The Case In Favor of a 7″ Tablet!
I often refer to my iPad review and that’s not to go back and say that I didn’t like the iPad but the same thing that we debated over on the Gizmos Podcast (Tablets special). Is there a real market…
eReaders & Tablets
The second Android tablet from Samsung, SMT-i9100
While they wait for Samsung Galaxy Tab (P9000) tablet is still to hit our desk, it seems that we are seeing a second Android tablet from Samsung. This one being a low end version without the Touchwiz UI and currently…
India gets a sub-Rs 9,000 tablet – the Magnum
Barely a couple of days within Dell’s launching its Streak tablet in the Indian market at what to us seems to be a stiff price of Rs 34,990, comes a tablet that costs less than a third of it –…
Ballmer: Windows Slates Before Year End
The tablets race is crazy. I doubt if I have ever heard so much news about any gadget that is yet to prove its real utility, but the whole world is going crazy about it. Half baked releases and lot…
LG delays its tablet, waiting for Android 3.0
Not too long back LG had boldly announced its plans for an Android tablet that would be better than the Apple iPad and it seems that they have now realised what iOS is to iPad now. After teasing the market…
Dell Launches its Streak Android Tablet in India
Dell’s much awaited Android Tablet, the Streak has been launched in India today. The Streak boasts of a not so large 5 – inch display which makes it dimensionally smaller than some of the full fledged tablets out there. That…
Samsung Tab coming to India in November for (gasp!) Rs 47,000?
All right, we must state up front that this is purely a rumour but as it comes from no fewer than THREE Samsung Store executives and two market observers (none of whom want to be named, for obvious reasons), we…
Gizmo Podcast #4 (Mini): Discussing the RIM Blackberry Playbook
We are back with another mini discussion and this time its the Blackberry tablet aka the Playbook. Unveiled recently, the PlayBook would release sometime in early 2011 and we take a look at how it stacks up against the whole…
RIM reveals BlackBerry PlayBook, available only in 2011
So all the rumours were true. RIM finally took the wraps off its tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook, a few hours ago. The device will run a new software, dubbed BlackBerry Tablet OS, developed by QNX Software, a company RIM acquired…
Six reasons why we are not crazy about a BlackBerry tablet
The market has been buzzing with rumours about a BlackBerry tablet, whatever RIM chooses to call it. While many people seem very eager to see what the company is conjuring up, we must confess to harbouring some cynicism. It is…
RIM’s BlackPad aka Blackberry tablet coming next month?
While we are still banging our heads against the iPad and discussing if the tablet is a necessity or a luxury, new players are entering the race each passing day. Now if you are a loyal Blackberry user and if…
Five reasons why the Wink will NOT beat the Kindle
EC Media recently unveiled the Wink e-book reader, the Wink XTS, at an event in Delhi. Notwithstanding all the brave talk and aggro in the press booklet (“So, if some Californian tries to sell you a pad that you can…
An 8-inch Android tablet for Rs 9,000, courtesy Binatone!
When we had talked about Binatone’s releasing a range of smartphones, tablets and netbooks yesterday, we had speculated that the company might be pricing its tablets in the Rs 10,000-Rs 12,000 range, to make a splash in the as yet…
Gizmo Podcast 2 – Its all about tablets!
We are back with the Gizmos Podcast. This week myself, Vivek and Nimish teamed up to discuss the tablet / ereader market and options available for a consumer. Right from the iPad to the Android based Samsung Galaxy tab was…
And the latest iPad killer comes from…Binatone?
We have had a number of low cost cellphones hitting the Indian market of late, offering stacks of features at relatively low prices. The tablet market has, however, remained relatively niche. That might be about to change if a mail…
Motorola CEO hints at Android tablet in Q1 2011, Gingerbread?
Motorola was the one who stole the show with Android 2.1 earlier this year (Droid!) and it seems that they want to be the first ones to make good use of the upcoming Android 3.0 (aka Gingerbread) that is said…
Android not for tablets yet, says Google exec
In what must have come as a terrible shock for the likes of Dell, Samsung and Toshiba who are pushing tablets based on Google’s Android operating system, Google’s director of products for mobile has said that Android is not designed…
WeTab running MeeGo OS spotted, Video demo
We have been hearing about the WePad / WeTab since a while now. The WePad was first introduced as an Android tablet, but it seems that this thing will have a MeeGo flavor now. The video shot by NewGadgets at…
Samsung Galaxy Tab is official, not just another tablet!
Samsung has finally gone official with its android tablet, the Galaxy Tab (GT-P1000). Powered by the latest build of Android OS (2.2 Froyo), Samsung Galaxy Tab certainly leaves a mark on the industry with its launch. While we have seen…
Five reasons why we will not upgrade to the Kindle 3
The latest edition of the device that made e-books cool has started reaching some parts of the media and we were able to spend a little time messing with a Kindle 3 (3G version) that one of our editors in…
Samsung Galaxy Tab teaser out, launching 2nd Sept
Its no news that Samsung is working on an Android tablet and it seems that Samsung finally decided to let out an official confirmation. The teaser video seen below gives in a good idea of the features we can expect…
Samsung Galaxy Tab spotted again, video!
Samsung is working full swing on the Galaxy Tab, caught last time during focused sessions and developer interaction, the Galaxy Tab has surfaced again. This time in Australia via a spy video taken at a train station. This video confirms…
Five reasons why the OlivePad will not dethrone the iPad
We got some time with Olive’s Android tablet, the OlivePad, which is the first 3G tablet in India and while we must confess to being rather impressed with it, we still think it is some way from knocking the iPad…
Someone should make a Chrome OS tablet, NOW
Yes we have heard the rumors, seen the demo and we have heard the latest Verizon Google Tablet rumors but given the fact that all of this remains either a prospect or plain rumor, we know what is needed. Microsoft…
Vaporware, eh? India’s $35 tablet makes its appearance!
After almost all tech pundits had dismissed it as “vaporware,” the Indian $35 tablet made a surprise appearance on NDTV’s Gadget Guru show. From what could be seen of the device, it was no show-stopper in the looks department, but…
Motorola waiting for Android 3 to release a 10″ tablet?
Tablets are the flavor of 2010 and it seems that no one except Apple has got any great momentum in this segment so far. While a lot of Android based pads have been displayed and a lot of Windows 7…
Samsung caught (twice) working on an Android tablet
iPad has certainly started a tablet race and every other players in the industry are hurrying up with their response. And the latest one to join the race is Samsung with its Galaxy Tab that has been caught in the wild more than once now! The image below shows you a spy shot from a closed…
Indian Government shows a $35 tablet, readying a $10 one!
Yes, you read that heading right. The Indian Government is evidently working on a tablet that will cost about as much as a low-end phone – around Rs 1500 ($35 approx). And that is not all, efforts are on to trim the price further to an unbelieved Rs 500 ($10 approx). According to…
Android-powered OlivePad is India’s first 3G tablet
So we now know. India’s first 3G tablet is the OlivePad (now, what does that sound like?). Launched in Delhi, it is a tad smaller than Apple’s uber gizmo, but comes packed with some very impressive specs – Android 2.1,…
Seven queries about India’s first 3G tablet
Yes, we know it has not arrived yet, but even as we wait for the official launch of India’s first 3G tablet by Olive Telecom tomorrow, we must confess that our minds are a mess with all sorts of questions. Here, are seven of the most important. Do let us know…
India’s first 3G tablet coming on Thursday!
The folks at Olive Telecom do seem to have a habit of being on the front foot as far as 3G enabled gadgets that are not phones go. Not too long ago, they were the first in India with a notebook with…
WebOS tablet from HP to be called ‘Palmpad’?
When HP picked up Palm it was clear that they aren’t just looking at the Pre (smartphones). They are interested in the impressive software poweress of Palm and WebOS is exactly what they wanted on the Slate. So out goes Android / Windows 7 and…
Amazon outs new Kindle DX (graphite), fights iPad?
Apple increased the heat on Amazon Kindle (and for that matter all ebook readers in the market) and its Amazon’s turn to respond with a new Kindle DX that comes at a cheaper price and better contrast (not to miss…
Eight reasons why the Kindle beats the iPad as an e-book reader in India
It is an utterly unfair comparison but one that has been making the rounds ever since Apple released the iPad a few months ago. We are talking of the Kindle vs iPad battle that is being waged between tech users…
Nvidia Promises Tablets With Tegra 2, Flash Player 10.1 & Android 2.2!
Adobe has just announced the general availability of Flash Player 10.1 and the flood of Flash enabled mobile devices that was expected in 2H 2010 officially gets a green light. We have seen a few crude prototypes of Android based…
Priced at Rs 13k, the Kindle finally talks business in India!
Buried beneath all the talk of the new iPhone OS (iOS, if you will) and the delights and disappointments of E3 was a little news item – Amazon had slashed the price of its Kindle e-book reader by a staggering…
Is Nokia testing a MeeGo tablet?
Digitimes has just sparked off rumors of an ARM based Nokia tablet that is being prepared for a Q4 launch. Last we noted a Nokia tablet rumor, it was a analyst claim on a Windows 7 thing. The claim this…
Notion Ink’s Adam delayed to Q4?
We are of-course pretty excited about Notion Ink’s Adam which has been referred to as the iPad killer and the company has happily quoted that comparison numerous times on their online presence & offline appearances aswell. The only problem is that, the…
OG Review: The OmniStand
Finally, we have the OmniStand in our hands, and to my surprise it turned out to be more than what I had expected. Now, for what we know the OmniStand is a portable and adjustable stand for your notebook computers…
WebOS tablet from HP confirmed, launch alongside Win7 Slate?
At CES, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer proudly went on stage with the HP Slate, and it was considered to be the first real competition to the iPad. Even the pricing details that came out sounded good, and just as the…
