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Amazon Kindle Fire Redirecting Android Market Links to Amazon Appstore

Lame move, Amazon. It seems that the Kindle Fire is redirecting all web requests for the Android Market website (market.android.com) to the Amazon Appstore.

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Since the Amazon Appstore only has a curated subset of what’s available in the Android Market and other 3rd-party…

ASUS Transformer Prime Pre-Orders Back on Amazon

It’s been a back and forth battle getting details about the exact release dates and distribution details for the worlds first Quad Core Tablet, the ASUS Transformer Prime.  The tablet with hybrid keyboard went up for pre-order at the beginning of December on Amazon and…

Medion LifeTab Review and Detailed Walk Through

Andrzej from our sister site TabletBlog.de has had his hands on the the Medion Lifetab… for over a week now and has just posted a detailed review video.  is a 10-inch Android tablet running Android 3.2 Honeycomb. It’s powered by a Tegra 2 processor with

Sony Tablet S Gets Update to Use PS3 Controllers

Japanese users of the Sony Tablet S get a software update that allows them to use the PS3 controllers for game play on the Android tablet. They also get a free game download for mini-games base on Ape Escape. The Playstation Suite of games like…

Sony Tablet S with 3G Now Available in UK

The Wi-Fi only version of the Sony Tablet S has been out for a while all over the world now. But if you were waiting for a version that supported 3G and you’re in the UK, today is your lucky day. You can now order…

Aldi Medion LifeTab Tablet – Unboxing and Quick Test [video] *UPDATE

Thanks to our friends at Tabletblog.de, we have a pretty sizable unboxing and hands-on video for the Medion LifeTab on sale at Aldi, but unfortunately for our non-German-speaking readers, the whole video is in German (Update: We’ve got the English unboxing below). However, if you’re…

Samsung Series 7 Slate First Impressions [Video]

If you thought you had to wait until Windows 8 to get a Windows tablet you’ll be pleased to know they are still popping up despite the poor battery life Windows 7 offers in the Slate… form factor. Samsung has released the 11.6 inch Series

Toshiba Thrive 7 inch Tablet Goes on Sale

If you’re a fan of the 7 inch tablet form factor you’ll be happy to hear that the 7 inch Toshiba Thrive… has officially gone on Sale December 11th. The 7 inch Android 3.2 tablet will be powered by an Nvidia Tegra 2 processor with

Coby Ice Cream Sandwich Tablets Coming to CES 2012

Android Ice Cream Sandwich is a gift that keeps on giving. Now that Google has released Android 4.0 to open source, so many devices are getting unofficial ports, while new ICS devices continue to be announced by various manufacturers. Coby, a smaller, more inexpensive electronics…

Sony Tablet S Used by Pope Benedict XVI to Light Christmas Tree From Vatican City

In a random bit of news today, Pope Benedict XVI used a Sony Tablet S to wirelessly light the “world’s largest Christmas tree” near Gubbio in Italy, from 130 miles away in Vatican City.

Actually, the “Christmas tree” is a huge light display 2132 feet…

Toshiba Excite Honeycomb Tablet Coming to Canada, February 2012

Toshiba’s been quiet lately with Android tablet news. After seeing an announcement of the Toshiba AT200, aka Toshiba Excite, aka Toshiba Regza AT700 at CEATEC back in October, we haven’t really seen much news about it since. But now there is some news out of…

$99 HP TouchPad Sale is Back Again… This Time for Refurbished Units

If, for whatever reason, you missed out on the various firesales for the $99 and $149 HP TouchPads, you will have a chance to fight for one on Dec. 11 at 6 PM, Central Standard Time.

HP is selling off an undisclosed number of 16

Toshiba Thrive 7-inch Tablet Quietly on Sale Now

Back in September we covered the Toshiba’s announcement of the Thrive 7″ Honeycomb tablet. They said that the 7-inch tablet would go on sale in early December, but we haven’t officially heard anything from Toshiba since. Now it seems that some eager user searched for…

HP TouchPad Go Briefly Spotted on eBay

It seems last Saturday night, an HP TouchPad Go, a 7-inch webOS tablet, was spotted on eBay with a starting bid of $700.

While bidding got up to about $1500, the auction was pulled, likely by HP, though we don’t know for sure. The seller…

ASUS Transformer Prime Orders Being Canceled By Amazon

It looks like some people who pre-ordered the ASUS Transformer Prime are getting cancelation notice e-mails from Amazon, citing lack of availability from the supplier.

As mentioned in the e-mails, if charges were already made for the pre-order, they would be refunded.
Apparently when the…