August 11th originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
Samsung introducing Android Tablet in Q3
Jul 31st
Rumored Tablet next to a Galaxy S Phone
Speaking with Reuters, Samsung confirmed that they plan to release an Android based Tablet PC in Q3 this year. This places Samsung firmly in competition with LG, Acer, Dell, Toshiba and others that have announced Android based tablets. Samsung is the number 2 handset manufacturer worldwide second only to Nokia (who is struggling to gain a foothold in the smartphone market in the US). Though not many details are known regading the Samsung tablet device it is said to have a 7″ Super AMOLED screen according to Samsung. The device is also rumored to sport a 1.2Ghz CPU in the Hummingbird family (the same family used in Samsung’s Galaxy S phone series), Carry 16GB on internal storage with a microSDHC slot for external storage, A 4000 mHa battery and run Android 2.2.
NOTE: Samsung introducing Android Tablet in Q3 originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
7-Inch GENTOUCH78 Tablet Available at KMART for $150
Jul 26th
Kmart just became another place to shop for Android tablets. Yeah, that Kmart. They are currently offering a 7-inch tablet from a company called Augen that features some impressive specs. Dubbed the GENTOUCH78, this unit is said to run Android 2.1 and supposedly promises access to the full Android Market. Although it’s a WiFi only tablet, I’m finding it awful difficult to not pick one up for that feature alone. I would be more than content to have one of these around the house until something else from a major player comes along.
Check out the hardware said to be included:
- 800×480 color TFT touch panel screen
- CPU: 800 Mhz
- Ram: DDR2 256mb
- Internal Memory: 2GB
- Expansion Slots: SD/MMC card slot up to 16GB
- Wi-Fi Connectivity with Full Web Browsing Capability
- Supports Ebook Formats: Text, PDF, E-PUB, HTML
- Supports Media Formats: MP3, WMA, FLAC, AAC
- Supports most popular E-Book formats
- Picture Viewer in JPEG, BMP
- Video Player
- Rechargeable Lithium Battery
- Carrying case included
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NOTE: 7-Inch GENTOUCH78 Tablet Available at KMART for $150 originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
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Lenovo, Toshiba and ASUS, Oh My! Android Tablet Rumors
Jul 22nd
photo credit: Pocket-Lint
Another day in the Android tablet saga, and more and more information is leaking about various manufacturers’ Android-based tablets.
- Reports indicate that ASUS’s Eee Pad, seen running Windows at CES back in January, will instead run Android when it is launched in 2011. The device is a NVIDA Tegra2 powered tablet with a 10″ screen. Little else is known other than that 3G carriers could start seeing devices in December for testing.
- Toshiba’s Mark Whittard, Australian Managing Director for the company, showed a tablet prototype and said that the device will be available before October. No hardware details were released, but the prototype on display featured HDMI output, USB connectivity, multi-touch and could run either Windows 7 and Android.
Photo: Slashgear
- Lenovo has also outed their “LePad” to complement their “LePhone” released earlier this year. The portable computer manufacturer stated that they believe Apple CEO Steve Jobs has not focused on the Chinese market. Lenovo sees tablets, associated hardware and services as becoming as much as 20% of the company’s revenue over the next 5 years.
NOTE: Lenovo, Toshiba and ASUS, Oh My! Android Tablet Rumors originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
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gPad – watch out Apple
Feb 7th
Here’s something hot: apparently Google is not going to leave Apple alone. Here is article from SMH referencing mockups from Google’s own Glen Murphy. Oh boy, I think I’m seriously in love.
How long you think we have to wait? Not too long giving that Steve announced the iPad somewhat prematurely, as noted by the lack of many basic features consumers were looking for.
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Viewsonic Adds VTablet 101 to List of Android Tablets
Jan 22nd
The number of Android-based tablets and internet devices seems to be keeping pace with handsets. It feels like every time we turn around, we’re talking about a new MID or web tablet with Android. Today finds us bringing you news of the VTablet 101 from Viewsonic.
Many of you are probably familiar with Viewsonic as they’ve been in the monitor game for years. It will interesting to see if any one tablet maker will emerge as the go-to brand or each will enjoy a small piece of the pie.
The VTablet 101 it will offer a NVIDIA Tegra graphics powering an 8.9-inch touch screen and include 4GB of storage. Further, the unit features WiFi and Bluetooth. The rumored price is around $440 US dollars. As to when we’ll see it, your guess is as good as ours.
Source: Tech 163 via Cloned in China
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