Android tablet

Archos Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 Themed Child Pad Now Available

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 …

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Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet Users get a Taste of Ice Cream Sandwich

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. …

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Archos Announces the Child Pad 7” ICS Kid-Friendly Tablet

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 …

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Oregon Scientific MEEP! Tablet – Meep Meep!

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 …

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Toshiba Thrive AT105-T1032 10.1″ Android Tablet Review

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 …

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SWIFT7 and SWIFT10 Android Tablets from Chinon

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 800×600 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, …

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YINLIPS Android Game Console and WiFi Tablet

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 …

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Coby Introduces New Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” Tablets

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 …

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Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet Review

“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 …

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Akash Android Tablet – Enabling India for $38

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 …

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0….PLUS

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 …

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New 7″ Android Thrive Tablet from Toshiba

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 …

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Bring Art to Your Photography with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

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. …

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23″ Android Megapad – it’s HUGE!

Martin Drashkov  has taken it on himself to hack himself a 23″ Android Tablet 🙂  Costing him around $600 with off the shelf components “devices like this will make simultaneous use by two users a practicality and will let users more fully immerse themselves in apps and games ” Won’t fit in your pocket or gadget bag though and Swypes …

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