New Gadget 2011

There's a bit of a Beauty and the Beast battle going on over at Amazon, with the lovely Asus EeePad Transformer currently sitting at the top of the retailer's best-selling tablet charts.

Right behind it at #2, though, is our old friend the bargain-bucket Tabtech M009S � which is an amazing �350 cheaper. Sooner or later, someone's going to stumble across a happy middle-ground between �400 tablets and �79.99 tablets and Android will have the mainstream iPad challenger it needs.

We're not entirely sure how accurate a reflection of sales this data is, mind. It may just be based around the things Amazon has most of.
source: Eurodroid

You show me $99 and I'll show you a 7-inch resistive touchscreen, Android 2.1, and not a whole lot more. That's basically what you get from the latest Arnova tablet from Archos. The Arnova 7 is designed to compete on one point, and one point alone, and that point is the price point. You don't get the Android Market (you'll have to settle for the AppsLib store), you don't get the most recent version of Android for smartphones (let alone tablets), and you don't get a camera (front or rear). But did we mention it will only cost $99? No word on when you can drop a lone benjamin on this one.
source: Android Phone

Back in April we heard that the Motorola Xoom, the first tablet to run Android Honeycomb, would also become available from US Cellular sometime before the end of June. And, well, today is the big day, as the carrier itself announced via Twitter. There are some caveats, though.

First of all, you have to know that if you buy a Xoom from US Cellular, you're not getting a device that can directly connect to US Cellular for data. It is, in fact, the Wi-Fi-only version of the tablet, an SKU that has no 3G or 4G radio on it, leaving Wi-Fi to be your only connectivity option.

Second, the Xoom is only available in �select� US Cellular stores, whatever that may mean. The point here is this: don't just run to your nearest US Cellular store if for some reason you desperately want to get a Wi-Fi-only Xoom from the carrier. Perhaps call ahead � some stores may not have any Xoom stock at all right now.

If you do manage to find a retail location that does have a Xoom for you, it will cost you $599.99.
source: Unwired View

It was about a week ago when we heard that Lenovo was working hard on getting its first two Android-powered tablets to market. Two, because one would be consumer-oriented and launch under the IdeaPad brand, and the other would be business-focused and sold under the well known brand ThinkPad brand.

Back then we also heard that Lenovo's IdeaPad tablet would launch worldwide in July, and today we have some more information that suggests that may be the case indeed (or the launch will at least happen in the US in July).

What you see above is a leaked price tag for the Lenovo IdeaPad tablet, also known by its model number K1. The price tag has been seen at OfficeMax, and it indicates $499.99 as the price for the 32 GB K1 IdeaPad. That's not a bad price at all, considering that it's the exact same price for which Apple sells the cheapest iPad 2. The difference? The IdeaPad has double the storage.

Aside from that, in terms of specs, the IdeaPad K1 is certainly nothing revolutionary, having a 10.1-inch 1280�800 capacitive touchscreen, two cameras, 10 hours battery life (something that almost every tablet producer claims, yet very few actually deliver on that promise), an aluminum rear casing, a weight of 725 grams, and a thickness of 13.2 mm. The Lenovo IdeaPad K1 will run Android Honeycomb.

Yes, those are specs very similar to virtually every other 10-inch Android tablet out there, but if storage space is key for you, then the IdeaPad will probably be the cheapest tablet to offer 32 GB.

Unfortunately we still don't have an exact release date for the IdeaPad K1, but now that the pricing is pretty much clear, it can't take long before that information leaks too. And it clearly looks like Lenovo is set to make good on its promise to ship the IdeaPad tablet in July.
source: Unwired View

For everyone who owns a Motorola XOOM and doesn't happen to live in the United States, you're wait for the latest version of Android is over. Motorola issued a statement today via their Facebook page announcing the roll out, which will continue over the coming weeks until all eligible XOOM tablets have gotten their Android 3.1 fill.

Aside from all the benefits of having the latest version of Honeycomb, the update will activate SD card support, something long pined for by XOOM owners. So sit tight, you may still have a couple weeks to wait until your XOOM receives the update, but won't it be well worth it?
source: Android Phone