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...
Kobo announces Android 4.0 tablet — The Arc
Kobo, purveyors of fine e-book readers, has announced this afternoon that it is releasing an Android 4.0 tablet called, simply, the Arc.
The Kobo Arc 7-inch tablet will come in 8GB and 16Gb flavours for (RRP) $249 and $299, respectively....
Motorola XOOM 2 on Telstra now receiving Android 4.0 update
The day has finally come for Motorola XOOM 2 owners: Android 4.0 is here. Motorola Australia today confirmed that the roll-out of the Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" update has begun for Telstra users. This update applies to both...
ASUS ramping up production of 3G-enabled Nexus 7, launching in 6 weeks
Paul from over at MoDaCo has confirmed that ASUS will be launching a 3G variant of the Nexus 7. Details are scarce as to what pricing will be and when it will be available in each of the place...
Got a Sony Tablet P? No Jellybean for you!
Another day another confirmation from manufacturers that they have no plans to upgrade the OS on devices. This time Sony have confirmed that the Tablet P will not be receiving updates due to it's low sales and even...
ASUS announce Australian availability of their Nexus 7 Travel Covers
ASUS have announced the Australian availability of their Nexus 7 Travel Covers just in time for Father's Day, albeit in an extremely small post on their Facebook page. The colours available are Pink, Light Gray, Teal, Yellow, Green and...
Sony Australia announces Xperia Tablet S and Xperia Go
Sony Australia today announced the Xperia Tablet S and Xperia Go at their online Sony Sessions webcast.
We really liked the original Tablet S when we reviewed it back in February this year, so it's good to see that...
Aldi to sell Bauhn tablet again from September 8th
Looks like selling out at most Aldi stores within 5 minutes is good for business, so Aldi will be stocking another Bauhn branded tablet as of the 8th of September. The Ice Cream Sandwich running tablet is running a...
Archos announce the 7″ GamePad
Apparently, 7" is the perfect screen size for portable gaming, and obviously Archos got the message. On the specs alone, the GamePad sounds like a winner - Android 4.0, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, and the same GPU found in...
Are HTC planning on releasing a 10-inch tablet?
To date, HTC has only made one foray into the world of tablet computing - the stylus-powered, overpriced, 7-inch HTC Flyer, and its larger brother, the 10.1-inch Jetstream. The devices were not exactly commercial successes for HTC - the...
Android 4.0 now rolling out to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v
Vodafone Australia have today confirmed that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v will be receiving Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" in the form of an over-the-air update from today onwards. While it still isn't the latest version of Android (4.1...
Firefox for Android — Updated, tablet support improved
The so-called 'Browser Wars' have mainly focused on what's happened on desktops, and while a clear winner might depend on your point of view, a clear loser is probably Internet Explorer. On mobile devices though, while there is a...
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 – Unboxing and First Impressions
I was lucky enough to receive a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 to review. I decided to share the unboxing, because who doesn't love a good tech preview? I also share my first impressions of the build of the latest...
Apple vs Samsung: Looks like Apple won.
Anyone who's alive probably knows that Apple and Samsung have been doing battle in a number of forums for a couple of years now. There's a lot to these issues, and we don't propose to cover the background here....
Telstra approves ICS update for Xoom 2 hopes to roll it out September 3rd
Telstra has advised that they have finished testing the Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Motorola Xoom 2 and are looking to make it available to tablets on the 3rd of September. Telstra announced back in June that they...