Intel and Google have set the stage for a shake up in the Android Honeycomb tablet scene. A report from PCWorld confirms Intel is working with Google to bring low-powered Atom chips, code-named Oak Trail, to the world of Honeycomb. With Intel’s Atom chips powering the Google TV and Cr-48 laptops, tablets are the next logical progression.
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According to Forbes and Pacific Crest analyst James Faucette, “sell-through trends” of the Motorola Xoom and Atrix “have been disappointing”. As the first two dual-core Android devices by Motorola for their respective segments, today’s news comes as an overwhelming shock. The combination of these two devices practically stole the show at CES earlier this year, so what gives?
Jump starting your week on this fine Tuesday morning, it’s your US Update. News on Google’s upcoming I/O event are breaking headlines — the big news is that Android Ice Cream could end Android fragmentation for good. We check out a video of Android Honeycomb running on an original Galaxy Tab and then drop details on Sony’s Android tablet. This and more on today’s US Update.
Samsung has officially unveiled the long-rumoured Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, alongside a new, thinner Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 – and both are just 8.6mm thin, making them the slimmest tablets on the planet. Yes, even thinner than the iPad 2.