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Lenovo A1000, A3000 and S6000 Android tablets set to launch in Q2 2013

Android Mobile World Congress doesn't officially start until Feb. 25, but that hasn't stopped several companies from announcing their new wares today. Lenovo has continued the MWC march with its announcement of a trio of new Android tablets that...

Feb 24th by Alex Wagner 0

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 Gallery

Android The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 was officially announced this morning, ending weeks of speculation on the company's next move in the tablet space. From a usability standpoint, it closely resembles the Galaxy Note II. You can use the S Pen on...

Feb 24th by Aaron Baker 33 26 Reactions

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 Hands-On

Android Aaron dives in with the newly-announced Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 at Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona. Samsung tells us that the US variants won't have the cellular connectivity, but it's still an interesting proposition nonetheless....

Feb 24th by Aaron Baker 11

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 official, coming with Jelly Bean and quad-core processor

Android Less than a day after the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 showed its face on the Mobile World Congress floor a tad early, the new tablet has been given a formal introduction. As one could probably guess after learning of the device's name, the...

Feb 23rd by Alex Wagner 49 35 Reactions

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A solid pair: The tablet and the desktop

Lifestyle For about two years now I’ve been working solely off of a laptop – I have a desktop, but best it can do is Windows XP and a lot of the programs I wanted to use aren’t supported on such an outdated software. It’s funny how different...

Feb 23rd by Anna Scantlin 20 11 Reactions

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 image, ZTE Open Firefox OS phone spec list spied on MWC show floor

Android Mobile World Congress may not officially start until Monday, but that doesn't mean that we can't start gathering information from the show floor today! A photo of Samsung's MWC booth has been sent to Engadget, and in the image we can see a...

Feb 23rd by Alex Wagner 9 6 Reactions

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Technology can be so overwhelming sometimes

Lifestyle I’m never shy to admit that I am extremely dependent on technology. Even while I’m sitting here typing this I have the urge to grab my iPhone and check to make sure I didn’t miss an alert or to check Facebook because it’s less hassle than...

Feb 20th by Anna Scantlin 25 19 Reactions

Canonical founder: Ubuntu phones will ship in 2014, big supplier is committed to mobile Ubuntu

News Following Canonical's announcement of Ubuntu for tablets, we're now getting our second helping of mobile Ubuntu news. Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth today held a conference call to discuss Ubuntu for tablets, and during that talk, he...

Feb 19th by Alex Wagner 4

Ubuntu for tablets introduced, Touch Developer Preview for Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 coming Feb. 21

News Looks like it's tablet time. After posting a tablet-related teaser and countdown on the Ubuntu home page yesterday, Canonical this morning announced a new version of Ubuntu meant for use on tablet devices. The interface looks fairly...

Feb 19th by Alex Wagner 4

Canonical posts tablet teaser on Ubuntu home page

News Looks like tomorrow just got a bit busier. In addition to the HTC event that's going down in Tuesday morning, Canonical has placed a teaser on the Ubuntu home page that reads "Tick, tock, tablet time!" and has a countdown that'll end at 10...

Feb 18th by Alex Wagner 0

Microsoft taking orders for 128GB Surface Windows 8 Pro, units expected to ship in two to three weeks

News Microsoft's Surface Windows 8 Pro model has been a bit hard to come by since it launched last week, especially for customers in the hunt for the 128GB model. There's some good news tonight for anyone that's still in the hunt for either...

Feb 15th by Alex Wagner 1

Archos makes Platinum line of Android tablets official, 11.6-inch model included

Android After giving a sneak peek of its new Platinum range of Android slates back at CES 2013, Archos today made the tablet trio officially official. As we noted during CES, the Platinum range consists of tablets with higher-end specs, like...

Feb 14th by Alex Wagner 4

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HP reportedly prepping an Android tablet, also said to be considering a smartphone

Android After HP had a bit of a fire sale with its webOS-based TouchPad tablet last year, many folks snapped the device up in the hopes of loading up Android on the device, like the Cyanogenmod port that's currently available. However, new reports...

Feb 13th by Alex Wagner 57 46 Reactions

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE given new Garnet Red paint job

Android It's starting to look like Samsung might have a thing for red gadgets. After giving the Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note II and Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 some fresh red paint jobs, Samsung today announced that the Galaxy Note 10.1 is getting the same...

Feb 12th by Alex Wagner 1

More 128GB Surface Windows 8 Pro stock to hit Best Buy and Microsoft Stores 'by Saturday'

News Microsoft's Surface Windows 8 Pro model finally launched earlier this month in both 64GB and 128GB flavors, but several customers say that they had trouble acquiring a 128GB unit, with fast sellouts reported both at Microsoft's online...

Feb 12th by Alex Wagner 9

ASUS MeMO Pad Smart debuts with 10.1-inch display and Jelly Bean, Folio Key keyboard cover also outed

Android After leaking out both in press image and video forms, the ASUS MeMO Pad Smart has been given an official introduction. Serving as the bigger sibling to the 7-inch MeMO Pad that was announced in January, the MeMO Pad Smart boasts a...

Feb 11th by Alex Wagner 0

Nokia CEO teases that company is looking 'closely' at tablets as PureView Lumia 'EOS' phone rumored again

News Despite the fact that Nokia executives teased nearly a year ago that their company has a new tablet device in the works, the Finnish firm itself has remained fairly quiet lately on the subject of slates. Today the teasing continues, as...

Feb 4th by Alex Wagner 1

ASUS MeMO Pad 10 Smart leaks again, this time in press image form

Android The ASUS MeMO Pad 10 Smart first popped up on our radar thanks to an unboxing video that made its way online a couple of weeks ago, and now the unannounced Android slate is back for a second helping of leaky goodness. A few press images of...

Feb 1st by Alex Wagner 1

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Here's to hoping Apple can standardize 128GB

Android For months now, I have been hounding virtually every mobile manufacturer about an increasingly problematic matter. You guessed it! Storage space. As smartphones and tablets have matured and substantially grown in capabilities over the last...

Jan 29th by Taylor Martin 20

Microsoft's 128GB Surface Windows 8 Pro will pack 83GB of free space, 64GB version will have 23GB

News After its initial announcement waaaay back in June 2012, the Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet will finally be launching on Feb. 9. Customers will have two options when it comes time to decide how much storage they want included in their...

Jan 29th by Alex Wagner 6