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It looks like ViewSonic is just about ready to launch the ViewPad 10e here in the United States and some retailers are starting to take presales. One such retailer is Amazon who has posted a firm $ 400 price point for the 0.7 inch tablet. That’ll get you a 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM and [...]

If you thought that because Motorola Mobility will soon be owned by Google Inc. that it would make the OEM a shoe-in for future Nexus devices — that may not be the case at all. Andy Rubin added some clarification on this subject during the company’s conference call earlier today and explained just how Google [...]

Need ultimate evidence that the DROID Incredible definitely is getting Android 2.3 following rumors that it had been scrapped? The trusty users at AndroidForums.com have uncovered the .PDF file on Verizon’s servers detailing the update. When we see this, that usually means the update is right around the corner. Anything can happen, of course, but [...]

This doesn’t help AT&T at all. Not one bit. A recent filing submitted to the FCC has had a portion redacted by AT&T. No big deal, I thought. Somewhere in that redacted statement, though, they revealed that they’d only need $ 3.8 billion to bring 4G LTE to 97% of their subscribers at the current [...]

Looks like the guy over at DroidAttic have managed to snag this screen shot of an internal page on Best Buy’s computers showing a possible shipment of the Motorola DROID 3 arriving on July 13th. According to Best Buy employees, this typically means the phone will launch the very next day. While not much other [...]

We’ve been hearing a summer release for the Amazon’s newest forray into the Honeycomb tablet scene for awhile now and it looks like we might have a little weight to add to those rumors. According to some Taiwanese component makers who are supplying Amazon with the parts needed to make their new tablets, we can [...]

Ever since it was unveiled at CTIA, the question on everyones’ minds was when Sprint would launch the HTC EVO 3D Originally, rumors out of the RadioShack camp pegged the handset for a June 4th launch, but the most recent Sprint Playbook suggested a late June launch was more likely. After Sprint teased us with [...]

NEC came to market with what appears to be the world’s thinnest smartphone. It’s measured at a thickness of just 8.7mm thin and has some nice specs, to boot. According to IT Media, it outsold every device available in the Japan for the week between March 14th and March 20th. Sure, a fast start doesn’t [...]

The Lenovo LePad isn’t due for its global launch until June, but already CEO Yang Yuanqing is talking up the tablet’s successor. Without revealing much, Yuanqing said to expect the next LePad to land in September or October of this year, less than 5 months after the original. The second-generation LePad — said to be [...]

Research firm Canalys is shedding some light on their thoughts regarding the growth of Android in 2011, with special attention paid to the release of a Verizon iPhone and the perceived fragmentation of the Android OS. In their eyes, both factors shouldn’t hurt the growth of Android. In fact, they see Android growing at double [...]