Own a Slingbox and Google TV yet still trying to figure out how to get both boxes to play nice? Well, you could sit tight and wait for the Android software update promised at Google I/O or you could take the initiative and sign up now at slingbox.com for the company’s beta program. Unlike the Android app, the beta program will reportedly grant access to a flash-based website — similar to version available for Mac and PC users.
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The iPad has been available for less than two years, but at least one analyst from J.P. Morgan believes an “increasing risk of a bubble burst” to the tablet market awaits in the second half of 2011. Based on exaggerated build plans from tablet makers and a lack of a high-volume tablet competitor to the iPad, the firm has slashes its tablet sales forecasts for 2011 by 20 percent to a 65 million unit estimate. Are we sitting on a tablet bubble, ready to burst later this year?
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 might have gobbled up the spotlight following the generous giveaway at Google I/O, but let’s not forget the tablet has a smaller, lighter and thinner relative: the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9. The smaller Tab has just received approval from the FCC; a tall tale sign the tablet is on track for an early summer release date.
Jump starting your week it’s time for your evening dose of tech news. Today we begin with an update on the Motorola Droid 3, also known as the Milestone 3. We carry on with Sony’s forecast predicting the PSN hack will cost £160m and we close with Apple Store 2.0, the future of Mac retail. This and more on today’s US Update.
Email inboxes are sounding with celebration this afternoon as some users are reporting their invite for Google Music Beta has arrived. Armed with an Android 2.2 smartphone (or higher), web browser or tablet, you’ll be off to races, ready to start uploading your library to the musical cloud.
Chrome OS has fallen from the spotlight amidst the Android invasion currently underway at Google’s I/O event in San Francisco. Despite the lack of coverage, new rumors suggest Google is planning to offer U.S. students a Chrome OS laptop, complete with cloud-based software, for a nominal monthly fee of $10 to $20. The purported plan would have students commit to a 24-month contract, a total of $240 to $480 over the life of the rental.
Serving up another helping of tech news it’s that time for your morning US Update. We kick off the day with an overview of Android Honeycomb 3.1, coming to select Motorola Xooms now. New images of the 2011 iPod nano have surfaced, but will it include a camera? We wrap up with news on Diablo III — yes it’s real and yes there will be a public beta.
Proud owners of the Verizon Wireless branded Motorola Xoom will be treated to a fresh new build of Android Honeycomb, version 3.1. The news hit the Android community this morning at Google I/O in San Francisco, CA. We’ve reached out to Motorola’s UK team in hopes of tracking down our own release date, but it appears a time frame for the UK has not been established. In the meantime, let’s take a look at Android Honeycomb 3.1, shall we?