Guess How Many Apps Are Available For The Motorola Xoom

A mere 50 native apps built to run on Google's Android 3.0 for tablets. The Motorola Xoom was thought to be the iPad killer before it was released into the market of Android tablets. The iPad launched with more than 1,000 native apps on day one while the Motorola Xoom only had 15 Honeycomb-native apps available for download when it first launched. Interest in the Xoom has not grown much since it was released and that shows in the amount of native apps built for its Android 3.0 operating system. The iPad has of more than 65,000 native apps behind its back compared to the 50 native apps currently available for the Motorola Xoom. So, did you make the right choice?

Confirmed: Flash And Apps Update For Nook Color

Barnes & Noble officially confirmed the Nook Color reading tablet will soon get Flash and email support and new and exciting apps next month. Perhaps these new apps will bring the Android app store or Amazon Appstore to the Nook Color.

Motorola Xoom WiFi Priced At $539

Droid Life posted pics of what looks like the Motorola Xoom WiFi-only model priced at $539 in a Sam's Club (Costco-like). Looks like Steve Jobs' speech was all for nothing.

Motorola Xoom Torn Apart

iFixit, the teardown masters, have posted their teardown of the Motorola Xoom tablet for all to see. Head on over to iFixit for more.

Motorola Teases With Tablet Evolution Video

Motorola thinks they have the perfect tablet for 2011 that will be even better than the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab. Motorola will unveil their Android Honeycomb OS running tablet at CES 2011. Check out the video below:

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HP Slate Officially Selling For $799

Yes that's right the HP Slate is official and will indeed be ready to be purchased by your hard earned cash for $799. At this price point it's a bit hard to forget about Apple's iPad but HP's Slate has a full fledged Windows 7 professional operating system on it with touch interface that you can use with your finger as well as a stylus. Engadget has posted their first impressions with the HP Slate and will have a review up very soon.

The Slate packs an 8.9" capacitive touch display at a 1024x600 resolution and it's powered by a 1.86GHz Intel Atom Z540 processor, 2GB of RAM, 64GB SSD and Broadcom Crystal HD accelerator for smooth 1080p video playback. The back of the Slate has a soft touch coating and designed to provide good grip while it's surrounded by a metal bezel which might remind you of the iPad. For $799 you're also going to get a docking station that acts as a stand for the Slate with a built-in HDMI-out port and two cameras including a front facing VGA camera and a back facing camera with 3MP. 

Sounds pretty good but that price is a bit pricy. Head over to Engadget for more!

Verizon's LTE Network Coming Very Soon

 

Engadget has just received some internal documents on Verizon's 4G plans which seem to be the real thing. It mainly states information that we already know life between 5 and 12Mbps download speeds, aircards first before smartphones, and plans to deploy in 30 cities in 2010. However, the documents also say that they're still on track to serve up 100 million connections by the end of the year. Engadget have also receivced some pics of Verizon computers with the LTE SIM cards.

Another thing that the documents claim are that LTE has 30ms of latency! This would mean that the network would be blazing fast. We should also see some LTE tablets in 2011.

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