Toshiba's Thrives Tablets Are Shipping To Markets

The Thrive may seem like an also-ran alongside many of the other Tegra 2-based tablets on the market, but Toshiba has some very special sauce they’ve liberally applied to this release. The Thrive is a 10.1” tablet sporting what appears to be an IPS panel (it passes the viewing angle tests) and Android 3.1, and while it’s a little on the chunky side, there are some very good reasons for that. Toshiba’s reps stressed that they were gunning more for a better bridge from their notebook business and wanted a tablet that was as user-friendly as possible.

iPad's Apps Now Reaches 100,000

The iPad has reached a notable milestone: There are now over 100,000 applications made specifically for this tablet. Considering the iPad has been available for less than a year and a half and developers have only had access to the iPad's software development kit since January 2010, this is a noteworthy accomplishment.

Vizio Offers 8" Tablet For Pre-Sale At $400

Guess what? It's another tablet, but this one's got something different going for it: a low, low price. The Vizio 8" Tablet is now being offered for pre-order, with just $399.99 putting you in line for the slate itself, a 16GB microSD card and event a folio / case. Not a bad offer, compared to what else is out there.

Apple's iPad Acquires 97 Percent of U.S. Tablet Traffic

ComScore reports Apple's iPad dominates U.S. tablet traffic with 97 percent, leaving just three percent for rivals from BlackBerry, ASUS, Motorola and Samsung. An analyst said, "Without a doubt, the iPad is the device to beat in the marketplace." Except for India, newspaper sites were more likely than average to be accessed by non-computers.

Now You Can synchronize Samsung Galaxy Tablets With Personal Macbook

Samsung Corporation has released a new update for Kies application through Mac OS which allows users using Mac to synchronize the desktop with their Galaxy Tab tablets.

This is considered a crucial step from Samsung since Google is not able to supply its users with alternate similar to iTunes from Apple which allows the synchronization of the personal computer and its application via the Cell phones, So it was a must for Samsung to do that.

Kobo eReader Touch Edition Now Available In U.S. And Canada

Kobo has just announced that their eReader Touch Edition is now available across the U.S. and Cada, and for a reasonable rate, too. It's $129.99 USD and $139.99 CDN, offering a new design, touch support and With different colors to choose from (black, lilac, blue and silver).

Panasonic unveilsToughbook Tablet

It's funny how history repeats itself. Rugged tablets have been around for ages. They first hit around a decade or years ago, underpowered and with terrible battery life. they were chunky, rugged, and ready for the field. But no one bought into them, as their flaws superseded the pros. Panasonic has now announced that things are coming full circle, with the Toughbook entering the tablet space soon.

eFUN Introduces Next7 Tablet With 1GHz Processor

While most Android tablets hitting the market these days are doing so with Honeycomb onboard, eFun is trying something...different. Their new Next7 tablet steps down to the pocket-friendly 7" form factor (similar to the original Galaxy Tab), and offers a 7" capacitive screen along with Android 2.3. It offers built-in Wi-Fi, ASTRO File Manager (for sideloading applications), OfficeSuite Viewer, SlideME App manager and Kobo eBook Store.

InFocus Reveals 55-inch Wall Tablet

How small can a screen be before it's no longer a "big-screen TV?" And how large can a tablet be before it's no longer a "tablet?" Two questions that may never have definitive answers, but we're pretty confident that a 55" tablet...isn't actually a tablet. InFocus has just rolled out the first "all-in-one giant tablet," the Windows 7-based Mondopad. It's a fitting name, particularly when you consider that it's a 55" HD wall tablet that boasts touchscreen functionality and support for cloud-based video conferencing.

Dell Bringing 10" Android Tablet (Streak 10 Pro) To China First

It's a world full of tablets, and we're just living in it. Dell's Streak 10 Pro has seemingly got lost in the mix; with so many other Android 3.0 tablets stealing the limelight, it's being an elbowing match to get coverage these days. Now, Dell's ready to introduce their own 10" Honeycomb tablet, but it won't be coming to America first. Dell has confirmed that they "are indeed working on 10" tablet products," with one in particular aimed at "prosumers." They're also working on a Windows 7-based tablet for enterprise consumers, which is due out later in the year. Evidently the company seems some pent-up demand for a Win7 tablet, signaled by their intentions to go forward with this instead of holding out for Windows 8 (or whatever it'll be called when the codename gets dropped).

HP Rolls Out webOS-Powered Tablet in Two Versions

A webOS-powered tablet will be offered by Hewlett-Packard next month. The HP Touchpad with Wi-Fi offers true multitasking and two versions for $499.99 and $599.99. HP plans to launch a connected version of the TouchPad with AT&T later this summer. But to compete with Apple's iPad, HP needs to offer a mobile-app ecosystem.