Today Amazon pulled the veil off the worst kept secret of the year, the Kindle Fire tablet. The Kindle Fire has a 7″ multi-touch IPS screen and runs a customized version of Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The big surprise is that it will cost just a shade under 2 Benjamins. It starts shipping November 15th.
Tablets
$89 Ematic Twig is Mini-Tablet with Android 2.2 and 4.3″ Screen
Here’s something different. The 4.3″ Ematic Twig. I can’t decide which name is funnier, the Ematic Twig or the Naxa Noodle that turned up back in July. This is the second new Ematic device in as many months. The other one is a 7″ touchscreen ereader that comes with Kobo eBooks and looks like a […]
Pandigital Star Android 2.2 Tablet Turns Up for $139
The Pandigital Star just turned up today on the QVC website. It’s the fourth different tablet from Pandigital in the past few months. At $139, the Pandigital Star is the least expensive of the bunch. It’s pretty much exactly the same as the Pandigital Planet and Pandigital Nova, combining elements from both of them. The […]
Review: Pandigital Planet Android Tablet and eReader
Pandigital Planet Review » Pros Low price Solid feature-set and open Android OS Multi-touch resistive screen is a step up from traditional resistive screens Cons Cheap plastic body Typical battery life is 4-6 hours, and battery drains excessively in standby Sometimes high-pitched noises can be heard emanating from it Verdict For the price it is […]
Pandigital Planet II’s Existence a Mere Typo; Planet Video Review
For those of you that read about the Pandigital Planet II earlier in the week, I regret to inform you that such a creature does not exist. Never has. Never will. It’s a myth. A shadow. An illusion coughed by some schmuck not paying attention. QVC updated the listing today and it now reads, “Pandigital […]
Philly Newspapers Offering Archos Arnova 10 G2 Tablet for $99 with Subscription (Video)
Buy a digital subscription to The Inquirer and Daily News and get a 10″ Archos Arnova 10 G2 tablet for $99 to read them on. That’s the gist of a new experiment by the Philadelphia Media Network, which consists of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and philly.com. The bundle package works two different ways. […]
The Pandigital Planet II Has Landed, Planet III Slated for Next Week
It seems that Pandigital is one of those companies that just can’t make up their minds about what design of a product they want to go with. It has been their habit to release about a half dozen different variations of a single device, with some clearly inferior to others, so you really have to […]
A Sneak Peek at Amazon’s New Website Layout for the Kindle Tablet
Earlier in the week, a number of websites reported on a story that Amazon is testing out a new tablet-friendly website design to make browsing from tablets easier, more specifically the upcoming Kindle tablet. For whatever reason, this new website design automatically shows up when using the Asus Transformer‘s Honeycomb browser, as I happened to […]