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Grab a Nexus 7 Deal!
Sometimes retailers do some GREAT deals. It seems that today, Dick Smith, is determined to move some Nexus 7 tablets, of the 32Gb Wi-Fi variety. Please note that the offer is only valid until Friday 10th May, 2013, 5pm AEST, and only availble for home delivery. Check out the Dick Smith Daily Deals page to [...]
Google gets more serious about tablet apps – Google Play Developer console receives tablet optimisation tips
Google is really beginning to make an effort with regards to addressing a perceived lack of tablet ready apps in Google Play. This began last year when Google introduced their Tablet App Quality Checklist for developers and continued just last week when they introduced new Tablet App Guidelines and Screenshots for the Play Store which [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 on sale now in Australia starting at $456
For those of you that think a 7-inch tablet just isn’t quite big enough, you’ll be pleased to note that Samsung’s new offering, the Galaxy Note 8, appears to have arrived on shop shelves this week. After being listed in last week’s Dick Smith Electronic’s catalogue for pre-order, the Galaxy Note 8 is now available [...]
Nexus 7 3G now available on the Play Store (Update: Now in stock)
Update: The Nexus 7 3G 32gb is now in stock, as are the other Nexus 7 devices! Sadly, the other Nexus range – Nexus 4 and 10 remain out of stock for now. We’ve received a few tips indicating that the Nexus 7 32gb 3G model has now become available on the Play Store, and [...]
An Australian-made Android tablet for under $300? Sure.
A couple of days ago we received an email from a company called aussiePADS, telling us that they are busy developing a new, Australian-made Android tablet based on the 1.6GHz Samsung Exynos 4 quad-core processor. For those of you playing at home, you’ll realise this is the very same chip inside the Samsung Galaxy Note [...]
Which tablet should you buy? Comparison charts
As you probably know by now, Google’s latest (and largest) member of the Nexus family is now listed on the Play Store and will be taking orders soon. But with the Microsoft Surface and the new (new) iPad just recently announced as well, the tabletosphere is a little crowded right now. So I’ve made up some handy tables [...]
Telstra to launch a new 4G tablet aimed for “tech-minded Australian families”.
Telstra has had a 4G network for a little while now, and Telstra have just announced that tomorrow they will be launching their first 4G tablet. While we expect to see some more 4G tablets to hit the shelves later this year and early next, the Telstra 4G tablet is an affordable and powerful android [...]
Jetway 7″ Alfar Pad — Mini Review
We don’t review enough cheap tablets, so we reviewed one for you! The tablet market used to be dominated by the iPad. Nowadays, just as Android has taken over the smartphone market and has a huge market share, Android is making inroads into the tablet market. While the original Galaxy Tab missed a few marks [...]
Google aiming at tablet-optimised apps for Android
For a long time now we’ve been hearing from a variety of sources about how Android Apps are not tablet optimised. Whilst the Nexus 7 has bought some manner of relief to Google on this matter in that Android Apps look pretty good on the 7″ form factor once you start getting into the 9, [...]
ASUS PadFone 2 has shown up in Antutu Database, with Quad Core CPU
The ASUS PadFone has not been out that long, and we’re already hearing rumours about the PadFone 2. It looks like some of the rumours may be true. Given ASUS is not a company that is known for releasing updated products really close together, we knew that a PadFone 2 was a probability for later [...]
Google Nexus 7 — Review
Google rolls the dice with their first tablet. For some, the wait for a Nexus branded tablet has been painfully lengthy. So many lovers of Android have been crying out for a slate with Google’s specific hand of blessing on it. But it’s not only the fans who have longed for a different formula from [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 – Review
Multi-tasking genius? Or just another Android Tablet? Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 is a device that has been eagerly awaited and surrounded by much speculation as to just what it was going to be able to do. Being targeted as a “Content Creation” device, rather than a tablet aimed at media consumption, the idea is that [...]
Eric Schmidt: Google was late to tablets
It’s been a bit of a day news wise. Motorola have announced some new devices, LG has hyped their new phone, and Kobo is doing a new Android tablet. We even heard a bit about the record numbers of Android activations. But one little snippet really didn’t make much by way of headlines. Android’s 1.3m [...]