Articles about android tablet

We all know Google's own branded Android smartphones from the Nexus family, so why not a Google Android branded tablet? Apparently the giant search company is planning just that, as a statement from chairman Eric Schmidt has confirmed.The said Google Nexus tablet (the name is not confirmed, or course) will arrive in 6 months time, a perfect timing with the Google I/O conference. Almost for sure the tablet will be running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, or a future version of Google's open-s...

It's no secret that most Android tablets today have basically the same underlying specs: 10 inch screen (1280 x 800 pixels), Tegra 2 CPU and Android Honeycomb as OS. Differences are found when it comes to the connecting ports, size of included internal storage, looks and of course pricing. The Toshiba Thrive is a very good example of this, but as the first impressions from Liliputing are showing there's a story behind Toshiba's tablet.As noted, the Toshiba Thrive tries to get closer to the ...

I'm not sure you remember Vizio's VTAB1008 tablet (refresh your memory here), an 8 inch tablet with a 4:3 ratio screen. There's nothing terribly interesting about the hardware specs, but there's one thing setting it apart, except the aspect ratio of the screen: an IR sensor on top of the tablet can be used to control TVs, DVRs and Blu ray players with help from a Vizio remote control app.This is the main selling point of the [easyazon-link asin="B005B9G79I"]$350 tablet[/easyazon-link], whic...

I bet you don't recall the Cisco Cius tablet for business people from last year. Apparently it went on sale at the end of March (who knew?). Anyway, Cisco just introduced AppHQ, possibly the only reason this tablet might actually have a chance on conquering the business world by offering security and peace of mind to the IT department in your company.Let me just tell you what AppHQ is: an store for Android apps that were extensively tested by Cisco to ensure no ill intended person can send c...

Back in January at CES 2011 we've taken a look at the Vizio Android tablet, a prototype back then with nothing more to offer than a classic remote functionality for all devices in your living room. Today it's official and it also has a name: VIZIO VTAB1008. It's hard to tell from the name, but it's an 8 inch tablet, a format not very common and 4:3 screen aspect ratio, same as the iPad. Even the screen resolution is 1024 x 768, but given the smaller screen size I expect pictures and text to loo...

When I hear the word Panasonic immediately I think of Toughbook, probably one of company's most known brands that's being given to all their rugged products meant for places where office pets like us are not going to survive longer than a few minutes. The latest product from Panasonic's Toughbook lineup is a 10 inch Android tablet, a first from OS perspective, but not company's first rugged slate.Bringing Android tablets to dusty, dirty and dangerous environments might mean finally businesse...

Toshiba's dreams of making an impact in the tablet market will soon materialize with the launch of their Thrive (we've told you about it last week), as the product is already available for pre-order with very competitive pricing, starting at $430 for the 8 GB version and then adding $50 for the 16 GB model and another $100 for the jump to 32 GB. There are still cheaper tablets out there, namely the EEE Pad Transformer that sells for $399 in 16 GB version, but the Thrive looks a little better whe...

Toshiba's been talking about tablet for some time now, we've been talking about Toshiba tablets too, so it's time for a little bit of good news: the Thrive 10 inch Android tablet is about to hit retail stores, with a scheduled July appearance. Toshiba has put a lot of effort into making their tablet as competitive as others, so the price is quite good: GB for $429, 16GB for $479, and the 32GB for $579.The only problem I find is that there's nothing to make it stand out from the competition,...

If you remember, ASUS announced four tablets at CES 2011 in January, but only delivered two of them: EEE Slate EP121 and EEE Pad Transformer. The latter was a success so big that ASUS failed to meed demand in the first few weeks, but people are still waiting for the EEE Pad Slider and EEE Pad MeMo tablets to show up in stores.I'm glad to report we have news about the EEE Pad MeMo who got a small upgrade to 3D and changed its name to ASUS EEE Pad Memo 3D (codename ME173). Yeap, 3D fever got i...

MSI is not what you'd call the iPad challenger. Sure they've announced tablets before, even last year, from the WindPad series, but they failed to bring them to market. Probably it was a wise decision, as hands-on impressions from the press were far from impressive. MSI is hoping to change that with the WindPad 110W and 100A tablets, both 10 inch form factors, announced today at Computex Taipei 2011.What's worth mentioning is that both tablets feature IPS screens with high resolution (1280 x...