Android netbooks were the news fodder we all dined out on before the march of the tablets came and rendered the diminutive laptops almost obsolete. If you’ve got one of the old Asus Eee PCs or one of its contemporaries and it’s bereft of use, you can now give it a bit of extra life with a new hack that lets you install Android Honeycomb. Read more
Sony has gone all official with its Android Honeycomb tablet line up. The clamshell S2 is now the Tablet P and the wedge-style S1 is the Table S. Odd names, we know, but now that we have an official announcement we can finally lay the rumors and speculation to rest. Let’s dive in, shall we?
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer passed through our review with flying colours and even sold out in the UK but some owners have been plagued with power problems. The issue is around the keyboard dock which in some cases just isn’t charging the tablet.
But fear not, Asus says it’s got to the bottom of the problem and has promised a solution. What’s more, it’s getting ready to upgrade the mophing tablet machine to Android Honeycomb 3.2. Read on for all of Asus’ promises in full…
The evolution of Android Honeycomb has been both smooth and quick. After launching version 3.0 on March 27th, it took less than two months for the 3.1 update to hit the Motorola Xoom. The next step, Android Honeycomb 3.2, is expected within a matter of days, but it will not be as major and overhaul as 3.1. Instead, its two biggest features will open the flood gates to even more Android tablets.
HTC Flyer owners, prepare to celebrate. The two blockbuster features included in Android 3.2 Honeycomb are support for Qualcomm processors and 7-inch displays. Gone are the days of manufacturers being limited to Tegra 2 processors and 10.1-inch displays. But does this mean we’ll see Snapdragon versions of existing tablets like the Xoom and Galaxy Tab 10.1?
The big brother to the HTC Flyer may be headed our way on Monday, June 27th. The company has begun sending out invites to a press event in London. An Android Honeycomb tablet, among other devices, is expected to headline the show.
We’ve known for some time HTC was planning a larger tablet. Codenamed Puccini, the soon-to-be announced slate will ship with Android 3.1 Honeycomb and include 4G support for AT&T’s HSPA+ network. Unlike the HTC Flyer which uses the pen/stylus, Pucinni will be all fingers. The slate is rumored to use a 1280 x 800 pixel display and feature Qualcomm’s MSM8660 1.5GHz dual-core processor.
Not all 7-inch Android tablets are created equal. According to Huawei, its 7-inch MediaPad will be the first to run Google’s Android 3.2 Honeycomb update. Unlike Android 3.0 and 3.1, the new version is optimized for small-sized tablets, setting the 7-inch MediaPad a cut above the competition.
Last week we scored a sneak peak with the 7-inch Huawei MediaPad. At the time many of the details were unconfirmed, but today we’ve ironed out the kinks. We now know the MediaPad features a 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor, 5-megapixel rear auto-focus camera and 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera for video chatting.
