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Rhapsody has just gotten an update in the Android market. It’s a pretty big one as it brings a tablet user interface for Android 3.0 tablets and higher. Unfortunately those with screens smaller than 9 inches will not be able to get the full tablet experience but hopefully a future update will change that. We [...]

Apple bashing, while sometimes fun, could be seen by some as poor taste. I can jive with that. But then there’s this. An ad spot from the Taiwanese manufacturer Action Electronics portraying the late Steve Jobs as an angelic Asian character who, set free from the confines of Apple, is finally able to choose an [...]

When it comes to hacking and modding a device’s software, it’s always played out like an episode of Tom & Jerry. A developer will take advantage of an exploit in the software that allows them to root the device, followed by the hardware OEM who will release an update to patch up the software, and [...]

There’s a new sheriff in town according to Flurry, an analytics company tracking tens of thousands of Android applications. After crunching the numbers on Android tablet usage the firm found that the Amazon Kindle Fire has quickly closed the gap with the Samsung Galaxy Tab. In November, the Galaxy Tab (no specific model is named) [...]

It was a few months ago we told you guys about the mysterious ZTE V66 tablet that passed through the FCC, on its way to Verizon. Now, that same tablet has popped again, this time, on a trip to the Bluetooth SIG. We now have a little more info on the device but don’t get [...]

AT&T has bestowed unto the masses their Pantech Element Android 3.2 tablet this past Sunday for anyone to pick up for $ 300 on a new two-year agreement. It’s positioned to be an affordable 4G tablet for those on a budget but its specs aren’t too unsettling. You’ll be working with an 8 inch display, [...]

I’m sure by now you know the drill but for those that don’t — this is the Android Overload. These are all the little gems that didn’t get featured on our front page but we still felt deserved a second shot. We place them here for you guys to read up and stay well informed [...]

Looks like LG is still giving it the old college try with the newly announced Optimus Pad LTE, the South Korean OEM’s latest forray into the Android tablet space. Dubbed the first LTE tablet (in Korea) the Optimus Pad LTE boasts a 8.9-inch 1280×768 “True HD” IPS display, 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor, 8MP rear/2MP front [...]

We haven’t heard much from the ASUS Padfone since it was teased then eventually revealed last year. Arguably one of the greatest ideas ever to hit Android, I was hoping we’d see a lot more from the device. Well, on my trip to ASUS’s CES showing, I was not only able to snag some pics [...]

The final tablet we got our hands on during ASUS’s CES showing was the MeMO 171. We’ve seen this little guy before as the Eee Pad MeMO 3D — but this time they’ve dropped the 3D and hope to upgrade Honeycomb to Ice Cream Sandwich in the near future. The included capacitive stylus and MeMIC [...]