The first Android Honeycomb tablet with a built-in hardware slide-out QWERTY keyboard is inching closer to its release. This morning, Acer launched a landing page for its Eee Pad Slider SL101 with a brief device summary and an accompanying photo gallery. The summary lists Android 3.1 Honeycomb, but seeing as the Transformer just landed 3.2, we’ve got our fingers crossed the Slider will ship with the latest build.
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Last month we broke news that the Samsung Galaxy Z, currently available in Sweden, would be re-branded as the Galaxy R when it debuted in Europe. Today Nvidia and Samsung have decided to make the news official, outing the Tegra 2 Galaxy S II sibling via press release. Here’s the scoop on the Samsung Galaxy R:
Since the Sony Android tablets were first revealed in April, we’ve had a series of teaser videos starring a cute alabaster couple making their way through curious contraptions. Now we’re up to the forth and we’re still waiting for some real details on specs. All we know so far is that both will run Android Honeycomb and that the Sony S2 will have two 5.5in 1024×480 displays and a Tegra 2 processor while the Sony S1 will be a similarly specced 9.4in slate.
You can see the latest Sony Android tablets teaser video, which Sony says is the penultimate episode, after the break. This time the characters move through a mechanism with marbles whizzing above them and bubbles floating around them to seemingly promote the tablets ability to fling videos and photos onto your HD TV. Watch it for yourself after the break and let us know if you can spot any more clues about what to expect from the Sony tablets…
Not satisfied with the Samsung Galaxy S II or looking for a more affordable, yet highly capable Galaxy smartphone? Fear not, the Samsung Galaxy Z (currently available only in Sweden) will be repackaged and sold as the Galaxy R in the UK. If you’re worried the Galaxy R can’t compete with the beloved Galaxy S II, let’s just say the apple doesn’t far fall from the tree.
Typically known for entry to mid-level smartphones, Huawei is quietly working on its first Android Honeycomb tablet. The unnamed slate will reportedly feature either a 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon or a Nvidia Tegra 2 chip processor. Here’s what we know so far.
Beyond the lighting quick chip, the Huawei tablet will run Android Honeycomb (3.x) and feature a 7-inch display running at a resolution of 1280 x 800 . Normally a 7-inch display would not receive much fanfare, but considering the resolution matches 10-inch competitors, this is no small feat.
The Motorola Atrix has a new friend, the Photon 4G. Destined for a release in the U.S. on Sprint’s WiMax network, this Tegra 2-powered smartphone runs Android 2.3 and packs the Tegra 2 punch of its fellow super phones.
What separates the Photon 4G from the pack is that it’s an international phone, ready to play nice on GSM networks worldwide while at the same time WiMax friendly for the states. With a kickstand like the EVO 4G and the latest build of Android Gingerbread, say hello to the new heavyweight contender.
Originally scheduled to launch in May, the Asus Eee Pad Slider has quickly become one of the most highly anticipated Android Honeycomb tablets to date. Thanks to an almost a cult-like following, the sliding slate seems destined to follow in the footsteps of its predecessor, the Asus Eee Pad Transformer.
Over on Amazon Germany, the Eee Pad Slider is now listed as coming soon. Release date and pricing information remains a mystery, but a listing on Amazon is always a good sign. Word on the street is the slate will retail for a price somewhere in the range of $500-$800 (£304-£486).
The next wave of multi-core mobile processors destined to fill our smartphones and tablets is upon us. Texas Instruments, by way of a press release, introduced its new TI OMAP 4470 multi-core application processor this afternoon. Sporting two ARM Cortex-A9 MPcores running at a blistering 1.8GHz and two ARM Cortex-M3 cores, this beast of a chipset lays dual-core competitors to rest.