ZTE Smart Tab V55 Android Honeycomb Tablet

This mysterious Android tablet ZTE had appeared at the FCC last October which show off the Sprint logo on it. While Sprint, or ZTE has not announced this tablet, we have recently discovered in the Bluetooth SIG site.

Unfortunately, besides the fact that it is a "tablet CDMA with Bluetooth wireless technology", SIG site does not give too many details of the new V55. But at least we can be looking right at it, and look at the Android Honeycomb interface.

This device has complianted with v2.1 + EDR technology, which allows users to connect wirelessly to optional compatible hands-free accessories such as headsets with Bluetooth technology and car kits.

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Acer Iconia Tab A500 with Android 3.2 coming on August 25th

The Acer Iconia Tab A100 7 Inch Tablet Android may be shipping with the Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating system, but what is with Acer's 10-inch tablet? It looks like those who will pick up the tab Iconia A500 have to wait a couple of weeks. Acer is expected to start pushing out a software update for the tablet from 25 August.

Frankly, users will likely notice much difference between Android 3.1 and Android 3.2 on a 10-inch tablet. One of the most important features in the latest version of the mobile operating system from Google's system is the support for devices with smaller, lower resolution displays, such as the A100 tablet. But there is one good reason to look forward to this update: Android 3.2 offers better support for tablet applications developed for Android.

Honeycomb tablets have been shipping in February, but there are still only a few hundred applications specially developed for Android tablets. There are hundreds of thousands of apps for Android smartphones written though. While most of these applications can be scaled to fit on larger displays, some look funny on a 10-inch tablet.

Android 3.2 avoids this problem by effectively you can emulate a lower screen resolution on a honeycomb tablet, so that applications that otherwise would not fill the whole screen now.

The 25th August date comes from Acer Malaysian Facebook page. I'm having a hard time believing Acer push out the software update is first in Malaysia, so I guess we will see a global roll-out to on or about the date.

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USB adapter for Asus Eee Pad Transformer

The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is one of the versatile 10-inch Android tablets around, because you can in an optional docking station, keyboard plug pretty much convert the shale into a laptop. The keyboard-Dock has its own battery, up to 7 hours of additional run-time. It also has a touchpad for navigating the operating system, Android, without to viewing. And the keyboard dock has 2 full-size USB ports and an SD card slot.

But without the $ 150 dock, the tablet has a microSD card slot and a proprietary dock connector. If you run into a USB accessory or full-size SD card you want to plug out of luck ... for now.

Asus is preparing to launch a new line of accessories such as a USB adapter and SD card adapter for the Eee Pad Transformer. You are already displayed in Amazon Germany. Each adapter is sold for 19 euros, or about $ 27 U.S.. There is also a 29 € ($ 41) docking station, available as a tablet functions. The dock also has two USB ports and SD card slot and a headphone jack.

Each of these new accessory plugs into the proprietary docking port on the bottom of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer - and each provides a cheap and easy way, the functionality of this popular Android tablet without spending $ 150 on a keyboard that you do not want may need to expand or.

There is no word when these new accessories to go on sale in the U.S., but they are expected to close within 1-3 months in Germany ship.

The Eee Pad Transformer has a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor, 1280 x 800 pixel display and runs Google Android 3.2 comb. It is available with 16 GB or 32 GB of internal memory.

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Smart ICE: Android mini Tablet from Latte

Latte Communications launches a new Android mini-tablets, 'Smart ICE' which has a 5-inch screen and a smartphone-tablet combination. These tablets are sold at a price of about $ 190, cheaper than other Android phones. These mini-tablets like the iPod touch-based Android.

Smart ICE has some nice features, like support for 1080p HD video playback, a mini HDMI port for video output, and a microSD card slot.

Smart ICE tablet has a 5-inch screen, the screen resolution of 800 x 480 pixel touchscreen, running the Google Android 2.3 OS, 8GB storage, ARM 11 800 MHz processor, supports 802.11b / g WiFi and a g-sensor.

This tablet supports USB host capability, so you can connect a keyboard or mouse or install a digital camera or other storage device to files transfer.

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Panasonic Raboo: Android Ebook Reader Tablet

Panasonic introduces Android tablets with access to digital media store for eBooks and other content, "Panasonic Raboo". These tablets will be launched in Japan on August 12 and sold at a price of about $ 450.

Panasonic Raboo supports bookstore Rakuten in Japan with approximately 10,000 ebook titles available for purchase.

This tablet supports 1080p HD video playback, but does not have an HD display / feature HDMI outputs.

Panasonic Raboo Specifications: 400 gram 7-incher , display 1024 x 600 Horizontal Vertical pixels and 260,000 colors, Android OS and dual-core CPU, 8Gb of storage approximately 4.5Gb for ebooks, online apps and supports for microSD and microSDHC cards, WiFi, Bluetooth and USB 2.0, video 1280 × 720 H.264 playback functionality.

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T-Mobile Opens Tablets Rent, Interested?

T-Mobile and Los Angeles Angles offer to visitors a baseball game, tablets rental. This offer makes it easy for them to access content, add experience of enjoying the baseball game.

"T-Mobile Android tablets provide a unique experience at affordable prices during the game," said Darrin Silveria, general manager vice president, Southern California, T-Mobile USA. T-Mobile partnered with Angel at the start of this season and working with content providers, Zinio and MobiTV.

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Lenovo IdeaPad K1: Honeycomb NVIDIA Tegra 2 Tablet & Support Flash

Lenovo to launch IdeaPad K1 tablet, first Android tablet and supports video streaming Netflix. The tablet will come with more than 40 applications from partners such as Netflix, Amazon, Adobe, Electronic Arts, Rovio, Zinio, DataViz, and others, including your favorite games such as Need for Speed​​, Angry Birds, Kindle application for reading and Documents to Go.

Lenovo IdeaPad K1 tablets price 32GB model is $ 499, and can be ordered in the U.S. starting July 20, 2011.

Lenovo IdeaPad K1 Specifications: 10.1-inch display, Tegra 2 processor, 1GB DDR2 memory, 32GB internal storage, NVIDIA GeFroce Graphics, dual cameras (5 megapixel rear and 2 megapixel front-facing), microSD card slot, micro HDMI out, SIM card slot, Android 3.0 Honeycomb, 1280 x 800 resolution, and 10 hour battery life

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