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Article | 19/05/2011 Control your PC from your Android tablet: App roundup

Controlling your PC remotely from your smartphone sounds useful in theory, looks cool as an experiment, and generally proves impractical in everyday u...

Article | 18/05/2011 Amazon quad-core tablet rumoured for 2011

Amazon plans to release two new Android tablets before the end of 2011, including one with NVIDIA's forthcoming mobile quad-core chip, according to on...

Article | 17/05/2011 ASUS unveiling Eee Pad Transformer on 24 May

ASUS will announce the Australian launch of its anticipated Eee Pad Transformer Android tablet at a media event in Sydney on 24 May.

Article | 13/05/2011 BlackBerry PlayBook launching in Australia on June 1?

RIM's hotly anticipated BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is set to officially launch in Australia on 1 June, according to an industry source that has been t...

Article | 11/05/2011 Google to unify Android OS by Q4

Google gave Android developers several reasons to cheer on Tuesday with its announcement of new versions of the operating system, as well as the addit...

Article | 9/05/2011 Motorola Xoom coming to Optus in June

Optus has confirmed it will launch Motorola's Xoom Android tablet in June, a month after the device goes on sale through Telstra.

Article | 6/05/2011 Motorola Xoom will ship with a disabled microSD card slot

Motorola has confirmed its much-anticipated Xoom Android tablet will launch in Australia with a disabled microSD card slot, and the company has not sp...

Article | 6/05/2011 Telstra exclusively launching Motorola Xoom and Motorola Atrix in Australia

Motorola and Telstra last night jointly unveiled the eagerly-anticipated Motorola Xoom Android tablet, and the Motorola Atrix Android phone, confirmin...

Article | 4/05/2011 Dymocks taps Android for e-book, tablet move

National book retailer Dymocks has partnered with Acer to offer Android-powered tablets as a vehicle for e-book sales along with a new Android app.

Article | 5/05/2011 Moore's Law enters the third dimension as Intel hopes to find way into handheld devices

Intel today announced that it will transition to Tri-Gate transistors in its new 22 nanometre microprocessors, which will allow it to build upward in ...

Article | 4/05/2011 First look at BlackBerry PlayBook native email, PIM apps

Research In Motion (RIM) showed off the upcoming native e-mail and personal information management (PIM) apps for its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet for t...

Article | 4/05/2011 RIM not sitting still with PlayBook

Research in Motion doesn't want you to judge the PlayBook by its first-edition cover.

Article | 3/05/2011 Time Inc gives free iPad access to print subscribers

Time Inc has secured a deal with Apple that will bundle free iPad access to print subscribers, according to a Wall Street Journal report. If you have ...

Article | 29/04/2011 Xoom does better than expected

Motorola Mobility shipped 250,000 Xoom tablets in the first month the device was available, the company said on Thursday as part of its first-quarter ...

Article | 28/04/2011 AFL games live on Telstra mobiles, tablets and T-Box from 2012

Telstra has announced that all AFL games will be streamed live to mobile phones and tablets from 2012, following a landmark $1.25 billion AFL televisi...

Article | 28/04/2011 Android, Chrome OS, and Ubuntu united in one platform

With so many exciting new operating systems to choose from today, it can be tough to settle on just one -- particularly if you're an open source fan.

Article | 26/04/2011 Users report BlackBerry PlayBooks failing to restart

Some BlackBerry PlayBook tablets that Research in Motion released last Tuesday are suddenly failing to restart. Some even simply stop working while in...

Article | 27/04/2011 App fragmentation issue is bigger than Android

Fragmentation of the Android platform is being blamed for a decline in developer enthusiasm for the platform, but the real fragmentation challenge for...

Article | 27/04/2011 MIPS porting Google's Android 3.0 OS for its processors

MIPS Technologies on Tuesday said it was porting Google's Android 3.0 operating system, code-named Honeycomb, to work with its microprocessors.

Article | 27/04/2011 LG looks for mobile expansion with ARM licenses

LG Electronics on Tuesday announced it had signed a license for ARM's upcoming application and graphics processors, opening a path for the device make...