Remember that DROID branded tablet line Verizon and Motorola released last year? Yup the oddly named Motorola DROID XYBOARD tablets are in the news today with a tasty treat. It appears that Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich has leaked for all models. As in the DROID XYBOARD 8.2 and 10.1 4G LTE models, and the regular XYBOARD 8.2 and 10.1 WiFi models too. More details after the break. Thanks the the developer mattlgroff over at XDA Developers … [Read more...]
Last week was supposed to be all about the Galaxy S III but production delays and a huge demand caused all the US carriers to slightly push or delay their push. Today however is the day AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy S III is finally available in stores nationwide. If you’ve been patient through the mess today you can run down and pick one up. T-Mobile did the same thing and it’s available now, and Verizon has started shipping … [Read more...]
When Google announced their new ASUS made Nexus 7 tablet at Google IO for the low price of just $199 there was a roar of cheers and clapping. Offering such a high quality product with top of the line specs at that price surely isn’t easy. After initial reports suggested Google would make zero profit on the tablet we now have additional details. Now this doesn’t really matter for the individual consumer. All they need to know is the … [Read more...]
The same judge who threw out Apple's injunction against Motorola has said he wonders whether patents should cover software or most any industries at all. Richard Posner, a judge who has been at it for over two decades, thinks that the constant "struggle for survival," leads tech companies into the courtroom when they should be coming up with the next innovative idea. … [Read more...]
As we have already heard, HTC is not planning on selling any more budget phones, preferring to concentrate their efforts on establishing themselves a high-end brand. So the HTC Desire C will be the first and last budget ICS from HTC to see the light of day. Small, affordable and completed in traditional HTC style, this device is supposed to be an upgrade on the HTC Wildfire S albeit with a couple of cherries on top: ICS, NFC and Beats Audio.(This … [Read more...]
Today in steals, Archos has unveiled a new tablet called the 97 Carbon – and its greatest selling point is undoubtedly its price. While we wait for the Nexus 7 tablet to arrive, this one beats its screen by 3 inches plus it's got double the internal memory at 16GB. As we all know, the more competition, the lower the prices, and this may just be the beginning of a number of low-priced Android tablets that'll end up going head-to-head with … [Read more...]