Huawei Ideos S7: First Impression

Like many other companies, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd (which is based in Shenzhen, China) has entered the tablet market with its S7 tablet.  While Huawei is not well known in the US, they are a leading global telecommunications solutions provider and the largest networking and telecommunication equipment supplier in China.  Sold through Best Buy and some online retailers, the 7" Ideos S7 has...

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Blackberry PlayBook Rumored Pricing

Mobility Insider is reporting that they have the yet-to-be-announced pricing for the RIM Blackberry PlayBook.  According to their insider, the PlayBook will be priced according to the memory storage.  The rumored pricing will be:8GB: $39916GB: $49932GB: $599There will be no other differences among the three versions.  All three will be Wi-Fi only with a wireless carrier connectivity to be...

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Acer Introduces its Tablets... To Ship April 2011

Acer introduced its tablet lineup to launch in 2011.  There will be three sizes: 4.8"; 7"; and 10" screens.   Price is unknown.  Check out the press release after the break.Live and interact in total mobilityTablets according to AcerNew York, November 23rd 2010 - Acer enters the tablet arena with a very clear objective in mind: complete its range of products in support of its goal to...

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Velocity Micro Cruz Tablet (T104) Review

11/2011 - We have the new Cruz T408 tablet on hand and are currently testing it.  Check back for our full review.  As a tease, its better than this T104. UPDATE: Due to a number of questions on playing Youtube videos, I decided to note the link on where to download the Youtube app.  Click here.  This is directly from Velocity Micro.  As the review mentions below, we did not have success with...

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BlackBerry PlayBook Video

Courtesy of Engadget, RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie demonstrated the PlayBook in private to Engadget.  The more we see videos, the more we believe that this tablet is the true "iPad killer."  Current Android tablets are no match for this potential powerhouse.  Check out video.Why do we think this?  Well, first the PlayBook will have true multitasking which looks amazing.  Current Android's...

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Motorola Busy Working On Its Android 3.0 Tablet

Mobile-Review, a Russian tech site, has sent a Tweet that Motorola is busy working on preparing its tablet to run Android 3.0 (Honeycomb).  Apparently, Motorola has full blessing and support of Google.The 7" tablet is rumored to run on NVIDIA Tegra2 processors and have 3G connectivity.  Verizon is likely to be the exclusive carrier since they enjoy a strong relationship with Motorola.  Note...

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RIM Blackberry PlayBook Priced Under $500

Bloomberg BusinessWeek has reported that Research in Motion will sell its Blackberry PlayBook for under $500.  This pricing point puts it below the $600 Samsung Galaxy Tab (which is overpriced) but matches Apple's iPad.  "The product will be very competitively priced,” according to co-Chief Executive Officer, Jim Balsillie.The PlayBook is scheduled to be launched in North America in first...

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Velocity Micro Cruz Tablet Quietly Goes on Sale

Ads in Best Buy & Sears for this Sunday show Velocity Micro's Cruz Tablet is available. Retail price is $299 although Sears has it listed for $269.99 (at least in the NJ market). The Cruz Tablet has better specs than the Cruz Reader which was released a couple of months ago.Here are the differences:Reader will have a ratio of 4x3 resistive screen while the Tablet will have 16:9 capacitive...

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Creative Labs Also Enters the Tablet Market with ZiiO

We sound like a broken record but another manufacturer is launching its own tablet.  Creative Labs is introducing a 7" & 10" Android tablet. They will run Android 2.1 and feature either 8GB or 16GB of memory.  These tablets will start shipping in December.  Price ranges from $249 to $319.  Interestingly, the 7" tablet will be white while the 10" will be black.  The processor is a homegrown ZMS...

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LG to Launch LG Pad in 1st Qtr 2011

We have been hearing rumors of LG Electronics launching a tablet but MK News has reported that LG will be launching a 8.9" Android tablet in first quarter 2011.  The specs are to include Android Honeycomb, Tegra 2 processor, and the non-standard 8.9" screen.  LG appears to go in between the standard 7" and 10" screen which we believe is not a bad idea.  Also using Android Honeycomb (which would...

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ViewSonic Announces Pricing and Dates for ViewPad 7 and 10

Viewsonic provided a press release giving additional information on its ViewPad 7 and 10. Prior to the press release, no confirmation was given regarding the availability nor pricing.  So what is Viewsonic offering?The ViewPad 7 should be shipping fourth quarter 2010 with pricing set at $479.  What does $479 get you?  Besides the 7" multi-touch capacitive 800x480 screen, the ViewPad 7 will...

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