Samsung has finally lifted the veil on Galaxy Tab 3 line-up, revealing the pricing and launch details of the new tablets. Included in the line-up is the 10.1-inch Android tablet, powered up by an Intel chip, which will start with a basic price of $399.
Around three weeks ago, we reported that ASUS was preparing to release a 7-inch Android tablet branded MeMO Pad soon. But nothing was officially acknowledged then. Now, ASUS has confirmed that 7-inch Android tablet “MeMO Pad” really exists by creating an official page of the tablet.
At last, Samsung has taken a decision about the release date of its Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. As they promises, the stylus-equipped Android tablet is coming worldwide by the end of this month. Though one week already has been gone of this month, but the company till now did not confirm the final release date.
Verizon Wireless has launched its first mobile game subscription service called GameTanium for Android smartphones and tablets. The GameTanium service provides unlimited access to more than 100 of the best Android smartphone games and more than 50 of the best Android tablet games such as Doodle God, Fruit Ninja and World of Goo for $5.99 per device each month.
RIM’s flagship tablet, Playbook, has pretty much been a flop since the very beginning. In fact of competition from iPad and other Android tablets, Playbook couldn’t gain traction and eventually, RIM tried to ship out the stock by bringing down the price of 16GB Playbook model to as low as $199. However, it seems that even that couldn’t lure the users and now, RIM has officially announced that it is abandoning the production of 16GB Playbook.
The Amazon Kindle Fire tablet is the best-selling Android tablets around, mainly due to its low entry price and deep integration with Amazon products and services. One of the complaints some people have with Amazon’s Kindle Fire device is that it’s only 7 inch long. Rumor says soon they will be able to put their arms around a bigger Kindle Fire. According to a report, Amazon is likely to launch a 10.1 inch Kindle Fire in the third quarter of 2012.
According to the analysis of Deutsche Bank’s Chris Whitmore, Apple is the world’s top PC vendor. This analysis considers iPad too as a PC, and with the millions of tablets sold out by Apple already, he thinks Apple is already the world’s top vendor. Moreover, according to his analysis, this is going to change little in 2012. Android tablets haven’t succeeded against Apple while Windows 8, and any tablets that support it, will pick up a pace very slowly. So Apple is stay with it’s crown, through 2012.
The fast growing tablet family just got a new member this month. Meet the new Toshiba Thrive, a 7 inch tablet with a very interesting price tag. It went on sale for just $400 and hopes to create a stir in the global tablet market. You can read our review to the 10 inch Toshiba Thrive. Toshiba Thrive is also available in Amazon here.