The 3G tablet market is still quite unpopular. Only 12% of tablets are connected, while the rest are WiFi. And we understand why cellular tablets are unpopular; they don’t have many uses, and tethering is far more useful. A hotspot will allow you to refrain from buying new hardware, like a 3G tablet and 3G cards for your computer. However, people still… Read more
The friends from SamMobile leaked some interesting information Friday morning bringing use an image and specs for a purported Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0. If you recall, Samsung recently made official the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 with specs that we were less than excited about. For what it’s worth, benchmarking has demonstrated that this new Tab 3 7.0 is… Read more
Tablets have long been a bit of an afterthought in the Android world. Tablets haven’t been so popular, and good apps for them have been pretty sparse. Of course, it’s been quickly improving, but Google is now doing more about it. Soon, there will be a new filter called “Designed For Tablets.” This will allow you to see the best tablet apps in each list… Read more
The Nook series of tablets are very similar to the Kindle series, because they both have very deeply customized UIs with custom app stores. They’re Android tablets only because they run Android, not because they even resemble Android anymore. So while they were great deals for the hardware, it was hard to justify the purchase because of the software…. Read more
According to market intelligence company IDC, tablet sales have skyrocketed over the last year. Their data states that total shipments rose almost 150% in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the first quarter of 2012. But you don’t read DroidDog for information about general tablets. The amazing thing about this growth is that Android tablet sales,… Read more
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 was a pretty nice budget tablet, even having some features over the Nexus 7 (though the Nexus 7 was overall far better). It was a solid offering from Samsung for its time, and with the great discounts you can find these days, it’s worth buying for many people. However, the time is right for a successor to the Jelly Bean… Read more
The HP Slate 7, HP’s latest foray into the Android world, is a 7 inch budget tablet made for those who want to save money on a tablet. And looking at the spec list alone, it doesn’t seem so bad. It packs a 1.6GHz dual core processor, 1GB of RAM, a 7 inch “HFFS wide view angle” display at 1024×600, dual cameras (VGA front and 3MP back), 8GB of memory… Read more
The ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity made a big splash in the tablet market, debuting with a 1920×1200 display in the standard 10″ form factor. It also came with a beefy Tegra 3 processor, which still holds up today. And with nearly stock Android, upgradable to 4.2, it is lean and speedy. It’s an awesome tablet to this day, and Woot currently has it for… Read more
As Android grows, so does the tablet market. And the tablet market is exactly where Android lags behind. Luckily, it’s catching up fast, just like Android as a whole was a few years ago. Google knows this, and they have been trying to push tablet optimized apps for a long time. Their newest effort is a screenshot system that only displays the screenshot… Read more
There are lots of different tablets out there; some 10″, some 7″, and some in between. Luckily, the number of Android apps that are tablet compatible and optimized are growing every day which is awesome because we have some rad devices at our fingertips. Also, I’m way excited to hear about this next generation Nexus 7 tablet, hopefully at Google… Read more
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