With
Honeycomb tablets hitting the stores now, and many more to come, finding the best apps for your shiny new Android 3.0 device is going to be a challenge.
Earlier on in the week, Acer's
Honeycomb tablet hit Amazon and we published the unboxing pictures of the Nokia E7 Communicator, where Google maps got updated for Android.
Not exact matches
By the time many of the
tablets we looked at
hit the market, we expect that they will ship with
Honeycomb.
The Motorola Xoom will be the first
tablet to
hit the market running Google's
tablet - specific version of Android, codenamed
Honeycomb.
While we expected the HP WebOS
Tablet project to
hit in 2011, September seems a long way away and falls behind the early
Honeycomb Android, further iOS and possible MeeGo
tablets.
The first
Honeycomb tablet from Toshiba, the Thrive was slated to
hit the retail scene in the US on the 10th of July.
It's the first 10.1 - inch
tablet featuring Android 3.0, codenamed
Honeycomb, to
hit the market.
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is one of the most popular
Honeycomb tablets in the market, and we're pretty sure that many people have been waiting for a 3G - capable version to
hit the stores.
Until we see HP, Asus, Acer, and MSI all
hitting the market with high - end
Honeycomb tablets to «flood the market» with
tablets to increase adoption similar to what happened with netbooks we really don't know what price advantage Apple really has.
Also, the company has kept a line of budget devices
hitting the market by sticking to Android 2.2 Froyo while most other
Tablet PC makers have been releasing
tablets that come with dual core processors having high resolution displays and running on the Android 3.x
Honeycomb OS.
In fact, LG has already made it known the G - Slate will be the first
Honeycomb tablet to
hit US soils when it is launched there in March.
Features and Performance
Honeycomb hits all the basic apps you'd expect from a
tablet.
Back at the tail - end of April, Pocket - lint saw a Dell
tablet roadmap which listed the Dell Streak Pro 10 - inch
Honeycomb device, and revealed that it was due to
hit in «June 2011».
Following the Acer Iconia Tab A100 over the weekend, is yet another
tablet that went on sale today in the US; the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer with a 10.1 - inch 1280 x 800 IPS display, 16 GB of internal storage, 1 GHz dual core Tegra 2 processor and Android 3.0
Honeycomb, for a relatively low $ 399.99, making this the cheapest
Honeycomb tablet to
hit the market yet, regardless of size.
It's good sign that more
Honeycomb powered
tablets are
hitting the markets for a while now.
But things are shaping up today for the 8 GB,
Honeycomb 3.2
tablet — it will finally be
hitting US retailers this weekend for $ 329.99.
Asus has officially announced that its first
Honeycomb powered Eee Pad Transformer
tablet will
hit the U.S. markets on April 26 with a price tag of $ 399 for the 16 GB variant and $ 499 for the 32 GB version.
Asus has filled us in with the release details for its
Honeycomb hybrid
tablet, the Asus Eee Pad Transformer - it'll be
hitting next week and will cost you less than # 380.
When the MediaPad
hits the U.S. shores this fall, the
tablet will be likely sold though carriers at a subsidized price (but tied to a monthly data contract), as Engadget reports Huawei has no plans to release a Wi - Fi - only model of its
Honeycomb 3.2
tablet.
This is the first
tablet running Android 3.2
Honeycomb OS to
hit the markets, which has a 7 ″ touch display, 5MP rear & 2MP front cameras, 1 GB RAM, 1 GHz dual - core CPU, and much more.
The Dell Streak 7 may be hampered by a sub-par 800 x 480 pixel display and Google Android 2.2 operating system, but the other hardware is pretty much what you'd get from any of the Android 3.0
Honeycomb tablets starting to
hit the streets.
The Motorola XOOM was the first
tablet to
hit the streets running Google Android
Honeycomb a few months ago.
The world's first Android 3.0
Honeycomb tablet, the new Motorola Xoom has officially
hit the streets and is ready for purchase now, pricing $ 599 with a signed two - year contract or $ 799 contract free.
When the stylus - friendly HTC Flyer launched, there were a lot of raised eyebrows over the fact that it
hit the streets running a modified Android Gingerbread rather than
Honeycomb — like nearly every other
tablet on the market.
Puccini will be a
Honeycomb filled
tablet, and it is rumored to be
hitting the AT&T air waves as the carrier's first 4G LTE capable
tablet, and it is expected to be powered by a Nvidia Tegra 2 dual - core processor at an unknown clock speed or there might be 1.5 GHz dual core Qualcomm MSM8660 processor inside the
tablet.
You can download the Google Earth (v 2.0) optimized Android
tablets (Honeycomb Tablets) at the Android Market (hit the link) for free, which is weighing at the size of
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With Android
Honeycomb, Google's
tablet optimized version of Android, ready to
hit the market and soon power dozens of
tablets, it's not surprising that developers are looking in Android's direction.
The PlayBook packs a lot under the hood and has a lot of potential, but the price and lack of apps is likely to steer a lot of folks toward another brand, especially with $ 399 10»
Honeycomb tablets like the Asus Transformer
hitting the market.
The hybrid
tablet netbook will ship with Android which we're assuming will be
Honeycomb but Shih did affirm to Walt Mossberg that he expects Ice Cream Sandwich to
hit tablets by the end of the year — «perhaps earlier.»
The next big tech event, CeBIT,
hits next week but ASUS won't have
Honeycomb ready in time to showcase on their
tablets over there, according to a recent email send to the press in Europe.