Nook Tablet still Android

Nook Tablet and e-reader of Barnes & Noble will retain Android as the OS, not Windows 8. Something like that is said by William Lynch, CEO of B & N when interviewed by Fortune magazine. Although now they have been cooperating with Microsoft and founded a new subsidiary named "NewCo"

Establishment of new subsidiaries is apparently aiming to bring closer B & N to college and their digital business. Microsoft are estimated only get a 17.6% share of this joint venture with an investment of up $ 300 million.

Fourth quarter of 2011 which, according to IDC reports Barnes & Noble had sold 800.000 Nook device. Facts must be known so that they be able these sale are competitively priced. Keep in mind IPad sell for around # 499(click here to check Best Price) while the Kindle Fire $ 199(check here). And Nook Color alone sells for $ 299(check here) and comes with Android as OS, it's amazing, is not it?

Limited! Amazon Kindle Fire for Only $139 deal

After the Amazon Kindle the Fire managed to become the best selling Tablet-based Android on the world some time ago, Amazon.com is now providing a new deals which is very interesting that so-called "Gold Box Deals" Fire on Their Kindle tablets. You can pick up a certified refurbished models for just $ 139 bucks. Actually this is a renewed deals and for those of you who missed the first chance, maybe you'll think back to miss the second opportunity that rarely can you see Fire is to get a Kindle for only $ 139


Be sure to click here to grab one fast!

N.O.V.A. 3 Gameplay Trailer Released

A video trailer about, Multiplayer Gameplay recently launched by Gameloft. N.O.V.A.3 or Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance, so the name of the game. At first glance, this game looks like "Halo" is usually played in mobile devices. But some people might argue differently. Clearly, visual effects and action of the game NOVA3 pretty awesome for a game of mobile devices. Reportedly, this game will be released for various consoles and devices including mobile phones and Android Tablet

Besides visual effects, audio and amazing action, this game also comes with various features that are quite interesting such as team-based vehicular combat, the which is one of the comparisons to Halo Airways That Become obvious. It also will have character customization, six game modes, 6 maps, and 10 weapons. As far as we know the game is scheduled to come sometime in May 2012 on the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices like Android Tablet or Android Smartphones

OrderHub: The new service to order food using Android Tablet

Good news for those of you who like to order food and housed in Chicago area as recently launched a new service. A service that is designed with a new approach to ordering food at a restaurant using Android application, all of the which help restaurateurs to take and confirm the sit-down or takeaway food orders. And the name of the new service is OrderHub. Which is a network service of GrubHub. Even its ambitions to run in the simplification of ordering food. They launched their own tablet along with its mobile applications. By using a custom-designed from the Android Tablet (although some sources say that it is a rebranded Kindle Fire)

Until now. GrubHub has confirmed that there are about 400 devices have been used in Chicago. OrderHub hopes will spread over 13 000 other national restaurant chains in 300 cities. This may happen when a remember There's no charge to diners for using OrderHub, although Restaurants pay commissions for each order on the tablet, while non-paying Restaurants are Able to list telephone numbers and Their menus on the tablets for free. Of the 13.000 menus feature on OrderHub the which, it has been reported That 5.000 establishments pay GrubHub to manage and market a white-label online orders and food delivery service.

GrubHub unique way is supported by the policy of the managers and restaurant owners who do not want their staff only use the tablet for checking emails or browsing on web. By using a Tablet GrubHub to be ordered first, they want the tablet is specially used to take food orders and confirm it, but ituThe company, the which also has apps for Android and iPhone customers can order food via Their mobile devices, is parading the new system at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago this week. Restaurants sign up for OrderHub That during the exhibition will receive the tablets for free, a bonus considering the system usually costs $ 399.

Amazing. Acer Iconia A501 Tab drop to the crazy prices

After IPad 2 had significant price drop. Almost all people wish the same thing happen on Google Android Tablet Pc. And apparently, the prayer began to come true. Although not very great, ranging in price $ 679 (check here). But one interesting offer comes from the Acer Iconia Tab A501 (16GB), which gives special price of $ 479.

It’s one of the heavier 10.1in tablets going at 777 grams, but ultimately that’s still light enough to ensure high portability. The metal backing feels pleasant to the touch, and the 10.1in (1,280 x 800 resolution) glossy screen has generous viewing angles along with good colour depth. In addition to the 3G SIM card slot there’s a MicroSD card reader, a USB 2.0 port and a Micro-HDMI port. The card reader in particular is sure to be a useful supplement to the A501’s small 16GB flash drive.

Wrapping up the essential features are 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, front and rear cameras along with an integrated microphone. It may not compare favourably to new tablets like the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime, but the significant price difference and well-rounded features still make the A501 worth considering.

Right now the A501 runs Android 3.2.1 Honeycomb, but according to Acer Australia & New Zealand on Facebook there’s an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich scheduled for July 9th. Also, while we’re not sure when this special expires we’ll update this story accordingly. According apomag,com. the price is only valid until May 13th, 2012

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Lilypad HD App: new apps for loating chat in the Android Tablet

There is a new app out in the market for all Android tablet users, the LilyPad HD. It is actually the very first floating instant messaging app for Android tablets. Basically, the app helps you stay notified about your all your IM activities- even when you’re browsing the web, watching a video on YouTube, playing a game or even watching a movie- because the chat window will continue to be visible no matter what app is open.

Before you get excited about this app, here’s the wet blanket- the app comes with some strange problems. The first, although not a total deal-breaker, is that the app currently supports only Google Talk. However, other IM clients are to be added soon.

The second is that the app is still in beta mode. But what’s most surprising is that the app, despite being in beta mode, is in fact not free! Yes, you actually have to shell out $1.50 just to use the beta app. It is pretty weird to ask users to pay up for a product that is still in beta mode. Beta mode is actually a half-baked product that still needs some issues to be ironed out.

Although it does bring in some pretty awesome functionality to the Android tablets, it is probably advisable to put away your money until the app comes out of beta mode. Rest assured, LilyPad HD is well worth the money!

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Sony Releases Android ICS Update For Tablet S

Sony has finally released Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) for its Sony Tablet S, marking the first update from Sony with Google’s latest mobile operating system version ahead of a scheduled rollout for Xperia smartphones.

“The next time you connect to Wi-Fi, your Sony Tablet S should prompt you to do a system update, just click OK to download, and in a few minutes you should be ready to go on Android 4.0,” a representative for the Japanese electronics giant wrote in a blog post.

Sony features the same ICS goodness found on other devices, such as a panoramic camera view, enhanced lock screen, redesigned home screen icons, an improved Android web browser, Face Unlock and access to Google’s beta Chrome web browser.

The company has yet to reveal the availability date for an Android ICS update for the dual-screen Sony Tablet P, which has ignited fears that it may not come to the slate at all. Sony is set to release ICS updates for its smartphones, which include the Xperia Arc S, Xperia Neo V and Xperia Ray, in four to six weeks.

Acer releases app to manually update A500 tablets to ICS

After making the notices of updates to ICS. Acer has finally released the new update Iconia TAB Enhancement app. This app is designed specifically for those who want to download the new Ice Cream Sandwich update for them A500 or A501 Tab officially. Whereas advanced users usually load up a secondhand ZIP file into their stock or custom recovery.

At the moment only the Iconia Tab A500 is supported – more’s the pity for owners of the 7-inch A100. But odds are pretty good that Acer will release a similar app for the smaller tablet before too long. I wish more manufacturers would take Acer’s lead on this – it sure would save a lot of rebooting and awkward button combinations.

Here's the app description and a source link to the Google Play Store:

PLEASE READ! Major release updates ONLY for A500/A501.
This application software is required for the ICS upgrade. Please download.
Acer continues to offer updates to enrich your Iconia Tab A500/A501 user experience. These include firmware updates and application refreshes. In order to get the best out of your Iconia Tab, its installed applications, and prevent system incompatibility, you must apply all application updates before upgrading the firmware.

Download firmware updates and application refreshes for the Acer Iconia Tab A500/A501 to get the best out of your Iconia Tab and its installed applications.
If you encountered any problem when upgrading, please download the file from our official web site.

Google Drive Launched

Google's "Drive" which is a storage service to save your important files online so easily accessible from anywhere, anytime has been launched by Google. In their announcement. Google Drive service takes a long time in the process of development. But in the end become one of the leading tools provided by Google in addition to other products such as Google + or GoogleDocs.

Actually. Google Drive gives you 5GB of free storage space. But for those of you who want more. You would have to pay more and the pricing is different for each size. To get 25 GB of storage space, you have to pay an amount $ 2.49 per month. While if you want a capacity of 100 GB, you can pay Google for $ 4.99 per month. There is also a 1 TB of storage space at a price of $ 49.99 and $ 799.99 per month for a capacity of 16 TB.

As the Google Drive is now available, Google Play Store is the place for you to pick up this Android device. The MAC and PC web application are available too. For now, iOS version of the Google Drive is not available, but Google has promised to come out with it very soon.

Review Toshiba Excite 10 LE

Although lately many android tablet pc, which was launched on the market. But Toshiba Excite 10 tablet remain eligible to be recommended remember 2 major differences were present with it. The first difference located on weight of being owned, weighing about 1:18 pounds. Toshiba Excite 10 be the lightest tablet android. While the second advantage located on thickness of only 0.3 inches. Powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core TI OMAP 4430 processor with 1GB of RAM, the Excite fails to impress. This processor has in-fact from early 2011 powered smartphones like the LG Optimus 3D. Moreover Toshiba Excite 10 is also equipped with a 5 megapixel primary camera and a battery cell 25Whr the which can not be removed and can last up to 8 hours of continuous usage. For more detailed specifications, you can read it here.

But unfortunately, behind all the advantages offered above. Toshiba Excite 10 LE is priced fairly expensive (click here to check the price list). Even the slightly more expensive than the Apple iPad and Asus Transformer Prime which has the same memory capacity and better performance. You can read user reviews of Toshiba Excite 10 here. In addition. Toshiba has promised to update the ICS, but not yet known when the realization

Acer Iconia Tablet A100 and A500 has been updated to ICS

Recently we got a good news, for you are the owner of tablet A100 and A500 tablet, Update on Android 4.0Ice Cream Sandwich or ICS that was promised has now launched yesterday. According to the news we get, update notification has been received by many users who are lucky A100 tablet in the world.

Supposedly, the update begins with a smaller download the update file is 17MB. We'll bring you more details as they become available. In the meantime, play in this thread if you are one lucky user with a new ICS updates

as we knew before. When Acer Tab A100 was launched last summer, the 7-inch tab came with a 1024×600-pixel display. The Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor with 1 GB of RAM came as the engine for this tablet. The elder cousin, the Acer Iconia Tab A500 walked in lavishly with a 10.1-inch screen with a lot of identical specifications of the 7-inch tab. The resolution of A500 is on the bigger side at 1280×800-pixel.

How To Form Customized Dashboards Using Android Tablet Widgets

Broadly speaking, there are three ways for users of google android tablet to could get a widget. The first one, you could get the widget when you install a particular application, this way you can get at most of the apps available. But sometimes some apps require you to install a secondary widget separately as a complementary. And this is a second way to get widgets from the android tablet. Evernote app is an example of a good case. Although you get an in-built widgets when you install the app, there is also an improved, free Evernote Widget That Gives you even more configuration options. The latter, is that you could get an independent widget without needing an app works. In general, this widget has only one function such as a clock or the battery level indicator.

Oh ya, besides there are some widgets that can be resized, In order the make the resizing tool to show up, just tap and hold the title bar at the top of the widget.

Setting up widgets

Setting up widgets comes with some problems. Biggest problem is screen space- you can have only so many widgets in a single screen. Blame Google’s designs for this-

Relatively large borders on each home screen where you cannot place widgets

Padding within the widget

These lead to a large section of each home screen to go to waste. But since it is Google’s design, there is almost nothing you can do about it.

Another thing to be kept in mind is service hogs. You may happen to notice very slow or even failed widget information refreshes on a 3G connection.

Widgets have a common tendency of draining out your battery for all its juice. The biggest culprits are usually the weather widgets since they activate and utilize the GPS location services to provide you with local conditions. If you notice far too much drain on your battery or bandwidth, look into your widgets- you might find the culprit there.

Finally, far too many widgets can render the OS unstable. Roughly, every widget that you add to a home screen tends to hog system resources and makes apps, widgets, and other Android components like the window manager to crash.

However, take your time to experiment and play around with the widgets available on your Android tablet. Although they come with some issues, they are incredibly convenient and also increase your overall productivity. But do not depend too much on them. Strike a balance between your needs and available resources and it’s a win-win situation!


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