As the holiday season slowly approaches, the war for budget tablet supremacy is heating up. While the Nexus 7 is hands down the king of budget at this time, market pioneers such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble don’t plan on idly sitting by. Both companies are beginning to prepare for their upcoming models as they discount and discontinue current models.
The Ice Cream Sandwich numbers continue to rise as more devices begin rolling out the tasty update. One of the latest devices to receive Android 4.0, is none other than the Galaxy Tab 10.1 WiFi edition. Many U.S. owners have already pulled down the update and are once again enjoying their GTab as if it were brand new.
Starting August 12th, Sprint will be offering customers a free 7-inch ZTE Optik tablet with the purchase of any smartphone. That means, anyone wishing to, could actually grab the free Sprint Samsung Galaxy Nexus and walk away with a free tablet!
Thunderbolt users have been unsure whether or not they’d be left out to dry when it comes to being updated to Android 4.0. While HTC promised many devices (including the Thunderbolt) would see Ice Cream Sandwich sometime in July/August, users are starting to get anxious, an so the doubt begins.
I tend to stay away from promoting devices or products that don’t really exist, but given the fact that Kickstarter phenomenon Ouya has generated so much interest and buzz, it’s kind of hard for me to ignore. Ouya ended its Kickstarter career last night, managing to raise a ridiculous $8,596,475, around 900% more than their initial goal. In case you haven’t heard of Ouya, it’s an Android gaming console concept set to rock the console industry off its high horse.
