Computing

Comscore Says No One Uses Android Tablets. Hmm.

There’s something like 8142* different Android tablets on sale right now, yet apparently no one is really using them. Of course, it’d help if Samsung was actually allowed to sell its tablets in Australia! According to Comscore, iPads made up for 97.2 per cent of all US tablet web traffic. That leaves 2.8 per cent for the other tablets to split.


October 11, 2011
Computing

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Review: The New Best Android Tablet, Again

I had major deja vu writing this. That’s because as cool as the Galaxy Tab 8.9 is, it’s basically just the Galaxy Tab 10.1, but slightly smaller. Which actually makes it noticeably better.


October 10, 2011
Computing

Eee Pad Slider Gets An Aussie Price

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Asus has announced the launch of the Eee Pad slider locally, along with pricing and availability information. All of which is yours right after the jump.


October 4, 2011
Software

Adobe’s Creative Touch Apps Are Android Only

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Adobe’s just unveiled touch versions of Photoshop and other illustration tools, but iPad users will have to wait to use them until at least next year.


September 29, 2011
Mobile

Toshiba AT1SO 7-Inch Tablet Hands-On: $449 In October

Toshiba’s just announced that its 7″ AT1S0 Tablet will go on sale in Australia from the end of October for $449. No sign of a local review sample (yet), but here’s what the US thought of it back when it was the 7″ ‘Thrive’.


September 27, 2011
Mobile

Telstra’s First LTE Phone Will Be The HTC 4G

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At the briefings for its 4G service that isn’t quite 4G, Telstra also showed off the first LTE phone it’ll offer early next year. First impressions and video after the jump.


September 23, 2011
Computing

iPad Will Rule The Tablet World Until 2015?

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One tablet to rule them all, anyone? The latest figures suggest that Android’s not making a great deal of headway against Apple’s uber-popular tablet solution, and may not take significant share for many years.


September 16, 2011
Computing

Archos’ G9 Tablets Have Super-Fast Processors And Hard Drives

Archos Android tablets. Typically considered also-rans, but these things do have a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and up to 250GB hard drives.


September 15, 2011
Computing

How Can Android Tablets Thrive 2: The Rebuttal

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Last week’s opinion column regarding Android’s marketing efforts drew forth some hearty debate, and some interesting reader comments. I’m going to address them.


September 14, 2011
Software

Firefox For Android Tablets Is Open For Testing

Mozilla has made the latest nightly builds for Firefox for Honeycomb ready for download. It’s already optimised for the tablet real estate and Android’s quirks, and will let you use Firefox Sync to share data with your desktop. [Mobiputing]