It’s safe to say Symbian innovation failed to compete with either iOS or Android over the past 12 to 18 months. Realizing the downward spiral in its high-end smartphone sales, Nokia made a wise move and began searching for a new software partner. Though the decision has been made, Stephen Elop mentioned Nokia considered Android prior to accepting Microsoft’s offer. Here’s three reasons why Mr. Elop should reconsider.
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HTC is still rumoured to be launching a new Android tablet running Honeycomb. Here are five ways it can beat the competition and come out on top in the tablet wars.
UK Android fans – get your wallets ready and prepare for a trip to the shops. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has an official release date. Find out when you can get your hands on this brilliant slice of Honeycomb, after the jump.
We knew the Archos G9 Honeycomb tablets would have to be a little bit special to stand out, and from the first official details, we weren’t wrong. The Archos G9 80 and 101 slates will be the world’s cheapest Honeycomb tablets when they go on sale – and the first with mechanical hard drives too.
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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.
It’s hard to believe, but we’re already halfway through the working week. Time to celebrate, we think, and you can do just that by stopping what you’re doing and tucking into the lunchtime lowdown news roundup, with everything from the word on new consoles to tablets.
The French tech giant is breaking away from media players to unveil its third Android tablet in Paris next Thursday (with the UK event scheduled for June 28th), and the exciting news is it’s running Honeycomb.
All good, but what does it need to compete with the big boys? Well we can think of a few things…
The most popular alternative Android keyboard, Swype, has just been updated to version 3.0 beta. In order to participate in the beta, you’ll need to register for a Swype account and be willing to live with a few kinks here and there. The reward for your time is an Android Honeycomb-compatible virtual keyboard rockstar.
Swype 3.0 beta supports both landscape and portrait mode in Android Honeycomb. In addition to sliding your fingers across the screen, letter can be tapped out individually to use the keyboard’s predictive text function. Another nice touch is the keyboard can be resized much like the virtual keyboard found on webOS for the HP TouchPad. There’s also three positions to choose from: left, center, right.