Datawind, the company that manufactures the cheapest Android tablet on the market, the Aakash, has just announced the upcoming availability of two new affordable slates.Dubbed UbiSlate 7+ and 7C, both tablets will come pre-loaded with Yahoo services due to a partnership with Yahoo India. There's more to this as Datawind ...

Apple’s third-generation iPad launched in nine additional countries on Friday, stretching the number of total markets in which the iPad is now available for purchase to 57. Apple released its wildly popular iPad tablet in 21 additional countries this month. The Cupertino, California-based company reported earlier this week that it ...

It looks like handset and tablet manufacturers are more concerned about their products’ prices than about their design quality and performance.Even though there are some exceptions, the general trend in emerging markets is to launch extremely cheap devices.In this regard, XTEX has recently announced the av... (read more)

T-Mobile on Wednesday announced availability details for the HTC One S smartphone. The handset will be the carrier’s first device powered by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and the first to run Sense 4 as well. HTC unveiled the One S a few months back at the annual Mobile World ...

LG Optimus Elite is the fourth eco-friendly handset launched by Sprint in the last two year. The first “green” handset released by the carrier was the LG Remarq, followed by LG Rumor Reflex and LG Viper 4G LTE.The Optimus Elite is expected to arrive in Titan Silver and White on ...

Although Samsung already announced the Galaxy Tab 2 series of tablets back in February at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the South Korean company did not unveil any details regarding pricing and availability.The latest hearsay pointed to a possible late March launch in the UK, but rumor had it ...

Sprint announced last week that pre-orders for one of its first 4G LTE-enabled smartphones were going live on April 12th, and now the carrier has made launch details official. LG’s affordable Viper 4G LTE will become available in just over a week on April 22nd for $99.99 on contract. While ...

China Unicom and Motorola have just announced the immediate availability of the XT390 affordable Android smartphone in China. According to the carrier, this is the first international brand smartphone to be priced in the 1,000 yuan (160 USD or 120 EUR) range outright. Design-wise, Motorola XT39... (read more)

When ASUS announced the PadFone at this year’s Mobile World Congress, the company promised the hybrid device would begin shipping in April. Staying true to its world, ASUS on Thursday revealed that pre-orders will begin on Friday and the device will launch on April 20th in Taiwan, Engadget reported. The ...

We already reported that white Galaxy Note has gone live at TELUS and is about to make its debut at Rogers within the next few days as well. Bell will also launch the white-flavored Galaxy Note. However, to make things more clear, Samsung Canada has officially announced the upcoming availability ...

A new beta build of SwiftKey for Android devices is now available for download. Dubbed SwiftKey 3, the keyboard app is only accessible to SwiftKey's more than 30,000 VIP users.The application comes with several new features, including Smart Space, Themes, new punctuation functionality, additional languages,... (read more)

India is the land of cheap Android smartphones and tablets. Opposite to what one may think, it’s not the big brands that are brings the prices low, but the regional manufacturers who are trying to compete with them.Since Google announced its latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich platform, many Indian ...