Nvidia has announced that Android tablets will be equipped with quad-core processors before the years end. According to Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of Nvidia, the high-end computing tablets featuring quad-core processors will hit the shelves before Christmas this year.
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ASUS has unveiled Padfone, its new smartphone and tablet combo, at the Computex. Padfone is a modular mobile package that uses an Android smartphone and a tablet it can dock into. Switching of display between the smartphone and the tablet is dynamic and the display on the phone expands itself seamlessly once connected to the tablet. The launch is mere mockup for now and includes a 4.3-inch smartphone and a 10.1-inch tablet dock. ASUS hasn’t yet finalized the final dimensions and price of the eventual retail product.
Yesterday, I wrote:
Motorola Atrix (modular Android phone) & Xoom Tablet Disappointing According to an Analyst
I noted my surprise since the Xoom seems to be generating a lot of buzz (good and bad) and the few people I know who have a Xoom seem to like it a lot.
Business Insider’s Jay Yarow declared that:
Motorola Xoom A Flop, Just 100,000 Sold So Far
This is based on an estimate from Deutsche Bank who used Honeycomb (Android OS 3.0) use as reported by the Android Developers Dashboard. This number is provided by Google and currently reports that a mere 0.2% of Android users are using a Honeycomb device. All Honeycomb devices are tablets.
Betanews’ Joe Wilcox has a different take on this 100,000 units sold figure:
100,000 Motorola XOOMs sold isn’t bad, it’s good
I tend to side with Joe’s glass half-full interpretation. The Xoom came out of the gate before it was ready (some functions don’t work) to compete with the iPad 2. Unfortunately, it also came out of the gate way too expensive. Joe noted that the lower priced ($600) WiFi-only model is available now. And, like him, I believe it will attract people who did not want a two-year Verizon contract obligation just to have an Android tablet.
Users of Android tablets can now take a walk down Wall Street, as The Wall Street Journal announced the release of its Wall Street Journal Tablet Edition app for that platform.
The app is available free-of-charge via the Android Market, and full digital subscriptions at $3.99 per week include access to WSJ Tablet Edition app for Android, WSJ Tablet Edition app for iPad (pictured), WSJ.com, and WSJ Mobile Reader for BlackBerry and iPhone.
WSJ Tablet Edition app for Android will include all Journal content, full-screen video, market data, customizable features, and the ability to save articles for later or offline reading. It downloads each day’s content automatically every morning.
The Wall Street Journal Digital Network chief product officer Daniel Bernard said:
Our strategy is to serve readers whenever, wherever, and it’s critical that the Journal‘s unparalleled news and analysis are available in a high-quality format across multiple devices and platforms. The WSJ Tablet Edition for Android continues to blend the best of print and online with an experience that showcases our strength of innovation and original delivery of content.
