Ematic makes a line of value-priced tablets that always keep portability, accessibility, and productivity in mind. Their newest 7" tablet is called the eGlide 4, and it runs the Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" OS. It has a 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of internal storage and 5GB of cloud storage. You can [...]
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I managed to get my hands on the Thinkpad Tablet Keyboard Folio Case from Lenovo recently, fairly cheaply. I hadn't worried about one before as I found that the Tablet was fine without it for my current needs, but the offer was too attractive to knock back. I've mentioned in several of my Thinkpad Tablet [...]
New to the Google Play Store, My Android Apps makes app management on your Android devices so much easier. As you can see above, you can now manage each device's apps separately including the ability to update and uninstall apps all via your web browser. Not only that, if you lose your device and have to replace it, [...]
There's been rumours floating around for a while, but finally Google has their Nexus 7 tablet available for pre-order. Based on Google's latest Android version, Jelly Bean, the 7" tablet made by ASUS has a Quad Core Tegra 3 processor, a 1280 X 800 screen, 8 hour battery life, and will come in 8 and 16GB [...]
Lenovo has started pushing Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0.3) out to Lenovo Thinkpad Tablets using the Rest Of the World (ROW) and Japanese (JP) image. Implementation seems to be good, and it seems to be stable and faster than Honeycomb. If you have an ROW Tablet and you haven't got the update yet, you can go [...]
At the moment I'm not a big blogger, well truthfully if you don't include my Gadgeteer posts I'm not a blogger at all. I'd never used WordPress before until I joined the writers on the Gadgeteer and hadn't even looked at any other blogging sites. To me blogs are kind of moot unless you've actually [...]
We told you about the Child Pad from Archos a couple of months ago. This 7″ compact tablet runs Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich”, and it’s powered by a 1GHz processor and 1GB of RAM. The interface features colored icons and folders, and the tablet is pre-loaded with games (like Angry Birds), apps, and books. You [...]
Lenovo promised Thinkpad Tablet owners ICS 4.03 for their tablet in May, and while there's some conjecture on the forums whether they missed their stated deadline by a small amount, they have delivered. OTA3 is starting to deploy to Thinkpad Tablets with UK and Western Europe images, and so far the feedback's been pretty good. [...]
Children always want to have things like their parents have, and I'll admit that my daughter had her first (hand-me-down) PDA when she was five. Before that age, I wouldn't have been comfortable even letting her play with my devices because very young children can have trouble understanding the need for being very careful with [...]
How do you use your Android tablet? How are your screens set out? Is it just a bunch of apps ? This article is supposed to be in the vein of my Thinkpad Tablet review, a "how it works for me" rather than any sort of technical discussion. ( And you'll note that I haven't [...]
Released at the American International Toy Fair, Oregon Scientific displayed the MEEP! Android Tablet. Aimed at children aged 6 years and over, the tablet will be available with a number of optional accessories, such as musical instruments, to amuse and educate the children. Ruggedised to take the knocks of everyday play, the tablet has a [...]
We had a good Christmas season at our house this year, electronics wise! A combination of events from price drops and clearances to unexpected cash meant that my wife and I both ended up with a tablet. She got a white 16GB iPad2, and I got a 32GB Toshiba Thrive AT105 10" tablet. (I am not [...]
Chinon has introduced two new Android tablets. The SWIFT7 (left) has a Cortex-A8 Core 1.2GHz processor with 512MB DDR3 processing memory, 4GB of storage space, and a 7.0 inch 800x600 LCD (4:3 ratio) with a capacitive touchscreen. The SWIFT10 (right) has a Cortex-A8 Core 1.2GHz processor with 1GB DDR3 processing memory, 8GB of internal storage, [...]
This YINLIPS Android Game Console and WiFi Tablet from ishareGifts packs a lot of functionality in a small package. It emulates NES, SNES, GB/GBC/GBA, Mega Drive, MAME, N64, PSX, Flash 10.X games. It also functions as an Android 2.2 tablet with which you can surf, listen to music, watch videos, use apps, read ebooks, and [...]
Coby has announced an upcoming line of Android Internet tablets that will be among the first to feature the Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" OS. They'll be introduced at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2012. There will be a 7", 8", 9", 9.7", and 10" model, and all will have the [...]
"The pen is mightier than the finger" -Ian 2011 (Apologies to Edward Bulwer-Lytton) Let me start this article by saying that if you're looking for a technical review of the new Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet then this is not the article for you. There's quite a few speed and feed reviews out there, but what I want to [...]
The Indian Government and Canadian company Datawind have just released the Akash, a 7" Android based Tablet. The Indian government has contracted to buy some 8 to 10 million of the devices by March 2012 and will initially be giving the devices away to students for free and when available commercially will sell for around [...]
Samsung has announced their successor to their Galaxy Tab 7.0 imaginatively named..... Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. With 1.2GHz dual-core processor, a 7″ WSVGA (1024 x 600) PLS display , 1GB of RAM, 16/32GB of internal memory, microSD slot (up to 32GB), 3-megapixel auto focus rear camera, 2-megapixel front facing camera, Android 3.2 Honeycomb (with TouchWiz), and [...]
Toshiba has announced the new 7" entry into their Thrive tablet family. The Thrive 7" tablet has an AutoBrite LED-backlit multi-touch display with 1280X800 resolution. It's powered by the NVIDIA® Tegra™2 Dual Core Mobile Processor, and it will run Android 3.2 (Honeycomb). You can see the dimensions on the above photo; the Thrive 7" weighs less than [...]
Everybody has read about the technical specifications of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. We know that it runs the latest version of Android, so it will have access to the world of Android applications. We know we can connect to the world via cellular systems, WiFi, and Bluetooth – and navigate the world with GPS. [...]
