One of my favorite Android manufacturers, HTC said about a month ago that the HTC Flyer would be getting a Honeycomb update and late last night, early this morning they made good on that promise. All of us with the wifi-only version of the HTC Flyer can now download the Honeycomb update and start experiencing the greatness of Honeycomb. With the update you’ll get Android 3.2, speed improvements, wallpaper lag is gone, and other goodies that come with Honeycomb. We’ve heard from many people on Twitter that the update makes their Flyer feel like it’s brand new. With it being more …
We live in a world of skyrocketing costs of high-speed Internet and mobile data plans that reach through the roof. Fortunately, Android has managed to get around this obstacle by offering a solution for making your life a whole lot easier–Internet connection sharing through tethering on your Honeycomb tablet. If you have an Android tablet running Android 3.x Honeycomb, you don’t have to spend extra for data and mobile connection for your other wireless devices. You can simply share the Internet connection from your Honeycomb tablet to your other wireless devices. In a sense, tethering is just like using your …
Owners of the Sony Tablet S (yes, that folded-magazine-type tablet, formerly called the Sony Tablet S1) will soon have access to Video Unlimited, which is what Sony calls its video store. The new feature supporting Video Unlimited comes to Sony Tablet S users through the currently rolling out Android 3.2 Honeycomb update. The Sony Tablet S initially came out with Android 3.1 Honeycomb, and Sony promised to provide Android 3.2 updates “soon.” At that time, customers took it with a grain of salt, since in almost all cases, promised updates usually come later than sooner. But, Sony seems to have …
Do you want to play your favorite Nintendo Wii games right on your Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet? Sounds impossible to mere mortals like me–but not to the likes of Obiwan222222, who has made it possible to play Wii games on his ASUS Eee Pad Transformer. The setup involves a combination of the Splashtop Remote Desktop HD app, the Dolphin emulator, and a wireless Xbox 360 controller. According to the modder himself, he has made Wii games playable on other platforms such as the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) and the iPod Touch some months ago. And now, his next victim is …
ARCHOS announced last week the prices and availability of its ARCHOS 80 G9 and ARCHOS 101 G9 tablets. The first ARCHOS G9 tablet will be available for pre-order online starting on September 20. The 9th-generation (G9) Archos tablets come in two screen sizes: 8.0 inches and 10.1 inches. Several variants of the tablets have different processor clock speeds and storage types/capacities. For instance, one variant of the Archos 80 G9 has a 1.0-GHz processor with 8 GB of internal storage and another has a 1.5-GHz processor with 16 GB or 250 GB of internal storage. ARCHOS says that the online pre-sale …
The Huawei MediaPad is expected to reach store shelves in Germany in early November with a price of EUR399 (US$561), according to Netbooknews.com. The Huawei MediaPad is a 7-inch tablet first debuted in Singapore several months ago. Huawei showcased the Huawei MediaPad at the Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA 2011) in Berlin this month. It is one of the first tablets to get the most recent (and reportedly the last) update for the tablet-specific version of Android–Android 3.2 Honeycomb. One of the attractive things about the Huawei MediaPad is that it is pure Honeycomb, not like other Honeycomb tablets littered with manufacturer-customized …
Lenovo appears to be on a bit of a roll, and has two enticing Android tablets – the Lenovo Ideapad K1 and the Thinkpad Tablet – set to go to market very soon. So soon in fact, that their upcoming ThinkPad tablet is scheduled for official release on August 23, with a starting price of $479.99. Oriented towards those with productivity, security, and durability in mind, this business-oriented tablet will ship with Android Honeycomb 3.1 (with 3.2+ to come) and the standard hardware we have come to expect from this current generation of Android tablets. Read on to find out why this …
Well, those who’ve been hankering for some solid news about Lenovo’s Android products, here’s some solid info. We’ve known about these two for a while but it’s only now that we get anything solid about them. The company is making for it’s rather lax PR by announcing the release of two new Android 3.1 Honeycomb tablets into the market, one of them already being sold on the company webpage. The two tablets are the Lenovo Ideapad K1 and the Lenovo ThinkPad. What makes them different from each other? Well, it’s the fact that the Ideapad is aimed at the regular …
Tthe Lenovo IdeaPad K1 is one of the newest Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets to hit the ‘scene, as of late. It’s got some fairly impressive specs, and has a unique UI that is sure to impress some while frustrating others. Either way, it’s going to be coming on sale at some point in June, with several online stores eagerly jumping the gun, creating product pages with screenshots, specs, and price. While all sites say basically that it’s currently “not in stock,” or “sold-out,” we know better. It is going to be on sale in a very short period of time. Some …
Last month, we saw Toshiba’s Honeycomb tablet on Amazon without any details regarding how much it would cost, when it will be launched, or its name. Now, finally, the long awaited tablet from Toshiba has been made official, complete with price tag, launch date, and name: the Toshiba Regza AT300. The Toshiba Regza AT300 is a strong competitor of the Motorola Xoom. The tablet is very appealing with its 10.1-inch display with a 1280×800 resolution and an “Adaptive Display” feature wherein you can have better visibility when you are in the open since it can automatically adjust its color balance …
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