Monthly Archives: May 2012

Aldi selling $249 Android 4.0 tablet next week

Aldi selling $249 Android 4.0 tablet next week

Aldi’s 9.7″ Android Tablet will go on sale Wednesday 6 June for just $249 German supermarket chain Aldi will next week begin selling an Android tablet running Google’s latest Ice Cream Sandwich software for just $249. Set to go on sale next Wednesday 6 June, the Android tablet has a 9.7in display, 16GB of...
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Top 5 Android 4.0 tablets

Top 5 Android 4.0 tablets

The biggest challenge in coming up with a list of the best Android 4.0 tablets was deciding whether to include only tablets that shipped with the OS installed or to also include Android 3.0 tablets that are upgradable. However, once I realized that a “shipped with only” didn’t fully represent Android tablets the way...
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Flipboard Beta for Android impresses on phones, not tablets (first take)

Flipboard Beta for Android impresses on phones, not tablets (first take)

(Credit: Screenshot by Matthew Miller/ZDNet) Making its unofficial debut earlier this month on Samsung Galaxy S III demo units, Flipboard for Android has finally opened itself up… a little bit. No, the app isn’t widely available on Google Play yet, but perhaps just as good, you can now download the official beta version of...
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New Android OS version hinted by Pandora developers

New Android OS version hinted by Pandora developers

Pandora Internet Radio’s Android application has just been update this week with several fixes for bugs, user interface upgrades, and a hint that they know something we don’t about the future of Android. In what’s essentially a hint that we’re sure thousands of users passed over without a thought, Pandora’s developers may have accidentally...
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Bump 3.3 (for Android)

You always have to be skeptical about an app that claims it can perform magic, but, well, Bump v.3.3 for Android (free), a file transferring app, can perform magic. Bump has been around for three years, a relative lifetime, beginning as an app that lets mobile owners transfer data by tapping the devices together....
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Google's Pichai predicts Chrome OS, Android convergence

Google's Pichai predicts Chrome OS, Android convergence

PALOS VERDES, Calif.–Speaking about the Chrome operating system, which he’s in charge of, Google’s Sundar Pichai seemed to predict that his product and that other Google operating system, Android, may some day merge. Android is more mature, he admitted. Google acquired this product and released it fairly well-formed. But Chrome OS was built in-house,...
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The Lumia 610: Low Power, Low Price

The Lumia 610: Low Power, Low Price

Microsoft Claims It Passed Apple In China As Nokia Cheers Trefis Team Contributor Nokia: Doomed? Analyst Warns Survival Is Questionable; Shrs Fall Eric Savitz Forbes Staff It is a truth universally acknowledged that any platform in existence, if it expects to have any kind of sales traction or even existential validity, be able to...
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Bright House TV App Now Available for iPhone and Select Android Devices

ORLANDO, Fla., May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Bright House Networks today announced that its Bright House TV App is now available for use on iPhones and select Android devices equipped with an Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) operating system, as well as all three generations of iPads. The app, which allows viewers to watch live streaming...
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Microsoft’s Office Mobile suite to launch November 10th for iPad, iPhone, and Android

Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry, is in steep decline. The company, once the crown jewel of the Canadian technology industry, is now worth 1 percent of Apple’s market capitalization. One way for RIM to stop the downward tailspin: It could sell itself to a competitor or financial firm. But who...
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Viewsonic Set to Unveil 22-inch Tablet at Computex

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