October is now lined up to become a potential convergence month in tablet launches from the largest names in the industry, as Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon could all launch new tablets in October. It’s been years since we had the largest tablet brands launch major tablets within days and weeks of each other. Some…
Google haven’t launched a new tablet since their 2-in-1 Android tablet Pixelbook C back in September 2015, but based on some probable third party leaks from peripheral computer manufacturers, there’s evidence to suggest that new Google tablets and 2-in-1 tablets may show up at their October 9 event alongside their new Pixel 3 phone, smart…
HP announced the first Chrome OS 2-in-1 tablet today called HP Chromebook x2. HP says that they expect to launch the Chromebook x2 on June 10 from $599: https://www.amazon.com/HP-x2-2-Chromebook-M3-7Y30-4GB/dp/B07D6FN5RJ/ Specs are a little mixed for a Chromebook, with the Chromebook x2 featuring a 12.3-inch screen with 2400 x 1600 resolution with digitizer and Gorilla Glass…
Currently the only tablet running Android 8.0 is the Google Pixel C, a tablet that is no longer in production. But good news though, since it’s now visibly clear that the Android 8.0 Oreo update is heading towards the current Android 7.0 tablet Samsung Galaxy Tab E 8 on T-Mobile. The news was picked up…
Google Pixel C was the first tablet to be updated to Android 8.0 back in August and now a even newer update can be tested out, as James Sanders of Android Police notes that with the Android 8.1 Developer preview 2, the Pixel C tablet or 2-in-1 is getting the launcher feature found on Pixel…
Google launched the 12.3-inch Google Pixelbook last week on October 4, a Chromebook notebook with 7th gen. Intel Core i5 and i7 processor options, with a form factor for this notebook being a revolving laptop, but not a 2-in-1 tablet. The only 2-in-1 tablet from Google so far has been the 10.2-inch Google Pixel C…
Chuwi released the Chuwi Hi13 between spring and summer, so now that I’ve been using mine for two months, I thought it was time for a long term Chuwi Hi13 review of both the tablet and the optional pen and keyboard. Chuwi Hi13 was launched for a price of $349, though it’s usually on sale…
A customer care representative from Nvidia confirmed yesterday that the Nvidia Shield Tablet and Nvidia Shield Tablet K1 will both get Android 7.0 Nougat updates. This update was expected, but it’s great to have the Nvidia Shield Tablet Android 7.0 update officially confirmed. As of yet, it is only the update itself that is confirmed,…
Juggly.cn discovered yesterday that the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 with the models SM-T810, SM-T815, SM-T817 had been tested on Gfxbench with Android 7.0 running under the Android Samsung Edition UI. And while this can’t be taken as a Complete guarantee that it was actually Samsung themselves who tested the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7…
The HTC Nexus 9 LTE tablet manufactured for Google finally got the Android 7.0 update today too, with both the factory images and OTA images being available for download from Google’s servers. The Android 7.0.0 NRD90R update for the 4G LTE model is the same update that has been available to the HTC Nexus Wi-Fi…
Early in September, Evan Blass said that he believed the Huawei-built next Google Nexus 7 tablet was still going to be released before the end of 2016, and that it will have 4GB of RAM, something that had been expected ever since the end of 2015. But ever since the September rumor, a lot of…
HTC Nexus 9 is in line to be either the first Android 7.0 tablet or one of the first, with possibly Google Pixel C getting the Android 7.0 update at the same time. The announcement comes not from Android, but from wireless carrier Rogers in Canada who after updating their upgrade schedule list yesterday now…
Google Pixel C was launched on December 8 like the rumor had predicted, around 2 1/2 months after if was unveiled in September. The Pixel C feels like Google’s attempt to replicate the Android Remix tablets, but without the same focus: http://www.amazon.com/Google-Pixel-Touchscreen-Performance-Marshmallow/ So it has ended up as a tablet that confuses a lot of…
Google Pixel C was benchmarked just a few hours ago, so now we can take a look at some of the specs that have yet to be announced by Google. And given the timing of the Google Pixel C benchmark today, it looks like yesterday’s rumor concerning the December 8 pre-order date / market unveiling…
The Dutch company Tweakers wrote earlier today that the Google Pixel C will take orders from December 8 in the Netherlands. Google has yet to announce anything. In fact, they haven’t even disclosed all the specs yet after they briefly announced the Google Pixel C at the end of a larger event on September 29….
Gizmochina picked up a rumor posted as a insider leak yesterday, in which it’s claimed that a new Nexus 7 tablet will be built by Huawei. This is the first time this has been launched as a likely rumor, although it only takes a stretch of imagination since Huawei is currently manufacturing the latest Nexus…